cloud computing

  • A New Legal Framework For The Age Of Cloud Computing

    Lifehacker Australia

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    Cloud computing, by its very nature, transcends location, geography and territorial boundaries. Data accessed in one country might be stored half way across the world, or even in servers in multiple countries. International law, on the other hand, sees the world through the lens of various jurisdictions, which are inherently linked to location, geography and…

  • The Illusion Of Zero Downtime In IT

    spandaslui

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    I received a press release from a vendor the other day which was riddled with the words “always-on” and “zero downtime” to describe what its offerings bring to IT environments. These terms are being used more frequently by service providers and IT vendors, but is zero downtime even possible?

  • V8 Supercars’ Winding Road Into The Cloud

    chrisjager

    The V8 Supercars competition is entirely built around the concept of speed. However, without proper communication tools in place, the whole event can get congested, resulting in one hell of a pileup. Peter Trimble, V8 Supercars’ director of finance, learned this to his chagrin while working with the company’s hopelessly outmoded on-premises software — a…