If a system fails in production and no one notices, is there even a problem? Who doesn’t know the well-known thought experiment of the “falling tree in the forest”, which falls silently to the ground without an observer (perhaps?). For some reason, this was the first thing that came to mind when I was thinking [Read more…]

The term cloud computing refers to a model that enables companies and individuals to use IT resources over the Internet. Customers are granted access to computing services, storage space and/or applications without having to own them. Usage is generally device-independent, and billing is based on consumption. Cloud computing offers high scalability, cost efficiency and simplified [Read more…]