Data Center and Cloud

https://medium.com/perfektio/google-sheets-aws-lambda-json-backend-d5e67ab4f660 Simple JSON API for simple people with simple purposes without any complicated servers. →

IT seems to be growing again. Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending will increase 4.5% this year to $3.68 trillion, driven by artificial intelligence, big data analytics, blockchain technology, and the IoT. Digital transformations are fashionable. You won’t find an enterprise that isn’t leveraging some combination of cloud, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to better →

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-cloud-trends-2018-walter-/?trackingId=kll0IUQZE1Tr7oZAPhYVwg%3D%3D&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3B9CwvlfYtSDGDz8xsBlHxRg%3D%3D&licu=urn%3Ali%3Acontrol%3Ad_flagship3_feed-object Here are some cloud trends for you.  →

http://www.theserverside.com/feature/Containers-and-microservices-complicate-cloud-native-security?utm_campaign=Black%20Duck%20Press&utm_content=60709505&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Developing applications with microservices and containers may be a modern approach to software design, but traditional software flaws still remain a problem when addressing cloud-native security. When you think about microservices-architected, there’s a wide range of, I guess you could say opinions, about what that means.  In this age of DevOps and cloud-native development, the software →

https://opensource.com/article/17/10/4-website-maintenance-mistakes-avoid?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY  Maintenance is a good idea for every website, but it’s a requirement for websites using open source code. The upside of open source is that everyone can participate. The downside is that means keeping up with everyone’s changes.  Maintenance is a simple process, but there are basic mistakes that many people make at least →

Numerous companies have shamed themselves by posting their sensitive data and encryption keys to public cloud without any protection, where cyber criminals and security researches find them. What is the better way to get a bad dent to the “professional” cover of the data security consultanting company than doing exactly this? And yet those companies →

https://gizmodo.com/why-everyone-is-hating-on-watson-including-the-people-w-1797510888/amp “IBM was an AI pioneer. Damaged its reputation with overhyped marketing. Watson just can’t deliver on its promises.”  →

https://opensource.com/article/17/9/what-edge-computing?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Edge computing is poised to boost the next generation of IoT technology into the mainstream. Here’s how it works with the cloud to benefit business operations in all industries There is much speculation about edge replacing cloud, and in some cases, it may do so. However, in many situations, the two have a symbiotic →

Here is picture of huge electrical switching device I saw today. I believe it is going to be installed inside or next to a big data center. I belive that this is made for controlling several megawatts of three phase 110 kV power. It seems to be made by ABB. →

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332192 At a Hot Chips event dominated by machine learning it was clear just about everyone is doing something in AI even though no one agrees on just what to do. Microsoft, Amazon and Baidu are pushing FPGAs to cloud. Google has Tensoflow ASICs.  Intel pitched four of its chip families as different tools for skinning the →