Cloud computing is an emerging IT development, deployment, and delivery model that enables real-time delivery of a broad range of IT products, services and solutions over the internet. It provides scalable resources as a service through various models including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and others. Cloud computing relies on virtualization and uses multi-tenant architecture with shared infrastructure to improve efficiency. While startups and small businesses commonly use clouds for all their needs, large enterprises tend to take a hybrid approach keeping some resources in-house.
Simply, Cloud Computing is storing and accessing programs and data over the internet instead of a computer hard drive.
The cloud is another name of the internet but nothing to do with the hard drive.
Michael Marlowe, an entrepreneur who has started businesses in Columbus, OH, is currently the director of strategy and vice president of new markets at Chasetek. Headquartered in Columbus, OH, Chasetek is an infrastructure management company specializing in voice and data networks and energy management. In his position, Michael Marlowe utilizes his experience as a telecommunications broker to develop, evaluate, and communicate new and existing strategies for the organization. Cloud computing is one service that Chasetek coordinates for its clients.
With today’s evolving technological landscape, chances are you’ve heard of the term “cloud.” You may have even wondered why anyone would be talking about the weather along with computing infrastructures and data centers. Although the popularity of the cloud has gradually risen, there are many people who still don’t know exactly what it is.
The cloud is the general term for cloud computing, which refers to the use of the Internet to access hosted services or your own applications, storage, servers, and data that are hosted in a remote location. Saving your files to the cloud allows you to access them from anywhere at any time, as long as you have an Internet connection. You have probably been using cloud services or resources for a while without even knowing it. The most common cloud services include Gmail, Dropbox, Google Docs, and even Twitter.
Cloud computing is continuing to gain momentum among businesses and consumers alike. It offers consumers a more convenient way to store and share their files as well as access their data at any time, from anywhere. Businesses are virtualizing corporate desktops in the cloud and have considerably reduced the costs of maintaining their physical IT infrastructures in the process. Cloud services allow for more flexible working practices as well as greater mobility. Accessing your data on any device is safe and secure, and actually gives companies a better way to manage and secure data.
Cloud computing focuses on shared resources within the infrastructure. This means that customers share physical resources while maintaining security by reinforcing their “piece of the pie” with firewalls and virtual security. By focusing on this shared resource methodology, cloud companies can offer incredibly cost-effective rates compared to traditional computing due to the positive economies of scale. The more tenants that occupy a cloud, the more cost effective a solution becomes. The best Cloud providers use this method to offer solutions for a fraction of what they would cost should an organization attempt to do them in-house.
The cloud is quickly becoming commonplace in the world of technology. Its accessibility and convenience are undeniable, and more often than not, businesses and service providers have considered implementing or currently utilize cloud computing.
Cloud Computing or web hosted IT is great news for SME's, allowing them to cut costs, reduce IT hassles and save money. This presentation covers the benefits and drawbacks of cloud IT and provides practical examples of low-cost cloud applications every SME should be aware of!
This presentation discusses the meaning of the cloud - an IT term which defines an emerging trend in how technology is deployed in business.
The intended audience is lay people in business or technology who struggle to understand the technical meaning cloud computing or to understand how it differs from traditional computing.
Simply, Cloud Computing is storing and accessing programs and data over the internet instead of a computer hard drive.
The cloud is another name of the internet but nothing to do with the hard drive.
Michael Marlowe, an entrepreneur who has started businesses in Columbus, OH, is currently the director of strategy and vice president of new markets at Chasetek. Headquartered in Columbus, OH, Chasetek is an infrastructure management company specializing in voice and data networks and energy management. In his position, Michael Marlowe utilizes his experience as a telecommunications broker to develop, evaluate, and communicate new and existing strategies for the organization. Cloud computing is one service that Chasetek coordinates for its clients.
With today’s evolving technological landscape, chances are you’ve heard of the term “cloud.” You may have even wondered why anyone would be talking about the weather along with computing infrastructures and data centers. Although the popularity of the cloud has gradually risen, there are many people who still don’t know exactly what it is.
The cloud is the general term for cloud computing, which refers to the use of the Internet to access hosted services or your own applications, storage, servers, and data that are hosted in a remote location. Saving your files to the cloud allows you to access them from anywhere at any time, as long as you have an Internet connection. You have probably been using cloud services or resources for a while without even knowing it. The most common cloud services include Gmail, Dropbox, Google Docs, and even Twitter.
Cloud computing is continuing to gain momentum among businesses and consumers alike. It offers consumers a more convenient way to store and share their files as well as access their data at any time, from anywhere. Businesses are virtualizing corporate desktops in the cloud and have considerably reduced the costs of maintaining their physical IT infrastructures in the process. Cloud services allow for more flexible working practices as well as greater mobility. Accessing your data on any device is safe and secure, and actually gives companies a better way to manage and secure data.
Cloud computing focuses on shared resources within the infrastructure. This means that customers share physical resources while maintaining security by reinforcing their “piece of the pie” with firewalls and virtual security. By focusing on this shared resource methodology, cloud companies can offer incredibly cost-effective rates compared to traditional computing due to the positive economies of scale. The more tenants that occupy a cloud, the more cost effective a solution becomes. The best Cloud providers use this method to offer solutions for a fraction of what they would cost should an organization attempt to do them in-house.
