We all know the saying “there’s no I in team”, right? And we all know that much of what goes on in a business is a collaborative effort with everyone – sometimes hundreds of people – pulling together to achieve a common goal.
When you think about it, building a cloud server is a lot like building a performance car — there’s a lot riding on the choices you make upfront. First, you want to avoid any major, foreseeable problems, so it’s important to start with a solid base. There’s no point investing all your time and money importing a Honda Civic when it’s easier and more satisfying to get your hands on an Australian-made Holden SS Commodore – a vehicle that will also yield much quicker times!
The increase in web and cloud technologies is changing how my brain works. And it’s not just me — neuroscientists have been debating for years whether we’re all having our brains remapped by today’s world of always-on connectivity.
You’d think legal judgments were about making things clearer. However, today the Australian legal system managed to blur and confuse some key areas with potentially serious ramifications for cloud storage providers. The Full Federal Court has acted to overturn an earlier decision in relation to the legality of the Optus TV Now service (a mobile app providing consumer access to sporting events underpinned by a "cloud" service).
The cloud has opened the door to on-demand computing outside of the physical environment. This allows users to essentially create a new machine in minutes that can be used and then discarded, only be retrieved when needed again. But with all this computing power at our fingertips, how can we maximise its use? How can this on-demand style of infrastructure be used to improve productivity and resource management, and most importantly: why would we need it?
