English philosopher Francis Bacon said "Knowledge is power". It is still as true today as it was almost 420 years ago. However, in the past, it has always been associated with luck or tremendous diligence to acquire this knowledge, so we are experiencing a true heyday in recent years due to technological advances. In the past, if you had to roll over tons of books or spend enormous amount of … [Read more...]
How to Install Apache OpenWhisk on Ubuntu 18.04
It is possible to run own serverless setup instead of using service like IBM Cloud Functions. Here is How to Install Apache OpenWhisk on Ubuntu 18.04 to Create Own FaaS Environment. This is single VM/server deployment of OpenWhisk. One easy way to try OpenWhisk locally is to use Docker Compose. We will need to install Python and couchdb for OpenWhisk. A cloud server with 8GB RAM should be … [Read more...]
Process Automation (RPA) in Financial Services
Automation technology has begun to support banks, insurance companies transport/logistics, manufacturing and health care. Here in which areas Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can be used. Even if a fully automatic work area is still far away, some areas of automation are becoming more and more available, even to small businesses on a budget. One of these technologies is Robotic Process Automation … [Read more...]
API and Services to Integrate with Slack (With Usage Tips)
Slack is a nice utility that combines many functions of communication and doing business. Most businessmen and entrepreneurs are familiar with this real-time messenger and are happy with their work. Slack is a freemium cloud service. Slack provides an API for users to create applications and automate works such as sending automatic real-time notifications and alerts on specified conditions. SLACK … [Read more...]
What is the Difference Between SOA and Microservices?
SOA and Microservices are difficult to compare in a fool-proof way. SOA and microservices can be the same, when all the services a SOA consists of are microservices. A service in microservices may be fine-grained with a single responsibility. While service in SOA may have multiple responsibilities. SOA is often towards the enterprise these days, using heavy-weight technologies and protocols … [Read more...]
Wearables and Big Data : Business Scope and Brief Details
This article on "Wearables and Big Data" explores the relationship between wearable technology and ever-growing amounts of data - big data. Various wearable devices are presented in connection with the application possibilities in the private as well as in the business area in our previous articles, the topic big data also has been discussed. In this article the potential and possible risks are … [Read more...]
Which is the Perfect PaaS Platform?
We already know that IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) is a service model of cloud computing where the user outsources the resources used to support operations. Resources including storage, hardware, servers and networking parts. Cost is typically on a per-user basis. Unlike colocation services, in IaaS the service provider owns the equipment and responsible for running and maintaining it. The … [Read more...]
Is it Better to Store Data on the Cloud or on a Hard Drive?
With so much of work and personal lives revolving around computers, just about everyone has a surplus of data, and they all need somewhere to store it. But what’s the best option? There are few methods of storing digital data - either locally on the hard drive, optical drive, memory cards, tape drive or remotely with a third-party service. Both of the options have distinct advantages and … [Read more...]
Salesforce Acquires Tableau For $15.3 Billion
With the acquisition of Tableau, SaaS pioneer Salesforce continues to expand its cloud ecosystem. Tableau has more than 86,000 customers, including enterprise customers such as Verizon, Netflix. Users should be able to use the tools of the analytics and visualization specialist to evaluate their customer data better and more efficiently. For Salesforce, it is the largest acquisition in the … [Read more...]
What is Interoperability in Cloud Computing?
Interoperability in cloud computing is a state where the cloud services can understand each other's APIs, configuration, authorization. Interoperability means enabling the cloud ecosystem so that multiple cloud platforms can exchange information. Interoperability in cloud computing gives the ability to the customers to use the same or similar management tools, re-use server images and other … [Read more...]
Is Serverless Architecture is the Future?
Despite Serverless has problems and challenges at present, in many use cases, Serverless actually used at the backend. Lack of standards, tooling and vendor lock-in are problems and risks for those who are not the cloud service providers. Rather the mass consumers. However, the cloud service providers of IBM, Microsoft, HP sized use serverless for delivering their services. We simply do not know … [Read more...]