Cloud Computing

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Cybersecurity in The Cloud: Here’s What It Means

Today, the adoption of cloud computing technology has grown tremendously by enterprises. Various leading cloud service providers such as ESDS have expanded their managed cloud services for protecting their existing cloud infrastructure. The customer, along with his cloud provider, is responsible for implementing the right cybersecurity service in the cloud for securing the data present on the cloud.

Despite several benefits, consumers often face certain psychological barriers when protecting their critical data against external vulnerabilities, with data is hosted in a public cloud setup. An online survey revealed that the primary concern of the businesses rests with the data loss and leakage followed by legal and exposure challenges to the data

Consumer Apprehensions Towards Cloud Security

Loss/Theft of Intellectual Property:

Consumers often fear the loss or theft of intellectual property (IP) when moving to the cloud. Online data states that over 3.3 million patent applications were filed in the year 2018. The IPs depict the competitive advantages of the holding companies. Loss or theft of IP can create significant damage to the parent company as various other businesses in the same domain can imitate products as well as processes for much cheaper rates.

Regulatory Compliance Violations:

Today, every business organization follows specific compliance guidelines defined in its industry. A trusted & reputed cloud service provider, however, ensures that its cloud computing services align to the defined compliance standards that an organization needs to follow—not adhering to these guidelines cause compliance-related violations in the cloud computing security.

Minimal Visibility of the Cloud Ecosystem

One of the key concerns that businesses often face with a cloud computing solution is that their CSPs do not give them complete visibility into the cloud environment. When businesses opt for an IaaS or PaaS-based solutions from their CSP, these problem gets reduced significantly since the user can himself configure and manage the cloud environment.

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Understanding SAP BASIS Support

Get an overview of what SAP BASIS Support is and why it is an important element in the SAP universe

SAP landscape contains various modules, databases, business applications, and operating systems that work together and assist day-to-day business operations. SAP systems are critical for a business and so any kind of downtime can be a cause of major loss in the business and so the administration of these systems is important. Like any other process which requires maintenance and administration for smooth functioning, SAP systems also require continuous upkeep so that there is no performance degradation in any business process.

Why administration is important and what is SAP BASIS ?

An enterprise with its own SAP ERP or SAP HANA requires managed services for configuring software and application, executing upgrades and daily maintenance and so a team of dedicated experts is a must. These experts/administrators ensure that all the components in an SAP environment are monitored and managed efficiently so that business operations do not come to a halt. Basically, SAP BASIS administrators are responsible to keep your business running by taking care of the SAP landscape. Thus, in the SAP universe, SAP BASIS (Business Application Software Integrated Solution) Support is the maintenance that is carried out through a set of tools to ensure the landscape functions very effectively.

Generally described as the glue that holds the SAP landscape together, SAP BASIS administrators are certified professionals who are responsible for daily maintenance and monitoring of the systems for optimized business flow. BASIS administrators keep the SAP environment stable and secure by finding the root cause of any issue before it causes major disruptions in business operations. An ideal SAP BASIS administrator prevents costly outages and ensures that the business not hampered in any way.

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In the present dynamic business scenario, every organization needs perfect synergy between departments, right from input to output. ERP thereby plays a pivotal role in integrating the inter and intra-departmental processes like – billing, production, and supply chain. ERP helps in reducing timelines, enhancing processes and minimizing the cost of operation. In manufacturing companies, an… Read More »

Manufacturing organizations need to address various vital concerns if they are looking to gain a competitive edge in today’s dynamically changing business ecosystem. With a web-based ERP system deployed in their organization, manufacturing organizations can efficiently address the issue of information fragmentation. An effective ERP system helps in aligning complete business processes and strategies to the various software blocks needed across all functional areas in the business. Lastly, an ERP system acts as a bridge to fill in the gap and enhance integration amongst all functional areas present in the manufacturing industry.

