According to Gartner analysts, public cloud spending will have grown by 20.7% in 2023, to nearly $592 billion globally – up 18.8% on 2022 spending. Cloud computing covers a vast range of products and services. In simple terms, it’s the delivery of servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics and intelligence over the Internet (‘cloud’) to … Read More
With businesses today relying almost completely on virtual operations, defending your business against cyberattacks and data breaches is critical to ensure your IT operations remain secure. Security errors can be extremely costly for an organisation. According to IBM, the average cost of a data breach reached $4.35 million in 2022, presenting a 12.7% increase since … Read More
The metaverse is an online digital social space where individuals and businesses can work, socialise, play, and collaborate across a multitude of devices. Users can enter virtual environments made up of interconnected themed worlds, which often include apps and games. Although a digital avatar and a smartphone are all that is needed to navigate metaverse … Read More
The rise of the two most popular computing models has created somewhat of an edge computing vs cloud computing debate. Although each model has its clear advantages, neither seems to be the ultimate magic-bullet for any situation. On initial inspection, the centralised design of cloud computing is the clear leader. The sticking-point of such an off-net solution … Read More
The recent pandemic of COVID19 has raised several business challenges surrounding remote workers accessing secure cloud computing services. Working from home has swiftly become the ‘new normal’, and many industry experts will be unlikely to change. Choosing the right cloud platform is vital to ensure seamless integration with remote working technologies and your overall network … Read More
Cloud computing has one main Achilles heel in the form of increased latency. In most cases, the cloud platform is not physically located near the data source, thus data transfer takes additional time. This can become highly problematic for the overall performance of latency-sensitive applications and services. The benefits of edge and fog computing are … Read More
Cloud Computing This IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS review will not only discuss the differences between these three main cloud based models, but will also cover the overall benefits of cloud services in general. Cloud computing enables the shift of your business data and compute power to hosted servers and applications located in one or … Read More