1812, 2019

Taking business continuity to the cloud

By |December 18, 2019|Categories: Business|Tags: , , , , , , |

Business continuity is often overlooked until it’s too late. But with the cloud on their side, IT departments and business owners can more easily adopt this strategy to help avert the next outage. Here’s how the cloud benefits implementations of business continuity. Better uptime Backing up to an internal drive [...]

410, 2019

Cloud solutions have enduring value in healthcare

By |October 4, 2019|Categories: Healthcare|Tags: , , , , , , |

We’re long past the time when healthcare entities could justify being hesitant about cloud computing. It has surpassed on-site IT in terms of reliability and security if you know how to manage it properly. Just take a look at all the business benefits of cloud computing! Easy information access The [...]

2502, 2019

Will virtual containers change IT?

By |February 25, 2019|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , |

As technical as virtualization and virtual containers are, there’s no reason your company shouldn’t benefit from them. IT specialists all over the country are setting up and supporting these technologies for small businesses to increase efficiency and cut down on technology costs. What are containers and why are they so [...]

2801, 2019

Virtualization is different from the cloud

By |January 28, 2019|Categories: Web & Cloud|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Virtualization and cloud computing can be confusing, especially to business owners who are not familiar with them. But when you understand their differences, you’ll be able to best take advantage of these technologies. Virtualization Imagine a company with five servers, each assigned a single task such as storage, email, etc. [...]

2012, 2018

The basics of serverless computing

By |December 20, 2018|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , , |

Serverless computing is one way to reduce management burdens brought about by the need to configure several servers. But before you adopt this technology, it’s important that you first understand its basic principles as well as how you can leverage it to improve your day-to-day operations and, ultimately, your bottom [...]

1311, 2018

The lowdown on cloud security

By |November 13, 2018|Categories: Security|Tags: , , , , , , |

If you’re thinking of transitioning your business to the cloud, consider the security of the platform. While providers would like us to believe that the friendly, fluffy cloud image used to market the service means it is automatically secure, the reality is far different. Just ask one of the nearly [...]

409, 2018

Hybrid clouds make SMBs more flexible

By |September 4, 2018|Categories: Web & Cloud|Tags: , , , , , |

Cloud computing has become an indispensable component in business IT because it’s cost-effective, flexible, and secure. Thanks to hybrid cloud solutions, organizations have access to even more agile computing resources. Hybrid clouds are a combination of private and public clouds. In the former, data and applications that require tighter controls [...]

2405, 2018

The lowdown on virtualization and the cloud

By |May 24, 2018|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Virtualization and cloud computing are sometimes used interchangeably, and it's easy to see why people confuse the two. To set the record straight, virtualization is NOT cloud computing. But these two revolutionary technologies often overlap. Virtualization Imagine a company with five servers, each assigned a single task such as storage, [...]

2812, 2017

Virtualization Containers 101

By |December 28, 2017|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , |

New technological developments such as cloud computing and virtualization are prying small- and medium-sized businesses away from traditional client-server architecture. In contention now lie Containers, a technology influenced by cloud computing that offers a less complex alternative to virtualization. Discover its benefits and see why they apply to your business. [...]

911, 2017

What is “serverless” computing?

By |November 9, 2017|Categories: Virtualization|Tags: , , , , , , |

Thanks to economies of scale, cloud computing resources are cheaper and more stable than those on a local area network, but the cloud is still made up of servers that require expert configuration. Serverless computing is one way to reduce management burdens. What is it? Outsourcing workloads to the cloud [...]

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