You know it’s the Age of the Cloud when you consider these facts about Amazon Web Services. One-third (1/3) of all internet users access an Amazon Web Services (AWS) powered website once a day on average. 1% of all internet consumer traffic on average comes from or goes to Amazon-managed infrastructure. Amazon’s CloudFront and S3 . . . . .
About NRG Engineering NRG Engineering is an oil and gas consulting business based in Singapore, founded in an effort to bring the expertise and experience of seasoned energy professionals together with the innovative thinking of contemporary oil and gas experts. Since 2005, NRG Engineering has expanded its team and its partnerships in order to offer a broad range of . . . . .
From the Official Google Enterprise Blog - Google Apps Vault Brings Information Governance to Google Apps Google has officially announced the availability of Google Apps Vault for customers of Google Apps for Business. Google Apps Vault allows you to reduce risks and costs associated with litigation, investigation, and compliance audits. For an additional $5/user/month, you can add . . . . .
In the article “A surefire recipe for cloud failure” from Infoworld, David Linthicum describes a common mistake of IT leaders and teams when deciding to move their company to adopt cloud computing – they don’t plan for the bigger picture, they don’t strategise, they don’t take into consideration the architecture. He offers the steps needed for . . . . .
Computerworld - Microsoft makes a price cut to slow Google Apps “The price cuts reflect Microsoft’s fear of Google. Google Apps for Business has increasing momentum in the enterprise sector, and Microsoft is doing everything they can to prevent further incursions.” – Gartner analyst Matthew Cain. The battle between Microsoft and Google is intensifying as Microsoft moves . . . . .
Has the Post-PC Era dawned upon us? Yes, according to Gartner. But the “PC” acronym will remain. Instead of the personal computer, the “PC” will come to mean “Personal Cloud”. The personal computer used to be the center of people’s digital lives, be it for work or play. Now with the proliferation of cloud services . . . . .
Enterprise software is evolving. One of the key factors driving this evolution is consumerization, according to this article on TechCrunch - 3 Predictions On The Future Of Enterprise Software by Uzi Shmilovici. Here are 3 predictions Uzi offered on how consumerization will continue to transform enterprise computing – 1. User Experience is King.The user experience is already becoming . . . . .
What’s the difference between a ‘private’ and ‘public’ cloud anyway? Are private clouds necessarily more secure than a public cloud? This article from ZDNet - Every SaaS provider runs a private cloud by Phil Wainewright addresses some misunderstandings people might have of the security of public clouds. In summary – Any public cloud SaaS provider owns and . . . . .
For those running applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS), there is good news – all Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances now support 64-bit operating systems, even on the Small and Medium instance types. 64-bit systems used to be supported on the highest tiers only, but this new development allows users running on the lower instances . . . . .
According to Gartner, hybrid IT, the combination of internal and external cloud-based services to support various business outcomes, is transforming IT architecture and the way IT roles are being thought of in companies. This is significant because, here in PointStar, when we engage in conversations with our prospects, leads and customers who are evaluating cloud computing . . . . .
