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Passive Optical LAN,Your Brazuca!

Hands down. If, it is about your network, the passive optical LAN (POL) must be on your short list. It could be your Brazuca.   Haven't heard of the POL technology? Read on. But first, let me tell you about the Brazuca. According to the Addidas group, the Brazuca is an icon born. What makes an icon? What does it take to become an icon? To be better than everyone else and rightfully deserve the spotlight, the paparazzi and the gossip? Ok,...

Predictive analytics knocks! Can you hear it Eric?

Big Data and Predictive Analytics are encapsulated in the reality that nothing can be taken for granted. Dave Bratt's win this month against longtime House Majority leader, Eric Cantor, reminds me of  Maya Angelou's sentiments: I love to see a young girl who goes out and grab life by the lapels. Life is bitch, you have to go out and kick ass." And so David Brat, a little unknown college professor will sit on Eric's throne in the foreseeable...

Cloud Talk Summons Rihanna

Before the advent of Cloud technology, the purest meaning of the cloud  conjured up soft white puffy images against a back drop of  clear blue skies. Or Grey, turbulent pillow puffs overlapped by ominous darkness to warn of deadly weather which left us with  memory strands of  the illustrious blue. But when cloud is paired with Rihanna? Well, We have cloud talk. Did you see the fashion awards last week? Couldn't she have benefited from a...

Win At Data Security And The Voice, If You Can Actually Sing.

Josh Kaufman's voice could probably wake up the dead. Your data though? It never dies. Immortal. And not only that, Data emanates life long sex appeal. Data is sexy all the time. Data Security? Even more. No tummy tuck. No face lift. No Botox. Can it be re-purposed? Maybe. Okay. Yes. But that's it. Whether in the right hands or the wrong hands, data performs. The billion dollar question? Is it performing on your behalf?  In your best...

Cloud BackUp. Do You Know What You Don’t Know?

If you knew what you didn't know about Cloud BackUp, would you be reading this post? Did you know that dogs hate second smoke, chocolate and thunderstorms? And here is something else; their sense of smell is 1000 times that of a human being. They can even read the emotions in your face. But even if you did not know these things about dogs, doesn't it puzzle you that this dog didn't know that he could not fly? Flying dog, cloud backup? Stay with...