Cloud Computing Doesn’t Have To Be Risky
A secure backup means saving data two or three times at different locations, which should be common practice. Anyone who wants to save data online can check with a provider about their practices. But if a third party is subcontracted to do server maintenance, the possibility of mistakes increases. Know how your provider stores data. [...]
Turning Twitter into an application server
As much as Twitter is a powerful communication and social application, it’s a relatively simple Web app. As part of a new contest sponsored by Engine Yard, Ruby on Rails developers are going to turn Twitter into their own application server. The contest asks developers to program the “Worst App Server Technology Ever” (Waste) using [...]
IBM helps students put their heads in the cloud
IBM on Wednesday announced a program designed to help educators and students pursue cloud-computing initiatives and better take advantage of collaboration technology in their studies. The IBM Cloud Academy, announced at the Educause annual conference, includes a global roster of educational institutions as initial participants. Educause is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance [...]