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"Spring cleaning" Buffer with an infrastructure audit has been an educational journey that also saved us a lot of money. Here's a recap of everything we did
Farid Mheir's insight:
Sharing experience on an IT audit that has proved very successful.
Trevor Corso's curator insight,
October 31, 2016 1:37 PM
Incredible IT makeover! Definitely audit your infrastructure and you could potentially save your company lots of money.
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Predix, GE's cloud-based platform (PaaS) for Industrial Internet applications, combines people, machines, big data and analytics. Discover Predix today.
Farid Mheir's insight:
GE's industrial Internet means that in the future they may be best known for their infrastructure than their products and devices. Watch for it.
More importantly, the industrial internet and Predix tools came out of a strong digital transformation vision carried out by an exceptional Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Linda Boff. See her profile for more details: http://cdoclub.com/us-chief-digital-officer-of-the-year-linda-boff-on-digital-transformation-at-ge/
I wrote about GE industrial internet in the past: see here http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-transformation-of-businesses?q=ge
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Surfer en toute liberté, c'est possible! Il existe des alternatives aux Gmail, Slack et autres Dropbox, qui collectent vos données en échange de leurs services. Guide pas à pas pour reprendre le contrôle.
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(in french) Afraid that Google and others know too much about you? Want to know how to live and work outside of the major tools and solutions? This blog post offers a list of solutions to help you do just that.
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To address this problem, we began applying machine learning two years ago to operate our data centres more efficiently. And over the past few months, DeepMind researchers began working with Google’s data centre team to significantly improve the system’s utility. Using a system of neural networks trained on different operating scenarios and parameters within our data centres, we created a more efficient and adaptive framework to understand data centre dynamics and optimize efficiency.
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Google uses artificial intelligence to analyze energy consumption in its data center to improve cooling and reduce energy consumption by 40%.
The paper also links to other most interesting links on data center operations including:
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT Energy is the main cost of data center operations so this is great news. Companies should thus use this news to further move their computing to the cloud as large data centers - Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others - are way more efficient than anything even large corporations can do.
This is true for energy consumption, and I contend it is also true for many other areas including security and speed of implementation. It is essential that any digital transformation make cloud computing the primary de facto standard over any on-premise operation.
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The cloud space continues to evolve rapidly buy fundamental strategic principles will always apply - to the cloud industry or any other industry, for that matter. One of those principles is Michael
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My friend PL Bisaillon raises a very good point: your digital product or services must be differentiated from that of the large established players. PLB highlights different ways that the cloud services industry providers can differentiate themselves from the large players like Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT Cloud solutions in particular and digital solutions in general will be dominated by large global organizations. For digital transformation, large consulting firms such as McKinsey, Capgemini or the big4 will certainly offer services and solutions that appeal to a large audience and global organizations. However, this leaves room for regional providers - french speaking ones in Quebec province for examples - or niche players that focus on specific industries or verticals - eCommerce as is the case for my organization FMCS.digital for example. Always good to be reminded that the world will not be a monolithic one composed solely of large players.
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Bosch joins the cloud computing bandwagon by becoming a full service provider for connectivity and the Internet of Things. The company aims to have all of its electronics IoT- enabled through IoT Cloud by the year 2020. Via Richard Platt
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Bosch is launching its own cloud computing services for the Internet of Things, with the first cloud facility to be located in Germany. The company is the latest to join the IoT bandwagon by becoming a full service provider for connectivity and the Internet of Things. Currently, there are at least 5 million devices that are working with Bosch's IoT Suite. These include the staples of a connected home such as a central hub and contact sensors between the door and window.
It is interesting to see that companies in the non technology space - like Bosch - are investing heavily to be positioned for the year 2020, where they expect IoT devices to start taking hold. What are all the others doing?
Aesclat Mark's curator insight,
March 15, 2016 7:58 AM
Bosch is launching its own cloud computing services for the Internet of Things, with the first cloud facility to be located in Germany. The company is the latest to join the IoT bandwagon by becoming a full service provider for connectivity and the Internet of Things. Currently, there are at least 5 million devices that are working with Bosch's IoT Suite. These include the staples of a connected home such as a central hub and contact sensors between the door and window.
It is interesting to see that companies in the non technology space - like Bosch - are investing heavily to be positioned for the year 2020, where they expect IoT devices to start taking hold. What are all the others doing? 