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CDN – Content Delivery Network

CDN is the abbreviation of Content Delivery Network or Content Distribution Network. CDN has always being the main point of research for the researchers of related issues in the field of ContentDelivery and Distribution. CDN can be referred to a system of computers which are interconnected on the internet. CDN which has interconnected network of computer systems contains copies of data, placed at various points in a network so as to maximize bandwidth for access to the data from clients throughout the network.

CDN can also be said as the process of delivering the content to the various servers by the way of duplication. In CDN the computers connected on Internet delivers the Web content to different users or machines by duplicating the content on multiple server and directing the content to users based on proximity.

CDNs or Content Disdribution Networks are basically used by the Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The basic pupopse of the CDN is to deliver static or dynamic content/web pages. In this, the client copies the data by accessing the nearest server rather then accessing the same central server, so as to avoid bottlenecks near that server.

In CDN the content is replicated on the servers, means contents do exist in multiple copies on the server in a strategical way. When there is a need of the same content from different users a CDN can have thousands of servers to fulfill it. CDN makes it possible to provide identical content to many users efficiently and reliably even at times of maximum Internet traffic.

In CDN process when there’s any specific query like any specific page, file or program is asked or requested by the user , the dedicated server in terms of minimum nodes is closest is being detected or determined dynamically. This optimizes the speed with which the content is delivered to that user. This has definitely greater economic advantages to enterprises who expect, or experience, large numbers of hits on their Web sites from locations all over the world. Problems with excessive latency , as well as large variations in latency from moment to moment (which can cause annoying “jitter” in streaming audio and video), are minimized.

The basic bandwidth each user experiences is maximized. With high-speed Internet connections who often demand streaming content or large files the difference is being observed by most users. As there are different and numerous advantages of CDN as we have seen till now but one another major advantage is that, CDN technology is content redundancy that provides a fail-safe feature and allows for graceful degradation in the event of damage to, or malfunction of, a part of the Internet.

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With eNlight Cloud Platform’s, multi-billing combined with multi-tenant architecture CxO’s can experience the next generation IT resource management from a single cloud management portal.

capital management Background

Cloud computing is not an option anymore, rather it is the standard for businesses to run their applications. Cloud computing helps orchestrate IT infrastructure and provide IT services as a commodity on a services based model. For businesses either renting these services or owning them privately, it is implied that the Cloud Service Providers provide insights with respect to resource utilization and metering for capital management and auditing.

Each cloud service provider has his own way of deploying resources and metering them, and that differs from the traditional IT business model, from procuring resources to providing them for deploying services. Improved IT infrastructure management, granularity in resource metering and ability to determine expenditure per service, changes the capital expenditure model to an operational expenditure model.

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Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a key role in bringing the digital interactivity amongst things that have surrounded us. The future is here, where IoT is a key driver and has already taken over the Internet world.

Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a key role in bringing the digital interactivity amongst things that have surrounded us. The future is here, where IoT is a key driver and has already taken over the Internet world. There has been a huge number of interactions that are now taking place between web applications and other objects present in our ecosystem. Today the term “physical world” encompasses an ecosystem that is made up of electronic devices, smart devices, telecommunication-enabled devices, smart homes just to name a few! Today, the rapid advancement of the Internet has now been able to connect all these devices.

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ESDS eNLight WebVPN delivers a secure remote access to Digital Transformation. It is a unique cloud-based WebVPN solution with built in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Accessing a network through a client-based VPN solution involves installation of VPN software on client side which is a complex and inconvenient process for a user.

Establish a secure VPN Tunnel

ESDS eNlight WebVPN is a specially engineered and unique cloud based clientless VPN solution with built-in WAF for Layer7 security. ESDS eNlight WebVPN is the first client-less SSL VPN solution with built-in WAF (Web Application Firewall) for multi-layer security, incoming TCP load-balancer (self-LB), and proxy balancer (backend server LB) that provides high performance using powerful multilayered load-balancing with cross-platform support.

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In the most basic form, Cluster computing depicts a system that consists of two or more computers or systems, often known as nodes.

