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• What distinguishes the business cloud from Google Drive & Co.

  The cloud lays the technical foundation for digital transformation. With the help of cloud solutions and the associated simplified and flexible access to virtual infrastructure/computing resources, companies can use new digital business models or develop new business processes. The step into the cloud begins with the underlying strategy and the selection of the cloud provider(s). What works in private with Google Drive & Co. is sometimes tricky in business. What does a company need to consider when moving into the cloud?

  IT•Steven Henzen•23 Apr 2021•5 minutes

  

• GAIA-X: Digital Reality Context of the EU Cloud Project

  GAIA-X is a new attempt by European companies to create an independent, secure cloud - and thus a platform that combines independence and data protection with the leading-edge approaches of hyperscalers from America and Asia. Is this realistic in the context of many failed projects such as Deutschland Cloud, Digitaler Personalausweis and endless digitization projects in public administration? What can IT experts and business expect?

  Cloud•Philipp Schneidenbach•14 Apr 2021•8 minutes

  

• Cloud in Enterprises and Start-Ups - The Weather Forecast is Cloudy

  The pace of cloud adoption is accelerating as more enterprises and businesses move to cloud and startups begin using cloud. In this article, we look at various business and technology reasons that favor cloud adoption. Finally, we predict where cloud adoption will go in the future.

  Cloud•Uttam Tripathi•14 Apr 2021•4 minutes

  

• Sandbox tests - with 5 simple steps to the right decision

  Sandbox testing allows complex changes to be tested with a manageable effort before commissioning an elaborate implementation.

  Project Managment•Alexander Pevzner•31 Jan 2021•6 minutes

  

• Cloud computing: The 5 selection criteria for companies

  Cloud computing allows various IT services to be handled externally. If an organization uses a cloud, the company's own servers do not provide the IT services, but one or more external data centers (cloud) take over these tasks. But what needs to be considered when companies want to move their IT to the "computing cloud"?

  IT•care4IT.ch GmbH•28 Jan 2021•7 minutes

  

• What is DevOps? - Understanding Agile Collaboration in IT

  What is DevOps, and why is it important for organizations to understand and implement it? A comprehensive, non-technical explanation of what DevOps means and explores why DevOps principles are critical for enterprise organizations of all stripes.

  IT-Security & Cyber Security•WebGate Consulting AG•18 Jan 2021•5 minutes

  

• What companies should pay attention to when training their IT employees

  Up-to-date know-how in web development has become significantly more important in recent years. Many companies underestimate the need for investment in training and further education of employees and thus miss important further developments. In the following, Mirko Eberlein uses the example of WebGate to show why and also how continuous learning can be approached in web development. Companies that solve internal shortcomings usually come out of crises stronger.

  Education / Training•WebGate Consulting AG•18 Jan 2021•5 minutes

  

• Security is a question of culture - cybersecurity in corporate culture

  When security systems and compliance rules are circumvented by employees, incidents occur as expected. However, most damage is not caused by automated attacks on a company's IT epicenter, but by a lack of security culture. However, there is more to this than simply creating collective awareness through rigid compliance rules. What employees really need is a "culture of security.

  IT-Security & Cyber Security•Ildikó Bruhns•13 Jan 2021•8 minutes

  

• Big Data - data lake versus data leak

  Data and information play an increasingly important role in companies and increasingly represent a significant production factor. The concept of so-called data lakes promises much when it comes to the analysis of such data and information, supported by machine learning and artificial intelligence. However, there are not only advantages.

  IT-Security & Cyber Security•Klaus-Peter Kaul•11 Jan 2021•4 minutes

  

• Digitization made easy with OCR and ICR

  Although digitization is advancing, even today, companies still have a wide variety of documents only available in handwritten or typewritten form. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) provide a remedy and many new possibilities for simplifying processes.

  Technology•Tobias Mohr•4 Dec 2020•5 minutes

  

• Machine Learning - Basics and definition explained for beginners and managers

  In order to be able to assess the potential of machine learning for its own business, the organization must first use technical terms correctly. This article explains "Machine Learning" in a generally understandable way and beyond the hypes.

  Technology•Stephanie Fischer und Dr. Christian Winkler•29 Sept 2020•8 minutes

  

• Mobile websites vs. apps - What fits when?

  Mobile First - a buzzword that we now encounter again and again. In contrast to many others, however, not entirely without reason. Around 80% of all website calls are now made via mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, and the trend is rising steadily. So it only makes sense to optimize your own online presence in terms of users for the corresponding devices. True to the motto "If I don't want to lose users, I will adapt". For some companies, this raises the question in the context of "mobile presence": What do I need - just a mobile website, or even my own app?

  Mobile Technologies•Laura Gaber•29 Sept 2020•6 minutes