Tag: Encryption

Feed: AWS Big Data Blog. Whatever your industry, data is central to how organizations function. When we discuss data strategy with customers, it’s often in the context of how do they ingest, store, process, analyze, distribute, and ultimately secure data.Amazon EMR is a managed Hadoop framework that you use to process vast amounts of data. One of the reasons that customers choose Amazon EMR is its security features. For example, customers like FINRA in regulated industries such as financial services, and in healthcare, choose Amazon EMR as part of their data strategy. They do so to adhere to strict regulatory ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Branko Vlajin; It’s tough to navigate the vast market of online backup solutions. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best online backup solutions to help you choose. That said, if you still can’t make up your mind and you’re weighing CloudBerry Backup vs Acronis True Image, you’re in the right place. We’re going to compare them in this article to see which service is better. Acronis True Image is a standard online backup service, but CloudBerry Backup needs a partner service because it isn’t. Rather, it is an infrastructure-as-a-service solution that doesn’t offer backup space ... Read More

Feed: AWS Big Data Blog. re:Invent 2018 is around the corner! This year, data and analytics tracks are bigger than ever.This blog post highlights the data and analytics sessions at re:Invent 2018. If you’re attending this year, you want to check out the sessions, workshops, chalk talks, and builder sessions that we have at the conference. As in previous years, you can find these events in various topic categories, such as Analytics, Deep Learning, AI Summit, Serverless, Architecture, and Databases. We have great sessions from Intuit, Nike, Intel, WuXi NextCODE, Warner Brothers, AutoDesk, NFL, SendGrid, McDonald, AirBnB, Hilton, Guardian Life, ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; As the second best in our VPN reviews, NordVPN is clearly a favorite here at Cloudwards.net. It has taken a spot in several guides, including the best VPN for New Zealand and the best VPN for Russia, thanks to its excellent security and vast server network. Private Internet Access is no slouch, either. It put up a good fight against our top-rated provider, ExpressVPN, in our ExpressVPN vs PIA comparison. Like NordVPN, it took a spot in a few guides, too, most notably the best VPN for Sweden and the best VPN for Spain. Both ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: AWS Admin. By Tom Tasker, EMEA Storage Partner Solutions Architect at AWSThe most commonly used file shares have traditionally taken the form of dedicated and special purpose hardware in the datacenter, managed by storage specialists. The files are hosted, secured, and delivered either via Network File System (NFS) exports for Unix or Server Message Block (SMB) shares for Windows. In this post, we’ll take a look at a solution from SoftNAS, an AWS Partner Network (APN) Advanced Technology Partner with the AWS Storage Competency. Their solution can consolidate file shares onto Amazon Web ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Baiju NT. We recently interviewed Pankaj Rai, a well-known expert in analytics and banking and is currently the Senior Vice President Strategy at Wells Fargo. The former Analytics Director at Dell International Services, Pankaj shared his views on some of the hot topics in the financial & banking sector right now – digital transformation, innovation in fintech, new regulations, and blockchain to name a few. Read the complete interview below: What does your day typically look like at Wells Fargo? How do you start and end your day? (Laughs) My days are quite straightforward ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: Nelson Gonzalez. By Michael Grever, Global Segment Leader at AWSBy Shreyak Shah, GTM Product Marketing at AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS) supports an ever-growing ecosystem of products and services built by AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners. AWS Solution Space allows top APN Partners to display customer-ready solutions that are quick, cost effective, and repeatable. Each solution is based on architectures validated by AWS and are meant to create new business opportunities for both APN Partners and AWS customers, leading to increased production workloads on AWS. We are excited to announce that Solution Space has recently expanded with new joint ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; ExpressVPN has already taken trophies in a few of our comparisons, beating NordVPN by a thin margin in our ExpressVPN vs NordVPN head-to-head and slapping IPVanish around in our ExpressVPN vs IPVanish match-up. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. ExpressVPN is one of the best VPN providers. That said, VyprVPN is no slouch and it hits ExpressVPN where it hurts: the price tag. In this comparison of VyprVPN vs. ExpressVPN, we’re going to find out if you get what you pay for. There’s a lot of back and forth between the providers because they both ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Privacy is one of our main concerns here at Cloudwards.net. We tout the best tools to maintain it, too, many of which come with a price tag. While we do our best to mention free tools, as well, many of the options fly under the radar. That’s why we’ve put together a guide of 99 free tools to protect your privacy. While most come with some downsides, the options we found will maintain your anonymity on your desktop and online. While we’ve tested most of the tools on the list, we haven’t tested them all ... Read More

Feed: The Connector by Workato. Author: Kristine Colosimo; Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading online-to-offline (O2O) platform serving 1 in 6 people in the region. With an $11 billion valuation and high-profile investors like Toyota, Vulcan Capital, Macquarie Capital, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, the company now provides private car services, motorcycle taxis, last mile delivery, ride sharing, food delivery, and e-payment services. Its co-founder, Hooi Ling Tan, says Grab has ambitions to become Southeast Asia’s “everyday super app” that will serve the most essential daily needs of Southeast Asians. In May of 2018, Grab bought out Uber’s Southeast Asia operations in ... Read More