BlueCloud delivers next-gen technologies and real-time insights to help customers make innovative business decisions

BlueCloud

Welcome to HackerNoon’s interview series. This section is curated by our Editorial team to spotlight bold and disruptive startups across the globe. If you’ve been nominated, and answer these questions Startups-Of-The-Year create a brand profile here. Hey Hackers, BlueCloud has been nominated in HackerNoon's annual Startup of the Year awards in Tampa, United States. Please vote for us . here Read more about us below to understand why we deserve your vote. Meet BlueCloud BlueCloud is a global digital transformation company delivering best-of-breed cloud data and analytics services to partner clients. Our company takes a data-driven approach to digital transformation and consulting services, implementing modern cloud data and analytics solutions for our mid-market and Fortune 500 clients by leveraging premium yet cost-effective delivery models, next-generation technologies, and a world-class team of IT leaders. My Role Kerem Koca – BlueCloud CEO & Co-Founder As BlueCloud’s CEO and Co-Founder, I build high-performing teams and deliver superior IT solutions that drive sustainable growth for organizations. I am an industry pioneer in digital transformation and cloud-native data analytics implementation and consulting services, co-founding BlueCloud (formerly Bluenet) in 2004 and delivering digital transformation strategies to enterprises for the past two decades. As an active IT industry thought leader, I am particularly interested in enterprise digital transformation, globalization, and generative AI. How We're Disrupting/Improving the Cloud Data & Analytics Industry Nearly plan to invest in GenAI in the next 24 months, and we are launching solutions – BlueCasual and BlueInsights – that specifically help non-technical users access data and streamline processes through an LLM-based chat interface. 63% of marketing leaders Currently, the vast majority of marketers aren’t using data and analytics to determine campaign ROI because advanced insights are still interpreted by engineering and analyst teams. The co-innovated solutions of BlueCasual and BlueInsights include causal inference machine learning (ML) and a Generative AI (LLM) chat feature, providing digestible data that allow IT teams to deliver greater returns to their stakeholders at scale. This cutting-edge accelerator tool utilizes the Snowflake Data Cloud and an advanced machine-learning model jointly developed by its teams. It provides a more comprehensive perspective on ad performance and reveals statistical insights about campaigns by leveraging first-party, third-party, operational, and sales lift data. BlueCausal enables precise measurement of impact on sales, incorporates confounding variables, and analyzes the response of effect variables to optimize campaigns effectively. Combining internal operational and revenue data with external data in Snowflake offers valuable insights to advertisers, marking a significant advancement in ad campaigns. BlueInsights complements BlueCausal to help non-technical users uncover data insights, comprehend complex statistical information, and take action through a simple chat interface. This Generative AI solution ensures that those unfamiliar with data science or advertising jargon can easily leverage advanced machine learning models to improve business outcomes. Standing Out From The Crowd In the age of remote work, we have embraced a "BuildGlobal" Borderless Delivery model. This innovative approach provides access to top technology talent worldwide, allowing us to implement practical business strategies and technology solutions for clients and our team to work from anywhere, regardless of geographical constraints. A borderless model enables us to streamline day-to-day operations while focusing on engaging employees, fostering a positive company culture, and promoting a shared long-term vision for success. We're also expanding our artificial intelligence and Generative AI capabilities to bring advanced predictive solutions and real-time analytics to clients across all business functions. Our enterprise GPT solutions prioritize optimization, observability, and provide detailed predictive capabilities. With Generative AI, users can now ask questions that previously required a data scientist's expertise to enhance their business outcomes. Recently, we’ve been working toward making advanced machine learning accessible to businesses through first-class partnerships with Snowflake and AWS. Another differentiator includes our senior talent acquisition and retention