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Data Analytics and the Cloud

Data Analytics and the Cloud

What are data analytics and how do they relate to the cloud? Can data analytics help speed up monetization of the cloud, and if so, how? How important are they to cloud based businesses? How can a company's data become financially beneficial…
Can Cloud Vendors Deliver What They Promise?

Can Cloud Vendors Deliver What They Promise?

Cloud vendors offer a variety of services. What assurances are there that cloud vendors can deliver the services they promise? How can they guarantee they will be able to satisfy their customer’s demands? Like any new technology, cloud based…
Think of the Cloud as a Utility - Why The Cloud is an Essential Service for Information Based Companies

Think of the Cloud as a Utility - Why The Cloud is an Essential Service for Information Based Companies

For a variety of reasons, some companies are reluctant to do business in the cloud. They may have reservations about the cost, about the security of the technology or may just not have enough information. One way to allay some of these concerns…
Is Doing Business in the Cloud Risky?

Is Doing Business in the Cloud Risky?

Like any developing technology, doing business in the cloud has risks. However, these risks, while not negligible, are taken seriously by cloud service providers. What are some of the risks of doing business in the cloud? One factor to consider…
Security and Mobility in the Cloud

Security and Mobility in the Cloud

The two main advantages of cloud backup services are the mobility and security that they provide to end users. Cloud backup services try to ensure that its customers can not only be mobile, but also secure at the same time. In fact, not only…
How Safe are Cloud Based Services?

How Safe are Cloud Based Services?

There are many benefits to cloud based computing. Cloud based services offer companies an efficient and cost effective way to store an unlimited amount of data and allow for the mobility of their employees as well as a variety of other tangible…
What Makes the Cloud so Cost Effective?

What Makes the Cloud so Cost Effective?

Those who tout the benefits of cloud technology always refer to the cost effectiveness of it. But, is that really true? Is cloud technology cost effective?  Will switching to the cloud save companies money? If so, what are the factors that…
Outsmarting the CryptoLocker

Outsmarting the CryptoLocker

The battle against cybervillains is the purest definition of an unfair fight. In most cases, your only response is to be reactionary; they attack, and you react. They then look at the countermeasures you’ve taken to block them, and then formulate…
Hard Drive Disaster Prep for Procrastinators

Hard Drive Disaster Prep for Procrastinators

For many small businesses, the only activity that regularly occurs around data backup is procrastination. The bad news is that two major computer catastrophes are always on the horizon, waiting to destroy any valuable files stored on your office…

Three Cloud Computing Topics of Discussion for 2015

Cloud computing has been a frequent topic of discussion for businesses for the last several years, but like all technologies, the discussion continues to evolve. This year meetings will be centered around new subject matters related to cloud…
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CIO Review Features Data Deposit Box's Solutions Sized for SMBs

Cloud storage is often discussed in the context of giant server farms in constant states of downloading, storing and refreshing data for huge enterprises, even though all businesses need data security. Data Deposit Box wondered why cloud solutions…
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The Evolution of Cloud Computing

For most computer users, the word “cloud” no longer means a suspended mass of particles. Instead, it’s a metaphor for the virtual world, and the idea of a converged infrastructure has definitely evolved. Businesses and individuals have…