Myths and legends make great stories. They can make great movies – if the director is up to it. In more mundane circumstances, they’re often similarly used as a metaphor. In terms of cloud computing, some myths are considered as incontrovertible as the Instructions of Shuruppak, by which is meant – it is tantamount to a fact that this is a myth.
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If you are intrigued by Cloud Telephony, you might be asking yourself a number of questions. Those questions are likely to include: “What is meant by a Telephony Platform as a Service (PaaS)?” “Is it for me?” “When and why would I use a Telephony PaaS?” “What are the Telephony PaaS options?” Read on for some answers…
In summary, a PaaS could be a server system or it could be a computer language interpreter that enables bespoke applications to be written and deployed. The main benefit being that you can access ‘tools’ to help write and deploy an application, based on technology owned and managed by someone else.
PaaS is different from Software as a Service (SaaS) in that there is no pre-written, configurable application. Continue Reading...
What’s the key factor that sets cloud categories apart?
This question, albeit it’s more of a statement seeking endorsement, was recently raised on LinkedIn and it generated a variety of responses relating to security, ease of use, and flexibility, to name but a few. I couldn’t resist the temptation to respond and counter some of those ‘issues’.
Security – any computer connected to the Internet is at risk from hackers, whether it is in the cloud or in a private data centre. Would it be true to say that an SME, with necessarily limited resources, is able to better secure its data than say, Amazon?
In addition, who says everything needs to be in the cloud? Adopting a cloud computing strategy isn’t an ‘all or nothing’ decision.
A question was recently posted on linked in asking “What impact will the rise of cloud computing have on the service provider market over the next two years”?
It is an interesting question and not necessarily one you may be concerned with…but there may well be some effects that we all feel down track.
Cloud computing can be divided into many sub-groups: infrastructure, platform and software -as-a-service. And into many industry types – cloud telephony being one such example.
Continue Reading...If the Rolling Stones had time back or rather, were just now embarking on their career, they’d be writing “Hey, you, get on to my cloud.” Most everyone is now saying to us or telling us, that is just what we should be doing – getting in[on]to ‘cloud computing’. Many analysts and researchers, such as Gartner and the IT Governance Institute, are happy to tell us that’s exactly what we will be doing. The ‘cloud’ is inevitable. Its advance is inexorable. Continue Reading...
Once again, and for the 11th year running, Aculab is the Diamond sponsor of ITEXPO. The show continues to deliver great new contacts, networking opportunities and a perfect platform to announce new products to the communications industry. At the last event, we launched AMS Server – and won the Best of Show award for ‘Best Development Tool’. This year, we have more new announcements to make and interesting sessions to attend…
Aculab Cloud
Aculab will be previewing Aculab Cloud, our true cloud-based telephony platform, which builds on Aculab’s heritage in the telephony market and presents another deployment option for our award winning media processing resources.
Keynote presentation
‘Voice in the Clouds’
Alan Pound, Founder and CEO
Thursday 3 February at 10am in room B217 / 218
In this keynote, Alan will discuss the issues involved in hosting voice services and media processing in a cloud environment. Continue Reading...
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