Tag: storage

Feed: Liquid Web. Author: Andrej Walilko; Getting ready for another server migration and unsure of what steps you need to take? Server migrations may need to happen for a number of reasons. Sometimes, a user decides to change hosting providers; what worked well in the past is no longer adequate for the future. Other times, a user needs to move to a larger or smaller server, and takes the opportunity to choose different infrastructure entirely. In fact, if your website or application is changing or growing over the months and years, then it is nearly inevitable that at some point ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Bill Schmarzo. When the coronavirus broke out in the Wuhan province of China in December 2019, Taiwan was immediately in harm’s way.  Taiwan is less than 100 miles from the China mainland, and as recently as January there were a dozen roundtrip flights between Wuhan and Taipei every week. Yet as of March 19, Taiwan has only 108 cases of the coronavirus and one death.  Why? Taiwan used the data from 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic that infected over 8,000 globally and killed 774, including 299 in the state ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Shadow is one of the largest names in cloud gaming, and for good reason. Outfitted with a full Windows 10 desktop and support for every game that runs on Microsoft’s OS, it’s the closest thing we’ve found to local gaming in the cloud.  Microsoft’s yet-to-be-released cloud gaming service, Project xCloud, is competent in its own right, though it struggles when it comes to game support and performance. In this Shadow vs Project xCloud matchup, we’re going to compare the two in features, pricing, ease of use, coverage, game support, platform support and performance to see ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. Previously, we launched the now popular RA3.16xlarge nodes for the largest workloads with 48vCPUs, 384 GiB of memory, and support for up to 64TB of Redshift managed storage per node. RA3.4xlarge nodes offer one-fourth compute (12 vCPU), and memory (96 GiB) compared to RA3.16xlarge at one-fourth of the price. By choosing the RA3 node size and number of nodes, you can now provision the right amount of compute for your workload. RA3 nodes are built on the AWS Nitro System and feature high bandwidth networking and large high-performance SSDs as local caches. RA3 nodes leverage your workload ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Raman Kumar. Today, we're announcing the general availability for server-side encryption (SSE) with customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure Managed Disks. Azure customers already benefit from SSE with platform-managed keys for Managed Disks enabled by default. SSE with CMK improves on platform-managed keys by giving you control of the encryption keys to meet your compliance need. Today, customers can also use Azure Disk Encryption, which leverages the Windows BitLocker feature and the Linux dm-crypt feature to encrypt Managed Disks with CMK within the guest virtual machine (VM). SSE with CMK improves on Azure Disk encryption by enabling ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: William Vorhies. Summary:  An interesting documentary about the earliest days of AI/ML and my alternate take on how we should really be describing the development of our profession to the newly initiated. What could be more natural in these days of the Corona Virus than binge watching great videos.  I was intrigued by a recent offer from Futurology who has sponsored “The History of Artificial Intelligence” on YouTube for free viewing.  The two-and-a-half-hour video is described as "the culmination of documentaries that cover the history and origins of computing-based artificial intelligence." ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Google Stadia and Shadow are two of the biggest names in cloud gaming. Both offer excellent remote gaming experiences, earning spots in our best cloud gaming guide. In this Google Stadia vs Shadow comparison, however, only one can emerge victorious.  We’re going to compare the services in game support, device support, coverage, performance, pricing, ease of use and features to see which is the better option for your money. Google Stadia and Shadow take very different approaches to cloud gaming, and we’ll be taking into account all of those differences throughout this guide.  Still, you ... Read More

Feed: Radar. Author: Peter Skomoroch and Mike Loukides. Edit note: The increasing push to adopt AI into product, across many industries, puts the intersection of AI and product management into sharp focus. Challenges abound: non-deterministic outcomes, uncertainty (schedule, accuracy, relevance), opacity (models can be difficult to understand and explain), fairness issues, and other factors make AI a difficult sell to decision-makers and upper management. Here, Pete Skomoroch and Mike Loukides layout, in detail and with helpful supporting examples, what makes AI different, how to address those differences, and how product managers can better align their efforts in pragmatic support of ... Read More

Feed: CronJ. Author: keerti; Medical apps for doctors can analyze communications between experts and patients, provide access to medical and patient data, and promote quick collaboration among healthcare professionals. Medical apps for doctors are beneficial for both the doctors and the patients. The patients want to have an online doctor visit. The doctors also now, on the other hand, can serve from all the information about health requirements and their treatments available online.There are various different types of medical apps for doctors, which all solve different problems. Apps are not just about comfort, the satisfaction rate is higher than ever, ... Read More

Feed: Matillion. Author: Julie Polito; Want the very best Matillion ETL experience? Each new version of Matillion ETL is better than the last. Make sure you are on the latest version to take advantage of the new features, new components, and improvements. In this blog, find out about the new components, features, and improvements introduced in Matillion ETL v1.44.  New and updated data source components Box component (new) and Data Transfer component (update)  Box contains a lot of data files, most commonly CSV files and spreadsheets. This component will tell you what data exists within the Box and help you ... Read More