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Almost half of UK councils are yet to put cloud plans together, research finds
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Even though almost three quarters of the major UK councils say they use cloud technologies for data storage in some capacity, almost half say they are yet to formulate plans to use cloud computing.
That’s the main finding from not for profit IT service provider Eduserv, in responses provided by the top 100 councils in the UK. 44% of those polled said they did not have a strategy or IT policy in place – and of that number, only 15% say they are exploring or considering a cloud policy.
63% of councils say they have two or more on-premise data centres, and a third use no external data centres. Only 10% have a pure cloud IT model, while 93% hold all but a negligible amount of data on-premise.
Worryingly, more than a quarter (27%) of councils approached by Eduserv said they could not provide a full breakdown of where their data was held. The overall sense of the findings provide a complex landscape for councils. “Information management maturity is still relatively low in local government, which needs to be addressed in the move to digital delivery,” said Andrew Hawkins, Eduserv public sector director.
Jos Creese, Eduserv principal analyst, argues the results are not especially surprising, but more can be done. “As cloud use becomes more ubiquitous, local authorities cannot afford not to have plans to ensure that it is used safely and with controls in place to ensure data is managed in a way which reduces risk,” said Creese.
“From a strategic perspective, the prevalence of on-premise IT shows that the majority of councils are still poorly positioned to exploit digital change in a way which generates both service and financial benefit,” added Creese. “If councils are to go down this path then it will be critical to address the apparent lack of clarity around where data is stored which emerged from our research.”
Writing for this publication last month, Hawkins argued organisations in the public sector needed to provide cultural, budgetary, and technical readiness before fully committing to cloud migration. “You can’t move to the cloud until you understand fully the shape of your current IT estate and the applications which support the organisation,” he wrote. “Mapping these will allow you to understand areas which are compatible and incompatible with a cloud operating model ahead of time.”
Tech News Recap for the Week of 7/18/2016
Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 7/18/2016! Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.
A hacker who claims to have stolen 10 million patient records is extorting victims for money. Microsoft is almost done moving its Skype consumer service to Azure. Like AT&T, Verizon is going virtual for enterprises. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced they are offering a free preview of Microsoft Stream, a new business video service. Salesforce is acquiring data center optimization startup Coolan, a majority of companies say their trade secrets are most likely compromised, and more top news you may have missed this week!
Tech News Recap
- How a healthcare hacker is pressuring victims to pay up
- Microsoft is almost done moving its Skype consumer service to Azure
- Can Big Data Help Cure Cancer?
- Google launches cloud service for understanding human language
- Like AT&T, Verizon is going virtual for enterprises
- Preview of Microsoft Stream – a New Business Video Service
- Salesforce to acquire data center optimization startup Coolan
- Boeing Win Positions Azure For Future Enterprise Growth
- Essential Elements in Building an Agile Data Center
- Succeeding at Artificial Intelligence Requires a Commitment to Agile Experimentation
- Your Skype calls are about to get much better
- 9 High Tech Cities Outside Silicon Valley To Explore
- Majority Of Companies Say Trade Secrets Likely Compromised
- Edward Snowden has developed an iPhone case meant to kill surveillance
- Google’s DeepMind A.I can slash data center power use 40%
- How Apple and Facebook helped to take down Kickass Torrents
- FBI needs to beef-up high-tech cyber threat evaluations says DoJ Inspector General
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just passed Warren Buffet to become the 3rd-richest man in the world
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By Ben Stephenson, Emerging Media Specialist
Dropbox and Egnyte move to leaders section in Gartner EFSS Magic Quadrant
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Box, Citrix, Dropbox, and Egnyte represent the leaders’ section in the latest Gartner enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) Magic Quadrant.
The 2016 rankings show an interesting correlation year on year; Dropbox and Egnyte move from the challenger and visionary sections respectively, while the overall number of vendors, 13, represents a step down from 16 last year. VMware AirWatch, CTERA Networks and Acronis fall off the niche player section this year, while EMC fell off altogether – partly down to the firm’s acquisition by Dell for $67 billion (£43.7bn) in October last year.
“We’re proud to be recognised as a leader, and this recognition underscores our company vision, product innovation, and our commitment to helping drive customer success,” wrote Thomas Hansen, global vice president for revenue at Dropbox in a blog post. “We’re honoured to be recognised by Gartner as a leader in this rapidly growing and highly competitive global market.”