from respected companies like AWS, Oracle, Slalom, and ThoughtSpot during widespread tech layoffs. Our Predictions/Thoughts on the Cloud Data & Analytics Industry in 2023 Data and Analytics are essential in navigating modern business challenges across various sectors. Whether a company aims to cut costs, streamline processes, or expand, leveraging data and analytics is crucial in driving these improvements. Data analytics will increasingly focus on data freshness for real-time analysis, providing companies with prediction capability, better decision-making, and a competitive advantage. Additionally, AI and Machine Learning technologies will allow companies to analyze unstructured data faster and more effectively. Many businesses are now adopting a multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategy, incorporating multiple cloud providers or blending on-premises infrastructure with cloud resources. While deploying multi-cloud environments can be complex, this approach allows companies to tailor solutions to their specific needs and access a more comprehensive view of their data. With this, companies will start working with multiple cloud providers specializing in specific solutions to optimize cost, speed, and performance. As more companies move their workloads to the cloud, we will also see an increase in cloud-native technologies and practices, including containerization, micro-services, and infrastructure as code. Additionally, cloud providers' advanced AI and machine learning services further enhance automation, predictive analytics, and machine learning opportunities, enabling enterprises to focus on optimizing customer experiences. Cloud computing and data analytics will continue shaping the enterprise software services market for the foreseeable future, providing scalability, flexibility, cost-effectiveness, competitive advantage, real-time insights, and improved collaboration. With this, deploying Artificial Intelligence in digital transformation initiatives will help monitor and manage back-end cloud resources, freeing IT workers to focus on human intelligence, such as the customer experience. At the same time, AI's ability to process data to inform better executive decisions and processes will become a top investment for enterprises looking to increase productivity and revenue over time. What word defines the state of Cloud Data & Analytics in 2023? Generative AI is a big topic right now, and for a good reason. GPT solutions for enterprise teams are coming. IT companies are creating versions of ChatGPT trained on internal systems for better business intelligence and performance. This will be a game-changer for enterprises that can deploy internal Generative AI solutions because it democratizes insights for teams to stay competitive through customized platforms. Why we decided to participate in HackerNoon's Startup of the Year awards We are entering a new growth phase with the recent explosion of AI and increased demand for data and analytics implementation services. BlueCloud is uniquely positioned to create enterprise Generative AI solutions in collaboration with data partners like Snowflake. A huge priority is diversifying our customer base by adding more mid-market and Global 2000 customers to our roster and creating significant customer projects with them. Another target is expanding existing client accounts and our investment in those growth areas that have shown early promise, including enhanced investment in Industry-based and technical solutions with Snowflake. Our strategic partnerships have positioned us well in the market, and we are investing heavily in those relationships to diversify our client roster for steady growth. BlueCloud is on a path to becoming a hybrid product and service organization. We’re trying to create additional solutions that deliver value to customers quickly and continuously maintain high-quality service, bridging the gap between technology and delivery and value. Final Thoughts The success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other large language models was only made possible by the advancements in cloud computing and the availability of data, which means that IT services companies like ours are at an advantage to create Generative AI solutions that enterprises need to stay competitive. We are enabling cloud data platforms like Snowflake as enterprise data sources for AI and making advanced ML more accessible to business users. Many organizations are leveraging GPT for SQL query generation; however, we take this a step further to support true personalization and business outcomes. Vote for us today!

