What are the problems faced when migrating multiple IT services to the cloud?  Inconsistent service attributes: Service attributes include security, reliability, availability, scalability, quality of service (QoS), support, and service level agreements (SLAs).  They determine how well a service will perform and how much time and energy will be required. Crosstalk: This can happen when multiple services compete for the same resource, such as bandwidth or network router processing power. Cloud services money pit: Each cloud service provider must charge a minimum monthly fee to cover its infrastructure costs which becomes excessive as the number of services and the number of providers increases. User friction frown: While single sign-on can alleviate a small portion of the redundant task "friction" caused by multiple IT services, keep in mind how much aggravation your users may experience. However moving to cloud computing can lower capital expenses, lower onsite management and upgrade costs, global service consistency, virtually unlimited scalability, and better support for remote and mobile workforces. Read more at :

http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/news-analysis/297554/headaches-multiple-cloud-services

Nowadays bridges are not inspected visually but by teams of engineers who dangle beneath the bridge on cables or look up at the bridge from an elevated work platform because it has a few problems associated with it like it is a slow, dangerous, expensive process and even the most experienced engineers can overlook cracks in the structure or other critical deficiencies. the process comes with a lot of loopholes. A new detection system has been developed by Babak Moaveni, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Tufts School of Engineering, smart sensors which are attached permanently to bridge beams and joints, can continuously record vibrations and process the recorded signal. Changes in the vibration response can signify damage, he says. A wireless system that would use autonomous flying robots (quad-copters) to hover near the sensors and collect data while taking visual images of bridge conditions, is also being developed. The drone-like robots would transmit data to a central collection point for analysis by Moaveni in collaboration with Tufts Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Usman Khan. Read more at:

http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/news-analysis/297556/iot-prevent-bridges-collapsing

Today's databases should be flexible and should be able to deliver extreme performance and handle humongous data volumes. So database architects have come up with NoSQL, NewSQL alternatives to relational database management systems (RDBMS). In order to choose among these three, there has to be a fundamental understanding of all the three technologies. RDBMS can handle thousands of transactions per second but the new face of online transaction processing (OLTP) in scenarios such as real-time advertising, fraud detection, multi-player games, and risk analysis, to name a few, involves close to a million transactions per second -- a pace that traditional RDBMS has problem in dealing with. These problems can be addressed by NoSQL and NewSQL. NoSQL database management systems store data in a variety of formats. Most NoSQL products discard ACID performance to achieve data storage flexibility. NewSQL, retain both SQL and ACID, but they overcome the performance overhead of RDBMS. In order to choose the type of database the following questions have to be answered-To what extent do you rely on data in terms of storage, processing, and analysis? How important are the scale, flexibility, and performance aspects of a DBMS? What is your level of investment in incumbent technologies? Read more at:

http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/news-analysis/297462/choose-nosql-newsql-rdbms

There has been a transformation in the lighting industry it is moving from fluorescent to LEDs. The Internet of Things is helping the lighting industry. Increasing efficiency in lighting would save billions of dollars as lighting consumes 461 billion kWh of electricity in a year. LEDs can provide that efficiency, along with a number of other benefits. Energy efficiency is the main force behind the industry wide transition to LEDs. Initial cost of replacing may be high but in the long run it will save substantial amount of money. This problem of high initial cost has been addressed by companies like Philips, by offering lighting-as-a-service. Philips covers the initial installation costs. But offering lighting-as-a-service for something like a commercial building creates challenges as lighting is metered with other equipment in the building  and it is difficult to measure the amount of power light is actually consuming and making cost benefit analysis somewhat  speculative. All the problems associated with lighting can be addressed with the help of Internet. One way to solve the problem is to use Power over Ethernet (PoE) networks, where the Ethernet switch provides a centralized environment where metering and monitoring can take place. Read more at:

http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/news-analysis/297464/iot-enables-lighting-service

Any rupture in the Contact Center can be expensive and damaging so it is worth to approach these matters in the right way. Security is a journey and corporate companies must mesh up with technologies that support it. At the same time with security, friendly culture is appreciated. Some of the key points towards it are following: Security starts at the top: Security experts should be included in the planning before important decisions specially like signing contracts are made. Context is king: Business documentation should be made in a clear way. Caveat Emptor: Vendors are an important link and they can create a whole set of tensions. Experience shows that a well-planned security network saves money and improves economics. Last of all every organization should be honest and lower risks and improve financial conditions. Read more at: http://www.callcentertimes.com/Home/tabid/37/ctl/NewsArticle/mid/395/CategoryID/1/NewsID/795/Default.aspx

