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Posts Tagged ‘moving to the cloud’

Weekly Dose of Humor: Private Cloud

Posted on April 18, 2013
Cloud Comic: Private Cloud

Each Thursday we like to bring you a dose of humor!   This week, we are featuring a frame from CloudTweaks.com – a site with its finger on the pulse of all things cloud – that pokes a little fun at the reach of the cloud into the realm of the military.  Slowly but surely, [...]

Mainstreaming of the Cloud

Posted on April 01, 2013
mainstreaming of the cloud

The cloud is no longer limited to tech junkies — this technology has gone mainstream! But alongside the mainstreaming of the cloud come several new challenges. Navigating the cloud will soon be an essential for remaining competitive, so the sooner businesses develop implementation plans, the better.  Prevalence of the Cloud in Business With cloud computing [...]

Cloud Computing for Effective Telecommuting

Posted on March 29, 2013
telecommuting and the cloud

Companies that offer telecommuting options for workers can benefit greatly from cloud computing services. Cloud services make it substantially easier for companies to support a remote workforce. They also help teleworkers accomplish their jobs in a more productive and efficient manner. Privacy and security are major concerns for companies that support telecommuting. Often employees who work from home [...]

Big Data and the Cloud: Making Sense of it All

Posted on March 18, 2013
big data and the cloud

 A critical mass is forming when it comes to big data and the cloud that could change the world. While there are technology terms that are sometimes hard to understand, big data is not one of them.  It is a term that is used to describe data sets that are so large, they are difficult [...]

Malware Lurking in the Cloud

Posted on March 15, 2013
malware in the cloud

As is the case with just about every type of new computing technology, a large amount of malware has surfaced on cloud servers, causing distractions and sometimes even causing problems to personal and company operating systems. Most of this malware comes from emails that are sent to a user with an account on the server [...]

Databases for the Cloud Era

Posted on March 08, 2013
databases for the cloud era

Since the advent of cloud computing, the technology sector has been changing at lightening speed to accommodate the new expectations and needs of businesses. One of the areas where this has been especially obvious is in cloud database capabilities. Recently, numerous changes in the capabilities and capacities of databases were discussed with NewSQL database startup NuoDB. This [...]

Review: 4 Cloud Storage Companies

Posted on February 22, 2013
cloud company reviews

Consumers are reminded through many media campaigns of the importance of “backing up to the cloud”.  Saving everything from thousands of family photos to the presentation you’ve spent weeks perfecting to prevent an untimely loss are offered as incentives.  Fortunately, there are some excellent companies out there for the best in cloud storage: MyPCBackup.com, with its [...]