Inside the BriefcaseToday, we are seeing more news about sites from major online retailers and service providers like HP, Target, PayPal and Neiman Marcus going down. High site traffic, poor configurations, scalable architectures, and well planned recovery practices all come into play.
Blogs, Featured Blogs, NewsWelcome to a world that many have only envisioned in their dreams. A world where someone can check their email, shop, play games, meet with clients, and store important documents in one location, no matter what device they might be using or where they are. This is the world Windows 10 is trying to build; one platform, one store, and the ability to run across multiple devices from IoT (Internet of Things) to data centers. But does Windows 10 actually measure up to this dream of a connected business environment or are they lagging behind?
Blogs, Featured BlogsThe Raspberry Pi has quickly made itself a staple in the tech world – the highly versatile miniature single-board computer is an extremely resourceful and remarkably cheap device. One such use of the Raspberry Pi is for network monitoring services. Formerly requiring wasteful systems setup and dedicated machines, network monitoring best practices for sysadmins is now completely possible with the little Raspberry Pi.
Blogs, Featured BlogsWe recently overheard this icon referred as the “circle of death”! Waiting for an app to load is not usually deadly but it can be very frustrating. Frustration is bad enough, but even worse is the productivity that is lost while users wait for applications to load. With all the new people and devices joining networks across the globe, with apps moving to the cloud and content becoming more data-rich, it is not surprising that we are experiencing the “circle of death” more frequently.
Blogs, Featured BlogsThe internet has made it possible for people to carry out a variety of financial transactions online. From investing to paying your monthly bills, you can take care of your financial obligations from wherever you are. The convenience of using various finance websites has made them a popular option for most people.
Blogs, Featured BlogsFor the last couple of years, printing industry has been consistently growing its scope and getting more revenues. Behind this, printing technology plays a substantial role as it makes software powerful and flexible to use for various complex designing needs. The perfect implementation of technology is essential to develop a feature-rich tool which is capable of meeting ever-changing product designing requisites. Web to print is a modern technique to build printing tools/software for e-commerce shops. The Internet is a great medium to find the state-of-the-art product design tools powered by web to print technology.
Blogs, Featured BlogsRemote DBA services can be defined as the process or practice of managing a huge database from a remote location. The DBA firm may include a service desk function through which all services are being performed. Technical experts from diverse professions may perform from operational centers and meet the queries of the customers when they need them. Now let us go through some effective tips that can be helpful in making the service process easier…
Blogs, Featured BlogsWhether it be the need to share video, audio, or basic data files from afar, SanDisk’s new wireless flash drive is making business more capable. Sure, the cloud recently enabled corporations to accomplish much the same thing; however, this new wireless flash drive allows users the same conveniences without as many downfalls. With this device, the most advantageous and alluring feature that is making mobile business a whole lot easier is the ability that SanDisk’s Connect Wireless Stick has to assist people in sharing data from a mobile device without the need for an active internet connection.
Blogs, Featured BlogsBelieve it or not, but still people do judge a book by its cover and simultaneously a website by its visibility on the internet. Hence, the presentation of your website readily influences the credibility of your brand within the reach of digital audience. It is crucial as to how you present your website to the millions of web users engaged in accessing the internet through their mobile phones.
Recently, IBM—the technology powerhouse—announced to the public that it will be making a brand new “Internet of Things” product. They plan to pour over $3 billion into the project over a four year period. The core idea of this “Internet of Things” is to create a network of data in virtually everything to improve operational efficiency.
Blogs, Featured BlogsThe vast majority of today’s data centres have significantly underutilised power systems. Why? Because nobody wants to run short of power. So when power systems are specified it is often done on the assumption that the facility will ultimately have a full compliment of racks all running the power-hungriest equipment possible. And then of course some “contingency” power is added on top, just to be on the safe side.
Blogs, Featured BlogsOkay, I get it: As an IT professional, you’re just too darn important to go on vacation. Your whole company might cease to exist if you head to the beach, Disney World, or Las Vegas, turn off the smartphone, and get some rest and relaxation. Right? Wrong.
Blogs, Featured BlogsFrom the hacking of the Apple iCloud where celebrities’ accounts were accessed in 2014 to the hacking of Sony that jeopardized the release of the political satire comedy film, “The Interview”, no one knows where the next cyber security threat will be directed or will come from. Internet of things, from car to car communication, social media, Smart Grid to Smart Home among others, we are connected to all kinds of networks and devices, which helps in simplifying how we communicate, work or live.
Blogs, Featured BlogsFebruary 26, 2015 marked an historic day for the Internet. And not because of the #LlamaDrama or #thedress that blew up on social media, but the 3-2 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) decision earlier in the day that classified Internet as a utility—keeping the medium fair and free. With net neutrality, it keeps business innovative, minority voices shared and lets the Internet continue to function the way it always has. But what about future actions on the opposing side? What’s next concerning net neutrality in America?
