It is observed that there are many healthcare organizations that are expanding their digital storage options due to growing implementation of internet enabled mobile devices. No wonder, cloud computing security is gaining unprecedented attention in healthcare sector.  Healthcare is a data intensive industry and therefore it is important for administrators to appreciate significance of securing sensitive health information of pat... Read more>>

There is more to healthcare cloud technology than merely sharing electronic health data or running applications on thin clients. We should also consider DRaaS or Disaster Recovery as a Service as one of the principal aspects of healthcare cloud technology.  DRaaS in Healthcare Industry DRaaS facilitates data resiliency even if there are potentially harmful events such as malicious attacks, natural disasters, or network outage... Read more>>

There has been a remarkable market consolidation of the major cloud vendors offering IaaS public cloud computing solutions. The year was witness to a significant transition impacting all enterprises that have used cloud services from Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.  The transition was marked by greater ability of enterprises to choose locations to host their data across the globe and growth in nu... Read more>>

Cloud ERP has transformed manufactures’ ability of saving costs to acquire a competitive edge. This is the common perception of all manufacturers who have adopted cloud ERP in place of traditional software based ERP. The most compelling advantage of cloud ERP over on-premise ERP is its cost effectiveness. Cloud ERP in manufacturing provides central visibility and facilitates use of a uniform system for coordination of diverse o... Read more>>

CIO or Chief Intelligence Officer is in charge of steering company’s IT manpower and infrastructure to accomplish business goals of the organization. He is leading all IT executives of the organization that has implemented IT for streamlining their business operations.   In spite of the amazing proliferation of IT in a multitude of modern organizations, only about 25 percent of these organizations have full time CIOs on the... Read more>>

Cloud computing is poised to become an integral part of business processes across all categories of industries. The amazing advances of cloud adoption and the accelerated rate of cloud adoption can be attributed to the cost benefits due to absence of any capital investment.   Similarly, cloud ERP has also been making inroads as confirmed by researchers and it is poised to registered growth of over 20 percent in the year to come.... Read more>>

It is common to come across individuals who are engulfed in searching for seemingly invisible objects. These guys are not looking for something which is not there but are engrossed in playing Pokémon Go, which is an augmented reality game based on locations. Users are pulled out from their abodes out in the open to look for the Pokémon characters by using their smartphones.  The game has destroyed downloads records of... Read more>>

Immense growth in number of internet enable devices has resulted in the development of the new concept popularly known as Internet of Things (IoT). These gadgets include smart phones, and other smart devices such as wearable devices, e- vending machines, and implants among others.  Amazing Growth of IoT Thanks to the exponential growth in number of gadgets under the category of Internet of Things, which has already surpas... Read more>>

Existence of private clouds is critically significant for effective utilization of private clouds as per the recent research. According to a survey that involved hundreds of IT professionals it was established by 43 percent respondents that public as well as private clouds should be regarded as technologies of equal magnitude that have potential to have profound impact on the overall industry. These are followed by virtual desktop infra... Read more>>

More and more enterprises are shifting their applications to cloud. However there is a great amount of confusion and lack of matured cloud strategy. Cloud adoption is on the rise across all industry verticals but unfortunately many companies are still in the process of designing mature cloud strategies according to a recent survey by IDC. In fact, a meager three percent of the respondents confirmed to have optimized cloud strategies in ... Read more>>

Storage market is one of the most fiercely competitive among all domains of Information Technology. Hence, knowledge about the storage trends in 2017 can be highly valuable. As far as the current scenario is concerned, there are signs of major upheavals that could be responsible for turning over the industry. Such kind of upending isvery much expected in the technology intensive industrysuch as Information Technology. There is an acc... Read more>>

Cloud adoption can throw up a plethora of challenges as organizations start shifting their applications and databases to the uncharted frontiers of cloud. It is like driving through the dense fog on a mountainous trail. In spite of being familiar with car’s control systems, such situations can make some of the best drivers feel insecure. It is the same feeling while moving data from on-premise locations to cloud. Whenever you a... Read more>>

Mirroring techniques in the domain of web industry are essential for achieving fault tolerance of machines and are usually implemented for applications, servers, and databases. The method of server mirroring involves an identical image or replica of the server is being consistently generated with reference to the run time.                 Understanding Pro... Read more>>

Importance of a trustworthy, secure, and high performance data center for business continuity of an organization has been discussed and underlined in a multitude of articles and forums. However, choice of a particular hosting provider ant type of hosting largely depends on multiple factors including budget and bandwidth considerations among others. According to number of estimates, shared hosting is the most frequently sought after t... Read more>>

Variety of natural disasters, large scale malware attacks, or terror strikes can expose an organization’s ability to deal with power outages and downtime events. It has been proven on number of occasions that relying on power backup systems and human resources is not enough to combat such catastrophes. Even a downtime that lasts for a single day can result in loss of millions of dollars.           ... Read more>>

A carrier neutral data centre is one which permits more than one telecommunication companies to offer their services through a single provider. This is one further step ahead in attaining depth in the data center industry. This convergence of various telecommunication companies can happen either at a colocation center where servers of different companies are kept or without it. To draw a simple analogy, assume that you have the telephon... Read more>>

Cloud computing is making its presence felt in almost every business sector across the globe and the banking sector does not want to be left behind. Banking transactions can change for the good and in a dramatic manner if some of the barriers associated with the technology are brought down. Even the cost of cloud computing can be significantly reduced and more flexibility introduced into the system if the right software and hardware res... Read more>>

Cloud computing is one of the most omnipresent and all-pervasive modern technologies that is subtly influencing communications and information exchange in our day to day lives in the form of apps and wide spectrum of cloud assisted services. These technologies and associated services are driven by remotely positioned servers and an array of computing devices. In order to implement cloud based solutions, we need massive compute power,... Read more>>

It is said that change is the only constant. In spite of significant developments in the field of virtualization, it is observed that majority of the businesses are stuck with traditional dedicated servers. The status quo in these organizations can be largely attributed to inertia or resistance to change. It is a common belief that dedicated servers should be preferred over other resources for raw compute power. Similarly there is a ... Read more>>

If the latest research is to be believed, any business that wants to adopt pubic cloud should have a private cloud infrastructure in place to be successful. According to opinion leaders in the domain of cloud computing, a software defined infrastructure consisting of private as well as public cloud are bound to be enjoy prominence among all latest technologies followed by virtual desktop infrastructure and converged infrastructure. &... Read more>>