Amazon Cloud Drive for everyone
Microsoft has released new features for its Azure Backup Services. The company is also launching new functionality for its Azure Site Recovery Services. It will be more relevant to companies that employ the hybrid cloud model. Using the Azure Backup service, organizations can ensure that their SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange, Windows clients and Hyper-V virtual machines applications are always backed up.
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Big Data spawning new digital businesses
Uber, a taxi aggregator, knows everything about their customers right from where they live, work, eat, travel, stay and when they do all these things. Uber is one of the few entities who knows a customer’s current location faster their spouse, Apple and even NSA! A lot of data Uber is generating on a daily basis about every customer can lead the company to start a new business out of its original business by selling this customer information to other businesses such as hotels, airlines, restaurants, nightclubs and bars. Uber has recently tied up with Starwood hotels under which Uber’s customer data shared with Starwood to drive their business. This has also helped individuals as they are getting targeted offers and deals from these businesses.
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Future of live streaming over mobile
There are many live-streaming mobile apps such as Qik, Meerkat and Periscope which can effectively turn a smartphone into a broadcaster. Though the number of users using these apps are limited owing to technology and bandwidth limitations, these apps have a bright future. These apps can be used in multiple ways to connect with the audience. Along with sharing great moments with family, this can emerge as a great alternative to live news coverage systems. Anyone with a mobile device can shoot the incident and share it with their contacts. Live stream app developers are currently challenges in technology, design issues, licenses and data storage permissions.
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Enterprise social networks (ESN) driving business goals
Enterprise social networks (ESN) are becoming a crucial part of businesses causing organizations to change their culture by becoming more social and connected. Previously, most departments in big organizations were isolated and it was difficult to connect and collaborate with different departments in the organization. ESN have brought employees closer to each other. ESN have also helped enterprises becoming more transparent along with more visibility for C-suite executives. Senior management can share their vision of business goals though collaboration with the other employees. In the same way, employees can also reach out to management with their ideas and/or complaints.
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