Defining Cluster Computing

In the most basic form, Cluster  computing depicts a system that consists of two or more computers or  systems, often known as nodes. These nodes work together for executing  applications and performing other tasks. The users using nodes have an  apprehension that only a single system responds to them, creating an  illusion of a single resource called virtual machines. This concept is  defined as the transparency of the system. Other essential features that  are required for constructing such platforms include- reliability, load balancing, and performance.

Types of Cluster

1. High Availability (HA) and Failover Clusters – These  cluster models create availability of services and resources in an  uninterrupted method using the system’s implicit redundancy. The basic  idea in this form of Cluster is that if a node fails, then applications  and services can be made available to other nodes. These types of  Clusters serve as the base for critical missions, mails, files, and  application servers.

2. Load Balancing Clusters – This  Cluster distributes all the incoming traffic/requests for resources from  nodes that run the same programs and machines. In this Cluster model,  all the nodes are responsible for tracking orders, and if a node fails,  then the requests are distributed amongst all the nodes available. Such a  solution is usually used on web server farms.

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How the Govt of India is relying on cloud technology to reach the masses

In this technology-driven era, we find cloud computing evolving fastly and penetrating rapidly in our lives. With the potential to transform the way IT is consumed and managed, cloud technology is gaining momentum in different industrial sectors. The Indian cloud computing market, currently at $2.2 billion, is projected to grow to $4 billion by the year 2020. The increasing growth of cloud-native services and rising acceptance of cloud-based environments are driving the industries away from traditional data centres (DCs) to the cloud environments. According to a report, India meets minimum Internet infrastructural standards essential for basic cloud services, affecting the network speed and latency.

Acutely aware of these challenges, the government of India implemented its ambitious Digital India program to address the infrastructural weaknesses that will lead to significant improvements. The Indian government planned to deploy cloud technology with an aim to increase agility, share information, eliminate redundancy and optimize communication technology at economical costs.

Here are the initiatives taken by the government of India to encourage cloud technology acceptance:

1.    E-Gram Panchayat

The majority of the Indian population lives in villages, and the Panchayats represent the face of governance for these villagers. To improve the quality of governance, the Indian government initiated an e-governance scheme known as ePanchayat to simplify and enhance internal government operations. The module was constructed in 4 phases of e-governance.

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Have You Chosen the Right Cloud Service for Migration?

With the current digital era, it may feel like migration from legacy systems to cloud is an effortless task, just similar to drag and drop, but it is not. After all, migration to cloud is not just a task of uploading every single thing on cloud! It demands accurate transfer of the complete data without any loss. Many organizations have experienced failure during migration activities. You might succeed in the primary move, but you may sure shot face some issues post migration that will cost a lot to your organization. So, why is it so difficult? And, why is it still so essential that you should migrate to cloud? We will see ahead.

on from legacy systems to cloud is an effortless task, just similar to drag and drop, but it is not. After all, migration to cloud is not just a task of uploading every single thing on cloud! It demands accurate and lossless transfer of all the data. Many organizations have experienced failure during migration activities. You might succeed in the primary move, but you may sure shot face some issues post migration that will cost a lot to your organization. So, why is it so difficult? And, why is it still so essential that you should migrate to cloud? We will see ahead.

THE MASSES ARE NOT ALWAYS RIGHT

Just because everyone is migrating to cloud doesn’t mean you too have to just go with the flow. Your applications might not be suitable for cloud, and they still be valued by your employees, partners, and customers. Apart from the application being any standard VoIP contact or phone service, and cloud compute – you must have a full-fledged plan to work migration out.  Planning things can cause delays and constantly changing demands pressure up the IT infrastructure. You need to be variable to these demands, else the below issues can multiply the risks of your legacy systems –

Aging Infrastructure

Scarcity Of Resources

Performance Issues

Security Risks

Corrupted Data

Maintenance Costs

Compliance Issues

If you don’t address these issues then your legacy systems will become obsolete in due course of time and a vital change will have to be made to stay competitive and compliant to the law.

