Posts Tagged ‘Cloud’
Identifying At-Risk Data
A hacker scanning for unsecured databases was able to compromise at least 58.8 million records from Modern Business Solutions (MBS), a data management and monetization firm primarily serving the automotive, employment and real-estate industries. This news came to us from SC Magazine in their article, “Unsecured database lets hacker expose 58 million plus records from data…
Read MoreDigital’s Impact on Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is at a point where soon they will be taking in more digital records than traditional formats. Federal Times brought this information to us in their article, “The future of preserving the past.” This comes with challenges in preserving digital records, especially those with ever-changing formats. Digital preservation is fairly new,…
Read MoreFinding Big Data
Big data has spawned a significant change for businesses. Creating an easily searchable database, whether it is onsite or cloud-based is part of a company’s success. When you consider that trillions of files of any size must be managed and protected without degradation in performance, it adds a humbling perspective. IT Pro Portal brought this news to our…
Read MoreFinding More That Brexit Impacts
With each passing day, the fallout from the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) keeps revealing itself. ZDNet brought this news to us in their article, “Brexit spells turbulence for cloud computing: 6 stormy scenarios.” For large cloud computing vendors, the impact will be about the data center build-outs. There will be some uncertainty ahead…
Read MoreUtilizing Different Technologies in the Cloud
Most organizations see the cloud and Platform as a Service (PaaS) as obvious ways to standardize infrastructure, ease deployment and operations, and make developers more productive. This interesting information came from Thought Works in their article, “Parsing the PaaS Puzzle.” PaaS provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run and manage applications without the complexity of building…
Read MoreLooking for Alternatives
Dell and EMC are united and will be called EMC Dell. With Dell’s focus on modernizing the data center, it seems appropriate that this new hybrid would focus on cloud storage. Forbes brought us this information in their article, “Dell Technologies Outlines Storage Priorities.” EMC introduced a new member of its all-flash portfolio with the EMC…
Read MoreJoining the Game
Machine Zone is known as a top-ranked mobile game company, but now it has launched a platform that lets other companies license its cloud technology that will enable many millions of people to communicate and interact in real time. This interesting information came to us from Venture Beat in their article, “Machine Zone launches cloud platform to process…
Read MoreRunning Out of Room
Unnecessary data is a fact of life. The enterprise platform as well as personal computers are likely clogged with unnecessary data and the cloud is filling up fast. This interesting news came to us from BetaNews in their article, “Your business is likely storing useless data.” A recent survey of IT decision makers in companies with more…
Read MoreData Depositories Explained
A last minute educational opportunity for this week comes from DATAVERSITY and is titled, “The Heart of Data Modeling Presents: Who’s Pissing in Your Data Lake.” The new data terms of Data Lake, Data Reservoir, and Data Swamp can be confusing. The types of data anomalies that organizations can run into when they use external data could…
Read MoreExpanding the Clouds
Oracle has expanded its cloud services portfolio in a number of ways recently. One of those is the Oracle Integration Cloud Service – an integration platform that helps users make connections between on-premises and software as a service (SaaS) applications, and then monitor those connections through visual dashboards and other tools. Tech Target brought this news to…
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