Emeric Bailleul's curator insight,
March 16, 2016 3:40 AM
Bosch is launching its own cloud computing services for the Internet of Things, with the first cloud facility to be located in Germany. The company is the latest to join the IoT bandwagon by becoming a full service provider for connectivity and the Internet of Things. Currently, there are at least 5 million devices that are working with Bosch's IoT Suite. These include the staples of a connected home such as a central hub and contact sensors between the door and window. Outside the home, the company's IoT Suite also includes connected parking spots that allow consumers to reserve a spot prior to arriving, and auto-racing applications that could monitor essential racecar details even in a distance through a pit crew. 
Juan Ortega's curator insight,
May 20, 2016 4:50 AM
¿Lavavajillas con acceso a internet? ¿Será buena idea?
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Amazon continues to expand its worldwide network of data centers, with Montreal, the UK, China, and India all slated to become part of its chain.
Farid Mheir's insight:
Great news for Montreal and Canada as Amazon announced plans to open a new data center in Montreal. Montreal is recognized for its cheap and very green hydro electric power. Montreal also has amazing fiber network connectivity with other North American and European regions. Also, Canada may provide better data protection and privacy laws than the US - although this may be debatable. This is great news for Montreal and for Canadian businesses looking to move to the cloud!
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We are aimed at becoming an authority on business innovation and want to help you identify the top influencers so you can follow the latest trends, news and opinions of these influencers in the field of Cloud Computing.
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Just a great list to get started in the topic is of interest to you.
Smac's curator insight,
September 24, 2015 1:54 AM
Cloud computing enables the use of a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. A firm provide cloud computing solutions to know more click: www.acsgcorporate.com/smac.html
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There is a massive opportunity for startups to define a new era of work, and it’s not just the products and platforms they build that will look completely..
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The article describes why cloud computing and software as a service will become a huge business in the near future. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT The article pretty much lays down the reasons why I believe that digital transformation of businesses will have a profound impact and why I started the blog 2 years ago.
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Google is courting enterprise customers like never before, but it has lacked a proper mobility framework for Android since the OS debuted. Now the company wants to change the game with Android for Work, but could its efforts prove to be too little, too late? Via TechinBiz
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Amazon's cloud computing infrastructure is growing so fast that it's silently becoming a core piece of the internet.
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more data on amazon cloud...
Jake Peters's curator insight,
January 30, 2015 4:13 PM
No surprises here really. Cool stuff though!
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During Amazon’s fourth quarter earnings announcement today, the company revealed that Amazon Web Services (AWS)—essentially its cloud computing infrastructure—has over one million active customers. Via TechinBiz
Farid Mheir's insight:
interesting statistics...
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The idea behind cloud computing, as pioneer Amazon Web Services believed when it launched its first utility compute and storage products eight years ago, i
Farid Mheir's insight:
Full of data about the size of Amazon data centers (Amazon probably has close to 5M servers), the article describes how they are organized and hints at the networking issues they face. Very interesting and insightful.
John Rinehart's curator insight,
December 8, 2014 3:47 PM
Over the long haul, Amazon believes the massive scale of the public cloud will mean that very few organizations will run their own datacenters.
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Want to pick the right public cloud at the right price, but not sure how to find it? 451 Research is providing some practical guidance. Via Patrick Bouillaud
Farid Mheir's insight:
Interesting to see the variability in pricing for cloud computing solutions out there. You'd assume the differences would be minimal but they are actually very significant.
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The list concerns the 10 most impactful shifts for companies next year. Via Peter Azzopardi, Patrick Bouillaud
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Always good to follow those trends. No surprise.
Peter Azzopardi's curator insight,
October 9, 2014 5:46 PM
The most directly related trend was "Cloud/Client Computing. ....
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In 2010 I asked Professor Eben Moglen to speak to the Internet Society of New York about software freedom, privacy and security in the context of cloud computing and social media. In his Freedom in the Cloud talk, he proposed the FreedomBox as a solution: a small inexpensive computer which would provide secure encrypted communications in a decentralized way to defeat data mining and surveillance by governments and large corporations. Via Peter Azzopardi
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Security and privacy concerns are top of mind for corporations and individuals looking to move their data to the cloud. This very technical story provides some insights into what may be offered in the future: fully encrypted data, as soon as it leaves the browser, with minimal overhead. Let's hope we can see this in commercial offerings soon.
