Businesses looking to move huge amounts of data to Google Cloud should pay attention, because Google has just announced a new feature that might be of service.Called Transfer Appliance, the offering is a high-capacity server allowing businesses to move huge swathes of data to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The company promises speed and security, and adds that this server is ideal for businesses looking to move more than 20TB of data, or data taking more than a week to move.For the European Union, the service is currently in beta, and can be used in a 100TB configuration, with total usable capacity of 200TB. Google says that 480TB configurations, with a total usable capacity of a petabyte, should be available ‘soon’.Google explains that Transfer Appliance was created with GDPR in mind. Everything from shipping to data upload to GCP is handled on the European Union soil. Businesses get to pick the region where they want their data to reside.“The data you send with … [Read more...] about Google makes it easier to move data to the cloud
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One of Earth’s shimmering dust clouds has been spotted at last
Meet the Kordylewski dust clouds, shimmering pseudo-satellites that orbit Earth near the moon. A team of Hungarian astronomers say they have spotted light scattered from one of these clouds, providing evidence that the clouds really exist after nearly 60 years of controversy. The twin dust clouds gather at two of the points in space where the gravity of Earth and the moon cancel each other out. That gravitational stability makes these spots, called Lagrange points, good places to park spacecraft. They also could trap interplanetary debris. No one had seen any dust clouds since 1961, when Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski reported the first sighting at two gravity holes, L4 and L5. Some astronomers thought that the sun’s stronger gravity would periodically sweep dust out of L4 and L5, making it hard for the areas to support clouds. Astronomers Judit Slíz-Balogh, András Barta and Gábor Horváth, all of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, … [Read more...] about One of Earth’s shimmering dust clouds has been spotted at last
SAP CEO on Qualtrics Deal: A Global Growth Juggernaut in the Cloud
SAP CEO Bill McDermott says that buying Qualtrics creates a “global growth juggernaut in the cloud, the number one business software growing in the cloud in the world.” McDermott says that he’s here to build a company for the generations, not just for a few days and that this is a fundamentally transformational deal, one that will reshape the entire industry. Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith says that combining forces with SAP will change the experience economy forever. “This is by far a once in a generational opportunity and it’s going to change how everyone thinks about cloud and SAAS and CRM and ERP and HCM forever,” said Smith. “Why wouldn’t we want to be a part of that?” Both SAP CEO Bill McDermott and Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith talked about the acquisition on CNBC Squawk Box this morning (Watch Video Below): SAP CEO: If You Can Combine X-Data and O-Data You Can Change the World We’re reshaping the enterprise … [Read more...] about SAP CEO on Qualtrics Deal: A Global Growth Juggernaut in the Cloud
With latest SAP S/4HANA cloud release, SAP begins automation process march
SAP S/4 HANA's latest cloud ERP release is the first volley in adding more robotics process automation into the enterprise software vendor's portfolio.Last month at SAP TechEd, the company outlined its investment in intelligent robotics process automation (RPA) with the aim of automating repetitive processes across its suite. SAP's Franck Cohen, SAP's President of Digital Core and Industries, said the company prefers IPA (intelligent process automation) over RPA since it is more malleable to changing data flows. RPA software is captures rules that govern process transactions, manipulate data and transact with computer systems. From there, processes are automated. Today, companies like Blue Prism are early pioneers in RPA. SAP's spin is using IPA to automate processes as content changes. SEE: Special report: How to automate the enterprise (free ebook) With quarterly cloud releases for ERP--a cadence that goes beyond the typical twice a year cycle in software as a service--SAP is … [Read more...] about With latest SAP S/4HANA cloud release, SAP begins automation process march
Cloud computing is the key to digital transformation at Guinness World Records
Do you want to be a record breaker? Evidence from Guinness World Records (GWR) suggests the answer is increasingly 'yes'. What was once a niche pursuit for superheroes is now open to everyone -- and Rob Howe, IT director at GWR, helps to manage this process. People from anywhere on the globe can apply online for a record attempt. For those thinking of setting a record, there are key criteria and guidelines; any attempt for example must be measurable and repeatable.Wannabe record breakers need to provide evidence, which usually includes video, photos and witness statements. Howe says public interest in the service has skyrocketed recently."In the past year, we've seen the volume of the data coming in from the public increase from 500MB a month to 4TB," he says. "There's big interest in being a record breaker because it's a badge of honour. We'll get 47,000 applications this year and we have 52,000 records in existence."Public access to record breaking is just one part of a … [Read more...] about Cloud computing is the key to digital transformation at Guinness World Records