The cloud is quickly becoming commonplace in the world of technology. Its accessibility and convenience are undeniable, and more often than not, businesses and service providers have considered implementing or currently utilize cloud computing.
Cloud Computing or web hosted IT is great news for SME's, allowing them to cut costs, reduce IT hassles and save money. This presentation covers the benefits and drawbacks of cloud IT and provides practical examples of low-cost cloud applications every SME should be aware of!
This presentation discusses the meaning of the cloud - an IT term which defines an emerging trend in how technology is deployed in business.
The intended audience is lay people in business or technology who struggle to understand the technical meaning cloud computing or to understand how it differs from traditional computing.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
a brief comprehensive summary of mine on hepatitis B virus. I really would like to hear from you for any feedback. I wish you can find this really helpful especially for exam nights!
This is a lightning presentation given by Nhan Nguyen to our team for the purpose of knowledge sharing in support of our efforts to create a culture of learning.
Sample of workshop given at CloudAsia 2012. Workshop is 700 slides, so this is just a small sample to give a feel for the content, depth and independent approach.
Cloud architecture, conception and computing PPTNangVictorin
These platforms hide the complexity and details of the underlying infrastructure from users and applications by providing very simple graphical interface or API (Applications Programming Interface). Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
Fundamental Concepts are given regarding Cloud Computing, the Pros and Cons of Cloud computing, the History and Evolution of Cloud computing. A Comparison of Cluster vs Grid Vs Cloud Computing is also mentioned in slides.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
2. Outline
• Cloud Terms
• Comparisons
• Many Flavors of Cloud Computing
• Key Characteristics
• Architecture Type
• Who’s using Clouds today?
• Example: Eli Lilly
• Legal Issues
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3. What is “Cloud”?
There is no clear definition of the term
“Cloud” or “Cloud Computing”
– No Official Definition
– Term takes on the definition of the user
– Overuse the term “cloud” by eager marketer
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4. What is “Cloud”?
There are two popular uses of the term
“cloud” in today’s I.T. conversation
– Cloud Services - consumer and business
products, services and solutions that are
delivered and consumed in real-time over the
internet
– Cloud Computing - an emerging IT
development, deployment, and delivery model
that enables real-time delivery of a broad
range of IT products, services and solutions
over the internet
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6. Comparisons
• Grid Computing – a form of distributed
computing, acting in concert to perform very
large tasks
• Utility Computing – a metered service similar
to a traditional public utility such as electricity
• Autonomic Computing – capable of self-
management
• Cloud Computing – deployments as of 2009
depend on grids, have autonomic characteristics
and bill like utilities
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7. Cloud Formation
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Cloud Computing is
an emerging IT
development,
deployment and
delivery model,
enabling real-time
delivery of products,
services and solutions
(i.e., enabling cloud
services) over the
Internet (IDC)
Cloud computing is
Internet based
development and use of
computer technology. It
is a style of computing in
which typically real-time
scalable resources are
provided as a service
over the internet
(Wikipedia)
Cloud:
the new home
and business
network
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8. Many Flavors of Cloud
Computing
• SaaS – Software as a Service
– Network-hosted application
• PaaS– Platform as a Service
– Network-hosted software development
platform
• IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
– Provider hosts customer VMs or provides
network storage
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9. Many Flavors of Cloud
Computing (cont’d)
• DaaS – Data as a Service
– Customer queries against provider’s database
• IPMaaS – Identity and Policy
Management as a Service
– Provider manages identity and/or access
control policy for customer
• NaaS – Network as a Service
– Provider offers virtualized networks (e.g.
VPNs)
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12. Cloud “Applications”
• SaaS resides here
• Most common Cloud / Many providers of
different services
• Examples: SalesForce, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail,
Quicken Online
• Advantages: Free, Easy, Consumer
Adoption
• Disadvantages: Limited functionality, no
control or access to underlying technology
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13. Cloud “Platforms”
• “Containers”, “Closed” environments
• Examples: Google App Engine, Heroku,
Mosso, Engine Yard, Joyent or Force.com
(SalesForce Dev Platform)
• Advantages: Good for developers, more
control than “Application” Clouds, tightly
configured
• Disadvantages: Restricted to what is
available, other dependencies
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14. Cloud “Infrastructure”
• Provide “Compute” and “Storage” clouds
• Virtualization layers (hardware/software)
• Examples: Amazon EC2, GoGrid, Amazon
S3, Nirvanix, Linode
• Advantages: Full control of environments
and infrastructure
• Disadvantages: premium price point, limited
competition
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18. Single-Tenant vs. Multi-Tenant
Architecture
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Single tenancy gives each customer a
dedicated software stack – and each layer in
each stack still requires configuration,
monitoring, upgrades, security updates,
patches, tuning and disaster recovery.
On a multi-tenant platform, all applications
run in a single logical environment: faster,
more secure, more available, automatically
upgraded and maintained. Any improvement
appears to all customers at once.
Shared infrastructure
Other apps
Server
OS
Database
App Server
Storage
Network
App 1
Server
OS
Database
App Server
Storage
Network
App 2
Server
OS
Database
App Server
Storage
Network
App 3
19. Who’s using Clouds today?
• Startups & Small businesses
– Can use clouds for everything
• Mid-Size Enterprises
– Can use clouds for many things
• Large Enterprises
– More likely to have hybrid models where they
keep some things in house
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