Raven Cloud Computing Blog

Over the past several months you probably have been hearing it more and more. I am referring to the term BYOD. Have you been wondering what this new technology this is? Well first let me clarify what BYOD is. It is not a new technology. In its simplest form BYOD is a term. It stands for [...]

Last week I spent several hours on the phone with a product vendor discussing a problem with a client’s network and some possible causes and cures. It became abundantly clear during our marathon conversations that the vendor was not well versed at troubleshooting issues on a production environment (a network in use by users). The [...]

Over the last 20 years I done hundreds of security audits and worked on many resolutions. It amazes me that many businesses think they are completely secure, yet have not taken the appropriate steps to actually ensure their company’s security success. There are the obvious task a company should perform, like security patches, updates and such. [...]

Last Friday during a client conference call I was asked if Windows 8 should be considered for their workplace.  There is a lot of discussion about Microsoft’s newest OS. Currently nobody has a definitive answer regarding it’s validity in the workplace . If someone tells you they do, then they obviously do not know what [...]

As we can all attest, one surety in the technology field is that Microsoft will continue developing software, whether we need it or not. Although, Microsoft’s target release date have been anything but accurate. As new technologies are introduced, the need to enhance and update software does seem appropriate. From desktop to server, nearly every [...]

While doing research for a previous article entitled “Your privacy – can an employer ask for your Facebook login and password?” I came across plenty of articles and topics related to the subject. Recently, while I was still reviewing some material for a follow on segment I came across an article at www.Baselinemag.com that not only [...]

Earlier this week I was on the telephone with a potential client discussing their intended cloud use and the volume of data they aim to upload. We discussed who would use this data and when and why. As our conversation progressed, it became apparent that this customer could have some real issues in data retrieval [...]

On Friday later afternoon my telephone rang. On the other end was a frustrated client that some of their email was sitting in their Spam folder. They said these are legitimate emails and after they were marked as safe, but the next email still ended up in the Spam folder. This is common and I [...]

Like many people, you probably store a lot of important information in your cloud applications. I log into my cloud daily (and stay connect almost all day long) and rely on having access to my data wherever I go. Our clouds are probably tied to lots of other services that help us manage our business [...]