Posts Tagged ‘cloud computing’
If you’re planning a network upgrade or expansion within the next 6 months, listen up. You might be able to save yourself quite a bit of money AND give yourself a more productive workplace by switching to a cloud-based network instead of an on-premises server. However, cloud computing is NOT a good fit for every company, and if you don’t get all the facts or fully understand the pros and cons, you can end up making some VERY poor and expensive decisions that you’ll deeply regret later.
That said, for some clients, cloud can actually lower their IT costs, greatly improve the ability for remote workers to connect and work, simplify their entire IT infrastructure and genuinely solve a number of technology problems they’ve been trying to work around for years. So which is right for you? Let’s discuss…
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If you’re like many of our clients, you’ve probably heard some of the buzz about “The Cloud.” Though the term is popular, most people don’t quite understand what it means. Why are so many articles citing “The Cloud” as a remote work solution during the COVID-19 crisis? Is “The Cloud” a place or an application? How is it best utilized?
In essence, cloud computing is simply a way to “rent” the computing you need by getting it over the Internet. Cloud solutions operate in lieu of buying your own hardware and software. A lot of businesses like cloud computing for two key reasons: they only pay for what they need and they don’t have to worry about their IT investment becoming obsolete.
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Way back 5 years ago, a company whose business was to store code in the cloud simply vanished. Nearly in the blink of an eye Code Spaces went out of business. The culprit? Its confidence that the cloud was a golden bullet in storing data.
Code Spaces was a company that offered to development teams (I mean programmers here) code repositories and project management tools. It had been thriving for over 7 years, with no shortage of folks interested in its services.
But that all ended when its cloud storage was attacked.
I know you already know at least the basics of security. We all talk about security and backups—especially in the cloud—but wat we don’t understand is: how are we protecting our data in the cloud?
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