Posts by Ron Savoia
The Differences Between DRaaS and Disaster Recovery (And How to Know What Your Business Needs)
In a disaster, you might find yourself unable to access your business’ servers and vital data. To minimize this risk, you should implement a disaster recovery (DR) solution. However, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by your DR options. Keep reading to learn how disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) compares to other traditional and cloud-based…
Read MoreThe Essential Concepts of Differential Calculus
Machine Learning Relies on Differential Calculus for its Core Operations Machine learning is an interdisciplinary field and you need to understand core concepts of mathematics and computer science to properly implement it. We rely on calculus to identify optimal solutions quickly and efficiently within a machine learning environment. This blog post will be a brief…
Read MoreWhat Is XaaS?
Today’s businesses have increased flexibility and more options than ever when it comes to their IT infrastructure. Rather than purchasing and maintaining software, hardware, and equipment, many businesses are embracing the revolution known as everything as a service (XaaS). Keep reading to learn more about this developing field and how it can improve your business’…
Read More5 Reasons a Retailer Needs StagedPay
Every merchant that accepts credit card payments runs the risk of embarrassing and costly data breaches, as well as the high cost of being PCI compliant. While some industries, such as retail, hospitality, and food service, are particularly vulnerable to payment system breaches, every business that processes and stores its customers’ payment information is at…
Read MoreDoes Your Business Need a Virtual Datacenter? 4 Important Questions to Ask
Virtual datacenters (VDCs) offer businesses all the resources of a physical datacenter along with added scalability and cost efficiency. Rather than having to purchase servers, storage, and networking components, a VDC lets you seamlessly integrate your existing IT infrastructure with a virtual solution where your resources run safely and securely in a hyper-scale public cloud…
Read MoreIs Virtualization, a Private Cloud, or a Public Cloud Solution Best for Your Business?
Virtualization and cloud computing are terms that even some IT professionals use interchangeably. However, cloud computing and virtualization are technically distinct, powerful technologies that can both make your IT systems more secure, agile, and cost-efficient. To learn more about the relationship between virtualization and cloud computing and find out which solutions are right for your…
Read MoreImplementing Machine Learning Algorithms in Octave
Experimenting With ML in Octave Before moving on to how to use machine learning (ML) to solve classification problems (sometimes also called selection problems), let’s take some time to implement one of the algorithms we reviewed previously. We’ll be using GNU Octave to implement the various algorithms we discuss in this blog. Octave is a…
Read MoreMachine Learning Math: Understanding Classification Problems
In our previous blog posts, we covered regression problems where we’re trying to predict the value of our target function. In regression problems, our target function is a real-valued function, and we’re trying to compute a real number that estimates its value at given data points. In the next couple of posts, we’ll cover classification problems,…
Read MoreThe Most Common IT Disasters (and How to Avoid Them)
IT disasters come in all shapes and sizes. Fortunately, the right disaster recovery solution can cover almost any contingency. In this article, we’ll discuss some common sources of IT disasters and explain how your business can navigate them without coming to a halt.
Read MoreHow Edge Computing and Cloud Computing Work Together With the Internet of Things (IoT)
The possibility of cost-effective edge computing has only recently become a reality. Sensors and computing hardware are becoming smaller, more powerful, and cheaper. Meanwhile, machine learning and analytics have become exponentially more advanced in recent years. And both consumers and business leaders are beginning to realize the limitations of cloud computing. At the same time,…
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