The future of databases belongs to the phenomenon of cloud computing. It is starting to become standardized in every facet of technology where data is concerned, from giants like Amazon and Apple to home computing. Rather than having an external hard drive collecting dust on your desk to back up data, storage devices the size of a hard covered book can hang out, like your wireless router, and store terabytes of information that can be accessed through authorized devices from … Click here to read more

There is a hot trend right now in cloud computing: Businesses are starting to realize that public cloud, despite all the upsides, falls short mainly in reliability and security. The outages, the security loopholes, etc. – all make business decision makers thinking that it’s about time to bring back their data from public cloud to on-premise, private cloud for greater control that will naturally thwart mainly privacy issues and data jurisdiction issues.

There are many private IaaS (Infrastructure as … Click here to read more

Any nascent industry sees the rapid pace of mergers and acquisitions go with almost reckless speed. This is true in any industry on the cutting edge where larger organizations looking to catch-up end up gobbling up small start-ups in rapid succession. Nowhere has software investment banking been more prevalent of late than in the cloud computing sector. I would not be able to list on both fingers and toes all the acquisitions that have occurred over the last several months. … Click here to read more

Cloud computing is a new wave of computer technology that is paving new grounds for the way we operate computers. Cloud computing is just old enough that big business have already invested in it but still so new that many small business and many more consumers are unaware of its existence. Some of us know almost everything about it and others are looking to sky searching for a computer in the clouds. No need to be ashamed though that you … Click here to read more

Zynga, one of the leading social games networks, decides to go hybrid cloud by leaving Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a primary cloud service provider in its effort to maximize reliability and performance. A plausible move that is in-line with the current trend of businesses bringing back their data from public cloud to private cloud (check out this cloud computing infographic for the trend).

Indeed, Zynga didn’t go all the way to private cloud, though – it adopts hybrid … Click here to read more

Typically, cloud apps and solutions allow you to take your digital life to the cloud – either it’s for individual or business purposes. Consider this: When you snap a photo using your digital camera, now you can store it on Dropbox and/or share it with your friends via Facebook. When you are working on a business project, now you can do so using an online collaboration tool, allowing you and your team to work on the same project.

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