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Fears About The Cloud: Education And Security

Guest Author — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:17:11 +0000

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In today’s fast-moving world of technological advancement, we are entrusting more and more of our precious data to systems that we might not have a thorough understanding of. Cloud computing is one such convenience that, while revolutionizing the way we store digital information, is also raising some eyebrows when it comes to security. The key [...]

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Cloud Technology And How It Can Slash Costs And Multiply Capabilities

Guest Author — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:53:47 +0000

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Cloud Technology Cloud computing platforms offer businesses increased mobility, greater flexibility and less of a need to use physical storage devices. Cloud technology involves innovative technologies that can help companies run more efficiently. This translates into the capability of providing faster customer service and enhanced communication. Additionally, cloud platforms also allow prospective clients, employees and [...]

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Prevent The "End Of The World"; Increase Your Chances Of Data Recovery

Guest Author — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:43:56 +0000

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While not about Cloud Data, per se, today’s guest post has some excellent tips for helping you recover from a bad situation. Increase Your Chances Of Data Recovery Dead hard drive? Lost data? End of the world? It very well could be, especially if you are near to discovering the cure to cancer [...]

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Pros and Cons Of A Cloud Storage – Why Use A Cloud Storage?

Lew — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:00:21 +0000

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Pros and Cons Of A Cloud Storage – Why Use A Cloud Storage? Cloud Storage is a new technology which people use to secure their data, information, organizational servers and business community operations. However, many people are unable to take a final decision about the cloud storage because they are still unaware of the pros [...]

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MS Azure Blob Storage outpaces Amazon S3

Lew — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:00:05 +0000

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Nasuni, the cloud storage vendor, has a new report, White Paper: The State of Cloud Storage in 2013, that says, amongst other things, Azure has passed Amazon S3 in price/performance value. Nasuni publishes the annual report to share the information that it gathers in order to properly evaluate CSPs for its own use. In much the same way that [...]

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When the cloud isn’t right for you

Lew — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:48:01 +0000

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When the cloud isn’t right for you The Cloud is many things to many people. But when businesses talk about using the cloud, usually they are referring to Infrastructure as a Service. That’s where they are purchasing bare server, storage and network services from a Cloud Supplier such as Amazon, Rackspace or Memset. And cloud [...]

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Why Should Small Businesses Look at Cloud Computing Solutions?

Lew — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:57:07 +0000

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Why Should Small Businesses Look at Cloud Computing Solutions? The business world has seen several new advances in technology and has undergone many trends over the years. Whether it’s BYOD, social media explosion, or the Blackberry craze, there always seems to be something new in the world of business. Some of these trends last [...]

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Make your Site Faster with Amazon S3 and a CDN

Lew — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:45 +0000

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Improve Site Performance Are you looking for a good way to speed your website up and save money at the same time? If so, you may consider using Amazon S3 with a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Both of these services use distributed servers to reduce latency and load time. The Amazon S3 service works as [...]

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Cloud Computing in 2013

Lew — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:13:05 +0000

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How in the know about cloud computing are you? Does your business reap the benefits of cloud storage and desktop virtualisation? If not, perhaps you should take a look at this infographic, created by VESK. Cloud computing is a major buzzword in the world of IT at the moment and with good reason. Cloud [...]

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How to Pick the Right Cloud Model for Your Company in 2013

Lew — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:00:11 +0000

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How to Pick the Right Cloud Model for Your Company in 2013 With the new year well and truly underway and companies planning expeditions to the proverbial seventh cloud, it is imperative that they earmark the right cloud model for themselves. Cloud computing has different impacts, which vary according to the person one talks to [...]

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Disperse the Myths Behind Cloud Computing (Infographic)

Lew — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:00:52 +0000

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Myth vs. Fact: IT Jobs Myth: The cloud steals local IT jobs Along with the perceived cost of cloud computing, the myth of IT job loss is also on the rise. IT professionals already concerned about shrinking budgets and increased demands on their time worry that the lure of outsourcing many of their department’s resources [...]

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What is cloud computing?

Lew — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:53:23 +0000

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Today’s post is a guest post by Rens. What is cloud computing? Let’s say you are the owner of a company. Your responsibilities include ensuring that all your employees have the right computers and software. You’ll need to buy the right software for all of them to make sure they can do their job properly. [...]

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