Whatever you need to do, there is a SaaS app for it. For almost any web app there are versions you can subscribe to that you can run on your own servers as part of a cloud service.

Today outsourcing doesn’t mean replacing A business providing managed IT services today can function as a company’s entire IT department—but it doesn’t have to. Often the remote IT team takes on a supporting role within an existing IT department, allowing internal IT to focus their attention on the really important issues, rather than the daily grind.

Honestly I couldn’t believe what I was reading when I saw this headline: Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers by cheap switches, no firewall: police. Wait, what? The words “cheap switches” and “no firewall” have no business being anywhere close to the word “bank”.

Sometimes people think moving to the cloud or using SaaS apps is some kind of magic technology bullet. If you say “we have data in the cloud” somehow all technology problems fall away and business processes run smooth like glass. It’s not that simple. Like any technology you have to set the right expectations, set up the technology correctly, and be able to adapt how you work to take advantage of the new technology.

This past month has gone by in a blur and I have to say, the transition from university into the working world has been surprisingly smooth. It’s been a while since I last posted in my blog series, so I thought I would give you all an experience of being me for a day!