Startups of the Year 2023: BlueCloud - What The Global Digital Transformation Company Has to Offer

An Adventure Amidst the Industrial Revolution

The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here . THE UNEXPECTED ANECDOTE OF THE LION XXIX. THE UNEXPECTED ANECDOTE OF THE LION They rode on to Cosham and lunched lightly but expensively there. Jessie went out and posted her letter to her school friend. Then the green height of Portsdown Hill tempted them, and leaving their machines in the village they clambered up the slope to the silent red-brick fort that crowned it. Thence they had a view of Portsmouth and its cluster of sister towns, the crowded narrows of the harbour, the Solent and the Isle of Wight like a blue cloud through the hot haze. Jessie by some miracle had become a skirted woman in the Cosham inn. Mr. Hoopdriver lounged gracefully on the turf, smoked a Red Herring cigarette, and lazily regarded the fortified towns that spread like a map away there, the inner line of defence like toy fortifications, a mile off perhaps; and beyond that a few little fields and then the beginnings of Landport suburb and the smoky cluster of the multitudinous houses. To the right at the head of the harbour shallows the town of Porchester rose among the trees. Mr. Hoopdriver's anxiety receded to some remote corner of his brain and that florid half-voluntary imagination of his shared the stage with the image of Jessie. He began to speculate on the impression he was creating. He took stock of his suit in a more optimistic spirit, and reviewed, with some complacency, his actions for the last four and twenty hours. Then he was dashed at the thought of her infinite perfections. She had been observing him quietly, rather more closely during the last hour or so. She did not look at him directly because he seemed always looking at her. Her own troubles had quieted down a little, and her curiosity about the chivalrous, worshipping, but singular gentleman in brown, was awakening. She had recalled, too, the curious incident of their first encounter. She found him hard to explain to herself. You must understand that her knowledge of the world was rather less than nothing, having been obtained entirely from books. You must not take a certain ignorance for foolishness. She had begun with a few experiments. He did not know French except 'sivver play,' a phrase he seemed to regard as a very good light table joke in itself. His English was uncertain, but not such as books informed her distinguished the lower classes. His manners seemed to her good on the whole, but a trifle over-respectful and out of fashion. He called her I Madam' once. He seemed a person of means and leisure, but he knew nothing of recent concerts, theatres, or books. How did he spend his time? He was certainly chivalrous, and a trifle simpleminded. She fancied (so much is there in a change of costume) that she had never met with such a man before. What COULD he be? “Mr. Benson,” she said, breaking a silence devoted to landscape. He rolled over and regarded her, chin on knuckles. “At your service.” “Do you paint? Are you an artist?” “Well.” Judicious pause. “I should hardly call myself a Nartist, you know. I DO paint a little. And sketch, you know—skitty kind of things.” He plucked and began to nibble a blade of grass. It was really not so much lying as his quick imagination that prompted him to add, “In Papers, you know, and all that.” “I see,” said Jessie, looking at him thoughtfully. Artists were a very heterogeneous class certainly, and geniuses had a trick of being a little odd. He avoided her eye and bit his grass. “I don't do MUCH, you know.” “It's not your profession? “Oh, no,” said Hoopdriver, anxious now to hedge. “I don't make a regular thing of it, you know. Jest now and then something comes into my head and down it goes. No—I'm not a regular artist.” “Then you don't practise any regular profession?” Mr. Hoopdriver looked into her eyes and saw their quiet unsuspicious regard. He had vague ideas of resuming the detective role. “It's like this,” he said, to gain time. “I have a sort of profession. Only there's a kind of reason—nothing much, you know.” “I beg your pardon for cross-examining you.” “No trouble,” said Mr. Hoopdriver. “Only I can't very well—I leave it to you, you know. I don't want to make any mystery of it, so far as that goes.” Should he plunge boldly and be a barrister? That anyhow was something pretty good. But she might know about barristry. “I think I could guess what you are.” “Well—guess,” said Mr. Hoopdriver. “You come from one of the colonies?” “Dear me!” said Mr. Hoopdriver, veering round to the new wind. “How did you find out THAT?” (the man was born in a London suburb, dear Reader.) “I guessed,” she said. He lifted his eyebrows as one astonished, and clutched a new piece of grass. “You were educated up country.” “Good again,” said Hoopdriver, rolling over again into her elbow. “You're a CLAIRVOY ant.” He bit at the grass, smiling. “Which colony was it?” “That I don't know.” “You must guess,” said Hoopdriver. “South Africa,” she said. “I