Cloud computing continues to advance every aspect of businesses and one such popular application of it is for boosting the resilience of entire IT systems against disasters. This growth is worth noting as Gartner predicts that by 2018, the number of organizations using cloud-based disaster recovery or the Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) model will exceed the number of …
5 False Assumptions Every CTO Should Know About Cloud Computing
No doubt, Cloud Computing has brought benefits to the IT industry with its awesome innovations. Cloud adoption is transforming markets and industries every single day. As both small and large firms increase their knowledge of basic cloud computing services, many are migrating to the public cloud to house more complex and flexible business applications. Some companies have already advanced when …
A Secure Financial Service for over 400 Retailers Powered by CloudSigma
Customer Profile Baldegger+Sortec AG is a family owned company that offers a complete high-quality cash register solution for gastronomy and retail end customers in Switzerland. The company has over 20 years experience and focuses on the special needs of Swiss customers. Baldegger+Sortec AG integrates different software and hardware components and provides training to customers on using their systems. Together with …
How to Avoid Billing Outages at CloudSigma
When starting to use any new platform there’s a lot to take in so we wanted to share some top tips on how to ensure the smooth running of your account and minimize hassle and potential disruption from funding and maintaining your account so you can concentrate on the important stuff. In this blog post, we talk you through some …
Optimal Cloud Deployments: Tips from our CEO
One of the greatest advantages of being the CEO at CloudSigma is the opportunity to discuss with customers how they are using their cloud deployments across the wide range of industries. I learn so much from these customer insights. Last week I had the pleasure of hosting a webinar with many of our customers to share some of the insights …
CloudSigma is supporting American college students in choosing the right career path through StudentMentor.org
Lack of education is rated as one of the top ten global issues. Young generations are lost in the dynamics of their environment and sometimes miss the importance of high-quality education and the quality of life improvements they can achieve through this. However, there are organizations out there that support young students in their educational path and mentor them. One …
Viktor Petersson for CloudSigma in his talk with Syncsort
Last week Syncsort shared in their blog an interview with our Head of Business Development Viktor Petersson, taken from Mark Underwood who covers big data and cybersecurity. One of the topics that popped up was about the partnership of CloudSigma with BlackLotus, which allows us to offer more tailored DDoS protection service to customers. The conversation led them as well …
How to securely use BitTorrent Sync for backups
A while back I wrote a guest post on BitTorrent’s blog about how to use BitTorrent Sync as an alternative to cloud storage services, such as Dropbox and Box. As a result, this post is an expansion of that post that provides more clear step-by-step instructions on how to securely deploy BitTorrent Sync. Security notes First, since the focus of …
CloudSigma Advances Data Recovery in the Cloud with Snapshot Management Technology
CloudSigma’s Fully Integrated Snapshot Management Technology Grants Customers Seamless and Affordable Storage Management in the Cloud Zurich, Switzerland – January 6, 2014 –CloudSigma, a public cloud IaaS provider with advanced hybrid hosting solutions, today announced that it has enhanced its solid-state drive (SSD) storage offering with highly-granular, affordable snapshot management technology to improve data protection and access in the cloud. …
CloudSigma Makes it Easier for Customers to Enhance Security with infrastructure Level Firewalls
Zurich, Switzerland – November 21, 2013 – CloudSigma announces the general availability of advanced network policy management across all its cloud locations. With this new feature, customers can create, manage and apply enterprise-grade networking policies in relation to their cloud infrastructure in a fully integrated way. By removing complexity and stressing usability, CloudSigma’s new networking policy features enable customers to …
Tracky Helps CloudSigma Take Home the TMC Gold Medal
Since we started CloudSigma, we have directed much of our business efforts toward innovation. This has not only allowed us to be a visionary in the IaaS industry, but attract customers that are equally as dedicated to innovation, and thus, need a cloud provider that can meet their unique workload demands. We enjoy working with customers like this because they …
CloudSigma at the Dublin Web Summit 2013
For CloudSigma October is being jam-packed with events as our executive team traveled over some of the most influential conferences like SMPTE, FailCon, EuroBSDCon, GigaOm Structure London and networking with the biggest thought leaders in the industry. This week, CloudSigma’s conference tour continues on with our next stop at Dublin for the Web Summit 2013. The Web Summit brings together the various aspects of the tech community: Designers can be found alongside social media …