Daily Bits

cloud computing

Working Loud and Proud In the Cloud

your-guide-to-working-in-the-cloud

The era of the Cloud has arrived. Early adopters jumped in and have been swimming around in the misty globules above the earth for some time now. And the rest of the world is joining in, personally, professionally, and theoretically. But the Cloud really isn’t in the sky. It’s more like it’s an extension of your fingertips, and an outreach of your brain, and in reach of your computer’s processing power. Have you embraced it yet, you technological wizard, you?

If you missed the early train, you still might need a briefer on the Cloud, but after that, you can decipher where in the puzzle infrastructure, personal and business use, media consumption, and storage security fit. It’s all as fascinating as it is practical.[Read More]

Cloud Tech Job Descriptions for 2013

1 Comment

Cloud tech job descriptions

Cloud Computing

“IT hiring in 2013 will focus on jobs involving cloud computing, mobile technology and business intelligence, said staffing professionals.”

That’s the prediction of Fred O’Connor of InfoWorld for the following 11 months. The IT sector has been a vibrant scene in the recent years, and with cloud technology becoming more and more prevalent, it is but logical to assume that more job openings in the niche will crop up.

While cloud computing has a lot of personal applications – iOS users alone will attest to its convenience – businesses are also quickly adopting its use. For people in the IT sector, it is important to pay attention to developments in cloud computing, especially if you are interested in snatching a related job.

But what exactly are the cloud tech job descriptions? It is a relatively new field, to be sure, and as with new things, there are a lot of details to be laid out.[Read More]

7 Reasons to Work in the Cloud

Leave a Comment

The following is a guest post by Selena Narayanasamy. An avid lover of all things caffeine, Selena  currently does SEO and is a social media marketer/analyst as well as a writer. She has multiple degrees in business, marketing and finance. Along with all this, she also writes for Searchenginejournal.com and is growing Esvienne.com, her own personal social media and tech blog.  Twitter- @esvienne

The cloud is something that has been all around us for quite some time now, but we may not have noticed. Many of us didn’t think we needed to utilize the cloud; and we’re right. We have our own ways of managing tasks and information, from planners to our cell phones. There are certain markets that should be using the cloud, specifically small and large businesses. Since the cloud is ever-changing and nothing solid, it’s often confusing to a company who may be considering a work-flow overhaul and is looking at different options. There are 7 reasons in specific to use the cloud:

1. Employees are utilizing the same resources:

This can bog down your network and kill all chances of getting a good system flowing. Frustration with editing and slow resources can add stress to employees and hinder their abilities to work effectively and efficiently. Having many tools available in the cloud will allow there to be a place where everyone can work and collaborate freely. You won’t have to keep asking and waiting for someone to email you a document or a zip file.[Read More]

Microsoft’s Mesh Network Plans

Leave a Comment

Microsoft has been pushing hard at the mesh network. Announcements made by the Redmond giant has spanned multiple media, devices and will hopefully translate to several products. At the heart of this grand vision is the concept to bring computing to the masses, essentially encompassing a series of devices – handhelds, desktops, laptops etc. It is cloud computing as it should be.

Mesh Network

The Mesh network seeks to make computing personalized, centrally configurable with applications accessible over the web independent of the devices on which they are accessed. This is about taking web applications to the masses. Taking this mainstream at Microsoft is the Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie.

There is a lot that Microsoft has missed on the web front. Foremost among them is the importance of advertising on a medium of information dissemination where wide-spread adoption is the primary driver and pricing is a hindrance. Microsoft has been highly successful in the packaged software business model, but that is not how the business model on the web works. Nevertheless, Google has proven how the trickles from advertising when scaled to global proportions can be a strong revenue model. Add to that the threat of channeling the capital to other software services and the OS giant has since been looking to top the Web game.

Mesh Products

It is at the Mixx Developer Conference, that Microsoft has been very focused on its vision of a mesh network where cloud based services will help consumers access their favorite applications off any personal computing device. Having been a winner in the enterprise space, Microsoft is trying to woo the individual consumer in perhaps creating a model that would perfectly synchronize the work and personal environment.

Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet writes about all things Microsoft and she has elaborated on Microsoft’s mesh based products and services. At the heart of the cloud computing initiative is the Microsoft Sync framework that will provide online offline synching ( a la Google Gears?). Then there will be the other cloud services such as online database, and of course Microsoft does have a host of web applications already running under its Live services tag.

Add to these the “other” mesh products such as Mesh Connectivity Layer and the project to bring wireless connectivity to rural and urban areas and you begin to get a feeling that Microsoft is into a lot when it comes to taking cloud computing mainstream. Its about when all the act comes together.

Then there are the partnerships with Sun Microsystems on the data center front and software with services pitch to enterprises. The question is whether all these can be synchronized to provide clear-cut utility and an enriching user experience.