VMWare are boasting a new solution to your for those looking to provide a virtual desktop service. Desktop visualization allows IT departments to reduce their costs by delivering staff desktops from a single data center. Hosting multiple desktops from one place means a reduction in cost in terms of both hardware and software for larger organizations. Large hard drives and fast processors are no longer needed on each machine, and there is no need to buy hundreds of software licenses as desktops are served up from a central location. ...
The idea of quantum computing, to me is completely amazing. Forget transistors and printed circuit boards, why bother with them when you can use singular atoms and their fascinating quantum ...
The term Cloud Computing is synonyms with terms such as virtual computing, PaaS, social networking, document hosting and Saas. ...
A new breed of anti-virus software is popping up around the internet, dubbed 'Cloud Anti-Virus' it promises to protect your computer in the same way your current AV software does, and at the same time deliver a reduction in resource hogging.
Traditionally AV software is installed on a computer scans files as they stored in physical memory, as they are accessed and during scheduled scanning windows.
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What is cloud computing?
Over the last few years many strange words have been popping up all over the place, words like podcast and blog describe the latest technology 'thing' and most of the time I have no idea what people are talking about when I hear them uttered. Likewise when I heard the term Cloud Computing I was totally in the dark about the meaning of the phrase, had I known what it actua
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When storing your personal data and documents on remote server it is impossible to ensure complete security. You can't personally sit and watch the computer your data is stored on, nor are you likely to know what encryption techniques and firewalls your cloud service provider is using. However as long as you stick to some simply, common sense rules, your data will be pretty safe.
Assess the service provider. Go on a personal reconnaissance mission, are they a reputable company like Google or Yahoo? If the company name is 'easy free document share host' or similar and the site is covered in flashing banners, it's probably best not upload your personal documents to their servers!
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