OpenCirrus: Cloud & Big Data Blog
What is Cloud Computing in Simple Terms
You have probably heard or come across the term “the cloud” before but what does it mean? Well, wonder no more. The cloud or cloud computing simply refers to the act of storing, managing and processing data online. It describes the delivery of computing services be it...
read moreWhat is Distributed Computing, its Pros and Cons?
Distributed computing in simple words can be defined as a group of computers that are working together at the backend while appearing as one to the end-user. The individual computers working together in such groups operate concurrently and allow the whole system to...
read moreWhy Managed IT Services are Essential for Your Business Continuity Plan
Since time immemorial, no business has proved immune to either natural or technological disasters threatening to halt their operations. Some of the threats that businesses have to deal with include ransomware attacks, power outages, system failures, and natural...
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Scala, Java and the Cloud
Cloud computing or simply the cloud is one of the newfangled technologies of the 21st century that has immensely transformed how businesses deliver their services today. The cloud has been instrumental in handling workloads for businesses, giving them more time to...
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What is SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS in cloud computing?
Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of high-level computing services over the internet (cloud). These services range from data storage, servers, software, analytics, networking and more. Cloud computing is used in arguably all industries ranging from...
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What is Hadoop Cluster, Ecosystem & Big Data?
What is Hadoop technology? Hadoop technology is basically an open source framework based on the Java programming language, that allows for the distributed processing and storage of large data sets across clusters of computers. This technology was developed by the...
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Skype for Business Monitoring; Tracking and Alerting on The Components and Services That Really Matter to You
One of the best things that can ever happen to a business is a fully fledged unified communications (UC) framework that promotes business collaboration and productivity through verbal communications and sharing of data. Skype for Business is one such interconnected...
Turn Big Data Into Business Insights With 3D Visualization Tools for Business Intelligence
According to David McCandless (an author, data journalist, and information designer, ‘when we visualize information, we turn it into a landscape that we can explore with our eyes, a sort of information map. And when we are lost in information, an information map is...
Cloud
How Does Cloud Computing Work?
Technology has taken huge leaps in the last few decades leading to the development of advanced products and devices that have forever transformed the way we live and work. One of these advancements is in the way we store and access our data. From floppy disks to...
Why is cloud computing important?
Cloud computing is perhaps the most flamboyant technological innovation of the 21st century. This is because it has seen the fastest adoption into the mainstream than any other technology in the domain. This adoption has been fueled mainly by the ever-increasing...