Seit der Gründung vor elf Jahren ist Twitter kostenlos geblieben und versucht stattdessen, Geld mit Werbung hereinzuholen. Weil die Verluste nicht aufhören, denkt die Firma über ein Abo-Modell für Power-User nach.
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There is a massive shift in the way organizations are adopting cloud to differentiate themselves in the market.
In a recent survey conducted by IBM, 78 percent of global respondents said their cloud initiatives are with traditional IT platforms, as there is a need to combine cloud applications with existing systems and data. #Cloud computing has become an essential part of business development.
Organizations want to strike a perfect balance between having traditional IT platforms, moving applications to the cloud and integrating to cloud applications. Thus, there is an increased need to tailor an optional hybrid cloud solution to secure efficiency, innovation and growth objectives .
This means cloud is a real differentiator and the main driver for digital transformation. Based on factors such as compliance demands, cost, and speed to market, executives must decide which applications can be moved to the cloud and analyze the challenges to be addressed over the course of the migration.
Organizations are delivering business value with hybrid cloud by:
Enhancing business agility by using internal resources for core business activities while merging IT and business priorities and expertise
Using subscription-based cloud resources and accelerating return on investment
Bringing innovation into the business environment with rapid experimentation, strategic APIs, and enabling access to external technologies via scalability with auto-provisioning cloud features
While IT executives still expect app 45 percent of their workloads to stay on dedicated, on-premises servers, great business value can be derived with the use of cloud technology. Hybrid cloud solutions, which include a mix of on-premise and public cloud services, should be tailored to meet each organization’s unique business conditions and requirements.
Are you looking for a unique hybrid cloud solution suiting your business needs? What would suit your business needs? Is it a blend of private cloud, public cloud and traditional IT platforms?
This IBM Institute for Business Value report can help you evaluate the right cloud adoption strategy for your organization.
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Quelle: Thoughts on Cloud
By Brad Svee, Head of Solutions, Google Cloud Platform
Modern businesses increasingly depend on their data as a foundation for their operation. The more critical the reliance is on that data, the more important it is to ensure that data is protected with backups. Unfortunately, even by taking regular backups, you’re still susceptible to data loss from a local disaster or human error. Thus, many companies entrust their data to geographically distributed cloud storage providers like Google Cloud Platform (GCP). And when they do, they want convenient cloud backup automation tools that offer flexible backup options and quick on-demand restores.
One such tool is CloudBerry Backup (CBB), and has the following capabilities:
Creating incremental data copies with low impact on production workloads
Data encryption on all transferring paths
Flexible retention policy, allowing you to balance the volume of data stored and storage space used
Ability to carry out hybrid restores with the use of local and cloud storage resources
CBB includes a broad range of features out of the box, allowing you to address most of your cloud backup needs, and is designed to have low impact on production servers and applications.
CBB has a low-footprint backup client that you install on the desired server. After you provision a Google Cloud Storage bucket, attach it to CBB and create a backup plan to immediately start protecting your files in the cloud.
To simplify your cloud backup onboarding, check out the step-by-step tutorial on how to use CloudBerry Backup with Google Cloud Storage and easily restore any files.
Quelle: Google Cloud Platform
Nach dem Sicherheitsupdate vom Februar 2017 haben mehrere Nutzer des Pixel-Smartphones Probleme mit der Bluetooth-Verbindung. Google hat den Fehler endlich beheben können, sagt aber weiterhin nicht, was die Ursache war. (Google Pixel, Smartphone)
Quelle: Golem
Vernetzte Puppen, Teddybären oder Uhren wecken in Brüssel wachsende Bedenken rund um die Sicherheit und Privatsphäre von Kindern. Die EU-Kommission sieht zunächst Hersteller und Eltern gefordert, den Nachwuchs besser zu schützen.
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Ein künftiges GearVR könnte mit einer Auflösung von 4K pro Auge erscheinen. Zumindest soll Samsung einen Prototyp mit 1.200 dpi gezeigt und über ein Modell mit 1.500 ppi gesprochen haben. (Gear VR, Samsung)
Quelle: Golem
Welche Folgen hat die europäische Datenschutzgrundverordnung und das neue Bundesdatenschutzanpassungsgesetz für den Datenschutz? Darüber haben Juristen, Datenschützer, Verwaltungswissenschaftler und IT-Spezialisten in Darmstadt diskutiert.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
Die Jubiläumsausgabe der traditionsreichen Konferenz zur Qualitätssicherung von Software findet am 19. und 20. Oktober in Frankfurt am Main statt. Mittlerweile kann man sich mit Vorträgen für die Veranstaltung bewerben.
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Nach mehreren Vorfällen, bei denen Symantec offenbar die Kontrolle über seine Zertifikatsinfrastruktur verloren hatte, plant Google nun drastische Maßnahmen. Das könnte für Symantec existenzbedrohend werden. (Symantec, Google)
Quelle: Golem
Unbekannte drohen damit, wahllos iPhones zu löschen – wenn Apple nicht zahlt. Die Angreifer sind offenbar in Besitz von iCloud-Zugangsdaten. Mac & i erklärt, wie man sich gegen einen derartigen Angriff wappnen kann.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
