Improving energy efficiency of a data center facility can be an extremely challenging task and it is hardly surprising that only a handful of organizations have been able to succeed in this grand accomplishment. Pursuit of more business and efforts of capacity enhancement have overshadowed attempts to develop greener data centers by boosting the process of virtualization fir higher efficiency. In order to improve power efficiency of ... Read more>>

It is unfortunate that a lot of baseless advice by the so called cyber security experts has been making rounds as far as ways to ensure protection from possible DDoS attacks is concerned. In the ensuing discussion you will find the six most common myths of DDoS attack protection and explanation about their futility. Types of DDoS Attacks Obviously, most of the organizations that suffered due to DDoS attacks including financial ins... Read more>>

According to studies and research, majority of businesses are slated to migrate to the hybrid cloud environment within a few years time. According to surveys of IT executives carried out by the consulting firm McKinsey and Company, there are many businesses which are seriously weighing their options to move operations to the cloud. So, the debate earlier on whether cloud hosting solutions are destined to stay or fade now holds no good. ... Read more>>

Technological advances have paved ways for data analytics to become the essence of entire data center operations. It is now possible to provide application level integration by accessing meta-data from data center components.           Applying data for better performance Data center efficiency as well as ability to augment problem resolution can be significantly improved by analyzing performance data ... Read more>>

For small and medium sized businesses, there are many cloud hosting options. In other words, small companies can actually use some tips to exploit the advantages that cloud hosting solutions have to offer them. SMBs can actually use cloud computing to boost their business and generate higher revenues. Tim Harmon of Forrester Research describes the main reasons why SMBs have chosen to shift their operations to the cloud. He feels that SM... Read more>>

It is a well known fact that public cloud hosting is the cloud hosting solution that draws the maximum takers while the private cloud usually gets a lot of flak; in spite of the criticism, the growth of private clouds has not stopped. Recent research shows that the revenues generated from private clouds are likely to escalate in the future years compared to public clouds. The private cloud has been severely criticized for being nothi... Read more>>

The growing trend of BYOD (or bring your own device) has opened up immense opportunities for vendors to store and backup data online. Entrepreneurs are now increasingly looking for services that offer inclusive online file sharing, backup and content management service tailored to their business.                  There are other forceful reasons that ar... Read more>>

Cloud technology has opened up new vistas by widening global reach of enterprises that were operating only in regional markets. Although this deserves to be termed as one of most remarkable advantages of cloud computing for enterprises, it does have a vital downside in terms of new sets of risk that need to be attended to by designing robust risk management solutions. Globalization of businesses is also responsible for greater risk o... Read more>>

Web hosting is designed to house your website and the host offers a secure place to store and operate your website to make sure that it is always up and running. Hosting costs can vary significantly in relation to the number of features and parameters. Common website visitors assume that the business websites exist in the office premises. Key Attributes of Web Hosting Although some organizations do have their own in-house data cen... Read more>>

With the numbers of cloud users escalating every year and people placing their complete trust in cloud storage, it has indeed become important to know ways to secure your data and applications in the cloud hosting. Whether it is financial documents or ID scans or family albums you will store them in the cloud. There are really no universal laws regarding data security in the cloud; laws in the realm of information privacy mainly consist... Read more>>

The Internet of Things as a computing concept refers to a concept where people as well as other different objects can connect on the Internet with other devices and in the process gain acceptance of their presence. Internet of Things it must be noted is a very important concept as any object irrespective of whether it is living or inanimate, when supplied with the ability to digitally identify itself becomes a collective force whose sum... Read more>>

Modern organizations operating in a highly complex and dynamic business environment know that their very survival is directly linked to their agility, ability to innovate, efficiency and cost effectiveness. Information centres are constantly being challenged to upgrade to an advanced level of infrastructure that is qualified to serve an organization’s complex IT operations and data processing needs. Organizations are under tremend... Read more>>

You are running a modern organization and operating in a highly complex business environment. The real question, though is whether your organization views cloud computing as the technology of the future or a sophisticated networking and industrial computing prospect only available to large corporations with deep pockets. Well, the times have been changing and how. Cloud computing fast growing popularity is primarily owing to its cost ef... Read more>>

In this hi-tech world marked by digital revolution and unprecedented technological advancements, modern businesses irrespective of their size and scale of operation wish to invest in some state-of-the-art equipment and machineries that can help them better their offerings, make a good impression, and gain and retain a customer for life.  All of these organizations wish to achieve the above mentioned objectives without putting to... Read more>>

Thanks to the amazing adoption of smart phones by Indian consumers as a means to make online purchases, India has emerged as the most promising e-commerce market across all markets in Asia-Pacific region. This is confirmed in the latest Gartner report that proceeds to state that the whopping $3.5 billion Indian e-commerce market is phenomenally growing at the rate of almost 70 percent with every passing year. Understanding the impact... Read more>>

We live in a world of smartphones, fast speed Internet, Google, Amazon, and new emerging technologies like cloud computing. In this digital world where information is at your fingertips and people look for instant gratification, the need for personal space has become more pronounced and desired than ever. This factor assumes added significance when you think about sensitive or personal data or information which in the wrong hand can lea... Read more>>

The youth of the nation has its finger on the mouse of computers and is changing the world. India has made tremendous strides in its evolution from being called a land of snake charmers to now being called the land of mouse charmers!  This is what the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to say in one of the numerous foreign trips he has undertaken since becoming the prime minister of the country. The speech emphasises the growing powe... Read more>>

Disasters can take many shape and forms. They can be in the form of natural disasters (flood, earthquake, cyclone, etc.) man-made (terrorist attacks, thefts, arson, etc) or technical disasters (fire break-out) among others. The underlying thread common to all disasters is that they lead to tremendous amount of resource losses. Data loss in particular could be specially destabilizing for a business as they cannot hope to function normall... Read more>>

Shared hosting is the most popular hosting option as well as also the most inexpensive. It is the most ideal hosting option for blogging websites or other websites with low online traffic. In this type of hosting option, a physical server is responsible for hosting hundreds or maybe even thousands of websites. Economies of scale resulting from such an arrangement make it one of the most popular hosting choices for people who either do n... Read more>>

Well-maintained , well-managed and smooth IT infrastructure which keeps IT operations of your firm running without any hassles and glitches is,  and should be, an integral part of your overall business strategy. Servers and other networking equipment which keep your website as well as your business operations going should be your top most priority.  However, managing and managing your own data centre is a task fraught with ris... Read more>>