We like to talk about Big Data and its sources. We’ve discussed that the main source of Big Data is you, and me, and the guy sitting next to you on the bus. But what are we doing, exactly, to generate this source material? Well, have you sent an email? Googled something? Posted a status [...]
For many, it’s been a bit of a tough winter. The snow starts falling, the wind starts blowing; the power goes out. What now? How long do you have to wait for the power company to restore power to your home or office? Will the kids have school? Is the office open? Are the roads [...]
Gone are the days of homes and businesses having traditional landlines (never mind rotary dial!). Businesses increasingly rely on the cloud for data storage, and many are leveraging the Internet for their office phone service as well. VoIP has many of the features that traditional phone services offer: conference calling, video calls, call waiting [...]
You’ve just ordered that backcountry backpack you’ve had your eye on, or maybe a book (the good, old-fashioned paper kind) that you’ve wanted to read. Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes after you’ve clicked ‘confirm order’? Online retailers, large and small, have fulfillment systems set up to ferry your order to you [...]
Well first, what is Cloudsourcing? Cloudsourcing = The cloud + Outsourcing. Cloudsourcing is helping to eliminate the risks of outsourcing, interesting when most cloud vendors consider themselves outsourced IT. While typical outsourced efforts are often met with complications of communications, cloudsourcing allows employers to outsource but within a more controlled environment. Within a cloud platform, users are able to customize their [...]
With recent reports tolling out new information on what the cloud is going to become it is easy to get lost among the figures and statistics. Luckily, ubberflip put together the infographic below to highlight some of the consumer based numbers we’ve been reading about. Including how much data we could be seeing per household [...]
When most think of the cloud they often assume there is endless amounts of storage. But how much can you truly store in the cloud? Well, visual.ly got data on three of the most popular cloud storage solutions, iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive, and found out. Looking at the amount of users each solution has: iCloud [...]