Blogs, Featured BlogsFiles are the life-blood of a business. They are also the persistent memory of every digital family. The need to store files is ubiquitous. The competition to own the digital shoebox for individuals and businesses is fierce. New entrants appear every week and old players are at risk of slow death. End-users are adopting every conceivable solution, in every conceivable combination.
Blogs, Featured BlogsEveryone in the IT world knows that nothing gets done when we get mad at a computer. Your computer cannot process your emotion, and it will not speak to you even if you yell at it like Boris in “Goldeneye,” which is just one of the film’s many IT mistakes. Your best chance of getting out of this crash in one piece is collecting yourself, sitting down at your computer and beginning the work of solving the problem.
Blogs, Featured BlogsAt his State of the Union address on January 20, President Obama called on Congress to pass a national law that would require organizations to notify customers of data breaches, in an effort to protect consumers’ personal information. And, Congress has named helping organizations improve their cyberdefenses as one of its “top priorities” for 2015. Today, 47 states have varying levels of cybersecurity-related laws, which has led to a lot of confusion. By creating one uniform federal regulation, the government will be able to provide clarity and accountability for the security of confidential information.
Blogs, Featured BlogsBig data has developed and grown significantly over the last several years. It has evolved as more than just a trend or a buzz word. In fact, more and more organizations have begun to leverage big data in all aspects of business. However, just how big is big data? This infographic we have created attempts to show important facts and latest findings that you need to know.
If you are a first time mobile app developer, you will be surrounded by myths. Mobile app development, over a period of time has caused a lot of myths that have overridden reality. If statistics are anything to go by, you will see that the percentage of time spent by users on mobile app has gone from 80% to 86% in 2014. Users are demanding mobile apps, as it is convenient to browse an app then opening the website on the mobile.
Blogs, Featured BlogsGartner Business Intelligence & Analytics Summit 2015, March 30 – April 1, in Las Vegas, NV
The year is wrapping up quickly (can you believe its mid December?!), meaning we’re all scrambling to finalize budgets and plans for next year. And cyber theft is certainly on our minds with the recent Sony Pictures Entertainment hack and the sheer fallout of confidential data exposure the company is currently experiencing.
Blogs, Featured BlogsWhat do communications providers believe are their biggest challenges to success in 2015? Which technologies do the Telecommunications decision makers cite as making the biggest impact to their business in 2015? CloudSense, the global cloud technology company, have carried out a survey of communication service provider decision-makers across the United States and Europe to find out.
Blogs, Featured BlogsXplore Technologies is often asked: what is the difference between a consumer tablet and a fully or ultra-rugged tablet PC? For most, a consumer tablet works best for entertainment and personal use, such as checking emails, browsing the Internet, using web-based applications or viewing streaming media. Rugged tablets, on the other hand, are used primarily in harsh environments that require more durable design and features from a tablet PC, and are used for enterprise mobility initiatives by businesses to outfit field workers and service technicians.
Blogs, Featured BlogsThe default and recommended security policies and compliances have made it mandatory that the password of a user expires after a specific number of days. If the user doesn’t change the password before the expiry, then his/her account will be locked. S/He will not be able to logon at the workstation until the IT helpdesk reset the password.
Blogs, Featured BlogsIn these days of endless breaches, securing user access by enforcing unique, complex passwords and strong authentication is imperative. The onslaught of data breaches in the past year alone, with the majority of the breaches involving compromised credentials, forced users to constantly change their passwords. With many users still trying to use the same passwords over and over, and others struggling to remember their newly created complex ones, a password manager becomes a smart and responsible solution for users – and attackers have taken notice.
Blogs, Featured Articles, Featured BlogsGreetings, insignificant souls. You may call me … Gregor Castamere. It is not my true name. I stalked this strip of land when it was called New Amsterdam. My family’s name is well known. I have lived for more than 600 years, concealing my terrible secret. I am a vampire.
By now you’ve probably heard of Bellogate, in which a hacker or imposter sent a University College London (UCL) campus-wide email from what appeared to be the university president’s account. Nearly 29,000 students received an email containing the word “bello.” Then, whether because of the hack or poor email configuration, students were able to reply to the entire list—and they did. Soon each student had thousands of reply-all messages, as well as hundreds of unwanted subscriptions to everything from the Sarah Palin website to One Direction’s fan club.
Blogs, Featured BlogsAndroid wear entered the market trying the change the whole smart attitude that devices held till then. This renewed affair with smartness that Android wear brought in revolutionized the whole world of technology. While Android brought in revolution, developers are still working on how to bring out the best in Android wear devices.
Blogs, Featured BlogsIT is evolving at an accelerated pace today, thanks in large part to virtualization, cloud computing and big data. While these trends can lower costs and increase efficiency, they are too often delivered via point products that offer only marginal improvements to the traditional approach.
Private equity funds come in all shapes and sizes. You have funds that invest in entrepreneurial start-ups, you know, the ones whose main asset is just a great idea. And then you have the funds that buy established businesses in more traditional industries (retail, transport, resource, and so on) with the aim of reviving them to their former glory.
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