{"id":8066,"date":"2014-06-20T14:22:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T19:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=8066"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:20:15","slug":"weekly-recap-7-not-so-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-cloud-it-innovation-tips-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/weekly-recap-7-not-so-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-cloud-it-innovation-tips-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: 7 not-so-frequently asked questions about the cloud, IT innovation tips, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why cyber attackers are targeting small and mid-sized business, a few questions you aren&#8217;t asking about the cloud (but probably should be), and more.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20140617\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">What exactly is \u201cBig Data\u201d<\/span><br \/>\nData is the fuel that powers today\u2019s successful businesses. The global volume of data is skyrocketing, with new sources being added all the time. But, do you really have \u201cBig Data?\u201d Or, do you simply need to <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Self Service Reporting']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/the-need-for-self-service-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">get a handle on your \u201clittle data<\/span><\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140620_7NotSoFrequentlyAskedQuestions_ITInnovation']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/strategic-cio\/executive-insights-and-innovation\/it-innovation-at-full-speed-informationweek-video\/a\/d-id\/1269678?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">IT innovation at full speed<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nCompanies are desperate to get from idea to new tech-powered product sooner &#8212; and too often they look at IT as old school, bureaucratic, and in the way. <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'High Performing IT']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/6-keys-to-a-high-performing-it-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">How can IT departments innovate<\/span><\/a> in this fast-paced world?<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140620_7NotSoFrequentlyAskedQuestions_Questions']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/netapp\/2014\/06\/17\/cloud-computing-faq\/?ss=cio-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Cloud caution: 7 not-so-frequently-asked questions<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWith cloud computing widely-touted as the solution, we\u2019ve heard many senior IT people say they\u2019re \u201call-in.\u201d But don\u2019t forget to ask yourself these <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Cloud']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/8-questions-to-ask-before-developing-applications-on-the-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">important questions<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140620_7NotSoFrequentlyAskedQuestions_Cyber']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/government\/cybersecurity\/cyber-attackers-target-small-midsized-businesses\/d\/d-id\/1278632?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Cyber attackers target small, mid-sized businesses<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nMany small businesses falsely assume that they are immune to cyber attack. But according to a recent report, that\u2019s changing. What can you do to better protect your company and <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Security']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/10-ways-to-strengthen-web-application-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">applications from a cyber attack<\/span><\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why cyber attackers are targeting small and mid-sized business, a few questions you aren&#8217;t asking about the cloud (but probably should be), and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly Recap: 7 not-so-frequently asked questions about the cloud, IT innovation tips, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn why cyber attackers are targeting small and mid-sized business, a few questions you aren't asking about the cl"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13970,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8066\/revisions\/13970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}