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Information Week’s Charles Babcock states that: “The Data Center Institute, a think tank for data center managers, says only 14.9% of the organisation’s members have implemented some form of cloud computing. But, it predicts, “the next five years will see the adoption of cloud computing grow dramatically.” Picking out a couple of the issues . . . → Read More: 14.9% of data centre managers’ organisation using cloud computing I really enjoyed the article written by Anvil Dataworks. There were some excellent points about FileMaker GO with plug-ins, connectivity including posting, iPad as a practical tool in medical care and operating in a WAN environment. Click here to view the full article. It will be interesting to see how FileMaker developers tackle the challenge of dealing with the different interface sizes that are available on the iPhone and the iPad. The smaller interface will probably be used by those who need very mobile access, whereas the iPad gives scope for a more complex interface, however physically . . . → Read More: Developing FileMaker GO databases Am I alone in thinking that many small to medium organisations are not that organised when it comes to how their emails are managed? By “managed” I mean looking after, in their entirety, all the emails going in and out of the organisation. Creating emails is really simple. That is not the problem. The . . . → Read More: Managing your organisation’s emails FileMaker’s annual developers conference – Devcon – runs this year from 15th to 18th August in San Diego California. I expect there to be a small but significant UK contingent of FileMaker developers making the trip, eager to catch up with all that is going on in FileMaker’s world. To get an idea of . . . → Read More: FileMaker Devcon 2010 If you have not come across it then FileMaker Server-side Scripting is an interesting read for those readers who want to use scripting on FileMaker Server. At RapidHost we are often asked about this and whether we encourage or discourage using server-side customers within our hosted systems. The challenge with hosters is that for . . . → Read More: Using Scripts on FileMaker Server If you think that cloud computing is all about using services from the likes of Google, Microsoft or Amazon then you may be wrong. Here is some recent research data. 75% of companies expect to pursue private cloud by 2012. (Source: Gartner) 75% of IT executives prefer private clouds over public ones. (Source: Enterprise . . . → Read More: Private Clouds v Public Cloud Here at RapidHost we are very excited about the launch of FileMaker GO. After some preliminary testing on iPhone and iPad we can easily and efficiently access FileMaker databases that we are hosting from our data centre. This means that our customers will be able to do the same with their own databases; for . . . → Read More: Using FileMaker GO with a hosting provider  One comment  FileMaker  data centre, databases, FileMaker, FileMaker database FMServer_Sample, FileMaker databases, FileMaker developers, FileMaker GO, FileMaker Pro, host data07.hostfilemaker.com, Hosting, internet access, iPad, iPhone, local database, logging in as Guest, Mac, original database, PC, RapidHost, remote database Power consumption continues to be a major challenge for data centres and therefore hosting organisations. Although virtualisation is helping here, such technology is viewed with scepticism by customers who feel that having “their own box” is the safest bet. However virtual private servers (VPS’s) have proven to be highly resilient. Perhaps it will only . . . → Read More: I need my own hardware 4 comments Cloud Computing, General Hosting News cloud computing service, data centres, hardware deployment, hardware platform, hosted systems, hosting organisations, IT thinking, major challenge, Power consumption, systems hosted, technology, their own box, virtual private servers, virtualisation, VPS, VPS's If you are working on the schema of a FileMaker database, whilst other users are using that database then watch out for Schema Locking. . . . → Read More: Schema Locking |
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