The future of cloud computing: XaaS
While IaaS, PaaS and SaaS are the cloud service models today, the future will see something known as XaaS, or Anything-as-a-Service. While it’s still not a widely used term, it essentially means a new type of cloud service where IaaS, PaaS and SaaS are all neatly delivered in one package. These packages are meant to fully replace the delivery of a commodity IT service. One example of XaaS is desktop as a service or DaaS. The emergence of XaaS is being seen as a natural evolution for this market, akin to the behavior seen in other competitive industries.
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Startups stand to gain with Big Data
Startups can leverage Big Data to harness many opportunities, including the ability to make big bucks over an ever growing inflow of data. The market for Big Data is an expanding one, with estimates suggesting it will touch $32 by 2017. This means the growth rate of information and communication technology will amount to six times the existing numbers. Technologies like Apache Hadoop are enabling startups to manage this stream of data. The framework allows large data sets to be distributed across clusters of computers.
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Microsoft experiments with mobile technology in the healthcare space
Microsoft has partnered with TracFone and Health Choice Network to test whether smartphones can help people with diabetes in underserved areas, lower medical costs and improve their lives. The mobile technology will help access medical records, send reminders and help patients track the progress of their treatment. It will also put Windows phones to a wider audience who would otherwise not have brought a Microsoft smartphone.
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Ensuring safe collaboration in the enterprise
With the enterprise workforce increasingly becoming mobile, collaboration is essential for employees to connect with each other, discuss work, and remain productive irrespective of location. According to experts, organizations looking to increase efficiency need to adopt collaborative cloud technologies which provide users a secure cloud environment for collaboration. Disaggregated teams can connect securely and collaborate on documents. Users can add value at each step of the review process. This not only enriches the content through rich inputs, but also moves the document towards completion efficiently.
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