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Introducing the first-of-its-kind SAP HANA Community Cloud

SAP HANA on Cloud

SAP has a vast product portfolio, and so it can be a bit confusing at times to choose the right service to fulfill the requirements. SAP HANA is the most trending product in SAP’s portfolio, and if one selects it, then the decision maker should be well versed with SAP HANA’s capabilities and uses. So let’s start with some basics to understand SAP HANA on Cloud thoroughly.

What is SAP HANA?

SAP HANA is the combination of in-memory database and Columnar Database Management System which increases the speed of operation through real-time analysis and applications. The in-memory database means that the data is stored in RAM instead of the disk space while the columnar boosts systems performance for faster processes. SAP HANA can be deployed On-Premise or in the Cloud. SAP HANA also helps analysts to get data-driven insights and predict outcomes in real-time. SAP HANA has a programming component which lets an organization’s IT team to create and run tailored applications on HANA. SAP HANA can run in multiple data sources which allow analysts to access current transactional data for processing and decision making. As SAP HANA saves data in a columnar format, it can offer real-time analytics and transactions. Compared to a traditional model, the columnar format provides access to data processing.

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud by SAP

SAP has offered the HEC (HANA Enterprise Cloud) where they provide the infrastructure and managed services on their private cloud hosting service for SAP HANA. The HEC provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service with an option to host SAP HANA, Non-HANA applications, in-house, and third-party applications. As they provide the infrastructure on a private cloud which supports resource scaling on requirement basis. SAP has its own team of experts to manage the infrastructure, SAP HANA database, applications, and critical support – making them a single point of contact.

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How Cloud Platforms Can Enhance Customer Experience

Customer satisfaction is the most significant achievement when businesses successfully serve customers. According to me, this is the only thing that matters when a specific business aims of achieving a big chunk of market share and a happy & loyal clientele. There are services out there which fall in the premium category but end by neglecting the customer’s basic needs by failing to satisfy them after the price they have paid for it. Customer experience or customer satisfaction is an essential element for an organisation’s bright future because it shows the quality of services being provided, customer’s fulfilment with the end service and the most important of all; customer support. To attain all this, organisations need to take a step further where making use of the right technology can help them achieve all their targets. Some businesses stick to their traditional method which brings in good company, has a high customer retention rate and even makes a fair amount of profit. But eventually, when their business grows, there are issues which arise like matching the customer’s demands or providing services with higher efficiency. And this is precisely the point where traditional businesses fall behind.

On the other hand, cloud-based services assist organisations in changing the way they serve customers. Organisations who have implemented cloud technology in their business have already taken up efforts to achieve better customer satisfaction because the advantages include financial savings, increased agility and uninterrupted service to name a few.

“According to Forrester, 72% of businesses say that improving customer experience is their top priority. A study from NewVoiceMedia indicates that companies lose more than $62 billion due to poor customer service.”

Mentioned below are some of the points which are the areas which improve impressively after the adoption of cloud computing:

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How is Smart IoT Enhancing the Lives of Indians Today?

The dawn of Digital Transformation marks the beginning of a technological revolution. This decade is all about connecting people to smart devices and transforming the way business is done. As we step into the digital era, smart cities, smart homes, smart retail, smart farming, connected cars, connected wearable devices, and connected healthcare is gaining popularity. Surely, the Digital era brings a connected life for Indians with a connected society. In the technological rat race, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become an important trend transforming the Indian industries. It has the potential to bring in the next industrial revolution serving not just humans but humanity. 

The IoT cloud platform stores huge data generated by the sensors, websites, and applications enabling real-time solutions, responses and analytics. As the world turns increasingly digital, IoT has unlocked its potential to change interactions between humans and machines thus transforming lives. As the world is getting smarter day-by-day, a variety of industries plan to embrace IoT over the coming years. An official data reveals, 70% of organizations have adopted or plan to adopt IoT solutions by the end of 2020. 