For Egnyte, placed in the leaders’ section, the concept is validation not just for them but for the space overall. “In today’s rapidly evolving digital workplaces, businesses need to maintain flexibility, security, and performance in dealing with their data,” said Vineet Jain, Egnyte CEO. “Hybrid solutions, like Egnyte, are unique in having an open architecture that allows businesses to customise their digital workplace, enabling secure access to their data via any storage, any applications, and any device.
“With this level of customisation and freedom, hybrid has become a popular choice for both IT and end users,” Jain added.
In June, Egnyte announced the launch of Egnyte Protect, positioning the firm away from the traditional EFSS bucket but evolving its market strategy. “We see ourselves as a content intelligence platform,” Isabelle Guis, chief marketing and strategy officer, told CloudTech. “EFSS has great benefits to be a service used by the line of business, but also be of interest to IT.
“We decided that the highest demand for now was content governance,” Guis added. “That’s what our customers were asking for, and that compliments very well our enterprise file sync and share.”
Box was considered by Gartner analysts at the top for completeness of vision, while Citrix was placed as the best for ability to execute.
Limitar número de cores disponibles mediante cgroups
Mediante cgroups podemos limitar el número de cores disponibles para un determinado proceso, vamos a ver cómo.
Para hacer los cambios persistentes, deberemos editar el fichero /etc/cgconfig.conf , por ejemplo:
group vuitcores {
perm {
admin {
uid = root;
}
task {
uid = jprats;
}
}
cpuset {
cpuset.mems=0;
cpuset.cpus="0-7";
}
}
Mediante dicha sintaxi estamos definiendo:
- Un grupo llamado: vuitcores
- Opcionalmente, podemos definir permisos mediante la directiva perm
- Limitamos el cpuset (mems y cpus son options obligaatorias):
- cpuset.mems: Listado de nodos de memoria que permitimos acceso (para NUMA)
- cpuset.cpus: Listado de CPUs que permitimos acceso a este cgroup
Reiniciamos el servicio para aplicar los cambios:
# /etc/init.d/cgconfig restart Stopping cgconfig service: [ OK ] Starting cgconfig service: [ OK ]
Mediante nproc podremos validar el número de cores disponibles para el proceso:
# /usr/bin/nproc 32
Para ejecutar una tarea en un cgroup deberemos usar cgexec indicando el grupo mediante la opción -g:
# cgexec -g cpuset:vuitcores /usr/bin/nproc 8
Podemos apreciar que en este caso nproc nos reporta 8 cores en lugar de los 32 que tiene el equipo.
Tags: cgroups
Graph Databases with @IBMcloud | @CloudExpo #DevOps #IoT #Bluemix
«We host and fully manage cloud data services, whether we store, the data, move the data, or run analytics on the data,» stated Kamal Shannak, Senior Development Manager, Cloud Data Services, IBM, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Securely deliver apps to a mobile workforce
A Technical White Paper on Empowering a Mobile Workforce The advent of smart-phones has put an end to many things: postal mail has been replaced with email, calendars and watches are becoming a thing of the past, and digital cameras have taken a hit. A major transformation in the IT segment is the evolution of […]
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You Can Never Have Too Much Pi (π)
The earliest approximation of π (or: “Pi”) was discovered by ancient Babylonians nearly 4,000 years ago. Since then, π has been one of the most important and celebrated number in science and mathematics. Most of us can recite the approximate value of π from memory (hint: it’s 3.14), and many of our modern scientific and technological […]
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Next Gen IoT Platforms | @ThingsExpo #BigData #IoT #DigitalTransformation
The Internet of Things will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, demonstrated how to move beyond today’s coding paradigm and shared the must-have mindsets for removing complexity from the development process, accelerating application delivery times, and ensuring that developers will become heroes (not bottlenecks) in the IoT revolution.
[video] Content Marketing Strategies with @ContentMX | @CloudExpo #IoT #Cloud #Cybersecurity
«We’ve discovered that after shows 80% if leads that people get, 80% of the conversations end up on the show floor, meaning people forget about it, people forget who they talk to, people forget that there are actual business opportunities to be had here so we try to help out and keep the conversations going,» explained Jeff Mesnik, Founder and President of ContentMX, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.