Cloud Archives

Alternatives to Evernote for taking notes in the cloud

Digital

By José María López, 30 September 2016 at 17:30

Notes can be used for everything. For writing down the odd idea for the report you have to send in tomorrow, for knowing what you have to buy at the supermarket and for remembering the week’s meetings. You can even...Continue reading »

How safe is the cloud?

Digital

By Jennifer Riggins, 15 August 2016 at 17:30

Strike that, don’t take naked photos of yourself if you don’t want folks to see them! Every other week it seems we have some sort of celebrity cloud breach. And then there are folks like my dad who refuses to...Continue reading »

The Internet of Things may talk too much but team it with a strong silent database and together they could save the Amazon

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By Nick Booth, 13 June 2016 at 16:59

The great thing about the Internet of Things (IoT) is that it takes communication to unprecedented heights. That’s also its weakness. Those ‘Things’ never shut up, babbling away in tongues and confusing everything. In theory the global village of IoTs could...Continue reading »

Specialist jobs in the cloud – why there are many hidden silver linings

Business

By Nick Booth, 26 May 2015 at 10:23

By Nick Booth (@ohthisbloodypc), Contributor As the price of computing power plummets and the market for IT services mobilises, we’ve become globe trotters. Thanks to services that mash the world’s data centres into one giant computer with near perfect liquidity, we’re all...Continue reading »

Finally, fintech startups give banking power to the people

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By Jennifer Riggins, 10 May 2015 at 12:03

There’s no doubt that the banking industry is ripe for disruption. This is particularly true from the perspective of us demanding millennials whose careers were birthed during the financial crisis. But it’s not just about being raised with a mindset...Continue reading »

Calling startups! Try this brilliant, rock-solid cloud platform

Business

By Shivvy J, 29 November 2013 at 12:36

By Alex Salkever (@AlexSalkever), Telefonica Digital 29 November 2013 I wrote awhile back about Telefonica’s Instant Servers cloud solution. Our IaaS is powering some very interesting applications in EMEA, like PagoComoConduzco (an insurance product that uses in-car measurements of driving habits to...Continue reading »

[Silicon Valley Insider] A tech phoenix rises from the ashes of the recession

Insights

By , 13 August 2013 at 18:05

By Alex Salkever, Global Product Expert – Cloud, Telefonica Digital The global recession that came about from the crash of the U.S. housing market and subsequent financial failures around the world has had an interesting impact on the small and medium-sized business...Continue reading »

Making data move fast – I mean really, really fast

Business

By , 26 April 2013 at 20:17

By Alex Salkever (@alexsalkever), Global Product Expert – Cloud, Telefonica Digital So we recently announced a partnership with Push Technology to offer their “data distribution solution” (based on Push Technology’s Diffusion server) as a virtual appliance hosted in Telefonica’s Instant Servers. Push...Continue reading »

Why mobile, PaaS and cloud are such a powerful combination

Business

By , 13 March 2013 at 10:25

Developing and managing mobile applications is hard. Multiple handset form-factors, multiple handset operating systems, developing applications that can handle high or low bandwidth situations all make building mobile apps more difficult than building standard apps. Here’s the back story One of the...Continue reading »

[Q&A] Get from code to cloud in 5 minutes with Cloud66

Business

By , 12 March 2013 at 20:04

One of the most promising startups to launch out of Telefonica’s Wayra incubator programme is Cloud 66. In a nutshell, Cloud 66 is an online platform for provisioning, configuring, deploying and managing a full software stack including Webservers, databases and messaging...Continue reading »