 Amazon CloudWatch Logs is a service that  helps us to watch, accumulate, and access our system, application, and practice log files from Amazon EC2 instances. e.g., we can monitor request logs for specific literal terms  or calculate the number of occurrences of a literal term at a particular location in log data (such as "404" status codes in an Apache access log). When the term we are penetrating for is found, CloudWatch Logs reports the data to an Amazon CloudWatch metric that we specify. We can then recover the linked log data from CloudWatch Logs if, for example, the count of "NullReferenceExceptions" exceeds its normal range. Following are the steps to arrange Amazon CloudWatch Logs with AWS OpsWorks. Step 1: Create Recipes. Step 2: Extend the AWS IAM Role.Step 3: Create an OpsWorks Stack. Step 4: Add a Layer. Step 5: Add an Instance. Step 6: View your Logs. Read more at: 

http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/application-management/post/TxTX72HFKVS9W9/Using-Amazon-CloudWatch-Logs-with-AWS-OpsWorks

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Data analysts want data in their data warehouse. When transaction-optimized databases were used for warehousing analysts would replicate data from manufacture systems into the data warehouse at the cost of change throughput. Analytics data warehouses are usually loaded numerous times each day, but often clients want to revive data every hour, every minute. This post outlines best practices for using Amazon Redshift for micro-batch loading and is planned for data architects, data modelers, and DBAs. Any data model can be laden via micro-batching, but data prepared as a time series is often ideal for this type of loading. To make the COPY command as capable as probable, ask it to do as little as promising . Read more at:

http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/bigdata/post/Tx2ANLN1PGELDJU/Best-Practices-for-Micro-Batch-Loading-on-Amazon-Redshift

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The company's mobility tools was revealed at AWS Summit 2014 is tainted by Amazon Cognito, an individuality and data harmonization tool. Cognito allows developers to generate requests that authenticate consumers through community login sources. Other products in AWS mobility store include Mobile Analytics, a way for developers to collect and analyze app handling with reports delivered within an hour of data being sent to the application. While AWS is considered the leader in communications as a service, it is far from a domestic name in mobile app development. Amazon also debuted the Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK), which permits Apple iOS, Google Android and Fire OS developers to contact Cognito and Mobile Analytics, along with Simple Storage Service and DynamoDB. Amazon Simple Notification Service was enhanced as well, with the capability to fling announcements to iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices. So, it assists Amazon to play pleasant with developers.. Read more at:

http://searchaws.techtarget.com/news/2240224295/AWS-mobility-swings-for-the-fences-only-gets-to-first-base?track=NL-1839&ad=894899&asrc=EM_NLN_31820948&uid=15754525&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=NLN&utm_campaign=20140721_What+do+you+know+about+the+cloud+and+SOA%3F_msargent

Mobile or portable application testing is both a decisive and a intricate component of mobile function development. It is essential to have a clearly defined and intense mobile testing strategy and structure. The chief mechanism of a mobile application test approach has safety; presentation; usability; and practical and nonfunctional testing across numerous strategy, browsers and platforms. A whole mobile test strategy must include testing across differing system connection speeds and physical areas, as well as tackle the exercise of Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G links. Testing has to tackle such issues as OS optimization, screen brightness and CPU, memory .  Read more at:

http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Creating-and-implementing-a-mobile-testing-strategy?asrc=EM_ERU_31171427&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=ERU&utm_campaign=20140704_ERU%20Transmission%20for%2007/04/2014%20(UserUniverse:%20943652)_myka-reports@techtarget.com&src=5268354

World Cup 2014 is scientifically more advanced. The world has advanced in every feature so does the sport. It is the most scientifically sophisticated football tournament. The referee has used a spray to draw circle around the ball when a foul is committed. The line or the circle vanishes after sometimes, it is actually the water-based substance used to create the foam. Three processor image cameras used to determine the objects and do all the work of tracking real time data .This help to find out how many miles a participant runs and the velocity. It also track the ball location. The fans are also benefitted along with players from these advances. other technologies such as goal line technology, some hi-tech cameras to arrest the actions closely, the official page World Cup FIFA app, boots made from man-made resources, advanced football kits. Read more at: 

http://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/experience-most-high-tech-world-cup-ever

 According to a survey of 900 business and IT executives from 70 countries by IBM Institute for Business Value study, Eighty percent of respondents are evaluating the impact of their analytics investments, 60 percent already have predictive analytics capabilities, and "leaders" who were perceived to be proactive in engaging analytics in their organizations were more than two times likely than average to have formal career paths for analytics professionals.The next generation of IT workers will work in highly automated environments that combine both in-sourced and out-sourced technologies that businesses will expect to get immediate value from. “We hire many of our people right out of college," said the CEO of a healthcare cloud analytics vendor. The intuition behind is that the company already possessed the internal analytics expertise to train these recruits, and the added advantage of hiring freshers is that it also gives the company an opportunity a to train these recruits in to customer service that is valuable to the company. To know more about this, go to: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/big-data-analytics/better-training-in-search-of-next-generation-it-workers/

