by Aurelien Parment | Sep 4, 2015 | Tech News
VMware public cloud gets vCloud Air SQL, Site Recovery Manager Air, object storage
Jordan Novet
“VMware today announced several enhancements to its vCloud Air public cloud at the company’s annual VMworld conference in San Francisco.
Companies can test and run plans for disaster recovery in vCloud Air’s new cloud-based Site Recovery Manager Air. And VMware is starting to offer disaster recovery on vCloud Air based on usage, instead of just as part of a monthly or yearly subscription.”
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by Aurelien Parment | Sep 1, 2015 | Small Business
File synchronization and storage is increasing in importance for businesses as the amount of data increases within companies. According to research firm IDC, the file synchronization and sharing market will grow at a 23.1% five year compound annual growth rate through 2018 to $2.3 billion dollars, driven by adoption of cloud and mobile technologies.
One of the methods of storing this data has been in the cloud, with services like Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint. Though both perform similar tasks, their business applications are different. If you’re wondering how to leverage one or the other for your business, our post today will distinguish the difference.
The Basics of SharePoint
SharePoint tends to serve departments, projects, and functions rather than individual needs. Many companies create SharePoint Sites to enable users to find content to get their work done while not tying down files to an individual user in case of employee turnover. Security is also simplified with SharePoint since permissions are assigned at a site-level rather than at the individual document level, enabling easier document management. Some libraries within SharePoint will have restricted access as well, but for many companies this is rare.
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by Aurelien Parment | Aug 28, 2015 | Tech News
Dell Forms New Line of Business for Web Hosts, Telecommunications Service Providers
Nicole Henderson
“Dell will introduce products later this fall targeted towards a number of organizations including hosting providers, under a new line of business it launched on Monday. Called Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS), the division will be within its Enterprise Solutions organization and will address the market of business that is just below the hyperscale space in size.
Dell said that this segment is growing three times faster than the traditional x86 server market, and that these types of businesses, including telecommunication companies, hosting providers, oil and gas and research organizations, require “semi-custom solutions.” Dell DSS will new design new systems for this market, while also offering supply chain optimizations and custom configurations.”
Microsoft’s DisplayCover prototype gives the Surface keyboard an e-ink display
Ian Paul
“Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 has gone a long way to creating a tablet that can truly replace a laptop. Now that the core device itself is so darn slick, Microsoft’s Applied Sciences research and development team is getting funky, revealing a new mobile keyboard concept that adds more screen space to the Surface via a multi-touch e-ink display.
Currently dubbed the DisplayCover, the new keyboard includes an e-ink display at the very top that displays menu options based on context. The basic idea is for the e-ink display to extend the desktop space by removing the taskbar or menu items from the tablet’s smaller screen.”
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by Aurelien Parment | Aug 25, 2015 | Small Business, Tech News
Workplaces are more mobile and interconnected than ever, as many employees have the opportunity to work remotely. For many companies, this can be enough to enable the creation of a “bring your own device” policy, or BYOD.
Research firm Gartner reports that 90% of organizations will support some form of a BYOD program by 2017 and for personal devices to double enterprise-owned devices by 2018. Furthermore, Gartner also reports that implementing a BYOD program can also lead to 64% cost-savings, since the end-user will own the device.
Financially-savvy organizations will discover that these numbers make a BYOD program an attractive option. However, incorrect BYOD implementations could also lead to major IT headaches and security issues. Today, we share some considerations all IT administrators should consider before diving headfirst into their BYOD program.
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by Aurelien Parment | Aug 21, 2015 | Tech News
Oracle updates Service Cloud, Social Cloud so companies can analyze customer comments
Caroline Wall
“Tech giant Oracle rolled out Monday new features for its Service Cloud and Social Cloud – all with the intention of creating a better way for companies to harness customer data and feedback via social channels.
Service Cloud now has Community Self-Service, which means customers of a particular company can ask questions and receive answers from peers, all while having those conversations take place under the watchful eye of the company. Oracle said this also helps prevent an overload of questions directed at company contact centers since customers may help each other.”
End of U.S. oversight of Internet’s domain name overseer delayed to next year
John Ribeiro
“U.S. oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the coordinator of the Internet’s domain name system, will continue through September next year and perhaps even beyond.
The Internet global multi-stakeholder community needs time to complete its work, have the plan reviewed by the U.S. government and then put it into action if approved, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday.”
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