The Future of Information: Linking Cloud, Cybersecurity and Big Data Investment
Grazed from INNDaily. Author: Morag McGreevey.
Sometimes it seems like every other business is a cloud-based company. This internet-based computing service has entirely transformed the way information is processed, organized, stored and shared. Indeed, it seems almost impossible to separate the explosion of big data from cloud computing.
However, the rapid transition from old school data management to the highly efficient data centers driving today’s markets has created a need for cybersecurity solutions. With sensitive personal information, healthcare records and financial records being managed by these systems, cloud security has emerged as a vital aspect of protecting this data. As a result, cloud computing, cybersecurity and big data investment have formed an important nexus in the tech space…
The growing number of connected devices has given an entirely new dimension to the mobile strategy of enterprises. Any device which is plugged onto the internet becomes a mini-computer and has become the new point for end-user computing. The rapid adoption of a mobility strategy has thrown open a huge market opportunity for virtualisation software company Vmware, who enable the running of the applications and securing it on any mobile device. Sanjay Poonen, executive vice-president and general manager, end-user computing, VMware talks about mobility strategy of enterprises and how they are expanding their reach in an interview with PP Thimmaya. Excerpts:
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm is getting into the data center market with a new joint venture to design and sell server chips in China. The joint venture was announced Sunday morning in China, and brings together Qualcomm and the government of China’s Guizhou province.
Often dwarfed by IaaS and SaaS services, platform as a service or PaaS is a category that has quietly been growing in scope and demand over the past couple of years. This category of cloud services offers customers a platform to develop and manage their own web applications, without any need to build the supporting infrastructure. So what comes next for PaaS? Here are a few predictions of what could happen over the next year.
TSO Logic
In a new twist, Amazon has again repackaged and repriced its services, this time allowing Amazon EC2 instances to be treated as if they were scheduled jobs — at up to 10 percent off Amazon’s usual prices. SRI (Scheduled Reserved Instances) allows customers to "reserve capacity on a recurring basis with a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule over the course of a one-year term," according to the blog post announcing the new feature.