Cloud solutions can help businesses lower total costs and transition from a fixed cost structure to a variable one while freeing up critical IT resources for strategic initiatives and innovation. In case of Cloud applications cloud providers are responsible for the maintenance, operations, and bandwidth of the software and not the cloud customers. Finally, cloud applications are accessed through standard web browsers, providing scalability and agility to the customer. Unlike traditional on premise software applications, cloud applications are located and managed remotely and built with a single code-base customized to the company's needs. Some advantages of cloud computing are: Increased speed in responding to unforeseen events, Easy to get the latest updates, adoption is quick and simple, improved information security, deployment time decreases from years to months, lower risk with subscription based cost model. Increased strategic agility, short deployment times, lower risk and costs - the advantages of cloud computing are compelling. To know more, go to: http://blogs.sap.com/innovation/cloud-computing/6-benefits-of-cloud-computing-032893 

Customer relationship management deals with all types of interaction between a company and a customer, whether it is sales or service-related. Customer relationship management is generally used to explain the relationship between business houses and customers. CRM systems are also used to manage business contacts, clients, contract wins and sales leads. Technology Advancement have changed consumer buying behavior, and today there are many alternatives in which a company can get in touch with its customers and collect data about them. Technology and the Internet have changed the way companies approach customer relationship strategies. There are various benefits of CRM strategy like it helps  understanding the customer, retaining customers through delivery of better customer experience, attracting new customers, win new clients and contracts, increased profitability, decrease customer management and helps the companies to know what the customers and the general market want. To know more about CRM go to:http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CRM.html

Big data, the huge amount of structured and unstructured information will slow down most traditional approaches to data management. Cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services are contributing powerful, profitable approaches to analyze big data. Analytics can make organizations "self-healing" or "self-optimizing."The AWS services directory has a mixture of SQL and NoSQL database technology. Amazon DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL database service has a single-digit millisecond latency that makes it a fine fit for big data project where fast line with the data is a must.  The first difficulty need to think in big data analytics is data amalgamation. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a relational database that can sort in the AWS cloud. Amazon Redshift  (Oracle), which is a petabyte-scale database intended for big data analytics and data warehousing. Finally, Amazon Elastic MapReduce is a Hadoop file system structure on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud decrease queries. Read more at: 

http://searchaws.techtarget.com/tip/Whats-what-in-AWS-big-data-analytics?asrc=EM_ERU_30984098&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=ERU&utm_campaign=20140630_ERU%20Transmission%20for%2006/30/2014%20(UserUniverse:%20932694)_myka-reports@techtarget.com&src=5265609

Digital enterprise, associated with the design, development and delivery of innovative products and services through online channels, is the result of a long, multi-year journey that includes cloud computing as a vital component. Saugatuck Technology analyst Mike West in a recent post says Business and IT leaders still have plenty of work ahead of them — even if they are well along in their cloud implementations. With its inherent ability scale, as well as providing immediate, on-demand access to the latest solutions and approaches, cloud provides ready-to-deploy environments for creating and delivering the innovative business strategies and products that are part of digital enterprise.  A separate Saugatuck survey of 203 enterprises finds at least 60 percent are now creating and delivering new digital products and services to customers and nearly 70 percent are enhancing or updating traditional products and services as a digital experience. Most organizations are still in the early stages of their digitization efforts, but Saugatuck expects digital enterprises to accelerate over the next three to five years. The ability to effectively deploy cloud will shape the speed at which enterprises go digital. Digital business success depends on “the availability and utility of increasingly powerful and flexible cloud-enabled, and cloud-delivered, technology and business services,” Guptill analyst at Saugatuck states. To know more go to: http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2014/06/29/are-digital-business-and-cloud-computing-joined-at-the-hip/

Cloud computing has become very popular in the last few years and many of the market researchers believe it to be the future but only if the security problems are eradicated. Not only businesses but also regular internet users are looking forward towards cloud computing through various ways like that of Dropbox, Google Docs and more to access their files in a fast, cheap and efficient manner. But this is one side of it. On the other hand experts are worried about the lack of data security it offers and the high risks of hacking involved. A recent survey reveals that 80 percent of the experts are suspicious on using cloud computing due to its security reasons. Cloud computing is at its nascent stage and it shall be given time so that the providers can improve over its security issues and to expand its usage freely in the coming future. Read more at: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8449/20140615/cloud-computing-is-the-future-but-not-if-security-problems-persist.htm http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8449/20140615/cloud-computing-is-the-future-but-not-if-security-problems-persist.htm

