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Holiday Season, Online Stores And Their Servers – Part 2

Why did Hank’s ‘HanKing’ e-commerce store go down like a pack of cards? There are many reasons and numerous variables which decide the fate of a website. Unfortunately no single factor is solely responsible for deciding web server load. Therefore the decision on the number of servers required and th... more

Holiday Season, The Drifting Cloud And Online Stores

The holiday season brings cheer and joy to every one of us. But the happiest lot are the online infrastructure providers. The requirement of hardware jumps manifold at the beginning of December and the demand continues way into the month of love and roses – I mean February. These winter months are a... more

Some Interesting News On Cloud Infrastructure And Computing

  While trawling the net I found some interesting news on cloud infrastructure and computing other than the usual cost saving mantra which we keep hearing. The first concerns comparison of top public cloud vendors and the other on the competence or rather incompetence of technical staff in hand... more

Do You Need Hand-holding When Embracing Cloud Infrastructure?

  This is exactly the type of question a small business owner or a start-up is likely to ask. The answer is yes. There are some critical situations when hand-holding is imperative while in some circumstances it may be optional. Here are the inflexion points where a newbie to the cloud infrastru... more

Revamping Business Processes To Align With The Cloud

  They say that history repeats itself. There was a time when every software tool was developed in-house. The IT department dictated how organizations worked and then we saw the big boys of ERP step into the business turf. I remember the confusion and chaos which accompanied adaptation of ERP p... more