strongly incline to South Africa.” “South Africa's quite a large place,” he said. “But South Africa is right?” “You're warm,” said Hoopdriver, “anyhow,” and the while his imagination was eagerly exploring this new province. “South Africa IS right?” she insisted. He turned over again and nodded, smiling reassuringly into her eyes. “What made me think of South Africa was that novel of Olive Schreiner's, you know—'The Story of an African Farm.' Gregory Rose is so like you.” “I never read 'The Story of an African Farm,'” said Hoopdriver. “I must. What's he like?” “You must read the book. But it's a wonderful place, with its mixture of races, and its brand-new civilisation jostling the old savagery. Were you near Khama?” “He was a long way off from our place,” said Mr. Hoopdriver. “We had a little ostrich farm, you know—Just a few hundred of 'em, out Johannesburg way.” “On the Karroo—was it called?” “That's the term. Some of it was freehold though. Luckily. We got along very well in the old days.—But there's no ostriches on that farm now.” He had a diamond mine in his head, just at the moment, but he stopped and left a little to the girl's imagination. Besides which it had occurred to him with a kind of shock that he was lying. “What became of the ostriches?” “We sold 'em off, when we parted with the farm. Do you mind if I have another cigarette? That was when I was quite a little chap, you know, that we had this ostrich farm.” “Did you have Blacks and Boers about you?” “Lots,” said Mr. Hoopdriver, striking a match on his instep and beginning to feel hot at the new responsibility he had brought upon himself. “How interesting! Do you know, I've never been out of England except to Paris and Mentone and Switzerland.” “One gets tired of travelling (puff) after a bit, of course.” “You must tell me about your farm in South Africa. It always stimulates my imagination to think of these places. I can fancy all the tall ostriches being driven out by a black herd—to graze, I suppose. How do ostriches feed?” “Well,” said Hoopdriver. “That's rather various. They have their fancies, you know. There's fruit, of course, and that kind of thing. And chicken food, and so forth. You have to use judgment.” “Did you ever see a lion?” “They weren't very common in our district,” said Hoopdriver, quite modestly. “But I've seen them, of course. Once or twice.” “Fancy seeing a lion! Weren't you frightened?” Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he had accepted that offer of South Africa. He puffed his cigarette and regarded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind. “I scarcely had time,” he said. “It all happened in a minute.” “Go on,” she said. “I was going across the inner paddock where the fatted ostriches were.” “Did you EAT ostriches, then? I did not know—” “Eat them!—often. Very nice they ARE too, properly stuffed. Well, we—I, rather—was going across this paddock, and I saw something standing up in the moonlight and looking at me.” Mr. Hoopdriver was in a hot perspiration now. His invention seemed to have gone limp. “Luckily I had my father's gun with me. I was scared, though, I can tell you. (Puff.) I just aimed at the end that I thought was the head. And let fly. (Puff.) And over it went, you know.” “Dead?” “AS dead. It was one of the luckiest shots I ever fired. And I wasn't much over nine at the time, neither.” “I should have screamed and run away.” “There's some things you can't run away from,” said Mr. Hoopdriver. “To run would have been Death.” “I don't think I ever met a lion-killer before,” she remarked, evidently with a heightened opinion of him. There was a pause. She seemed meditating further questions. Mr. Hoopdriver drew his watch hastily. “I say,” said Mr. Hoopdriver, showing it to her, “don't you think we ought to be getting on?” His face was flushed, his ears bright red. She ascribed his confusion to modesty. He rose with a lion added to the burthens of his conscience, and held out his hand to assist her. They walked down into Cosham again, resumed their machines, and went on at a leisurely pace along the northern shore of the big harbour. But Mr. Hoopdriver was no longer happy. This horrible, this fulsome lie, stuck in his memory. Why HAD he done it? She did not ask for any more South African stories, happily—at least until Porchester was reached—but talked instead of Living One's Own Life, and how custom hung on people like chains. She talked wonderfully, and set Hoopdriver's mind fermenting. By the Castle, Mr. Hoopdriver caught several crabs in little shore pools. At Fareham they stopped for a second tea, and left the place towards the hour of sunset, under such invigorating circumstances as you shall in due course hear. About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. H. G. Wells (2009). The Wheels of Chance. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved October 2022, from https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1264/1264-h/1264-h.htm This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org, located at https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html.