The integration of cloud technology and advanced analytics allows organizations to find and use information to save money, deliver on the mission more effectively, create new value and make better decisions. Through Cloud Analytics, Booz Allen( a leading provider of management and technology consulting services to the US government in defence, intelligence, and civil markets) helps organizations gain valuable insights from large data sets, and—in the critical next step—strategically use that knowledge to drive mission success. Cloud Analytics is a data driven frontier; the term for a set of technological and analytical tools and techniques specifically designed to help clients extract information from massive data. For Booz Allen’s clients, cloud analytics involves more than algorithms. According to Booz Allen “we leverage our firm-wide expertise to provide clients with end-to-end solutions”. This includes bringing in teams of experts who understand the underlying issue to be solved, can make sense of the data for a specific organization, who can help the organization use it effectively, and who can develop tailored applications to maximize the value of the data. To know more about this, go to:http://www.boozallen.com/consulting/technology/cloud-computing/cloud-analytics

Cloud computing can help companies reduce their e-waste in several ways. John Biggs of TechCrunch recently discussed the effect that a design change of Apple’s devices would have on the amount of e-waste.The company will switch from its current 30-pin port (the rectangular outlet that connects iPods, iPhones, and iPads to docking stations and chargers) to a smaller 9-pin or 19-pin port. According to Biggs 45 million devices will become “partially” obsolete as a result of this minor change. The United States throws away about 3 million tons of e-waste every year, including about 30 million desktops, 12 million laptops, and 30 million computer monitors. The amount of e-waste increases year-to-year at the highest rate (5%) of any category of trash. E-waste accounts for 20-50 million tons or 5% of all the world’s solid waste. With cloud computing  companies no longer have to purchase, repair, or replace hardware for an on-site IT infrastructure when they sign up for cloud-based solutions. They will not have to dispose of all of their obsolete or broken servers, storage devices, networking hardware, and cables every year. Second, cloud hosting companies utilize hardware more efficiently. They can host multiple applications and infrastructures per server. As a result, cloud hosting providers purchase relatively small amounts of hardware and fully utilize their servers, storage devices, and networking hardware before disposing of them. Third, companies that adopt cloud-based solutions do not have to frequently repair or replace their end-user hardware such as desktops, laptops, keyboards, mice, and monitors. To know more about reduction of e-waste using cloud computing visit:  http://www.onthenetoffice.com/blog/2012/08/e-waste/

A Geographic Information System (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts. It helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared. There are a lot of advantages of using GIS technology. It makes data handling easier, covers large area, used for monitoring various things because of repetitive coverage, it is fast, can be used in inaccessible areas, unbiased, more accurate, reliable and economical. Data could be collected in several bands/ colors so it could be used for micro level analysis. GIS will help in decision making by government officials and in increasing transparency and accountability for good governance. It will help in management of natural resources, improved allocation of resources and planning, improved communication during crisis, cost savings by improved decision makings etc.

The effective use and implementation of Radio-frequency identification (RFID), GPS & data mining techniques in Public Distribution System (PDS) can facilitate PDS supply chain and promise eradicating mismanagement, corruption, trafficking, theft and anti-social elements. RFID provides highly accurate and detailed information by capturing the data and information at each stage of the supply chain, automatically. It also improves the safety and efficiency of the food supply chain. Location technology GPS can also be combined with RFID technology to automatically track and record the information regarding the field where the produce was picked, when and where it was transported and the current location of the produce. This also helps in reducing theft and trafficking. Data mining techniques based on the rule base classification model is used to identify the suspicious moving behavior of the objects. To read more: http://www.articlesbase.com/information-technology-articles/control-of-public-distribution-system-using-gps-gis-remote-sensing-with-data-mining-rfid-3393327.html

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There exists price war among major cloud providers. Amazon Web Services announced to lower the prices of a number of its cloud services, soon after Google cut down its prices. According to the vice president of Amazon Web Services, cost slashing is aggressive in nature. Slashing prices is a regular process. Whenever it is possible to reduce costs, they lower the prices for the customers.As soon as Google announced to reduce its  Google Compute Engine (GCE) by 32 percent, Google Storage  by 68 percent Amazon Web Services decided to cut its price of AWS' Simple Storage Service (S3) by 51 percent, Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) by 30 percent to 40 percent, AWS' Relational Database Service (RDS) by 28 percent, ElastiCache service  by 34 percent on average.The repeated cloud price cuts make it hard  to run in-house operations, which would create both hardware costs and preservation costs costly. Read more at:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247216/Price_war_Amazon_cuts_cloud_costs_to_counter_Google