The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Just Google It! By David Fletcher Our comic collection has simply taken the light side of cloud computing to a whole new level. So after a long day’s work in the cloud, you can stop by our comic library for that much deserved moment of fun before you call it a day. Review the full library For the reuse of our CloudTweaks comic images for print, web or related, please contact us regarding.
Mimecast Outage “Cloud Kettle Calling The Pot Black” UK based cloud continuity and security vendor Mimecast today suffered what is looking like from many customers tweets an outrage of over 5 hours effecting customers email flow. Customers appear to have 1st noticed the issue at 11am UK time when news appeared that customers inbound and outbound email had come to a halt. The real issue here is that Mimecast positions themselves as a business continuity provider, a cloud system that protects customers from email outages. Whilst they filter email and provide archiving their key differentiator been delivering continuity to ensure always on
Cloud Infographic: Cloud Confusion Causing Storms In IT Here is a very timely infographic provided courtesy of the Six Degrees Group. http://www.6dg.co.uk/. What are the Top 5 Waffle Words? Infographic Source: Six Degrees Group
5 Tips for a Worry-free Cloud Storage backup With so many cloud storage backup services available on the market today, people can sometimes become complacent with their data and assume that because they are already having a cloud backup, all their data is safe and secured. Well, this is usually the case, but problems can still arise due to negligence. Here are some tips and best practices that will ensure you will get the maximum benefit from your cloud storage backup. Determine Service Accessibility. What would be the point of having backup if you can’t actually access it? This should
Russia May End Imminent Cloud’s ‘Ides of March’ as it Improves on International Scoreboard Russia has a cloud and big data conference this October, in the central-European nation of Austria, just marches away from Latvia. The latter is the destination at which most Moscow cloud companies have set base for their cloud servers, to eschew persecution at home. Indeed, Latvia has been the telltale sign of where the legendary Ides of March, which signaled the end of a king in Shakespearian lore, would have come from, were it not for the encouraging news of an improvement in Russia. The large
(Smart) Phone Your Way To Success Today, I am going to talk about that one thing we use most in our lives – our smartphones. Recently, I came across an article that mentioned that of all the cell phones purchased in the US, 40% are smartphones. That got me thinking about these incredible devices’ increasing importance in our lives. Wikipedia defines a smartphone as “a mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a feature phone.” However, with smartphones becoming smarter by the day, not to mention cheaper, soon enough the only
Cloud Infographic: Hosting Your Clinical Applications Like any kind of outsourcing, hosting clinical and pharmacovigilance systems in the cloud with an experienced service provider allows pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies, in addition to clinical research organizations and academic institutions, to reduce costs and operate more efficiently. View this infographic to learn: How hosting helps you be efficient with your money How hosting helps you save your resources Which applications you can host in the cloud Additional features and benefits of hosting Infographic Source: BioPharm
Saudi Arabia Builds A Healthier Tomorrow With The IBM Cloud “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” - Gautama Buddha (563-483 BC), spiritual leader and founder of Buddhism. Cloud computing can bestow many gifts on businesses – cost efficiencies, performance optimization, mobility – but when it bestows the gift of a healthier future, that is the greatest gift of all. And this is what has led Saudi Arabia to embrace IBM’s cloud-based Public Health Solution. This is not the first time I’m writing about the significant synchronicities between cloud computing and healthcare. From two
