by cloudtweaks on June 14, 2013
in Business, BYOD, Cloud Computing, Computing, Images, Infographic, IT, Security, Storage, Technology
Cloud Infographic: What Is The Employee Engagement Crisis? There has been lots of discussion with regards to BYOD over the past year. On one side you have concerns surrounding security and compliance in the workplace and on the other side, the positives it presents by establishing a higher level of employee satisfaction. So there is a wide gap between the two sides, and its going to take some work to meet in the middle. Workers Prefer Their Own Tools Employees cite several reasons they prefer to use their personal devices at work. 41% said that clients often contacted them using
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How One City Embraced Virtualization as the Key to Success “The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it’s so rare.” - Daniel P. Moynihan (1927-2003), American politician. You won’t normally associate government with speedy decision-making, especially as regards to the adoption of a new paradigm. Fortunately, things have been different as regards cloud computing and virtualization, especially for the Federal Government. Most of the Federal government’s enthusiasm about cloud computing have largely been an outcome of recently-departed Chief Information Officer (CIO) Vivek Kundra’s faith in the technology (The Architect of the Official Cloud Computing Revolution
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by Cindy Wolf on June 13, 2013
in Amazon, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Computing, Google Cloud, Images, IT, Security, Storage, Technology
Government Intrusion Into The Cloud The latest revelations about our government’s surveillance of “telephony metadata” is a scandal for some but a yawner for most Americans. 56% said they didn’t mind as long as the information was being used to catch terrorists. The thing is that while Contractor Snowden named names: PRISM, Microsoft, Verizon, Google, he didn’t tell us anything that hasn’t been in the press for years – even decades. But, what if you run a cloud service, communications network or even an email server, and receive a government demand for customer data? Can you tell your customers? Should
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It Is All New Ideas In Canada’s Cloud And Tech Meetings On June 19 to 21, Canadians and other worldly geeks have a chance to attend a conference on ideas that goes under the theme Ideacity. There will be more than meets the eye in this conference, as it will attract a plethora of idea spinners, who dream big and bring the ideal to the table. One of these will be able to offer a sample of how cloud computing can make 3-dimension printing a reality to anyone who wishes to churn out as many copies with different sides as
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The Importance Of The Network (And How To Manage IT Better) If there’s one thing that supports the world of technology in general and cloud computing in particular, it has to be the Network. While servers and applications may get most of the coverage on the Cloud, the Network is the backbone which makes it all possible. In fact, I would call it the nervous system of the body of cloud computing, without which the latter cannot survive. Enough of the literary phrases, let’s get down to nuts and bolts. This article profiles four information assets that will help you
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by cloudtweaks on June 12, 2013
in Amazon, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IBM, Images, IT, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
Why Morgan Stanley Is Wrong About Amazon Web Services In their research report published the other week, Morgan Stanley came out projecting that Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be on track to reach $22 billion in revenues by 2022. Although it seems that the financiers understand the magnitude of the paradigm shift and the impact it will have on existing IT incumbents, they seem to have missed some key dynamics taking place in the IaaS cloud market, leading to conclusions that could end up being way off the mark. Originally launched in 2006, AWS is the undisputed cloud pioneer. With
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by Abdul on June 12, 2013
in Apps, Cloud Computing, Computing, iCloud, IT, Mobile, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology
The Mobile Cloud App Infrastructure: Centralizing Apps across Mobile Platforms There are currently two leading Mobile operating systems in the market – the Android OS by Google, and the iOS by Apple. These two OS’s dominate the mobile market while Android is currently holding the larger market share of the two. But in terms of device proliferation, iOS holds that crown as all the devices using it are made by Apple while the Android market is fragmented with different devices from various manufacturers with very different hardware specifications, not to mention all the different flavors and versions of Android currently
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Some Reasons Behind Cloud Security Vulnerabilities We have debated back and forth that the Cloud is just as safe as the traditional enterprise option, and even more so. Combined with all the advantages, it is a better option for today’s business world. But the security fears are always just around the corner and pops up again every time there is a discussion about Cloud migration. These fears are not unfounded however; they are very real but quite containable unless they were not considered during migration to the Cloud. Organizations looking into Cloud security like HP have found very simple and
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