We have written several articles on Cloud Computing, most of them are actually much academic and out of reach for an average Internet user. In this article, we will discuss about the potential risks of Cloud Computing : the free public Cloud Computing that many users are using without knowing the fact that they are actually using the Cloud Computing. Where are these free public Cloud … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing is not a file hosting service and PaaS is not a CDN!
We wrote several articles on Cloud Computing, PasS and content delivery network (CDN). There are some articles on Page Speed too. This is common mistake to get confused Cloud Computing with File Hosting Service and PaaS with CDN. We received a comment, the user has asked, where the user actually has got confused with Cloud Computing and File Hosting service. We tried to search a bit on Google to … [Read more...]
Windows Hosting, Linux Hosting or Unix Hosting : Which is for you
Basic topics are often remains ignored! We wrote several articles on Cloud Computing, Colocation and Virtualization. One visitor asked a simple question, "Windows Hosting or Linux Hosting, which I should use..." Abstract on Windows Hosting, Linux Hosting and Unix Hosting You might have your own choice when the question comes about which operating system to use. Some people prefer … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing PaaS and SaaS
After the brief discussion on the Basics of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and IaaS separately; we will now give a look at Cloud Computing PaaS and SaaS. You might wounder why we are going to discuss PaaS and SaaS related to Cloud Computing together, the reason are various. PaaS is broader than IaaS, the target group is different than IaaS but PaaS and SaaS has some similarity between them. In Cloud … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing IaaS : Infrastructure as a Service
We started with the basic primer article on Cloud Computing IaaS, SaaS and PaaS. These terms might hear to be very complicated, in fact the technology behind Cloud Computing IaaS is really complicated, but we will discuss only the working principle of Cloud Computing IaaS with minimal depth on the topic. There are few standard text books available on Cloud Computing IaaS, if you want to learn in … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing – SaaS, PaaS, IaaS : what are these terms?
We have already discussed about Cloud Computing, cloud server and Private Cloud. You must have heard of these terms : SaaS, PaaS and LaaS. Many people or organization often says, "well, we are using SaaS" , like something behind the real cloud, these SaaS, PaaS and LaaS....often remains misty to an average computer user. So, in this article, we will just explain the terms, SaaS, PaaS and … [Read more...]
Private cloud in the business : More Possibilities
Private cloud in the business is offered by various bigger web hosting or Cloud Service Providers. But, when and why a Business will seek for Private Cloud? Private cloud by is now offered by Amazon, Rackspace and various other companies. What is the private cloud? We have already discussed about Private cloud in an older article, here is just the outline. Private Cloud is … [Read more...]
Cloud computing : Standards and Guidelines from NIST with Free e-book
We have written several articles on Cloud computing. One might ask what are the Standards and Legal Guidelines for Cloud Computing. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Govt., is responsible for developing standards and guidelines of Cloud Computing. NIST dictates minimum requirements needed and all legal information regarding cloud … [Read more...]
Cloud Hosting for WordPress Blog : Why we need to think about it
The way Google is proceeding to clean up the search result is very clear and honest : your blog must have unique and helpful content and it must load very fast. To help the good content writers, Google provides free guidelines and tips in order to help the blog writers to publish articles which will be easier to to find by Google bot. Now, Google has introduced free Page Speed Service with CDN. … [Read more...]
Free Cloud Storage of 100 GB from Symform : Review
We wrote several articles about Cloud Computing and cloud Storage. Symform, a company founded by Parerit Garg and Bassam Tabbara (Ex-Microsoft Employees) has arranged an unique way to give 100 GB of Free Cloud Storage to the Customers and Partners. Most other online Cloud Storage providers offer 2GB or 3GB for free, this looks great. Wow! Free Cloud Storage of 100 GB ? Wait, you … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing Privacy and how to protect Privacy in the Cloud
Cloud Computing Privacy issues makes many administrators skeptical. Here are some tips how to avoid the security loop holes in Cloud Computing. Previously, we wrote an article on Security Risks associated with cloud computing and how tackle the situation. Current Situation of Cloud Computing The technical development of cloud computing is progressing rapidly. Both the Cloud Service … [Read more...]