It’s finally here! We are so happy to introduce Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac, a new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition and of Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition. “This year, for the first time ever, we are bringing the two hottest features from Mac and Windows into one place via Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac,” […]
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Are you curious regarding what’s new in our latest version of Parallels Desktop 13? Parallels Desktop® for Mac enables users to run Windows, Linux, and other popular OSes without rebooting your Mac®. Parallels stands tall as the #1 solution for desktop virtualization for millions of users—for over 11 years. Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac has […]
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Do you use AWS Marketplace? If you do, you know that with over 6,000 product listings, it can be tough to find what you’re looking for.
That’s why CloudEndure created an AWS Marketplace map featuring the top-rated software and services in a range of categories, including network infrastructure, app development, and monitoring.
Using a custom tool developed in-house, CloudEndure scanned the entire AWS Marketplace and filtered the 76 top products out of 6,000. All of the products included in the map (and accompanying detailed table) were reviewed by at least five customers, and received at least three stars.
This great map was inspired by the new season of Game of Thrones. As you can see below, the map is divided into 3 kingdoms: Developer Tools, Business Software, and Software Infrastructure. Within each kingdom are fiefdoms for specific missions, such as migration, security, monitoring, and collaboration.
So whether you are a Stark, a Targaryen, or even a Lannister, the Game of Clouds map will help you attain the crown of AWS cloud computing perfection!
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Lurking in the background of any IT manager’s nightmares is the spectre of shadow IT. Shadow IT can be described as hardware or software used in an enterprise that is not supported by the enterprise. The negativity of the term is justified because it implies that employees are using technology without the knowledge or approval of the IT department – a recipe for disaster.
The risks of shadow IT are well-known and have the potential to damage a business’s ability to function effectively. Even so, organisations still need to warn employees about the dangers of using software that is not supported by the business.
In recent years, shadow IT has increased with the use of software by employees who have bypassed company IT rules. With the increasing use of cloud applications such as Slack and online business tools such as Skype to encourage faster and more effective work, the risk of employees using shadow IT have increased. Technology developments such as BYOD (bring your own device), while providing significant benefits and fulfilling a specific business requirement, have also bred the rise of third party providers in the workplace, without the blessing of corporate IT.
The most obvious risk posed by shadow IT is the security lapse it enables. Without the IT department’s knowledge, unapproved applications can quickly lead to security breaches. Software needs to follow the protocols set out by the organisation’s IT department because, without this compliance and oversight, negative consequences begin to arise. For example, sharing or passing data outside the corporate firewall to external users or collaborators, where data governance and compliance can’t be assured presents a clear business threat. In addition, corporate bandwidth can be diminished by data travelling on the network that IT managers are unaware of.
Much of the attraction of unsupported software is that employees find it simple and quick to be productive using such tools. The intent is therefore not malicious because the initial impetus for utilising software that doesn’t conform to company IT policy is the desire to work effectively. However, this ends up being counter-productive and diminishes the employee’s efficiency in the long run because employees are threatening the organisation’s security and compliance status and creating fragmentation in the types of software used by different people within the business.
Negating these risks and eliminating shadow IT requires a close understanding of the business’s challenges and the employee’s needs. Both must go hand-in-hand so employees’ initial motivation to seek out unsupported software is removed because they already have access to approved, attractive to use tools.
This is CTERA’s mission – to provide a platform that offers leading security, governance and authentication tools, to ensure that whatever a user chooses, IT mandates for security, governance and compliance are adhered to. CTERA serves as a central control point to diminish, and eventually eliminate, shadow IT use and increase organisational compliance.
Even though organisations aspire to implement the tightest security models, if users fail to adopt the technologies that IT sanctions, there can be no security, no governance and no compliance. Businesses need to find the right balance between control and user enablement, and they are seeking solutions that enable them to do so.
Overall, there needs to be greater awareness among organisations that there are alternatives to the OneDrives and Dropboxes that can make users happy while tackling the challenges of keeping organisations protected. There are clear roles for IT departments and for individual users of hardware and software in the workplace. Successful businesses of the future will be those that understand this new reality, and have implemented IT policies that benefit the organisation and allow employees to flourish while working effectively. This will mean providing file sharing, storage and protection tools in a form that users like, that benefits the employer and that allows peace of mind for the IT department.
Given the popularity of the containers, further investment in the telco/cable industry is needed to transition existing VM-based solutions to containerized cloud native deployments. The networking architecture of the solution isolates the network traffic into different network planes (e.g., management, control, and media). This naturally makes support for multiple interfaces in container orchestration engines an indispensable requirement.
yperConvergence came to market with the objective of being simple, flexible and to help drive down operating expenses. It reduced the footprint by bundling the compute/storage/network into one box. This brought a new set of challenges as the HyperConverged vendors are very focused on their own proprietary building blocks. If you want to scale in a certain way, let’s say you identified a need for more storage and want to add a device that is not sold by the HyperConverged vendor, forget about it. This meant that up to now the HyperConverged vendors were in charge of the requirements.
SYS-CON Events announced today that App2Cloud will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct. 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
App2Cloud is an online Platform, specializing in migrating legacy applications to any Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Recently, IoT seems emerging as a solution vehicle for data analytics on real-world scenarios from setting a room temperature setting to predicting a component failure of an aircraft. Compared with developing an application or deploying a cloud service, is an IoT solution unique? If so, how? How does a typical IoT solution architecture consist? And what are the essential components and how are they relevant to each other? How does the security play out? What are the best practices in formulating an IoT solution? These are all the topics which this presentation will cover.
SYS-CON Events announced today that MobiDev, a client-oriented software development company, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MobiDev is a software company that develops and delivers turn-key mobile apps, websites, web services, and complex software systems for startups and enterprises. Since 2009 it has grown from a small group of passionate engineers and business managers to a full-scale mobile software company with over 200 developers, designers, quality assurance engineers, project managers in house, specializing in the world-class mobile and web development.
SYS-CON Events announced today that Dasher Technologies will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dasher Technologies, Inc. ® is a premier IT solution provider that delivers expert technical resources along with trusted account executives to architect and deliver complete IT solutions and services to help our clients execute their goals, plans and objectives.
Since 1999, we’ve helped public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. As one of the fastest growing IT solution providers in the country, we have gained a reputation for effortless implementations with relentless follow-through and enduring support.