Cloud is the new buzz word. Nowadays, more and more people are willing to shift to the cloud. There are too many paths available for this journey and each path which does appear to be good, might not result in a successful decision. So people need to consider more details than they actually thought. The first step is to categorize types of workload that one wishes to migrate. These are not the applications, but the patterns of processing the applications. Some of the patterns may be - Database-intensive; Compute intensive or; User interface- intensive. If you have, say 200 applications, then, place each application in one of these categories and you will end up dealing with 3 categories rather than 200 applications. Doing so, you will be able to select proper cloud configuration to service your applications. This approach will help you in saving time and money. Read more at: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3016559/cloud-computing/the-right-way-to-migrate-to-the-cloud.html

In early April, a new law in France banned the organizations from sending mails to their employees after 6 p.m. according to The Economist, it was not a law at all but a labor agreement aimed at improving health among a specific group of professionals. This workload at bed is not being busy but ineffective also. Facebook and Twitter report that their sites are most active during office hours. And research shows that these digital derailments are costly: it’s not only the minutes lost responding to a tweet but also the time and energy required to “reenter” the original task. This is not multitasking but multiswitching which gives extra pressure on us. The great tech historian Melvin Kranzberg said, “technology is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral.” Instead of falling prey to ambient work or play we should decide our different levels of tech engagements at alternate times and maximize productivity, efficiency and success. Read more at: http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/08/if-youre-always-working-youre-never-working-well/