Colocation Security Advantages: Data Protection Strategies and Practices
Today, when data availability is becoming as natural as breathing, and our lives are impregnated in almost every aspect with technology, data security is among the first concerns for everyone. However, maintaining data safety and integrity among evolving threats is becoming more and more complex and requires more stringent strategies. To avoid security hazards and […]
Cloud Computing: Is It Possible to Prevent Future Outages?
The recent Windows outage on July 19 reminded us all how important cloud computing has become in our daily lives. Businesses and healthcare services worldwide rely heavily on the cloud. This event showed how cloud outages can freeze the world. The incident affected services worldwide, including time-critical ones such as healthcare. That makes avoiding similar […]
Do Cloud Outages Emerge as the Consequence of Prioritizing Cost over Reliability?
In recent years, the cloud services landscape has transformed into a super competitive marketplace. As market competition grows fierce, providers have engaged in relentless price wars to secure a more extensive client base. While the underlying mechanisms responsible for numerous cloud outages eventually come to light, the recurrence of certain issues can be attributed to the […]
How Does GDPR Compare to HIPAA?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of the United States are two government acts that protect personal and sensitive data. These two pieces of regulative guidelines have contributed a considerable amount to the global data security field. GDPR vs HIPAA is not a […]
Everything You Need to Know About GDPR
Does your organization comply with the new data protection rules? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted by the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the Council of the European Union for the benefit of all European Union residents. The GDPR key provisions exist to strengthen and standardize data protection, and to give EU […]
What is Cloud Sprawl and Why Should We Worry About It?
Cloud sprawl is what happens when a company’s cloud footprint grows faster than anyone is tracking it, and the bill arrives before the problem does. As businesses grow, more of what they do becomes digital, which means more transactions and more data. All of it needs somewhere to live. With this growth comes a variety […]
What HIPAA Compliant Means for Data Centers?
HIPAA is an acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It is a U.S. law that protects medical information moving electronically. A HIPAA compliant data center is a facility approved to store, transmit and process those records for a covered healthcare entity. The law began as a way to help patients keep […]
What Are the Primary Benefits of Industrial IoT (IIoT)
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a subset of the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT connects computers, devices, and vehicles equipped with software and sensors that transmit and exchange data over the Internet. It lets people access and control many of these objects remotely, storing information in the cloud so they can share […]
What You Need to Know About X-as-a-Service (XaaS)
XaaS stands for ‘anything as a service’ and covers SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and more. Cloud computing is now close to a mandate for developers and users alike. Businesses have been quick to adopt the “as a service” model. Here is why that shift matters for the industry. What does the service economy mean in practice? […]
IaaS and PaaS: The Difference and Benefits
Cloud computing is as amorphous a term as a literal cloud, but there are three basic types. They differ in the service the cloud utility offers: software, platform, or infrastructure. This may sound complicated, but it is fairly simple, because the acronyms are easy to decipher. Knowing which service fits your needs helps you avoid […]