2013 is expected to be the harbinger of important trending features in cloud computing technology. As cloud computing evolved, in 2013, cloud computing will be characterized by some distinct trends. The first is backing up your private...

The cloud has made high end computing services within reach of all users. This is a true democratization of Information Technology. Small companies that could barely afford office software are now looking to hire ERP software and...

While many companies are still working out their recoveries from the  havoc caused by Superstorm Sandy, many companies that have faced cloud outages before and have devised good standard operating procedures to handle cloud outages are reasonably...

If you have applications running in the cloud, you are surely always looking for ways to optimize your cloud presence and application performance. Here are some methods to get the best out of your cloud presence –...

There is really no need for me to stress backup and disaster recovery if you are anywhere close to being the intended audience for this blog. We all know how critical these issues are and therefore there...

Most small users – whether individuals or businesses – use the cloud to backup their data. I myself use dropbox and it works like a charm. But there are many others out there which perform just the...

Amazon’s Cloud Outage over the Easter Weekend last year caused quite a bit of stir in the Cloud Computing World. Netflix and Zynga were two major clients that were affected by the outage. However, because Cloud Computing...

No matter what you store you disaster recovery or backup data in, the critical issue is that it must be kept offsite. The number of horror stories about the entire IT infrastructure (including backups) going bust are...

Any of us old enough to have backed  up using tape will remember the effort that went into labeling the tape and ensuring that the right tape was inserted into the drive every night. And of course,...

It is all very well to talk of cloud computing. How does it really benefit companies in the real world? Look at this case study -   The Orion Energy Systems Company was founded in 1996 with...