Perhaps some might think this is a rhetorical question. One of the more traditional responses to this question is “a backup is a copy of data”. The general problem with most definitions of “backup” including this common response, is the failure to mention the actual reason why backups are made: recovery.
Backups require a healthy dose […]

Security is a principal concern when entrusting an organization’s critical information to geographically dispersed cloud platforms not under the direct control of that organization. In addition to the conventional IT information system security procedures, designing security into cloud software during the software development life cycle can greatly reduce the cloud attack surface.
With cloud computing providing […]

Cloud computing evokes different perceptions in different people. To some, it refers to accessing software and storing data in the “cloud” representation of the Internet or a network and using associated services. To others, it is seen as nothing new, but just a modernization of the time-sharing model that was widely employed in the 1960s […]

Elements of cloud computing may resemble earlier computing eras, but advances in virtualization, storage, connectivity, and processing power are combining to create a new technical ecosystem for cloud computing, and the result is a fundamentally different and compelling phenomenon.
The adoption of cloud computing services is growing rapidly, and one of the reasons is because its […]

If a business has more than two computer terminals, it more than likely has a network. The network enables an organisation to easily share, communicate, interact, perform transactions - the list is endless. In fact, many organisations rely entirely on the network to operate. While some small businesses have little more than a modest local […]