What is PaaS or Platform as a Service has been explained through this video guide in simple English to make it easier to any level of reader. We have discussed about Platform as a Service or PaaS either as a model of Cloud Computing or as guides for service provider specific guides for setup numerous time. But, we think this explained easy video tutorial on What is PaaS or Platform as a Service … [Read more...]
What Cloud Users Need to Know
What Cloud users need to know are legal aspects of the concept, Security and Privacy and Copyright and Licenses. We have answered the most important questions. Cloud computing demands input not only from the IT professionals and users, but also from the lawyers on the planning aspect - is not surprising. But, it is interesting that the legal arguments not primarily serve as limitations of the new … [Read more...]
Google App Engine and PHP : Beginners Guide
Google App Engine now supports PHP. There is separate Plugin for WordPress. Support for phpMyAdmin and all PHP-MySQL web softwares and frameworks is available. This is not a to do guide for Google App Engine - this is a brief up with link towards all the needed resources. That simply means - who has very less idea about PaaS model, can start from here. Google App Engine and PHP : … [Read more...]
What ERP Software as a Service Has to Offer?
What ERP Software as a Service has to offer? Enterprises are interested in the SaaS model of ERP but small and medium-sized should be calculative for ERP SaaS. Previously we wrote about Basics and Softwares of ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning.Previously, we wrote that the criterion for ERP SaaS Applications should fit regardless of the chosen deployment model like on-premise, SaaS or hybrid, an … [Read more...]
Cloud Services : Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Availability
Cloud Services, in the context of service level agreements (SLAs), providers often make statements about availability that are not technically verified. This article show specific examples of how availability of Cloud Services can be calculated. Previously, we wrote about availability in Cloud Computing Services under the article title Availability in Cloud Computing, second important article in … [Read more...]
What is Red Hat OpenShift : Explained in Details
What is Red Hat OpenShift? Red Hat OpenShift is a Platform as a Service which has a free usage tier, about which we wrote about in our previous article Red Hat OpenShift PaaS Out From Beta. In more simple words - Red Hat OpenShift is new generation hosting service which has a free usage tier, if you use a traditional worser quality shared hosting, it would cost you around $48.00 per year. We are … [Read more...]
HTML5, WordPress and Cloud : What We Learnt From Redesign
HTML5, WordPress and Cloud - with new redesign,not complete yet at the time of publishing this post we learnt important points with this old blog with 5K posts. No one was a noob with any aspect, the sign of being fatigued is present at the sidebars - the CSS is yet not rightly sized accommodate the Ads properly. Its left as its relatively easier to do. But the lesson is really big. In past 5 … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing at this Time of PRISM
Cloud Computing has been a concern with the rise of PRISM which ensures legal stealing of personal data, business data. Imperialism is not new but here are clever tricks. Understand what Richard Stallman says about Cloud Computing. Since the PRISM arrived, tension erased confidence in cloud services. This is, in our opinion in an irreversible trend and users must refrain themselves from using … [Read more...]
Data Analysis as a Cloud Service
Data Analysis as a Cloud Service is an alternative to internal solutions particularly for the SMEs. The cloud version however has problems. Risks and benefits should be weighed. Business Intelligence (BI) enables medium-sized businesses to take systematic data analysis as an intelligent business decision. Recent studies, such as the Business research and advisory institute shows that the mean … [Read more...]
Six Steps for Cloud Security
More and more business applications are migrating to the cloud. But outside the corporate, we face new risks. Learn how to protect mission-critical applications in the IT cloud. Five years ago, hardly a company was interested for the security of business software. The concerns generally related to security gaps in data, the applications themselves were barely in focus. But since more and more … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing for SMBs : Path to the Cloud
In any case, the turn towards cloud for medium to small business means a change in the operating models; which we have discussed in the previous article on Cloud Computing for SMBs. But how that Cloud Computing for SMBs can be established flawlessly and what are the necessary steps to achieve that? Among the most important tasks for building a cloud, the needed changes include the following … [Read more...]