The utility industries used to have a reputation for technological conservatism. They rarely indulged in the exploration of new technology. In previous decades, changes were primarily limited to maintenance of existing infrastructures. A lack of innovation led to stagnation in these industries. This has changed in recent years. A number of utility companies have started … [Read more...] about What do the AT&T Cloud Partnerships mean for the Phone Industry?
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Managing High Availability in PostgreSQL Part III: Patroni
In our previous blog posts, we discussed the capabilities and functioning of PostgreSQL Automatic Failover (PAF) by Cluster Labs and Replication Manager (repmgr) by 2ndQuadrant. In the final post of this series, we will review the last solution, Patroni by Zalando, and compare all three at the end so you can determine which high availability framework is best for your … [Read more...] about Managing High Availability in PostgreSQL Part III: Patroni
A Layman’s Guide to Data Science: How to Become a (Good) Data Scientist
How simple is Data Science? Sometimes when you hear data scientists shoot a dozen of algorithms while discussing their experiments or go into details of Tensorflow usage you might think that there is no way a layman can master Data Science. Big Data looks like another mystery of the Universe that will be shut up in an ivory tower with a handful of present-day alchemists and … [Read more...] about A Layman’s Guide to Data Science: How to Become a (Good) Data Scientist
Psychology of the Connected World
It's true that the surrounding technologies are changing not our lives but also our behavior and attitudes. They or, rather, their creators learn not only to help us, but also to manipulate us in new ways. Our over-trust to technologies might be underneath the new notion of post-truth where nothing is ever probable. The recently emerged era of the connected world has produced … [Read more...] about Psychology of the Connected World
Is the 4th Industrial Revolution Underway?
In 1965, the American engineer Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors per silicon chip would double every year. This observation, called Moore's law, underpinned long-term planning strategies and shaped our ideas of the future for several decades. Since 2012 the pace of advancement was declining steadily, and in 2017 Intel stated the era of Moore's law is over … [Read more...] about Is the 4th Industrial Revolution Underway?
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing delivers computing services such as servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence — over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.
Cloud computing makes it possible to quickly create and deploy a shared pool of reconfigurable computing resources (such as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) via a network while requiring little administration labor or service provider contact. In order to achieve coherence and scale economies, cloud computing depends on resource sharing.
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How does cloud computing work?
Cloud computing is a new way of storing and accessing data. Instead of having a physical storage device, like a hard drive, cloud computing uses remote servers to store data.
With the cloud, you can access data from anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection. To use cloud computing, you first need to sign up for a service. Once you have done this, you can start uploading files to the cloud. These files are then stored on the servers and can be accessed anytime.
Who invented cloud computing?
In the early 1960s, American psychologist and computer scientist J.C.R Licklider came up with the idea of an “Intergalactic Computer Network”, which he envisioned as a way for computers to share data and resources. Other researchers later expanded upon this concept, and in the 1990s, the term “cloud computing” was coined.
How secure is cloud computing?
Fortunately, most cloud providers take security seriously and take steps to protect their customers’ data. For example, most providers encrypt data in transit using SSL/TLS, and many offer additional features like two-factor authentication and password recovery.
However, no system is perfect, and it’s important to remember that the ultimate responsibility for security rests with the customer. That means keeping your passwords safe and ensuring that only authorized users can access your account.
What is scalability in cloud computing?
Scalability in cloud computing refers to measuring up or down cloud resources as needed to meet demand. For example, if a company’s website suddenly experiences a surge in traffic, it can quickly scale up its server capacity to meet the demand.
Conversely, they can scale down their servers if traffic decreases to save on costs. This flexibility is impossible with traditional on-premises infrastructure, which can be expensive and time-consuming to scale up or down. As a result, scalability has become one of the key reasons why so many businesses are migrating to the cloud.
Which is an advantage of cloud computing?
Cloud computing is generally known to be secure. The servers used by cloud computing providers are constantly backed up, so your data will still be safe if anything happens to one server. Additionally, cloud computing is very convenient. You can access your data from anywhere worldwide, and you don’t have to worry about losing it if your computer crashes.