When we say cloud, various terminologies come into play. Cloud may pertain to Final Fantasy VII’s Cloud Strife. It could also basically point out to the fluffy pillows shielding us against this ridiculous summer heat. But if you’re a business executive or IT decision-maker, the word cloud is the accurate delivering of services over the Internet. Cloud computing provides businesses control over services and software that are important for steering operations in the right direction.... [More]

The Software development life cycle is the complete process that takes place while developing software. There are many software development life cycles or SDLCs and each has its own importance in software development. The waterfall model is one of the oldest and most basic software development methodologies which is still followed (mostly in its various modernized versions) by many software development companies while developing software solutions. The waterfall model is a linear process where ... [More]

Software companies specialise. They don't produce just any software. Companies start when someone sees a gap in the market, a need for a specific product, and moves to fill that gap. Typically, companies add products and services to their portfolio but they stay within the same niche. A data analysis company might work with the finance and retail industries, but their expertise is still in data analysis. Recognising your speciality Recognising your speciality is part of what makes a company su... [More]

In today's age of constant communication and instant data sharing, it's become even more important than ever to have an accessible way to backup your data. This is not simply due to the much larger volume of data being sent today, but is also influenced by the security of these instant communications. After all, you can't get around the reality that freely sharing information creates a number of security risks. Either the system of your device could be corrupted or the data itself could be lost.... [More]

In tough economic times the ability to analyse your past and present business data and the ability to predict future trends can give you a competitive advantage. Armed with a powerful reporting tool, you have a 360 degree view of your operation. Business Intelligence (BI) tools, therefore, can provide great help with many of your decision-making processes and can go a long way in offering your company a significant competitive advantage. Crystal Reports from SAP is one of the most popular BI t... [More]

  Every company have to handle large amount of repetitive tasks. They consume valuable time. This time can be reclaimed and used more productively by using automation. Automation of the respective tasks historically was achieved by writing custom application. It’s a perfectly good solution to the problem, but it doesn’t come without its problems: Not every company has a developer available to automate tasks and hiring an external contractor can be expensive. The code needs t... [More]

In today’s working environment we have to deal with receiving information from many different sources, in multiple formats, which we are struggling to manage, digest and navigate the information to get to what is relevant. Something as simple as searching for information can waste a lot of time and have a big effect on our own productivity, and in turn can affect performance and job satisfaction. We decided to conduct some research into this issue of information overload, with the aim of ... [More]

Business continuity plans are often seen as insurance policies - something that organisations don’t really want to pay for, but feel they have to. In the worst cases, some don’t bother at all, thinking “it won’t happen to me.” However, as more and more companies rely on IT to support the everyday running of the business, the need for disaster recovery and business continuity plans continues to grow. Organisations should not just see business continuity as an ins... [More]

  Ensure that your company and your data are protected in the cloud. Join PKWARE for a webinar on 21st July 2011 and learn the legal implications of taking flight to the cloud: - Explore five key sections of cloud contracts - Understand seven cloud computing security issues - Recommendations for data protection in the cloud Develop a flight plan to navigate the legalities cloud computing! Clark Hill attorney Daniel T. Graham will address the exponential growth and potential ... [More]

A real headache for almost all IT managers when discussing spam problems is postmaster@ spam. The most common thing we hear time and time again is: “We are getting spam from postmaster addresses and we don’t know why.” This problem has a multitude of variations and is generally labelled as “postmaster@ spam”. Simply put, postmaster spam is any spam email that has a postmaster email address, either as a sender or recipient , and whether it is the postmaster for yo... [More]