Regardless who you ask, regardless what study or poll you read and regardless
of who you talk to, time and time again, the markets’ main concern with
Cloud based solutions are shown in the form of security. Now, most Cloud
computing security concerns come in a pretty standard worry: consumers are
worried:
Their data will be hacked and stolen by evil doers Data will be lost due to
weather, blackouts, natural disasters etc
While the former is possible – hacking does happen to even the largest,
most well protected companies/government divisions, the latter is a misnomer
of sorts. For the public, the Cloud is still viewed as a public utility,
susceptible to power outages, floods, blizzards etc. To the public, the Cloud
resembles local power supplies however this sentiment couldn’t be further
from the truth.
Cloud Security Concerns: Data Centers & Backups
For the consu... (more)
Recently, the fine folks over at the IBM wrote a blog titled, “Top Five
Advantages of Software as a Service (SaaS)”. The writer, Marcos Sylos,
defined the top five benefits of SaaS as being:
Reduced Time to Benefit Lower Costs Scalability and Integration New Releases
(Upgrades) Easy to Use and Perform Proof of Concepts
Now, while these are all true, we believe the IBM Cloud blog missed some
additional key benefits of SaaS solutions. Below is our additions to their
list.
Accessibility
When it comes to SaaS applications, one of the largest benefits of the Cloud
based solution is gl... (more)
The release of iOS 7 has spurred a debate in the Solar VPS office: Flat
Design or Skeuomorphism? In the age of smartphones and mobile devices, it
seems the entire digital community is currently debating the merits of flat
design vs. skeuomorphism.
Before we get any further, we need to define both design terms – flat and
skeuomorphism.
Definition of Terms Skeuomorphism – Can loosely be defined as the staying
on of a past feature even when the current design no longer calls for the
element to still exist. A great example of skeuomorphism is the sound of a
ringing rotary phone tha... (more)
Lessons from the hit show, The League
The 2013 NFL season kicks off tonight with the defending Super Bowl champion
Baltimore Ravens visiting the Denver Broncos. For many of us, the start of
football season means lazy chicken wing and pizza-filled Sundays in front of
the TV. But, it also means it’s time to scramble together and pick your
fantasy football team. If you participate in fantasy football, you may be a
fan of the hit FX television show, The League which premiered last night.
Don’t worry – there are no spoilers here. The League follows a group of
old friends in a fantasy ... (more)
With the fall/winter 2013 release of Playstation 4 and Xbox One, the console
world is starting to buzz about the possibilities of Cloud gaming. Now, we
have to admit, we normally use this space to blog about more VPS Cloud
centric topics however, we, like you, are nerds, geeks and gamers. Due to
this, we are going to break from our normal indulgence in Cloud tech to talk
about the future of console gaming and how it relates to the Cloud.
Cloud Gaming: A Short History
Before we can chat about the real subject of this post (the Cloud
capabilities of PS4 vs. Xbox One), we have to tak... (more)
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