Data is gold to any organization, therefore data portability is a critical metric when evaluating your cloud consciousness. Because the cloud implies flexibility, being able to retrieve data and applications from a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) is vital to any enterprise. If a CSP uses proprietary software and formats to store an organization's data or applications, it may prove difficult to retrieve applications and data in a usable format....
Our series continues with a focus on the benefits of the Passive Optical Network. Our last post highlighted tremendous savings in capital expenditure. Savings. The fruit of its design. But what about operational costs? The Passive Optical Network is the gift that keeps on giving. Network managers are smart. Scores are impressed with the savings in capital expenditures. However, at the intersection of clarity and understanding, there are...
At the time of this post, CNN reported that Malaysian Fight MH 17 had been yanked from the sky by pro-Russian rebel missiles. Two hundred and ninety three lives snuffed out like tired candles. It is daunting to discuss disaster recovery and business continuity in light of these events. To be the referee who is trying to contain damages. Yet, obligated to stay in the ring with the likes of Mike Tyson and Joe Fraser. But cloud consciousness...
Did you anticipate a day when there would be a positive correlation between the cloud and consciousness? Neither did I. Yet cloud consciousness, though, a relatively new phenomenon is here to stay. Knock, Knock. Who is there? It's Obamacare.... Remember that fiasco? I-I- mean launch? Sorry. Collect yourself. Dismiss the thought. Are you ready to implement your cloud strategy? Here is to your great launch... Cheers! To thrive in the cloud,...
We live in a world of 'flash,' often with nothing to substantiate the claims. Not so with the Passive Optical Network. In an earlier post, I compared the passive optical LAN to the Brazuca. Well, now I am eating crow. Chewed. Swallowed. Done. Brazil. Oh..... Brazil. Ouch. So much for your World Cup ambitions. A math buff, I am not. But, here is an equation for those of you who are. Passive Optical Network=simplicity: Active Ethernet...