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Why 43% of Indian organisations will adopt the Hybrid cloud by 2020?

Cloud Hosting has proved to be a stepping stone in the transition of the Information Technology market and digital India in 2018.  Cloud Hosting has progressively transformed India with the rapid growth of It industry and organisations allocating shares from their revenues for cloud innovations.  Though cloud hosting was highly accepted in India data security and cost has always been a significant concern with the use of public and private cloud respectively. It looks like Organisations have found that the Hybrid Cloud is the best solution to these raised concerns. The Indian enterprises have started adopting Hybrid Cloud to gain the combined benefits of both Public and Private Cloud.

A survey report of 2018 indicates that 43% of Indian organisations will adopt the Hybrid cloud by 2020 with 50% of Indian enterprises using Hybrid clouds, especially in telecommunications and Healthcare Industries. According to the study done by the experts, India is all set to lead the world regarding Hybrid Cloud usage over the next two years.

The increasing use of Hybrid clouds is likely to boost the Indian economy as its adoption benefits the organisations thus, becoming more flexible and straightforward with enhanced data security.  Since, the private clouds are not meeting the desired goals its use is expected to drop in the coming years thus, resulting in rapid adoption of Hybrid Cloud in India.

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How the Indian Education Sector is Embracing Cloud Computing

The Indian education sector is rapidly embracing digital technologies going on a Digital Transformation journey. The technological innovations have taken the Indian education sector by storm. It has a transformation journey of the Indian education sector from physical classrooms to virtual labs has been remarkable. Today the digital technologies have made it possible to reach out to maximum students with limited infrastructure and skilled professors.  

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Article speaks about adoption of Infrastructure as a Service for business continuity, how it can help in decreasing IT budgets, its benefits and much more.

Analyzing the Indian companies from 2005, we can notice a big paradigm shift in relation to the culture of proprietary technology equipment. This means that there was breach of the resistance option of renting rather than buying. With credit difficulties, especially with the 2007 crisis, corporations were forced to see new possibilities. Then we noticed that the model called Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) fit in nicely in this new scenario, because in addition to efficiency, it is quite functional from the financial point of view.

Today, many major companies already work under the IaaS model. In fact, we are living the beginning of time to the glory of IaaS and believe that the peak demand will occur in the coming years, given the economic growth of the country and the sporting events to be hosted here.

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How the gaming industry leverages Cloud Hosting

Cloud Hosting has entirely transformed the gaming industry in a new way thus, delivering a high-quality gaming experience to the gamers from anywhere and at any time. The gaming industry is one of the rapidly growing industry, and it accounts for the revenue of $68 billion. Cloud Hosting has given wings to the gaming industry by offering high-speed computation and exclusive content through a variety of devices like smartphones, PCs etc.

The gaming software is executed on powerful servers in the data centres, then the rendered game scenes are streamed over the internet to the gamers and to interact with the games; lightweight software executed on heterogeneous devices is used.

Here’s how the gaming industry leverages the cloud:

1. Resource Allocation

The amount of resources allocated in the cloud for gaming purpose continues to grow in both private and public data centres. The smart allocation of these resources becomes highly essential due to the high demand and utilisation patterns of the gaming platforms to improve the efficiency of both private and public cloud. Multiple resources are created and smartly allocated in a way that allows accessing and playing numerous games at a time, unlike the traditional gaming where console only allowed accessing a single game at a time. Thus, it helps the game players to enjoy a wide range of games rather than just depending on separate gaming consoles.

2. Backend support

Cloud hosting has made gaming user-friendly than the earlier traditional gaming applications. Flexibility and scalability in the area of storage capacity allow to make the series of content available to the player as soon as he logs in to his account. Gaming companies now can provide more information to gamers like saving the game. So, the game players don’t need to bother about saving game or protecting it from regular access without any hassles. Availability of auto saving options and opportunity of accessing the game from anywhere and at any time has increased game player satisfaction.

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