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Feb01

The ABCD of Cloud Computing

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You will not be able to have a conversation about IT in today’s world without cloud computing being mentioned at least once. But this term isn’t as simple as you may imagine. There are a lot of issues, solutions, architectures, and types for you to digest. We could all benefit from a brief explanation of the cloud so that non-experts will know just what it is. Multiple types It is very common to think of the cloud as a huge network of computers with tons of information. But, there are many different types of clouds each capable of handling different types of problems. Specific benefits and features of cloud types can affect decisions in deploying and developing cloud solutions. Sometimes a single cloud type won’t be enough, and multiple types will be required. The utility cloud It manages and provisions large networks of machines to provide computing resources on-demand which can scale horizontally on any hardware. Utility clouds are usually accessible through APIs. This lets almost anyone to provision resources for addressing IT needs. Some of the examples of utility clouds include EC2, VMWare vCloud Suite, Apache CloudStack, and Microsoft System Center. The storage cloud This contains a number of […]

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Nov23

Cloud Computing is a Problem for Local Firms

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Cloud computing, including all subscription based and pay-per-use models, are intensifying competition as far as the regular license-based software business is concerned in Thailand. This is raising a number of serious questions regarding the future of the local software companies in the country. Local Firms In order to survive, these local firms are going to have to adapt to the recurring revenue platforms during this age of subscriptions instead of doing what they normally do and sell licenses with the help of their perpetual licensing models. Companies even need to adopt emerging technologies such as the IoT (Internet of Things) and large-scale data analytics in order to develop innovative software solutions on-demand, says a couple of leading software experts. The software industry in the country needs to embrace service models which are software enabled in order to speed up innovation and enable scalable service delivery remotely at a lower cost. This is what Thanachart Numnonda; the executive director of the IMC Institute had to say. The IMC Institute is a Thai owned research and IT training firm. Software Enabled Services The software enabled service providers include Uber and Grab, the ride-sharing app makers, Airbnb the online marketplace, and Builk.com, a […]

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Aug07

Insurmountable Benefits of Disaster Recovery in Cloud Computing – All You need to Know

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With the cloud computing growing in popularity so quickly with consumers, more companies are now turning to it for production websites. But what about cloud-based disaster recovery? Can it offer similar benefits? Disaster recovery tends to be complex, expensive, and time-consuming. It makes sense to plan ahead in order to figure out what your business requires. Putting a disaster recovery plan into the cloud can greatly assist in alleviating some fears associated with its setup. Here are four of the major benefits of cloud-based disaster recovery: Quicker recovery The biggest difference between cloud-based disaster recovery and regular recovery practices are the difference between RTO and RPO. Cloud-based data recovery will give your website the ability to recover from warm sites immediately. This will drastically reduce your RTO and RPO times from weeks or days to just a few hours. Where traditional DR involves booting up from cold sites, things are different as far as cloud recovery is concerned. With the help of virtualization, the whole server, including the OS, patches, applications, and data get encapsulated into one virtual server. This server can then be backed up or copied to off-site data centers and then spun on virtual hosts within minutes […]

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Jun08

A Checklist to Creating the Perfect WordPress Site

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At the current times, WordPress is the best CMS platform there is without a shadow of a doubt. True there are many other CMS platforms available, paid and open source, and you are bound to hear praise going their way and claiming to be the best. This however does not change the fact that WordPress is at the very top of the food chain being highly reliable secure and easy to use. It therefore comes as no shock to realize that it has close to over 50 million sites riding sturdy on its back or the fact that web designers would never ever dream of making use of anything else. In this article, we will assume that you have set your mind on using WordPress as your CMS. And with that, let us have a look at the checklist to creating the perfect WordPress site. 1. Choose a domain Web users would not be in a position to find you if you do not have a domain. In the event that you do not know what a domain is, www.twitter.com is a domain as is http://www.yahoo.com. The www and the http:// are optional. The sites will work whether or not […]

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Jun08

Great Ways to Generate Business Ideas

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Finding the perfect idea is a handful right? Well no, not quite. There are very many great ideas that can be turned into successful businesses all around you. If you were just a little bit open to the possibilities, then you would be one of the few lucky prize winners. To find that one idea that will turn the world upside down, and inside out, the following are some few places to get you started. These sources ad ideas just might transform your life making you the chair of some successful company some place in China, Canada, U.S or even Africa. The possibilities are endless and without limit. Begin with your family Looking to your family for great business ideas is not obvious now is it? For many, it is not the first place that thy will go looking for ideas as they think family is there to support and not actually provide the ideas. It is true, the moment you hit the ground running and you have done most of the heavy lifting, they will come in and provide you with some cash. It is also true that they have a part to play even at such an early […]

