What Is Platform as a Service (PaaS) in Cloud Computing? Much like infrastructure as a service (IaaS), PaaS is a cloud-based computing model. However, PaaS offers additional services beyond IaaS. With infrastructure as a service, a provider like Stratus Innovations Group supplies virtualized infrastructure for computing, storage, and networking. PaaS takes this model a step…

The Purpose of Machine Learning: Approximating a Function Machine learning techniques help software developers build customized solutions that drive significant business value. The fundamental goal of machine learning is to approximate a function that we, as software engineers, don’t know how to implement based on the available data and information. RELATED ARTICLE: How Software Is…

Understanding Virtual Data Centers Virtual data centers (VDCs) use technology that partitions a single physical server into multiple distinct operating systems and applications. In effect, the virtualization technology of a VDC allows you to turn one server into several servers; these “servers within the servers” are called virtual machines (VMs), and they are ultimately controlled…

  An Overview of How Software Works On a basic level, every software system manipulates data. In software development, we create a system where someone or something (the user) provides some data (the input). Software manipulates that input and translates it into different data, the output. Our fundamental goal for developing software is to have…

An Abridged History of Physical Datacenters Data storage, processing, access, and security have become mission-critical components of every business’ operations over the last several decades. Up until recent advancements in cloud computing, businesses have built physical datacenters for all their information technology (IT) needs. For small operations, these internal (or “enterprise”) datacenters could be housed…

  The Benefits of Using IIoT to Monitor and Maintain Your Equipment Experts predict that within the industrial manufacturing sector, spending on the internet of things (IoT) will reach almost $900 billion in 2020. That’s compared to only $472 billion in 2014. A large portion of this spending will go toward sensors and devices that…

An explosion of smart devices is occurring right now. You’ve probably heard of smart watches, smart thermostats, and smart refrigerators. You can even get smart shower heads. But it’s not just personal and home appliances that are getting smarter. Business, manufacturing, and industrial devices are all becoming part of the internet of things to help…

Charged with supporting a $2.5 billion industry, the California Strawberry Commission has numerous constituents (growers, shippers, retailers, etc.) who are all focused on growing the California berry and fruit market while keeping it efficient. As part of this effort, the California Strawberry Commission needs to ensure that all constituents receive up-to-date market data such as pricing and volume movement.

In an all too common “do more with less” model, The Energy Cooperative’s IT leadership team found themselves in an ever-changing regulated marketplace with an IT staff that was constantly juggling a large IT project portfolio.