There was a time when people used to run applications and software downloaded to their own devices or servers. This meant increased threats of data loss and less flexible systems – you actually needed data to be in the system to be able to complete the work. With cloud hosting, people can now access all the application through the internet, no matter what the location is. The solution has become popular over the years, especially among small and medium enterprises, that run on a modest budget. Companies can look at increased collaboration with cloud, enabling employees to share and work on data seamlessly, and individuals to pick up their work from any machine that has access to the cloud. Cloud services have also opened a world for businesses and users to interact. You can save your word files in cloud or just use a cloud invoicing system. There are different cloud host providers offering you space to store data online and collaborate easily but the development of SaaS has been the most significant. According to the latest statistics issued by Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), 84 percent of all the companies in the United Kingdom have adopted at least one cloud service. The research also shows that about 78 percent companies in the country adopt two or more cloud services. In fact, this technology has evolved in phases, starting from utility and grid computing, application service provision (ASP) and the latest Software as a Service (SaaS). Why Cloud Hosting? There are different reasons that have owed to the remarkable success of cloud hosting: Flexibility: Need more bandwidth or storage space...
The building block of every IT system is ‘data’. Optimal and secured storage of data has always been the key concern for any organisation. The volume of data is growing every minute and it is a difficult task to manage it. This immeasurable digital data is named as big data. The Internet, by reaching out to each and every computing platform has led to an outburst of information, thereby making big data too big to be handled. A scenario where the data grows beyond the reach of the present management techniques, will lead to total chaos. Some of the challenges faced with big data are: Managing data appropriately is a challenge for any organisation. The optimal use of data in an organised way is a priority task. Accessibility and connectivity of huge data are a hurdle. Data points are not integrated and there is no precise platform to manage data between various projects. The ever-growing data volume demands a larger technological landscape. Security of big data is another important aspect that is of concern to companies. The following chart explains the growth of big data in the recent years: Fig 1. Graphical Representation of Rise of Big data Business Intelligence – A Resourceful Solution for big data: Business Intelligence (BI) provides a solution to big data in the form of data analysis process. BI includes a variety of tools, applications and methodologies that streamline management of huge data. This system incorporates technologies that provide a correct decision making platform for the organisations. Some of the important advantages of Business Intelligence solutions are: BI simplifies the process of data management,...
PHP open source and ASP.NET have been major contributors to web development for many years now and continue to be used for their flexibility and other strengths in the programming arena. In our experience as knowledgeable website development agency, we are often asked by clients whether we feel they should move forward with an ASP.NET or a PHP based solution for their project. ASP.NET was designed as an enterprise wide solution platform In response to this question there are a few points that we like to make clear to clients who ask for our opinion. But before we get started in our exploration of these two powerful platforms, it’s important to understand that PHP was originally built as a platform for building Personal Home Pages. PHP was designed to be a web language, more than an enterprise wide solution platform. ASP.NET was designed as a platform for enterprise wide solutions and therefore was built for scalability and to be robust. One is open source and the other is from Microsoft First of all we mention the fact that ASP.NET is produced by Microsoft and PHP is an open source product. Quite often the client hasn’t got a lot to say about that. After all, it’s not really as important as what the difference are between them when it comes to areas such as: Security Features Whether it’s possible to extend Average development time Frameworks Cost PHP is available as an open source product and therefore does not come with the background support that ASP.NET is provided with. The latter not only has Microsoft user support available with it, but...
We are excited to announce that we got our Microsoft Gold Certification today. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner in Application Development competency. We are also a small business specialist. We have been providing services on Microsoft technologies from last 11 years. We never focused on getting ourselves certified but finally the time arrived and we started the exercise earlier this year. Our customers were kind enough to share references and fill surveys for the work which we have done for them on Microsoft technologies. This is a prerequisite amongst other things to get gold...
