With cloud computing's paradigm of shared infrastructure, DDoS attacks on a specific target can quickly affect many or all tenants. In this Arbor Insight, we explain why availability should be the top priority for cloud operators, and outlines best current practices for preventing and mitigating attacks.
Published: Mar 13, 2014
Backup solutions play a critical role in data storage – providing the ability to recover data from an earlier time or after an unexpected data loss. In order for IT to effectively back up, protect and restore data, multiple components are required, including some combination of backup applications, disks and tapes....
Published: Jul 23, 2013
What exactly is cloud to cloud backup? How does it work, what does it require and what are the benefits? It’s easy enough to understand the concept of copying data from one cloud and replicating it in another for safe storage and easy retrieval. The real question is, when and why is cloud to cloud backup necessary,...
Published: Jul 15, 2013
Research shows that six out of 10 contact centers are projected to have cloud-based deployment by the end of 2013. This Aberdeen Analyst Insight demonstrates the top factors driving businesses to invest in a cloud-based contact center as well as the post-deployment benefits they gain through improved scalability.
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Published: Aug 16, 2013
Star’s virtual desktop provides a platform for the delivery of a working, personal desktop for different user groups, regardless of location or device. Utilising the latest technologies, the service delivers significant efficiencies and productivity gains, while reducing the burden of hardware management and security...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on the shop floor is as critical to the viability of the enterprise as any component in the execution of manufacturing.
High-performing manufacturers have found that full integration of real-time operational data collected from the shop floor to the top floor is key to reducing costs,...
Published: Feb 21, 2014
OpenStack® is a hot topic, and with good reason: This rapidly evolving open-source architecture can enable IT departments to build infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) clouds running on standard hardware.
Companies of all sizes see the possibilities, a recent IDG Quick Poll of CIOs shows. But those companies may...
Published: May 01, 2013
Anticipating property market trends NetDataVault is a company that provides data centre services and cloud computing. It has the first ANSI/TIA-942 compliant Tier-3 data centre in Northern India.
When it started out, NetDataVault needed to find a robust, cost-effective cloud platform to enable it to deliver Infrastructure...
Published: Jul 30, 2014
Data management for mobile applications is exactly what it sounds like: it’s all about moving data around. It isn’t an application design problem, yet so many people approach it at the API layer. Great mobile apps should work well both on- and offline, and require a new way of thinking about data modeling for...
Published: Nov 13, 2013
The sheer volume of information associated with transactions—including data about both senders and receivers—is tremendous. Western Union strives to not only support this volume; the company aims to simplify transactions from different channels and devices, help protect transactions and better understand each...
Published: Sep 10, 2014
The overhead of a typical family practice normally runs at about 60% of revenues,2 so it’s important to choose the most cost-effective healthcare IT solutions, such as practice management systems, electronic health records (EHR), and others. Cloud-based solutions are becoming increasingly popular due to their relative...
Published: Oct 25, 2013
Activity on the Race for Life website is cyclical as publicity builds ahead of each summer’s events. As a result, the charity’s websites are faced with a spike in activity, placing pressure on a hosting resource that was coming to the end of life. “It became clear with the success of fundraising activities...
Published: May 22, 2014
If you’re like most organizations, your users and even your CEO are demanding “a cloud like Amazon” where they can instantly spin up servers through a self-service portal. And you may have given them something that looks like that.
Published: Jan 09, 2014
The first challenge for most business is in defining where CRM sits within the organisation, who has control or responsibility and which theories underpin the approach.
The second challenge is to separate out the methodology and processes before identifying the technology that can be deployed to make those systems...
Published: Mar 01, 2015