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The data challenge. What it is and how to avoid it. Most companies, especially large ones, as well as governments departments, struggle with the amount of data they have accumulated over the years, either for themselves or for their customers. Most documents fall into two distinct categories, records and unstructured data. Typically, the challenges they are confronted with are as follows: ·          How much data is there across multiple platforms? ·          How many duplicates are there across multiple platforms? ·          Are duplicate, having the same revisions, have the same content (we should not assume that this is the case)? ·          Is the format readable (old format may not be read by today’s applications? (e.g. Microsoft Project Plan old files (over 10 years old files cannot be read with today’s application version) ·          Who owns the data if anybody? ·          Is there any retention associated with the data? ·          Are there any po

What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is the future of IT. But first of all what is it?   Cloud computing is the external storing and accessing of applications and associated data via the internet, rather than through your own infrastructure. Progression in its usage, for the near future (3 years – by 2019) will enable not just big companies but also small and medium size ones to use it.    Therefore, a large amount of companies will be investing moderately or heavily into this technology as they transition into full reliance on cloud technologies. Many of them are depending on the cloud to launch new business services or products, streamline their management and procurement activities and therefore provide applications and platforms to enhance information economics and analytics. According to Forbes Magazine, some of the Cloud’s benefits that will be achieved: · Top-line growth, collaboration among employees, and supply chain are the three areas enterprises expect cloud c

Cloud Computing Security Cloud computing security has never been so much a critical requirements as it is today. According to the siliconAngle website, the following figures reflects  the evolution of cloud usage in the last few years: · By 2015, end-user spending on cloud services was deemed to be reaching  more than $180 billion  · It is predicted that the global market for cloud equipment will reach $79.1 billion by 2018  · If given the choice of only being able to move one application to the cloud, 25% of respondents would choose storage  · By 2014, businesses in the United States were spending more than $13 billion on cloud computing and managed hosting services  ·  44% annual growth in workloads for the public cloud versus an 8.9% growth for “on premise” computing workloads is expected till 2018 · 82% of companies reportedly saved money by moving to the cloud  · More than 60% of businesses utilize cloud for performing IT-related operations · 14% of companies downsized thei

Designing Websites – New approach that takes into account best practices and Neuroscience observations   Web Design, when properly undertaken, has traditionally focused on ensuring that audience can enjoy a comfortable experience by making the website colourful but simple and not confusing; been literacy, typographically and cosmetically excellent; having intuitive navigation, even providing shortcuts from sassy users; using original photographs; and been readable not just on large computer screens but also on tablets and very importantly mobile phones.   A further approach is then to ensure that design best practices and Neuroscience observations in human interaction with websites are also taken into account. The bottom line of research done in this field is that, as a specie, we have evolved to desire beauty and enjoy art. A website should encourage its users to use their mammal brain rather than their reptilian brain. This is where decision making based