cloud
Adobe ditch physical copies of software
Adobe have announced that they have stopped producing physical copies of Creative Suite and Acrobat. Instead they will only offer those products online through the Abobe Creative Cloud. Along with the changes to Adobe Marketing Cloud, this change represents a ‘fundamental shift’ of strategy, according to Neil Morgan, the EMEA senior director of digital marketing, […]
Cloud Computing use increasing in local government
A recent survey by Eduserv has found that 71% of local councils across the UK are using some form of cloud computing, with 57.5% adopting cloud in the past 5 years. Perhaps surprisingly, cloud applications were the most popular in use, with 37% of local authorities using some form of SaaS, with cloud hosting at […]
The hidden cost of cloud?
In a new paper, Symantec have published some interesting points on the state of cloud computing, and some issues that companies may not have considered. Even if you haven’t yet widely deployed cloud services within your organisation, have you ever come across ‘rogue cloud deployments’, where employees use cloud services without organisational oversight by consulting […]
The Cloud at CES
Whilst CES by its very nature is a hardware convention, how this hardware is integrated into the trends towards BYOD and cloud computing has not been ignored. Nvidia displayed Nvidia Grid, a high-end server stack that allows 3D gaming to render directly to the cloud. Cisco displayed a service that allow consumers to record TV […]
The Future of Big Data and IT Infrastructure
Big Data has firmly entered the zeitgeist, but what this means for the future of IT and technology is still up for debate. IDC’s Digital Universe report has analysed current trends, to anticipate the future of data in 2020. The scale of data is unprecedented, with the ‘digital universe’ (all the data created replicated and […]
Ebooks and Terms & Conditions
As purchasing goods and services through the cloud becomes more common, it is easy to forget that it is not always analogous to buying a product physically, as one Amazon customer from Norway found out recently, when her Kindle was wiped of all its books without warning. In a blog post which includes the emails […]
Cloud efficiency gains in the healthcare industry
Over at NPR, there is an article which explains how cloud computing can vastly improve efficiency when searching for new drugs and treatments. Hospitals and pharmaceutical companies can rent the required amount of processing power for tasks, rather than investing in supercomputers on site, which would only be used sporadically. One customer needed to virtually […]
Cloud Collaboration Software for Businesses
Research firm Forrester recently released a study about strategies and directions of cloud collaboration software. The benefits of using cloud collaboration software allows companies to be more agile and responsive, eliminating update cycles, and enabling mobile and remote workers to be as productive as they would be in the office. With increasing market demand for […]
UK and EU cloud directives
Two recent governmental directives are important for cloud services providers to be aware of and understand. The first is from the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) which has published new guidelines on the use of cloud computing and the Data Protection Act 1998. The document makes clear that it remains the responsibility of the business which […]
Moving everything to the cloud
Netflix have made steps to move 95% of their internal IT services to the cloud, and plan to completely move all of their IT operations out of their own datacentre, initially moving from 2500 virtual servers to just 50. This is a logical step for Netflix, as their streaming service is already run from within […]