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Jun06

Magento Hosting – Choosing the Right Service for Your Site

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The internet. This is by far the most revolutionary piece of technology that has ever been created. Its effects continue to stretch way into the future affecting how businesses are run, how people relate to each other and a lot of many more things. Today, unlike some years back since the creation of the internet, the need to have and own a website is high for various reasons. Many people however want to set up eCommerce sites that they can use to supplement the physical sales of their businesses. There are those who are looking to have sites to blog in and just keep everyone in the loop with the happening in the world and those who are looking to make people aware of their products and services only. However, given that we will be talking about Magento in this article, we will concentrate on the creation of eCommerce sites. Now, for such a site to be successful, aside from using Magento which has many eCommerce features, one has to find the perfect hosting service– one that will be able to handle the demands and the needs of a heavy traffic, buying and selling of product at the same time. […]

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May26

Magento Features for Ecommerce Done the Right Way

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Ever since the advent of the internet some two decades ago, the way business is conducted has changed a great deal. Gone are the days when consumers had to walk into a physical store to be able to make a purchase of an item or product that they are in need of. The internet has changed all this. It has become the norm for many businesses to transact with their consumers online. As a matter of fact, many of the businesses online now do not have or need a physical shop where the consumers can walk into to make a purchase. This online trading has been made even better by the extensive and massive advancement in mobile technology. In the past moble phones were only for communication purposes such as calling and texting. Recently they do far more than just send texts and make/receive calls. Today, they are like small computers, doing all a normal PC would do from the convenience of your palm. Consumers, with these pieces of technology can make purchases online of the products they are in need of on the go. This transactions have grown global and can now be done from almost every country in […]

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Apr29

5 Ways to Choose the Right Domain Name for Your Business

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A few years back, getting your domain name would have been a walk in the park. It was quite easy to get a name since then, there were a just a handful of websites. Fast forward to current times, there are more than one billion websites with some having more than one domain name and some being retained by some of the industry players waiting for a straying soul that they can take advantage of, making it increasingly difficult to get a domain name for your online business. Luckily this is not impossible. With the right methods, you can be able to get the best domain name for your business or at least one that can serve the purpose fully and comprehensively. 1. Understand what is a Domain Name and why you need one You first have to understand what a domain name is. This way you will be able to understand why it is important to get a good domain name. Simply put, this is the name that appears on the URLs of websites which allows the name to be associated to a particular domain. That said, the domain name essentially identifies your website as well as what the […]

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Apr24

Is It Really Wise to Compete with Other Businesses?

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Is competition good for business? This is one of the most common questions among entrepreneurs who wish to introduce their products and services in some of highly competitive markets. Research studies show that the most successful businesses in the world do not actually compete with other companies offering same services. This means that competing is just dumb and for sissies. Instead of wasting your time and resources competing, concentrate on dominate your niche. Most people tend to choose their competitors wrongly and as a result, they end up with same products or achieving the same results. Simply put, competing ends up putting you in the same category as the competitors and lead to loss of creativity. For example, there are hundreds if not thousands of players in the world but very few has attracted global recognition and become legends. The best were committed and determined to do whatever it takes to break from the crowd and get a higher cutting edge in their respective industries. Their success can only be describing as the dominating force that keeps them miles ahead of the pack. Some of the most successful managers and entrepreneurs in the world have been quoted stating that competition […]

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Apr02

Mistakes That You Must Avoid To Be Good Leader

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As a new leader, you are prone to making mistakes that can be avoided. Here are 8 mistakes of some of the most mistakes that leaders make and how they can be avoided. Dominating in all Decision Making Processes This is one of the top rated mistakes as evident from many blog posts that have in the past highlighted it. Trying to dominate all decision making process will turn you from a leader to a micro-manager. The best leaders have clear understanding that numerous decisions have to be made but they don’t try to do them all personally. Instead, they allow other team members or employees to make them as a way of developing their leadership skills. Remember this is one of the most important virtues that all leaders must have. Think You Know it All The main reason why you are at a leadership position is because the senior management team believes that you have the capacity to lead the organization in the right direction. Hence, thinking that you know everything is counterproductive regardless of how smart or educated you are. Employees actually don’t like working with people who pretend to know everything even when they don’t have a […]

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