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Hadoop – Big Data Analytics : an overview
To understand about Hadoop, we need to have an idea about Big Data and Big Data Analytics. Row data has no value. It only becomes valuable on getting processed to produce results, where these results can give insights in taking the right decisions for implementing the most suitable...
Buzzword Talk – ‘GDPR’
Let’s talk about the most popular term now, GDPR. General Data Protection Regulations or GDPR is the regulation of European Union Law (EU Law) on data protection and privacy as well as on issues related to the export of personal data, for all individuals in EU and Europen Economic Area....
Server Hardening – Linux
In today’s IT era, faster technological advancements have given ways to increased security threats. Security holds a major role in making the information systems efficient, which in turn determines today’s business success. So today, ensuring and maintaining information system security is...
Linux Server Auditing
A server is a computer hardware or program which provides services to another computer hardware or program, known as the client (and in turn, to its users). Mostly server and client will reside in separate computing systems or hardware (in which case it can be on similar computing system),...
Managing Increased Security Threats
Information technology is getting updated fast, which is revolutionizing every walk of life. Along with these technological advancements, security threats are also increasing in the arena of cyber world. Newer technologies have opened newer ways for threats. Let’s have a look at newer...
Buzzword Talk – ‘Machine Learning’
We hear the term Machine Learning so often. It has been immensely popular in the cyber world today. Machine learning is the technology which can make computers work without being explicitly programmed. It enables learning ability in information systems/ computers. As per Dr. Yoshua Bengio,...
Data Centers – an overview
Data centers are technical facilities composed of networked computers and storages that are used by organizations to store, manage, disseminate and process large amounts of data. Data centers house even the most critical systems which are extremely vital for business continuity and operations,...
Buzzword Talk – ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT)
Let’s talk about ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) today. Term IoT has been coined by Kevin Ashton, a British technology pioneer. We can have a clear understanding of IoT through this quote by Ashton, from one of his published articles: "If we had computers that knew everything there was to know about...
Checklists for Outsourcing Technical Support
Outsourcing is the business practice where a company (say company-X) hires another company (say company-Y), to perform certain tasks. These tasks might have been previously executed by the company-X’s employees itself. IT outsourcing is the use of external parties for effective delivery of...