This is the 3rd post in a series expanding on our 2013 cloud and storage predictions. 40,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Bytes (or more concisely put: 40 Zettabytes), that’s how much digitally stored data humankind will possess by 2020, according to IDC. This nearly …
As technology evolves, most of us hope the companies we entrust with our data are keeping pace. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Add to that the fact that security best practices are typically reactive, and that equals some mighty …
This is the 2nd post in a series expanding on our 2013 cloud and storage predictions. For years the primary benefit cited for moving to cloud-based services has been the low cost of entry. And this is the area that …
This is the first post in a series expanding on our 2013 cloud and storage predictions. Symform’s 2013 predictions turned a skeptical eye on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the related trend of Bring Your Own Cloud Application. We …
It’s that time of year again. As we recover from the holidays and our relatives, it’s time to sit back and ponder what lies ahead. So, here at Symform we put together our list of 2013 predictions for the world …
The IT industry is full of smart people. When trying to keep up with the new technologies and services that are changing the world, we turn to them to guide us. Great tech bloggers don’t just pass the latest press …
Since being acquired by Microsoft, Skype has received increased attention around its privacy practices and its use of data centers to house so-called “supernodes”. Most recently, an article praised Skype’s decision to move its supernodes to Microsoft’s data centers. I …
I was proud of my mom yesterday when I went to her house to make sure she’d been keeping up with her security updates and malware scans and not clicking on any random email links. She told me clearly it …
A recent story on MarketPlace from American Public Media really got our attention. In the story, The high cost of cloud computing, they discuss how data center-based services require an immense amount of electricity to operate: 2 percent of all …
We are proud to announce that CRN recently named Symform one of the Top 20 Cloud Storage Vendors of 2011. From their release: Symform’s Storage Cloud combines the best practices of disaster recovery, data security and distributed networking leveraging the …
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