Major Cloud Providers – Monthly Outage Recap April
MS Azure 4/19/19 - RCA - Availability degradation for Azure DevOpsBetween 03:30 and 15:20 UTC, and then again between 17:00 and 17:32 UTC on the 19 Apr 2019, a subset of customers experienced issues connecting to Azure DevOps. These issues primarily affected customers physically located on the East Coast and those whose organizations...
Is the Cloud Living on the Edge?
By Adam Stern | Business.com Back when the cloud was the next big thing, skeptics questioned its reliability, its durability and, above all, its security. Over time, each concern has been addressed and largely resolved. The wisdom of off-premises computing is now practically a given. But cloud computing isn't a religious issue. We can...
Former INAP Executive Scott McDonald Joins Infinitely Virtual As VP of Sales and Marketing
Strategic Hire Highlights Growth Strategy for Cloud Hosting Pioneer LOS ANGELES (April 23, 2019) – Cloud hosting pioneer Infinitely Virtual today announced that it has named longtime IT executive Scott McDonald VP of Sales and Marketing. McDonald, who joins Infinitely Virtual from Internap (INAP), will be based in the Greater Boston ar...
12 Ways For Tech Developers To Build Security Into Their Projects From The Start
Expert Panel, Forbes Technology Council | Forbes Successful CIOs, CTOs & executives from Forbes Technology Council offer firsthand insights on tech & business. Security is a consideration that should be top-of-mind in any new tech product. As technology advances, so too do the ways in which hackers can utilize applications ...
11 Signs A Company Should Outsource IT
Expert Panel, Forbes Technology Council | Forbes Successful CIOs, CTOs & executives from Forbes Technology Council offer firsthand insights on tech & business. Whether because of budgetary concerns, unusual requirements or another reason, sometimes it’s in a business’ best interest to outsource its IT operations. Indeed...
12 Tips To Smoothly Migrate Your Company’s Team To A New Software Platform
Expert Panel, Forbes Technology Council | Forbes Successful CIOs, CTOs & executives from Forbes Technology Council offer firsthand insights on tech & business. Whether to add new functionality, security or to reduce costs, it is often necessary for IT professionals to change the software platform(s) their companies have bee...
How Accounting Firms Can Get Their Cloud Right the First Time
Adam Stern | CPA Practice Advisor The cloud as an environment for serious business computing shows little sign of dissipating. Per market researcher IDC, about half of IT spending was cloud-based last year, "reaching 60 percent of all IT infrastructure and 60-70 percent of all software, services and technology spending by 2020." As Paul ...
Major Cloud Providers – Monthly Outage Recap March
MS Azure 3/29/19 RCA - SQL DatabaseBetween 16:45 and 22:05 UTC on 29 Mar 2019, a subset of customers may have experienced the following: Difficulties connecting to SQL Database resources in the East US, UK South, and West US 2 regions Difficulties connecting to Service Bus and Event Hubs resources in the East US and UK South re...
Can Continuous Testing Keep Up With Agile Technology?
By Christine | SmarterWare This is the age of agile. Our digital landscape is changing so frequently and to such an extent, that software needs to be equally quick to respond. The problem is, that in order for software to keep pace, developers need to work constantly to identify weaknesses, shore up those areas, and test the new product. The...
15 Things Tech Execs Wish Developers Would Stop Doing, Right Now
Expert Panel, Forbes Technology Council | Forbes Successful CIOs, CTOs & executives from Forbes Technology Council offer firsthand insights on tech & business. Most tech execs will confidently (and rightly) assert that their tech teams are composed of bright, dedicated, hardworking and capable professionals. Even so, no one...
