Category: Wireless & Cloud

September 26, 2023

The serverless database continues to gain traction across the industry, generating a lot of hype along the way. And why not? The idea that an application developer starting on a new project can provision a database, not worry about sizing […]

September 19, 2023

Low-code and no-code development platforms have gained significant traction recently, and more so with the rise of artificial intelligence in 2023. This technology promises to democratize application development and empower “citizen developers.” If it sounds familiar, we tried this back […]

September 19, 2023

We are moving closer to a world where carriers can fill gaps in their 5G coverage by using signals from space (echo effect: space…space…space). This morning, AT&T and AST SpaceMobile announced the successful completion of a call placed from Maui, […]

September 12, 2023

I’ve been keeping up with private clouds. I’m not doing too much private cloud work, but I am writing and designing courses on the topic. As you may recall, not long ago private clouds were the primary focus for most […]

September 7, 2023

Mobile providers might be spending less money on 5G this year, but that doesn’t mean that they are done with their 5G buildouts. According to FierceWireless, during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference this week, the talk from executives […]

August 25, 2023

I do a lot of informal mentoring with people looking to get into cloud computing or who are already in and are looking to improve their income, education, or professional satisfaction—all good objectives. There are three “meta career paths” that […]

August 21, 2023

I think it’s fair to say that when Oracle joins a group that promises “free lunch,” it’s someone else’s lunch that Oracle is hoping to eat. How else to explain the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA)? This trade association formed […]

August 14, 2023

Verizon says its up to 200MHz C-band 5G spectrum has been cleared for use four months ahead of schedule — an upgrade it says will bring more bandwidth and faster throughput to its customers, particularly those in rural areas. The […]

August 10, 2023

Google has introduced Project IDX, a browser-based development environment that combines templates and generative AI assistance to make it easier to build and deploy full-stack and multiplatform applications with popular languages and frameworks. Would-be users of the preview service must […]

August 4, 2023

We’ve long been comparing and contrasting cloud-based infrastructure with the infrastructure sold by traditional enterprise hardware and software players. However, some further information is starting to appear. The Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index reported a 3.9% month-over-month decline […]

August 2, 2023

Migration to the cloud is seen as a way to simplify IT, but legacy systems may not allow for simple lift-and-shift cloud migration. Mark Kedgley of Netwrix discusses why it’s important to consider private vs public cloud and the implications […]

July 31, 2023

Container-as-a-service (CaaS) is a cloud service that manages, hosts, deploys, and scales containers and applications through APIs, virtualization, or portals. This service is used to develop and manage containers within the IT infrastructure operating in a hybrid or multi-cloud environment. […]

July 25, 2023

If you’re considering a Home Internet plan from Verizon, you’ll have to act fast if you want to avoid paying more for the service. Apparently, the Big Red plans to increase Home Internet plans tomorrow, July 26, and the price […]

July 21, 2023

I like to observe patterns that emerge around me, certainly where technology is involved. The rise of the Internet has pushed many applications from distributed to centralized. Back in the 1990s, we were all evolving from mainframes to local area […]

July 18, 2023

Value refers to the worth or usefulness that something holds for individuals or organizations. It is subjective and can vary from person to person, or business to business, or from one context to another. Value can be seen as the […]

July 11, 2023

If you’ve explored the advantages of your cloud computing platforms, you’ve likely come across the autoscaling features. Although these differ for each provider, the idea is that they will detect if you need more memory, CPUs, or storage and automatically […]

July 5, 2023

Since the Watson demonstration on the Jeopardy quiz show, IBM has attempted to position itself as a dominant player in the cloud and artificial intelligence business. The company has not achieved success in either field, and now Big Blue is […]

June 27, 2023

The studies are coming fast these days. Thales Global Cloud Security Study for 2022 found that during the past 12 months, 45% of businesses have experienced a cloud data breach or failed to perform audits. (It would have been nice […]

June 26, 2023

President Joe Biden is getting closer to distributing more than $40 billion in funding to support broadband expansion nationwide as part of his administration’s goal to connect all Americans to high-speed internet by 2030. The funding, authorized in Biden’s 2021 […]

June 26, 2023

The White House on Monday announced plans to spend as much as $42 billion on making internet access universal in the country by 2030, according to a report by Reuters. This initiative is part of President Joe Biden’s new economic […]