November 7, 2015
An IT department in the cloud: A game changer for Malaysian SMEs
Grazed from MalayOnline. Author: Editorial Staff.
Upgrading a laggy, clunky 20-year-old IT system today is no longer the dreaded nightmare it used to be. And getting a well-oiled, well-supported IT system with the latest productivity tools for SMEs is not only easier and faster these days, it’s also significantly cheaper too. Thanks to cloud computing, small-to-medium enterprises can have the same systems and business tools that giant MNCs use without a huge bill for expensive hardware or a round-the-clock IT team.
“In the past, SMEs could only afford cheap servers and software that is less reliable and secure. When the system goes down, the harassed IT guy might take hours to figure things out,” says Vincent Choy, Senior Consultant at Fedelis Sdn Bhd, an award-winning systems integrator outfit focused on niche and emerging ICT technologies…
To manage 50 billion market events — nearly a petabyte of stored data — the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) turned to the Cloudera Enterprise big data platform along with an Amazon Web Services infrastructure. FINRA is an independent regulator overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Apache Hadoop, an open-source framework written in Java that enables storage and processing of large data sets, powers Cloudera Enterprise.
Keeping data safe is important. The task is hard to start and even harder to manage, but it must be done. Anyway, if you are finding data management to be difficult, then you are probably using the wrong equipment. Technology has made it possible for you to store billions of records effortlessly without spending a fortune in the process. Personal data storage should not be a problem. The main problem often lies in the storage of business data. For every business, data is a crucial asset. Businesses that do not keep records of their customers or marketing campaigns are always bound to fail at some point.
Technology distributor Avnet has signed IBM as the first member of its new Avnet Cloud Marketplace, giving partners a one-stop shop for IBM’s cloud offerings, according to an announcement by the company on Thursday. The marketplace, launched this week, is available for partners in the US and Canada to offer cloud-based services to their customers through both consumption- and subscription-based models, Avnet said. Business Partners can also create branded storefronts in the marketplace to feature their own bundled cloud offerings.
Building new types of computers, constructing an intelligent cloud and helping companies increase productivity are the three “interlocking ambitions” he wants Microsoft Corp. to pursue “boldly”, CEO Satya Nadella said in a conversation on Thursday. Nadella wants Microsoft to help companies reinvent their productivity and business processes with the help of tools like OneNote, Windows 10 and Office 365.
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Netflix, AirBnB and Uber are all pointing the way to the cloud as the future, and that is also true for security, according to Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer (CTO) at security firm Qualys. “Most enterprises are facing today’s cyber security challenges with IT architecture that was developed 25 years ago when IT had full control over computing,” he told the RSA Conference 2015 in Abu Dhabi.