For the last two years, cloud computing has been
increasing in media presence and vendor push. Each of the
major vendors in the emerging cloud space has a specific message about
what cloud computing is, and what it means to you.
Whether due to cloud computing still being new, or whether it is
deliberate on the part of the companies pushing it, cloud computing
itself is still very loosely defined, and I’m not going to try define it
here. However, the main basis of cloud computing is paying a recurring
fee for a utility computing service.
To those in the infrastructure ...read more
Simple source code security
For any development organisation, the security of the development source code is paramount. And yet, many organisations simply rely on standard backups to ensure them against data loss or corruption. Whilst this certainly provides an element of protection, it is far from an effective solution.
During any development project, files will be edited and saved continuously as functionality is added and refined. Very few development projects contain just one file; the overwhelming majority are made up of numerous pieces of source code which interlink and reference each other extensively. A single change to a software product may involve numerous small edits ...read more