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The power of the personal cloud offers small and medium business new ways to manage and monetize their vital business data and content. Bringing together your company’s important documents, customer data, marketing materials, and multimedia assets in one place, where you can access it anytime, on any device.
When you store something “in the cloud”, you are storing music, movies, documents and data on giant internet servers around the world. That way you can access your files wherever you are, whenever you want, on your laptop or smartphone or even a different computer. This is the basic concept of cloud storage.
A personal cloud is essentially your very own cloud storage. Unlike public clouds, a personal cloud allows you to keep all your content in one safe place on your home network so you can share files, stream media, and access your content anywhere. The Personal Cloud channel will provide you with how-to information for setting up your own personal cloud that is private, secure and reliable.
You can create your own personal cloud by either using a Network Attached Storage (NAS) or by subscribing to an online cloud storage service. There are several advantages of using a NAS as your personal cloud. For example, there are no monthly fees or increasing costs as your data needs grow. Also, you know exactly where your data is and who has access to it in your personal cloud.
Ever feel like setting up a problem-free data sharing environment at home is a headache? This podcast series will should you how to "Be Your Own Cloud" using technologies like the Synology DiskStation, a cost-effective data sharing solution that allows all your different devices to access the same data effortlessly. Subscribe to this podcast series now to see how the multimedia aspect of your life can be enriched by the new and interesting features.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: As a user of technologies Tony Richards, Managing Director of Computer Strategies in Guildford, UK, says he loves to try bleeding edge solutions. But when it comes to providing IT support to their client companies every solution has to be proven. In this video he talks about his experiences with […]
Intelligent Storage: Intel IT is using a variety of techniques to accommodate growing demand for storage capabilities, without increasing costs. In 2011 Intel faced a 53-percent increase in storage capacity from 2010, and the continued build out of our private cloud could increase this demand even further.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: The personal cloud is elevating the IT capabilities of small businesses and giving them the power of next generation storage innovations. An IDC Digital Universe Study confirms the data explosion: an estimated 1.8 trillion gigabytes were created in 2012. By 2020 that could grow 50 times in volume. The personal […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Did you ever have one of those bad tech days? Easy to blame on Mercury in retrograde, but in Harvey’s case this small business owner had risked putting his data on anything he could dump it onto… and something went wrong. Here’s Harv’s story.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Small businesses, like Freedom Concepts in Winnipeg, Manitoba, rely on the power of information technology to manage their ever growing data in the enterprise of bicycle making. But these are not just any bikes. These are bicycles designed for children and adults with conditions such a spina bifida and cerebral […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Small businesses, like Advanced Chemical Transport in Sunnyvale, California, rely on the power of information technology to offer hazardous waste management services such as chemical, radioactive and biomedical disposal, vacuum truck services, and waste recycling. The WD Sentinel DX4000 is easy to set up and helps ACT centralize, maintain and […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: The Thecus N4800 NAS appliance features an HDMI output that allows it to be directly connected to an HD TV for playback of movies and video, as well as for device management. It is also capable of web browsing with Flash support. And the N4800 can serve as the central […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Getting data organized and managed in one place can be a challenge for small and medium sized businesses. Having one of QNAP’s TS-x69 series of NAS appliances is having a personal cloud in the office. That means having capabilities such as accessing and managing data from a cell phone. But […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Asustor’s AS 6 Series of NAS appliances is the ultimate hub for the digital entertainment lifestyle. Intel’s Atom processor is at the heart of this storage device which has some astonishing on-board compute capabilities such support for numerous mobile apps, apps for media and home entertainment, as well as an […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Small and medium sized businesses are facing a need to handle an additional 30 percent more data each year, according to research this year from the Aberdeen Group. And Gartner says consumers, who are currently using nearly 500 gigabytes in the average home, will need 7 times more storage in […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Small businesses, like European Auto Works in Sunnyvale, California, rely on the power of information technology to improve their services to customers who drive German automobiles. The WD Sentinel DX4000 is easy to set up and maintain to centralize and protect data. In this video, auto technician John Polstra of […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Investment firm gains automatic computer backup, remote data access and plenty of growing room with WD Sentinel DX4000 small office storage server powered by the Intel Atom processor. Saratoga Research & Investment Management (SaratogaRIM) is an invest- ment advisory firm in Saratoga, California, that manages approximately $740 million for high-net-worth […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: In their research at the University of California, Berkeley, Jack Gallant’s team processes a lot of data. By adding an Intel Atom processor-powered Thecus network-attached storage device to their lab, the researchers are getting more science done every day.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Western Digital’s small office storage server helps Santa Clara University’s basketball program streamline video management and reclaim valuable coaching time. Read more in this IT Whitepaper.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Napa County Office of Education backs up all email boxes with Western Digital’s WD Sentinel small office storage server; reduces storage costs and speeds up PC support with remote Web access. Read more in this IT Whitepaper
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Cloud technologies are a hot commodity. Dinesh Rao, Business Unit Manager for Intel, joins Tyler Pyburn and Nick Saber to discuss the past, present, and future of storage area network solutions for businesses and how it may affect productivity.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Dibble & Miller uses WD Sentinel small office storage server to back up PCs and cut PC-restore time from two days to two hours. The firm now has enterprise-grade backup at a small-business price
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Marketing firm switches from DVDs to Thecus network-attached storage device for backup; slashes archival work time by 85 percent, improves reliability, gains terabytes of growing room. Read more in this IT Whitepaper.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Verb Farm is a full-service editorial shop based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in information design. The agency works with companies and creative agencies of all sizes to deliver strategic content, and has endeared itself to clients—turning one-off projects into long-term relationships.
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Freelance TV host breathes easier with files automatically backed up to a Synology DS712+ network attached storage server powered by an Intel Atom processor. Ramona Bruland has made a career of discovering the best things in life. She’s a freelance TV host and producer, currently anchoring a wintertime show called […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Ron Croudy is a NYC-based graphic designer, electronic recording artist, and DJ, operating under the name Rontronik. His music-making buddies are scattered all over the world—New York City, Michigan, Los Angeles, London, and Germany—so sharing compositions is entirely virtual—and often a pain. “None of us are in the same place, […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Musician and designer simplifies his life and better secures music, video, and family files by backing up to a Synology DS712+ network attached storage server powered by an Intel Atom processor. Bill Wadhams is a blur of creative energy and needs technology that can keep up. Wadhams fronted the ’80s […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Dave Helfrey loves to scare people. From December to June each year, he’s a mild-mannered freelance art director and illustrator in Portland, Oregon. But from July through November, he turns into Baron von Goolo, the creative mind behind FrightTown, one of the biggest and best haunted attractions in North America. […]
Intel – The Personal Cloud: Jason Chase-Dobiash, his wife, and their three children live in a bustling household in Monument, Colorado, that is also the site of Jason’s graphic design business, PowerPlant Design CO. The family has four Apple computers, two for work and two for fun, and Chase-Dobiash did his best to keep the […]
When President Obama outlined his jobs plan, small business figured prominently in the speech. An entrepreneurial spirit is a core element in a strong small business climate, but other factors have helped to keep small businesses viable. The practice of working from home, adopted by many large companies to save on employee commute costs and […]