Peter Azzopardi's curator insight,
April 18, 2014 6:54 PM
Homomorphic encryption allows data to be processed in an encrypted form so that only the end user can access it in a readable form. So far it has been too demanding for normal computers to handle.
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Simple tendance au tournant de la décennie, l’infonuagique pourrait bien devenir la norme d’ici quelques années. Entreprises et gouvernements se tournent vers cette solution informatique qui, par l’entremise de serveurs distants, permet un accès réseau à nos données, à la demande et en libre ser
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(article is in french) looks like Canada is catching up in the cloud computing world- Forbes 2012 article was clear about that. Governments, in particular the Quebec government are now targetting local cloud providers with servers in their jurisdiction as preferred partners. The decision will in the short term limit solutions - not all SaaS solutions can guarantee hosting in a specific country. On the other hand this will spark a higher level of local investment in the field, which is good. I also like the IDC Canada - Telus report cited in the article, which provides some interesting survey data about the state of the cloud computing in Canada. I like their simple diagram that shows the progression of IT sourcing methods, it says it all. This goes along with the realization that the cold Canadian weather and low electricity costs may actually be the best to host large server farms. It may actually be a better use of our Hydro energy that the production of aluminium?
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Les revenus SaaS des 100 premiers éditeurs de logiciels dans le monde ont augmenté de 60% en un an pour atteindre 20 milliards de dollars, d'après PwC. Via Serge FLEITH
Farid Mheir's insight:
(in french but direct link to english PWC report included) Interesting report that shows SaaS accounts for <5% of revenues for Microsoft and IBM, but looking at the revenues in $ shows that SaaS is a meaningful billion dollar a year market for software publishers.
VOS ANIMATEURS >'s curator insight,
March 29, 2014 5:31 PM
Intéressant de voir un rapport qui montre que le SaaS est une source de revenue <5% pour les grands éditeurs de logiciels comme Microsoft ou IBM. Cependant, en chiffre absolu c'est quand même un marché d'un milliard de dollars et plus annuellement! Un lien direct au rapport de PWC est inclu dans l'article.
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I find very interesting how large organizations move to the cloud in such large numbers.The fact that this has to be stated during a keynote at Gartner IT Expo conference is a reflection of how many organization remain behind on this trend.
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Facebook is radically changing the way technology is being built with its Open Compute Project. Here's a tour of some of the amazing new gadgets from OCP. Via jean lievens
Farid Mheir's insight:
A good review of the open compute project from Facebook. Lots of links to follow. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT Everything is moving to the cloud and the OCP open source designs are the basis for servers and equipments that run cloud data centers. This is bound to increase innovation speed and reduce cost. It may also lead the way for other open sourcing of hardware projects and solutions.
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Remember when the decision to go to Amazon Web Services was all about saving dough? Smart consumers now know that’s not the real reason to move workloads to the cloud. Via Patrick Bouillaud
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Simple chart that explains the chasm that exists between technology and business users. The biggest value that users of technology see lies in their ability to better compete. If you get out of their way and provide them with tools that accelerate their ability to put technology in use, they will pat for it. You can be up-and-running with Salesforce.com in hours when it usually takes months just to get attention from an IT department. You can exchange large files via dropbox when most corporate inboxes are file-size limited and shared folders hidden deep behind firewalls and other protections. Give users simple means to do this, in self-serve mode, and they will be able to pay for it. We can make the parallel with user-focussed technology and the Apple-way of doing things. Make it simple, and efficient and people will pay a premium for it.
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IT and business executives need to apply a risk-management approach that balances economic value against risks. A McKinsey Quarterly Business Technology article.
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This article shows how to use an enterprise architecture to specify requirements for public cloud service, using a hybrid software as a service (SaaS) example.
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Interesting presentation of the IBM cloud reference architecture and its ties to EA.
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Precursor view from a Canadian visionary.
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A short run down on personal technologies coming our way soon.
WHY THISI S IMPORTANT
I've been speaking about the impact of digital technologies to transformation our personal lives and the opportunities this brings to business for a while in my "me.com" and "we.com" conferences (http://fmcs.digital/conferences). Looks like there is even more to it than originally I anticipated with the convergence of InternetOfThings, AI, BigData, and wearables. Your employees in the future will be even more connected and digital and companies should take notice and leverage it to 1) improve productivity 2) support work-life-wellness balance 3) tap the social networks to their benefits (ie. social recruiting).