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A New Approach to Addressing Security at Cloud Scale
- Brad Sollar, Senior Solution Architect, ORock Technologies - Remember a few years back when Spectre and Meltdown was leading everyone to believe that it was the end for the public cloud and no processor was safe? Well, we patched and moved on, but the...
Accelerating Data Science Innovation and Speed to Insight
Deploy TensorFlow and PyTorch in a Simple, Automated Way - Stephen Lucas, Vice President, Product Management - When it comes to starting a data science project, many data scientists have to wait for their internal DevOp’s teams to configure and deploy resources for...
How the Hidden Data Fees in the Cloud Can Destroy Your IT Budget
- By Stephen Lucas, Vice President, Product Management at ORock Technologies - You might remember the famous lyrics from “Hotel California,” which lets listeners know that “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” For many, that best sums up...
Creating Windows Cloud Images
- By Dwane Pottratz, Senior Solutions Architect at ORock Technologies - When transitioning to the cloud, one of the first things that a software engineer runs into is the need for a cloud-friendly image. This blog will address how you can create cloud-friendly...
Protect your Sensitive Data with an Effective Open-source Backup Solution
- By Dwane Pottratz, Senior Solutions Architect at ORock Technologies - Modern businesses are juggling a growing amount of sensitive data. To reach that data, cybercrimes and ransomware attacks are sweeping across public and private sector organizations and the...
Cloud Compatibility With Leading Backup and Recovery Solutions
By Paul Schenkel Leading global IT and research and advisory firm Gartner recently released its Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions. While each vendor in the Magic Quadrant has differentiated features that distinguishes it from the others...
The Cost of Viewing Your Own Data – Why 3-2-1 Backup Approaches Are Crucial
By Mario Guarriello & Dustin Jackson Whether you back up data to tape, the cloud, or both, retrieving this information can be costly. From March 2020 came multiple reports of NASA having underestimated and underbudgeted the amount of money it would have to pay...
Secure and Accessible Cloud Data Backup Shouldn’t Be a Tradeoff
By Steve Robinson Remote access and being part of a distributed workforce represent the reality we’re all living. With the private data network expanding out to the remote edge, ubiquitous public cloud services are filling the...
You Need FedRAMP, but How Do You Afford IT?
By Lloyd McCoy Jr. One of the hottest topics for software vendors and federal systems integrators is how to approach the essential but arduous task of gaining FedRAMP authorization for their cloud services. These companies understand the need to comply with Federal...
Four Keys to a More Painless FedRAMP Authorization
By Lloyd McCoy Jr. In my last column, I took a close look at FedRAMP authorization, comparing outsourcing versus a DIY approach, in terms of both cost effectiveness and relative speed to market. I’ve seen some companies successfully navigate FedRAMP by themselves....
