Reliability, how important is that?

הזמינות של שירותי אונליין ואפליקציות הפכה לקריטית בעולם של משתמשים חסרי סבלנות. מעבר לתהליך פיתוח מוכוון זמינות יכול להתבטא גם בחסכון בזמן וגם בהוצאות. בשנים האחרונות יותר ויותר שירותים ויישומים מעדיפים להשקיע בפיתוח מהיר מאשר בשיפור הזמינות. השימוש בשירותי ענן מתקדמים וכלי ניטור משוכללים, יצר את הרושם שבעיית הזמינות שייכת לעבר, ושבכל רגע נתון ניתן […]

The Challenges of NOC Management

Network Operations Centers (NOCs) provide companies with a central location to monitor and maintain their infrastructure and the performance and availability of their cloud solution/application. While it may be used differently from company to company, with some not even calling it a NOC, the end-goal is always to maintain optimal and round-the-clock availability across platforms, […]

Conversations in the Cloud: Interview with Kristine Simon from IBM

Interview Series with the Experts of Big Data, Cloud, SaaS, and DevOps – Conversations in the Cloud – Kristine Simon from IBM Introduction We’re excited to introduce our new conversation in the cloud series, featuring experts across the cloud industry. We’ve lined up some amazing experts to interview for this series. As a company, we specialize in Uptime Management services to […]

Single NOC/SOC: A Viable Possibility

Recently, we read an interesting article that points to the unique approaches in handling Network Operations Centers (NOC) and Security Operation Centers (SOC). Indeed, the delicate relationship between how NOC and SOC are both responsible for four primary issues: identification, investigation, prioritization and resolution of issues is accurate. Clearly, the impact that these two operations centers […]

Cloud Technology: What does it Mean?

Cloud computing is all the rage. “It’s become the phrase du jour,” according to Ben Pring, Senior Analyst at Gartner. The problem is that many definitions of the space are circulating and, with that comes confusion. Let’s try to clarify cloud technology.   In today’s world, convenience is king. Luckily, the use of cloud technology enables […]

Top 5 Ways to Service Companies Using the Cloud

Running a cloud-based service is a multi-faceted operation that relies on many factors from the integrity of the information uploaded to the tech support in the software. For a company to invest in a cloud-based storage company, they need to be confident that it will fulfill their core business needs. Here are our 5 ways […]

7 Major Benefits of Cloud Computing

If you’re in the business world, it seems like these days all people are talking about is switching over to a “cloud” for data storage. What’s so special about the cloud? Well considering it increases efficiency and therefore cash flow, it’s not surprising so many companies are ditching their bulky servers and switching to cloud […]

The Internet of Things Stacked Three Layers High

By now, it’s no secret that the internet of things (IoT) is changing the landscape of technology and business. While the concept is still in its early days, the applications of IoT are already beginning to take shape as industries embrace the trend. With all the hype, it’s important to understand the various ramifications that […]

Cloud Service Uptime Management – 5 Key Guidelines

Availability and Uptime Management is one of five components in the ITIL Service Delivery area. It is responsible for ensuring application systems are up and available for use according to the service criticality and the defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Your uptime management team should analyze your online business availability requirements and ensure that optimized, […]

Cloud Automation Extends Intelligent Monitoring

Application deployment automation solutions are key when hosting an application in the cloud. The combination of release automation and the IaaS resources abstraction layer allows you to easily migrate your application to any common cloud provider. Automation shouldn’t be adopted solely in order to move to the cloud. It has many benefits above and beyond this […]