Tag: IOT

Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Continuent; Cloud-Based Active/Active Tungsten MySQL Clusters @ Bluefin Payments Please join us on Wednesday September 30th at 10am PT for a discussion about geo-distributed active/active MySQL replication for Financial Services SaaS Providers based on a case study of Continuent customer Bluefin Payments, and on how to guarantee credit card transaction availability with geo-distributed Tungsten MySQL clusters. Financial Services typically require two or more active data centers to provide their customers with continuous availability along with quick response times. Bluefin Payments uses co-located data centers with active/active replication between each MySQL cluster, which provides a complete, local ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Brian Janous. On our journey to become carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft is continually innovating and advancing the efficiency and sustainability of our cloud infrastructure, with a commitment to use 100 percent renewable energy in all of our datacenters and facilities by 2025. Today, we are taking a significant step toward that goal, revealing plans for our newest sustainable datacenter region in Arizona, which will become our West US 3 region. Companies are not only digitally transforming their operations and products to become more sustainable—they’re also choosing partners with shared goals and values. In developing ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Starting this month, we have merged the Power BI Desktop, Service and Mobile blogs, so there is one overview of everything that is new in this month. Many thanks to Sujata and Nikhil for owning the Desktop and Service/Mobile blogs! We are planning several other changes to the blog, so stay tuned. After 10 years, support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020. In line with this, we will be stopping support for Power BI Desktop on Windows 7 on Jan 31st 2021. After that, Power BI Desktop ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Yves Pitsch. Data collected from space to observe Earth is instrumental in helping address global challenges such as climate change and furthering of scientific discovery and innovation. The cloud is central to both modern communications scenarios for remote operations and the gathering, processing, and distributing the tremendous amounts of data from space. Today we’re announcing the preview of Azure Orbital. The new ground station service enables satellite operators to communicate to and control their satellites, process data, and scale operations directly with Microsoft Azure. With Azure Orbital, the ground segment, including the ground stations, network, ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Galen Hunt. In July 2019, Microsoft and AT&T entered a strategic alliance to lead innovation and deliver powerful new solutions in some of the most transformative technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT). Today, we are sharing that as part of that partnership, AT&T is introducing a new IoT solution consisting of a cellular guardian device powered by their network, security, and support services, and built with Azure Sphere. As a global leader in telecommunications and network security, AT&T is deeply invested in providing resilient solutions that free their customers to innovate with confidence. When ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Julia White. As businesses shift priorities to enable remote work, take advantage of cloud innovation, and maximize their existing on-premises investments, relying on an effective multi-cloud, multi-edge hybrid approach is even more important than it has ever been. Since the beginning, Microsoft Azure has always been hybrid by design, providing customers consistency and flexibility in meeting their business needs and empowering them to invent with purpose. This is one of the many reasons that the world’s leading brands trust their businesses to run on Azure. As we expand our Azure hybrid capabilities, we give customers ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Eric Doerr. In the last six months, COVID-19 has changed almost everything about the way we approach work and security. Now, you have to meet the needs of a remote workforce, support rapidly evolving business requirements, and steer your organization to the next normal – even without actually knowing what that normal will entail. At the same time, cybersecurity is more crucial than ever, as bad actors exploit the opportunity to prey on fears and weaknesses. On the surface, all of this may seem intimidating. But with this kind of dramatic change also comes the ... Read More

Feed: AWS Big Data Blog. In the world we live in today, companies need to quickly react to change—and to anticipate it. Customers tell us that their reliance on data has never been greater than what it is today. To improve your decision-making, you have two types of data transformation needs: data agility, the speed at which data turns into insights, and data transparency, the need to present insights to decision makers. Going forward, we expect data transformation projects to become a centerpiece in every organization, big or small.Furthermore, applications are migrating to the cloud faster than ever. Applications need ... Read More

Feed: Redis. Author: Haley Kim. We are constantly inspired by the creative and powerful ways the Redis community uses Redis to power innovative applications. In the premiere issue of Rediscover Magazine, we showcased a trio of community members who have rediscovered Redis to help them conquer their data challenges.  Now, here’s your chance to get to know Carlos Justiniano, Matthew Goos, and Dan Pipe-Mazo a little better and learn how they use Redis in biotech, medtech, and robotics respectively. Check out “Meet the Redis Stars” in Rediscover Magazine, then read on here to learn their favorite Redis features and check ... Read More

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Nick Campbell; Is your business protected from the next ransomware attack? There is danger in ransomware attacks, as well as in ransomware variants that keep emerging to target servers, websites, and specific organizations such as local municipalities. Ransomware maintains its position as one of the most profitable business models in cybercrime. Recent figures show that ransomware has filled hackers’ pockets with $11.5 billion in 2019, compared to $5 billion in 2017. In the first half of 2019 alone, Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware strains claimed 23 municipal governments in Texas, while two small cities in Florida were scared ... Read More