If you’re debating the use of the cloud and offsite hosting, whether for backup, hosting virtual servers, or whatever, there is a lot more than just networking technology to worry about. Or rather, you may need to worry about the technology in ways that you didn’t expect. The reason is differing local rules and the [...]
Local Rules and the Need for Online Privacy: Clearing Away the Clouds
Mar 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s Not A Strategy To Stick A Pin In A Map
Feb 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Cloud computing is touted as the answer — to pretty much anything and everything. For example, if you need elastic resource provision, use cloud. If you don’t want the cost of a facility and hardware plus maintenance, use cloud. If you want greater flexibility in on-boarding new employees and getting rid of old ones, use [...]
Politics and Networks May Not Mix
Dec 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’ve just been involved with a discussion around how the EU is trying to put in place various directives and regulations around cloud computing, and the issues that could arise. As well as the obvious question around whether any central political body can drive anything in the technology sphere, rather than just follow it, other [...]
Avoiding a High Speed Data Breach
Nov 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s all well and good souping-up networks so that data can be whizzed around the globe, but what if it gets whizzed to places it shouldn’t be? How do you avoid whizzing into trouble? As The Economist pointed out in its recent special report, “Technology and geography”, the internet is not nearly as virtual as [...]
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