THE UNEXPECTED ANECDOTE OF THE LION

Cloud migration strategy has been among the hot topics for most companies all over the world for quite some time. Businesses turn to cloud solutions due to the numerous benefits and easiness of particular strategies available today. Remember that every cloud migration project plan must be carefully tailored to a short-term business objective and long-term goal. Below you can learn about the top three cloud data migration strategies, their pros and cons. The Basics of Cloud Migration What is cloud migration? Cloud data migration is the process when business data, applications, infrastructure, and other components hosted on the local data centers gets moved to a cloud-based environment. Among the top cloud providers, you can check , , and . These providers offer not only the cloud (hardware) itself but also plenty of additional services and apps for cloud management and continuous integration. Amazon AWS Google Cloud Platform Microsoft Azure Why do you need cloud migration? Cloud migration significantly lifts the heaviness of data computing processes from your local servers. It helps your workforce to focus on new processes development and improvement of the application rather than routine maintenance. Among the top benefits of , you can find: cloud data migration Security: reported increased security offering of cloud services. 94% of small businesses Scalability: the ability to grow or shrink your business becomes more accessible when most of the processes are handled in the cloud. Automatic backups and logs: are offered by default and can be essential for disaster recovery. Flexibility: teams don’t have to be in a particular location to fix issues, update, or deploy the application (especially crucial in the pandemic times). Storage capacity: cloud storage capacity can be increased in the matter of several clicks as opposed to the purchase and installation of new servers on-site. Performance: services, updates, and fixes get deployed in the matter of minutes which significantly increases the performance of the whole application. Cost-as-go: only turned-on and used components are paid for; the process of payment is automated, so whenever a particular element is not used, it does not get billed. Top 3 Cloud Data Migration Strategies 1. Lift And Shift Migration (Rehosting) It is the most basic and common cloud migration strategy. It basically drops the existing application with all its internal processes into the cloud. So the operational part remains untouched, only the storage location changes. And in this matter it is essential to ensure that after the migration, the paths to documents are set up within the cloud, so the app would not call for the local servers to retrieve any data. Due to its age and continuous popularity, the lift-and-shift approach is possible for various workloads and with vendors like Azure or AWS. Pros No changes: Code, architecture, and overall infrastructure of the app remain untouched; hence savings on re-testing and any development. Quick and safe: This is a low-risk migration with minimal disruption in the operations. All core services get smoothly transferred fast and efficiently. Low-security concerns: Since the application remains pretty much the same, the security and compliance teams would only need to review the cloud-part while keeping the rest of the rules intact. Cons No scalability: Simple transfer of an app to the cloud does not make it scalable or allows for distributed workloads. Imperfect match: Some old applications would not run correctly after migration due to the age of their technology or incorrect mapping. In this case, be ready for latency and performance issues to arise. High risks: If an app has issues in its current processes, migration to the cloud will not eliminate them but can even deepen. When to consider When you need to move to the cloud as soon as possible. 2. Technical Migration (Application Refactoring) With this cloud data migration approach, you, not just copy-paste your existing app into the cloud, you will need to modify or upgrade the app OS and DB (while keeping the app itself untouched). Refactoring helps to embrace cloud-based flexibility and scalability while also keeping a large part of the app untouched. This strategy requires thorough preparation and consideration of the whole concept for a successful outcome. Pros Highest ROI: Since from the very beginning, resource requirements are matched with cloud infrastructure, scaling becomes very easy with the lowest use of resources. As a result, a stable long-term ROI. Adaptation: Microservices and cloud-native architecture allow for an easy and fast adjustment of the existing applications to any market demand change. New features and modifications can be easily developed and implemented after refactoring. Resilience: This feature is reached by decoupling app components and coupling managed solutions. Cons Inheritance of cloud features: Some would definitely be advantageous, but the deeper an app integrates with a cloud, the more cloud migration problems inherited from the cloud itself will appear. Complexity: Refactoring is not as fast as the lift-and-shift strategy. It requires careful planning, much code changes, extended time for completion, and thorough testing afterward. Skill and risks: Only high-skilled programmers can work on refactoring. And even the best skills would not guarantee the absence of errors at the code, configuration, or infrastructure level. The risks of delays increased cost, and possible outages are