Tablets in the Workplace

tablet article 

In latest news according to this article is how tablet devices have become a major part in today’s company IT strategy. The article is entitled “Tablets now Workplace Standard, says Dell.” It explains how tablets are a part of 90 percent of IT Company’s strategy. I can believe this statement because in every school meeting there is usually someone controlling a slide show or presentation using a tablet device. Using tablets has made many everyday tasks easier to do in a limited amount of time.

“Dell's tablet group vice-president Neil Hand said the results show the way people work is changing. 

"Days spent going to a specific place to conduct business are fewer, while more employees are on the move and require access to company information outside of the workplace,” he said.

Android takes the top spot for supplied tablet operating systems in the UK, with 69% of organizations supplying Android tablets to workers. Other operating systems were more popular overseas, with Microsoft Windows coming first in the US and Apple's iOS leading in Japan (article).” This portion of the article explains the portability of tablets. Wireless networks make it possible to exchange information and data with ease. The use of cameras helps to conduct online meetings without having to be in the same room. And google applications make it possible to exchange documents to one or more employees, colleagues, or any member of a company.  This article also talks about how the use of tablet will steadily increase as years pass. This captured my attention as well as an interesting and factual article to read.

Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage

Large companies, smaller companies, and very few individual people use a high amount of data storage on a daily basis. Most people however don’t need a lot of storage depending on the data and or the applications they intend on using. Cloud storage can be utilized if someone or a company doesn’t plan on using their computer hard drive space or portable storage device to carry around with them day to day. Cloud storage refers to saving data to an off-site storage facility maintained by third party. Instead of storing your data and information on your computer hard drive or local storage device, you can save it to a remote database. Your internet connection provides communication between your computer and the remote database which stores all your information.

As with anything, there are advantages and disadvantages. An advantage over traditional data storage is that when you store your data, you will be able to get to that data from any location that provides internet access. You would not also have to carry around a physical storage device or use the same computer to save and retrieve your information. Most cloud storage data centers allow you to let other people access one or more saved files that is available on your cloud. 

A disadvantage would be that if you are not able to connect to the internet, you won’t be able to access your cloud data. This isn’t so much of a problem due to public Wi-Fi areas and hangouts. Other disadvantages or security issue with using cloud storage include data leakage, snooping, cloud credentials, and performance. There have been some recent reports of how data has been compromised due to cloud storage which has me on the fence about using it for certain storage applications. The whole idea of cloud storage is interesting but there are still a lot of bugs that need to be worked out for it to be a completely secure tool to use. 

Science Friday

Podcast Blog

This week’s assignment involved a podcast that is updated every week about science. This podcast is described as a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment. Science Friday is hosted by Ira Flatow. Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners are able to call in and ask questions as well.

I am personally don’t listen to or watch podcasts but the whole idea of a podcast has gained my attention overall. While searching through the iTunes podcast I found categories that sparked my interest, technology being one of them. This particular blog assignment may have helped me find a new source of entertainment and information gain in my everyday life. I feel as though I can keep up with current events, topics, news, technology, science and many more.

This podcast was titled “Quantum: An Ode to Particle Physics.” This podcast was relatively short, having a length of three minutes and six seconds and shown on October 2, 2014. The speaker and main view of the video was Gilles Jobin, a choreographer and artist. He basically talked about how he incorporated the principles of physics into a six person dance routine. The performers had on a one piece spandex suit with zig-zag line designs on them. The lights above the performers were swinging in a circular motion, each one at a different time. Jobin says that “science is human,” and that it is the “story of our lives.” This is what inspired him to create this type of performance routine. In this podcast he explains how he used the effect of vibrations and human body movements to represent magnetic forces that occur in physics. Vibrations, forces, and movements create the heat illusion that he made visible in the routine. This different way of thinking helped Jobin create this routine known as the Ode to Physics.