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Control Your Data, Enhance Your Productivity, and Save Money With Cloud Computing

Technology is a jumble of burden and ease. On one hand, businesses can automate most tasks, easily handle massive amounts of data, and deliver exceptional customer service instantaneously. On the other hand, the burden of maintaining, upgrading, and implementing all this technology is taxing companies of capital and limited resources. But cloud computing not only makes your life easier, it carries most of the burden that comes with utilizing this technology, while giving you complete control over your data and enhancing your productivity. Ubiquitous Control The cloud offers an unprecedented level of connectivity, limited neither by device or physical distance. Employees on

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Consider Colocation for Server Hosting to Simplify Your Business

Although it is possible to house your own hardware and servers successfully, there is a viable alternative in colocation that you should consider to keep your business simple and straightforward. When housing your own hardware, you can take your own measures until you are satisfied, but high-quality colocation providers for server hosting can satisfy or exceed your expectations. Security An important aspect of colocation is knowing that the building is completely secure. Considering the value of the hardware and the importance for it to be uninterrupted at all times, you should only consider providers that are able to provide top-notch security measures

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Common Anti-Spam Filtering Techniques

Email spam has been a problem for almost twenty years and continues to plague us today. This problem would be far worse if we didn’t have anti-spam software. Two common filtering techniques for blocking email spam will be discussed below: List Filters The simplest anti-spam technique makes use of lists to either allow email into or block email from an inbox. A list of domains and email addresses that are known to be used for spam is called a blacklist. Additional email addresses can typically be added to the list by flagging a given email as spam. Blacklists can be defeated through

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Cloud Computing: When Disaster Strikes

Cloud computing has had some misconceptions through 2014 that have snowballed to a point where people stop using this solution. Despite the Apple iCloud scare this year, everyone has to keep in mind no technology is perfect if it’s not used correctly. In the case of any security concerns, it’s all in how you monitor the cloud whether it becomes safe or not. With proper management, security lapses don’t have to happen. And when unexpected disaster strikes, the cloud becomes all the more important in how useful it is in helping a business get back on its feet. Natural Disasters With

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Cloud Computing: Horizontal and Vertical Scaling Defined

When it comes to cloud computing, scaling is the ability for an IT resource to handle increased or decreased usage demands. There are two types of scaling. They are: Horizontal Scaling Vertical Scaling HORIZONTAL SCALING The allocation of release of IT resources that are identical in type is horizontal scaling. The horizontal allocation of resources is known as scaling out while the horizontal releasing of resources is known as scaling in. For example, you have 3 virtual servers, and you scale out by adding more of the same IT resources. VERTICAL SCALING If you have an IT resource that is

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Cloud Computing: Denial of Service Attacks

In a cloud computing environment, attacks on shared resources can compromise your cloud solution. It is important to have security in place for when your systems may become compromised. Additionally, managed services such as monitering can avoid many types of attacks. A Denial of Service (DOS Attack) causes increased loads on your servers and network that result in an overload and/or a failure. If a failure does not occur, response time will degrade and become unacceptable. You will lose the consumer to another web site. This ultimately will cost you money as your online presence will be down. For example, two cloud

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