Cloud hosting increasingly leveraged for business benefits

Cloud solutions have been increasingly sought out for their storage and collaboration capacities that can yield significant business improvements. As the technology continues to advance, many organisations are adopting the technology for storage and improved productivity benefits. With improved security measures, the cloud has become a more viable option for companies that take in a lot of data. However, there are still some challenges that businesses experience as they implement their solutions.

As a relatively young asset, the cloud is rapidly adapting to user needs as well as incorporating additional measures that will allow the technology to truly stand the test of time. Providers are experiencing some growing pains as offerings continue to expand, creating more as-a-service models and tackling any issues that may arise. According to a recent survey by Alsbridge, 90 percent of CIOs use the cloud, and 70 percent of those respondents have software-as-a-service for their platform, Computer Weekly reported. The assessment revealed that there was a wide gap between expectations and results as CIOs forecasted 74 percent operational cost savings and only achieved 41 percent. Because so many businesses are looking to reduce costs, this adds extra pressure to meet these demands. Meanwhile, organisations are still struggling with privacy, integration and data sovereignty. These obstacles are influencing adoption growth and the effective use of cloud hosting services.

"But in truth there is still caution around its wider adoption beyond SaaS and 'sand-boxed' platforms," Alsbridge head of IT outsourcing John Sheridan told the source. "Cloud may be a good fit for a small to mid-sized business model, but our study reveals that IaaS cloud adoption at a large corporate level is in fact still relatively low."

Using cloud to promote success
With all of the various factors to consider, it can be difficult to maintain a cloud environment and use it effectively. CloudTweaks contributor Brian King recently noted that byaccurately calculating savings, monitoring cloud use and creating policies, the organisation can establish a firm grasp on the technology. Having a view into the cloud will help ensure that data remains secure and deter potential breaches. The policies will similarly benefit the business by setting expectations and ensuring that users understand the implications of accessing sensitive information from mobile devices. Researching the various cloud environments will significantly aid in choosing the right one for the organisation's needs. This will guarantee that all solutions are considered and evaluated to maximize benefits. The information gathering stage will also allow companies to verify the provider's security measures in protecting data and enforcing disaster recovery efforts.

"The cloud has security implications that need to be addressed," King wrote. "Endpoint security can be put in place that monitors information as it travels outside of an organisation to reduce the risk of data leakage. Heavy fines can be levied against data leaks so it's important to take the appropriate measures to reduce the risk."

"The cloud has security implications that need to be addressed," King wrote. "Endpoint security can be put in place that monitors information as it travels outside of an organisation to reduce the risk of data leakage. Heavy fines can be levied against data leaks so it's important to take the appropriate measures to reduce the risk."

Brain Brafton loves and lives technology. To keep in contact with Brain find him on Google+ or on Twitter

New Option for YouTube Comments with Google+ link

YouTube has redesigned its comment section and The Channel owner can now moderate the comments and prevent such extreme and exaggerated responses comments. Comments under YouTube videos can now automatically share at Google+. Google has overhauled the comment section of his video platform YouTube.

 So far, the section was more known for hanging around here particularly many unscrupulous Internet users and leave worst comments under the video . The most effective way to channel owner therefore resisted coated with nagging disabling the comments. Now, however, Google has introduced a number of new features and capabilities that will increase the quality of the posts for users.

Google now allows users to publish comments that they leave on YouTube, even with Google+. Clicking the check mark for being “too share on Google+ “ will set the things, a second click sets the privacy settings for the audience of the article. The only requirement is that the user is logged into their Google account.

Moreover, it is possible Google+ users to tag their friends in comments to make them aware of videos. For this it is enough to type a "+" followed by the name of the friend in the comment box. Google sorts the comments from now on; Posts from Google+ and YouTube celebrity friends appear just like posts with many positive reviews at the top of the list.

