7 Emerging Cloud Computing Trends to Watch in 2020: Containers, Edge Computing, AI & Cloud Security

  With each passing year, cloud computing is slowly becoming synonymous with computing as such.

Calculations that involve massive amounts of data are simply not solvable on a single computer, no matter how powerful. Instead, the task has to be distributed over a network of machines that comprise the modern computing cloud.

Understanding the current state of cloud computing is vital for business owners. By leveraging cloud technology businesses can keep running even in situations of economic disruption, such as the one we are experiencing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

To bring you up to speed on where cloud computing is heading in 2020, we decided to cover the latest trends in the cloud industry. You can find our coverage in the paragraphs below.

NetFlow vs. Metadata vs. Packet Capture: Choosing the Right Network Visibility Method

 

Isolating and rooting out network problems all comes down to having good visibility into the network. Without it, engineers just end up finger pointing and chasing problems around the enterprise.

At this stage of the network game, there are three major methods of getting insight into the network infrastructure and the traffic that traverses it: NetFlow, Metadata, and Packet Capture.

Free Command Line Timer Tool: How to Measure Elapsed Time for File Transfers and Scripts

Command line or batch files are incredibly important to me as an analyst. I cannot count the number of times creating a simple script has saved me countless hours. Some examples that come mind;

• Performing testing when I’m working alone

• Running tests unattended

• Having other people perform your testing

• Running a task as part of a notification system

In this article I use a simple example of recording the start/stop or elapsed time when copying a file. This can be easily modified for a wget, iperf, iperf3 copy, etc.

How to Troubleshoot HTTP 503 Service Unavailable Errors: Application, Network, and Server Causes

 I have mentioned in the past that you should really look ‘under the hood’ as far as application communication goes.

I have seen many web applications that ‘work’ but not ‘work well’. if you dig in, you may find error messages or logs. Errors can caused many different ways;

The Meaning of Old: What Aging, Planned Obsolescence, and Transhumanism Have in Common (Paul Smith)

Most of us grasp the meaning of “old” but putting it into words can be challenging. When it comes to people who might be old, there are plenty of euphemisms to choose from. Senior, elderly and senior citizen come to mind, while terms like curmudgeon or geezer are available when appropriate. According to Webster’s, old is something that dates from the distant past, is distinctly different from something similar of an earlier date, has existed for a specified period of time, is advanced in years or shows characteristics of age. Old, it seems, is relative.