CLOUDy with a chance of meatballs
Posted by Sandeep
Yes! You read it right! Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. But wait! I’m not here to talk about the movie with the same title name. Rather I’m here to talk about one of the most debatable and the current sizzling topics in the Information Technology world “Cloud Computing”. I don’t have to introduce what Cloud Computing is all about. Perhaps that is because all of us have heard it all before and probably there are masters of Cloud Computing out here. This “pay as you go” computing – allows businesses to lease computing resources as and when they are in need of it, information is shared over the network easily and blah blah … But what made me to think about this write up is that though it’s booming yet there have been few takers. Like many, I have serious concerns about the security.
How can anyone expect companies to give all their sensitive and confidential data to a black hole in the sky?
If you are thinking that cost-cutting is one of the major advantages of Cloud Computing then I guess you’re compromising your security of data with cost-cutting which is a serious issue to be thought about. By the way, cybercrime is on the march as online predators deploy armies of “botnets” and computers are hijacked without owner’s consent these days.
On a second thought, a lot of smaller companies and startups who don’t have a data security policy in place, and invest very little on security, cloud would be an attractive option to them. Complicating issues further, one can’t go and demand for a separate server or a processor for each and every individual customers. It’s a “virtual” machine – a slice of a machine with its own operating system that is partitioned off by the software from other customers. Ultimately, there is a sharing of processing and storage space. And so the analogy of the title :D
All said, Google will offer cloud-computing services designed specifically for U.S government agencies. Sounds paradoxical eh?
The return of Sony Ericsson?
Posted by Srinath
For quite a long time, Sony Ericsson has daunted the mobile giants Nokia, Samsung, et all, yet somehow always falling at the last hurdle. It was a story of the underdog putting up a brave fight, but always failing to upset the champion. Faced with rapidly falling sales, and a lineup that didn't offer anything different or exciting, SE had to comeup with something radical to stay afloat. Their recent refresh in Q4 2009 offers something for everyone, with a variety of devices aimed at different segments and price points. But will it be enough to save the company and turn it around? This article tries to explore.
Info on Cricinfo
Posted by Sandeep
I don’t know how many of you out there are avid cricket fans and follow the progress of your favorite team ball-by-ball no matter how much pressure your delivery manager imposes on you or even during the toughest times of your work. Yes! Cricket fans like me by now would have guessed what I am talking all about. Cricinfo.com, one of the biggest sports websites in the world, logs in almost 10 million unique visitors on a monthly basis.
It all started when Simon King, an English graduate working at an American University was fed up with not knowing how his team was doing. What began as a network of fans over Chat instantaneously grew about to become the world’s largest cricket website.
Why Symfony is THE PHP Framework to work with
Posted by Srinath
I've spent the last few days fruitfully, searching and comparing the most popular and promising of PHP frameworks. Before I get started, I know the automatic follow up will be PHP bashing, and hailing RoR as the savior of the world. This post isn't about a rails vs PHP comparison, though I intend to write on that shortly.
Why programming standards are important
Posted by Srinath
Working on a project of considerable size will change one's perception about coding. I happened to work on a tiny PHP/MySQL project with a team of 4 for a relatively short duration of 6 months. Before that, even though I personally followed sound programming conventions for my own convenience, I hadn't a clue as to how important it is in a sizable project. Now that its over, I chanced to read up a little on programming conventions prescribed for various languages/projects here, here and here.