On request, can be set as well order “first Newest “. In addition, it is possible to reply to comments. As with Gmail, Google assigns the responses to a post as a fold- and - conversation. This contributes to a better overview. For channel owner Google has introduced more moderation tools in addition to the reporting of abuse and spam. You can delete comments; ban certain users posting on your own channel and contributions to withhold approval.

These tools are useful to prevent unauthorized common and offensive comments - but at the same time they also allow censorship. Critical comments against videos so you have no chance, because the channel owner has absolute power over all the posts.

Google Going To Block Chrome Extensions From Outside Soon!

In order to safeguard the interest of the Chrome users Google going to change the way usually we follow in downloading the add-ons and extensions for Google Chrome. In order to protect its users from malware, Google going to change from the beginning of 2014 and it will be a far reaching change.

As of January extensions for the browser can be installed only on the official Chrome Web Store. This step announced by the Chrome team now in a blog entry. The developers are forced to take this step, as always supposedly useful add-ons are offered that actually contain malicious code, according to their blog statement.

However, the change is meant for protecting the users and to experience the safer browsing experience, but also more patronizing. In the future it will be difficult or impossible to install Chrome extensions that are a thorn in Google.

These include some popular proxy tools; for example, enable the viewing of YouTube videos that would otherwise be blocked for other country users. The new guidelines for the download of Chrome extensions to be applied for the new version browsers that are going to be released in 2014.

Google Nexus 5 Have A Bug !

The new Google Nexus 5 seems to suffer from a speaker bug. With some audio file formats that run through the speaker, there is a loss of quality. Google has now officially confirmed this. How Androicentral.com found out this fault with the speaker while playing some audio files, the Nexus 5 when playing audio files via the integrated speaker causes problems.

Accordingly, there is a considerable reduction in sound quality. Mainly spoken word sounds are not audio able and very feeble to hear. For audio books and podcasts, this becomes especially noticeable. AndroidCentral also thinks that the source of the audio file plays a role.

Locally playing your stored audio files sounds worse than the audio music coming via online Radio on your Google Nexus 5. It was not known to the public until AndroidCentral and Google spoke up. The sound of the speaker problems were officially declared as a software problem, Google is currently working on a quick fix for this issue and we hope all will be fixed quickly.

Custom Plastic Fabrication for Entrepreneurs

Are you a graphic designer or someone with similar expertise who has a sketch or blueprint you think would make an extraordinary product to sell?  If so, you may be ready to contact a machine shop that can bring your design to life.  Moreover, perhaps you're a hobbyist with a design others might benefit from having.  People take up entrepreneurial pursuits from a wide range of backgrounds.  Whatever leads you to create your design; you'll need a professional machine shop behind you with the expertise to create the custom plastic fabrication you require to create your product or product line.
Create the Prototype
When you search for a machine shop that specializes in plastics, you'll naturally want to work with a business that is experienced and can share their portfolio of related projects with you.  You'll also want a personable company that is willing to work with you to create your prototype.  This may involve troubleshooting or refining your blueprint in some way.  Working together, however, you should be able to achieve the custom item you set out to.  Once you create the perfect prototype, you'll have a model to base the rest of your product line upon (Source: Acrylic Art machine shop).
Production, Assembly, Finishing
When your design and prototype come to life, you're ready for the next big step -- the creation of your products -- your custom created merchandise!  Perhaps you've already thought about designing your website to sell your plastic items.  Perhaps you even have a marketing plan.  When you work with an experienced shop, your custom plastic fabrications will be turned out completely finished in accordance with your agreement.  This might include polishing or painting for instance.  Then, of course, you are ready to pick them up and sell them.
If your line becomes a success, you'll continue to place orders with your machine shop for subsequent batches.  Discuss turn-around times with them so you can place your orders in advance of when you expect to need them.  With great success, your design can become your full-time business--a gratifying prospect for those with the true entrepreneurial spirit.

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Adrian Thomas has been an architect and interior designer for a number of years. He has worked with many fabrication companies and highly recommends Acrylic Art for plastics manufacturing.