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Sailing the Great Big Data Lakes By @EFeatherston | @BigDataExpo [#BigData]

In my younger days (we won’t discuss how long ago that was) I decided to take up sailing. I had always been fascinated watching sailboats, gliding smoothly along the water, with nothing but wind as their engine. My first lesson … Continue reading

Microservices Are Breaking (up) the Network By @LMacVittie | @CloudExpo [#Microservices]

It’s not just apps that are decomposing, it’s the network, too. The network is bifurcating. On the one side is rock solid reliability founded on the premise of permanence and infrequent change. On the other is flexibility borne of transience, … Continue reading

How to back up your devices using iCloud or iTunes

If you back up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you’ll have a copy of your information to use if your device is ever replaced, lost, or damaged. Backups let you transfer data from your last device to your new … Continue reading

IoT and Networked Field Services By @KRBenedict | @ThingsExpo [#IoT]

Articles about the IoT (Internet of Things) have moved from technical journals to our daily newspapers. They are a popular mainstream media topic today, but where are there actual business values found as a result of the IoT? In this … Continue reading

How Do You Operationalize a Hybrid World? By @LMacVittie | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]

One of the unintended consequences of cloud is the operational inconsistency it introduces. That inconsistency is introduced because cloud commoditizes the infrastructure we’re used to having control over and visibility into. everything from the core network to the application services … Continue reading

Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled

Learn what to do if you have forgotten your iOS device passcode, or if your device displays a message saying that it’s disabled.

SYS-CON.tv Interview: Getting to the Cloud Sooner

“Jelastic is focused on getting people to the cloud sooner, easier, without having to go to new APIs or different standards, to give them the full benefit of the cloud right away,” explained John Derrick, CEO of Jelastic, in this … Continue reading

Back up your Apple Watch

Learn how your iPhone backs up and stores your Apple Watch data.

The Great Cloud Shakeout By @JohnTreadway | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]

Back in 2009 I posted about the “Great Cloud Shakeout” and the coming market consolidation into a few very large clouds. Nearly 5 1/2 years later and it’s about (long past?) time I took another look to see how I … Continue reading

Archive or make copies of your iCloud data

Learn how to make copies of the data that you use with iCloud.