Overview Let’s admit it—software development over the last decades has been compartmentalised based on the platforms that were made distinct by their operating systems (OSs), notable ones being Microsoft Windows, Google Android, Apple iOS, macOS and various versions of Linux. So compartmentalised, developers were compelled to make that hard choice Read more…
1. Overview Cloud Computing is ushering in a new technological landscape by way of IT systems migration onto the cloud platform. Businesses and organizations, large and small, are increasingly in the process of moving their infrastructure and applications to the cloud. A significant percentage of businesses are already using the Read more…
Context While there are a number of cloud service providers (CSPs) out there, it would be almost impossible to write an article like this with absolute neutrality and without referring to a real cloud platform. This article uses the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform where context and references to actual platform are necessary Read more…
Overview If you’re old enough to recall PDP-11 minicomputers (even this term seem to be fading!) and similar multi-user computers running the Unix operating system – yes, famous at being multitasking multi-user operating system – you’ll no doubt remember a cluster of dumb terminals connected to a central computer for time-sharing of compute power. In those days (I knew the Read more…
1. Overview Cloud Computing is ushering in a new technological landscape by way of IT systems migration onto the cloud platform. Businesses and organizations, large and small, are increasingly in the process of moving their infrastructure and applications to the cloud. A significant percentage of businesses are already using the Read more…
Introduction The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most significant piece of data protection and privacy legislation with great impact on the IT industry. The legislation came into effect on 25th May 2018, and having just passed a half-year anniversary [at the time of publishing this Read more…
Introduction With new technologies come new terminologies. As technology evolves, the words used in the context of that technology may also have a qualified meaning. This is usually out of necessity for terms or phrases to convey new concepts in a given context. In some cases, there is a need Read more…
Disclosure: As a developer more familiar with Microsoft technologies, the descriptions and examples I present below are based on Azure: the Microsoft Cloud Services Platform. There are cloud service offerings from over a dozen well-known names including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, Salesforce, etc. Specific services availability may vary Read more…
Background Overview Innovations based on scientific and technological knowledge have underpinned successful developments all over the world. These developments span from poverty-reduction efforts in developing countries to tackling some grand challenges in the industrialized world. Regardless of where the developmental efforts are, they all have a common theme of boosting Read more…
Technological changes have always created challenges to citizens and governments alike. While we can trace back such phenomenon to a century ago for automobiles and telephones, the Internet is the one technology with profound impact in instigating new challenges of great significance. With the Internet (and smartphones), there have been Read more…