It is difficult to anticipate cloud failures from the service provider. However, one way to protect your business from the availability and reliability related issues of cloud service providers is to invest in what is called a “cloud of clouds”. This is a network scenario where cloud based service providers integrate their platform with one another to build a topography that is seamless and works as a single entity for all purposes relating to data and infrastructure. Such a network protects the end user from any outage or service closure of the provider.
Insuring Your Business Against Cloud Service Availability
It is difficult to anticipate cloud failures from the service provider. However, one way to protect your business from the availability and reliability related issues of cloud service providers is to invest in what is called a “cloud of clouds”. This is a network scenario where cloud based service providers integrate their platform with one another to build a topography that is seamless and works as a single entity for all purposes relating to data and infrastructure. Such a network protects the end user from any outage or service closure of the provider.
Case Study: Making Money in a Cashless Economy
The world is going cashless – and USA Technologies will be there when it does. Their Knowledge Base Study shows an average 84% increase in cashless transactions sales at their secure cashless and wireless unattended POS terminals.
Case Study: Making Money in a Cashless Economy
The world is going cashless – and USA Technologies will be there when it does. Their Knowledge Base Study shows an average 84% increase in cashless transactions sales at their secure cashless and wireless unattended POS terminals.
Littlejohn & Co. Acquires Hostway Corporation
Littlejohn & Co., LLC, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, on Monday acquired Hostway Corporation, a provider of hosted information technology solutions to over 500,000 small and medium-size businesses and enterprise customers. Littlejohn will serve as an active shareholder and board of directors in support of the Company’s plan to capitalize on the tremendous demand for hosted IT solutions.
Hostway delivers customized Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and Cloud solutions, a robust suite of web presence and web optimization solutions, hosted exchange and a variety of other value-added applications and services in customizable managed, shared, cloud or hybrid environments. Hostway has one of the industry’s broadest, most reliable and customizable hosting platforms, allowing it to serve start-ups, small and medium size businesses and large enterprises wherever they are in their IT lifecycles. Hostway has also developed unique, proprietary solutions for Telecos, VARs, Integrators, MSPs and other channel partners, which allow them to easily integrate Hostway’s solutions into their own offerings, including branded white label solutions.
Littlejohn & Co. Acquires Hostway Corporation
Littlejohn & Co., LLC, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, on Monday acquired Hostway Corporation, a provider of hosted information technology solutions to over 500,000 small and medium-size businesses and enterprise customers. Littlejohn will serve as an active shareholder and board of directors in support of the Company’s plan to capitalize on the tremendous demand for hosted IT solutions.
Hostway delivers customized Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and Cloud solutions, a robust suite of web presence and web optimization solutions, hosted exchange and a variety of other value-added applications and services in customizable managed, shared, cloud or hybrid environments. Hostway has one of the industry’s broadest, most reliable and customizable hosting platforms, allowing it to serve start-ups, small and medium size businesses and large enterprises wherever they are in their IT lifecycles. Hostway has also developed unique, proprietary solutions for Telecos, VARs, Integrators, MSPs and other channel partners, which allow them to easily integrate Hostway’s solutions into their own offerings, including branded white label solutions.
Public Sector Cloud in 2014: Four trends you need to know
As we head into 2014, the potential for growth in public sector cloud services adoption looks more promising than ever.
The ‘Public Cloud First’ policy on IT procurement should continue to drive further growth in demand and the CloudStore marketplace provides a straightforward way for government departments to buy the services they need off the shelf.
But what will be the other trends for buyers of public sector cloud services in the year ahead? Here are four which I think are important:
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Belt and braces for cloud security – Many local and central government organisations in the UK must adhere to the PSN code of compliance by April 2014, which includes the need for a protective monitoring capability so that there is clear visibility around how IT systems are being accessed and used. I expect this will accelerate and drive wider adoption of GPG13 compliant security information and event management capabilities …
The NSA Can’t Stifle Cloud Momentum
In a recent IDG News survey, high-ranking IT executives in North America and Europe were asked about the effect the NSA snooping practices have had on their cloud computing strategy. Despite the furor over the NSA, these leaders are still committed to the cloud.
The Cliff’s notes: In an IDG News survey, high-ranking IT executives in North America and Europe were asked about the effect the NSA snooping practices have had on their cloud computing strategy. Despite the furor over the NSA, these leaders are still committed to the cloud.
Linthicum talks about the dollars and cents, that efficiency and agility benefits that the cloud provides to the enterprise far outweighs any concern that the NSA might be tapping into their communications. This echoes what we hear every day from our customers, but with a little more nuance that goes beyond quantifiable business benefits.
Assessing Cloud Application Agility
Agility means being able to change direction rapidly in response to a change in market conditions. As business increasingly moves to online and mobile interfaces, the agility of enterprise applications becomes a critical success factor. With the advent of the cloud, making applications agile means moving them away from the on-premise data center. Cloud-based applications are not automatically agile, however. The “lift and shift” approach to porting applications from on-premise data centers to cloud infrastructure can actually impede agility.
To make cloud-based applications agile, there has to be a commitment to platforms, tools, processes and people. Enterprise applications were created to serve business needs. As a result, business managers tend define agility in the following terms: How quickly one can get feedback from the end customer or customer-facing systems; how quickly one can decipher the feedback; how quickly one can decide what to do about it and implement the plan. To make this work, IT managers are moving applications to the cloud.
ZapThink’s 2013 Retrospective and Predictions for 2014
At last, the moment has arrived: the thirteenth and final installment of ZapThink’s annual retrospective and predictions written by one of ZapThink’s original members. ZapThink will live on as a division of Dovel Technologies, and I will continue my thought leadership at an as yet unselected opportunity, so in a year’s time, you may see the fourteenth installment of this annual tradition. But for today, let’s score ourselves one last time on last year’s predictions and make three new ones for 2014.