Exploring better ways of delivering customer value
In my last article we looked at what factors influence a company’s choice of IaaS solution. A more advanced strategy would be to migrate to a SaaS with the potential for even bigger savings. If a company is looking to upgrade an existing IT system then there should always be some research done into what…
So where are we today? Well, just about everything can be done in the cloud nowadays. At least, there are SaaS services available that offer standard functionality to support most business processes. And then there are all the integration possibilities both between services (e.g. data-mining) and with business specific solutions (e.g. via Force.com or some…
When building a database system with servers and disk arrays, it is not immediately obvious how to best utilize the available drive bays to create an optimised database storage setup. Let’s look at some requirements. Requirements The biggest considerations when selecting a storage solution are: High-availability (HA): the system must fail gracefully not catastrophically. This means…