The digital age has given us access to vast amounts of data, available through a multitude of online devices. We use dozens of different services on a daily basis, reaping the benefits of near-instantaneous data availability. However, making these services constantly and promptly available is becoming more challenging by the minute. Deployment of new apps […]

Amazon launched AWS in mid 2002 as a collection of just a few unintegrated services and tools. Since then, Amazon Web Services has grown into the dominant public cloud infrastructure platform on the market. AWS now offers over 175 comprehensive service packages from data centers all over the world. According to a CSA report on […]

It is easy to forget the degree to which cloud computing is integrated into our everyday lives. We depend on it for many things such as storing our personal information, pictures, and files. It seamlessly connects our computers, smartphones, and other devices, and allows us to binge watch movies online. Cloud computing is not only […]

In late 2014, Apple’s iCloud service was breached by rogue hackers. The hackers stole and later circulated online private photos belonging to several celebrities. Since then, many people – and organizations – have been leery of using public cloud storage. After all, how safe is it to keep confidential data on a server that you […]

Amazon’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) has ruled public cloud computing for nearly 12 years. From a Gartner report, their server capacity is a staggering 10 times higher than that of their 14 closest cloud competitors combined. Microsoft-led Azure, which launched in 2010, is doing all it can to catch up, however. It managed to lower […]