common for this approach. When to consider When you want to reuse and benefit from the languages, frameworks, and containers that your application already has while also leveraging the strategic code. 3. Application Migration (Replatforming) This is the best if your business is looking for full cloud adoption potential. It is also the middle ground between the previous two options. While the idea of re-platforming is close to rehosting, the former does incorporate some application modifications to benefit from the new cloud infrastructure. In fact, this strategy leaves the business a choice on the scope of updates and changes that will be implemented after migration. Most commonly, businesses opt for either the change in application-database interaction or for the minimal code changes that allow for scaling and leveraging or the resources. migration to cloud Pros Cost: Replatforming does require upfront cost spending, but it is the most cost-effective since the business decides on the scope of changes based on the budget. Scaling: This option can start small, like rehosting. However, when the business grows, new features and experiments with the cloud are possible to easily scale the business without committing to a large redevelopment project. Cloud-native: Just like with refactoring, cloud-native features can be both good and bad needs for a business. However, re-platforming allows you not to include in your cloud migration project plan the clod-native features that do not suit you well. Cons Scope piling: With so many options to choose from, re-platforming can easily grow into a full-scale refactoring project. It is essential to control and limit the migration scope not to get too deep with it. Many features: Sometimes, the many perks of the cloud drive PMs into the deep blue of unknown and exciting features that require many changes and work. It is essential to develop a re-platforming plan and carefully stick to it; otherwise, the new features with the lack of skill, time, and resources can destroy the little you already have. Automation: This is an integral part of this cloud migration strategy.  Investment in automation is a must here; and if you do not have experience in this, then the assistance of can significantly simplify further operations in the cloud. cloud migration services When to consider When you want to optimize the current applications to advantage from the cloud infrastructure. Tip on Choosing the Right Cloud Migration Strategy However luring and popular cloud data migration might be today, it is essential to turn to this strategy only when your business benefits from it. Carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages of cloud migration before joining the cloud race. Remember that the migration is worth your effort only when: It helps optimizing your application performance and maintenance. The cost of maintenance and routine operations of the in-house IT infrastructure is higher than the cloud operations. Your business and IT goals advance with the new cloud solution.

3 Cloud Migration Strategies Explained

The assignment was to take an app or business idea and do market research to simulate making a pitch to a venture capitalist. Presented on December 8, 2016 Leading a successful company is a challenge that arises from its start. The goal of this assignment was to develop an idea and do sufficient market research to be able to simulate approaching a venture capitalist. We formed groups and worked as teams to develop teamwork ethics. What Was My Team’s Idea? We thought of a news app. The app will consist of news on humanitarian rights issues. We wanted to connect people to human rights issues. Users can take actions such as sign a petition, donate to a cause or be able to write to government officials. They will also be able to take pictures and share their stories. The stories that they share will have to be in accordance to humanitarian rights. After stories have been submitted to us, they will be shared in the app and on social media. Why Did We Want To Create This App? We felt that there is a lack of human rights stories in the media and thereby less people knowing about it. Our aim was to educate more people and filter “entertainment” or useless content as we described it. These content we felt disconnected humanity from stories that speak the truth; i.e. injustice to people. Who Is Our Audience? The app was directed toward age group 18–24 of men and women. This age group used their smartphones the most hours. *Click images to enlarge them and pinch to zoom in mobile devices Source: Statista Our next audience were activists. Our hope was that activists would share our app with their big audiences and populate our app. App Usage We needed to find out if developing an app was worth it. Looking at the chart below, we noticed that the number of hours spent on the internet through mobile devices is increasing. This let us know that we should move toward app development. Source: KPCB Google Play Store Vs. App Store Once app development has been confirmed, we now had to look at amount of apps between the biggest app markets Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store. The number of apps in Play Store were significantly higher than in App Store. How Much Can We Be Worth? We compared company worth of App Store and Play Store. Play Store’s company worth is more than App Store’s. Next we estimated our monthly income on each platform. We did so by taking the average monthly income of apps in Play Store and App Store. This was done because the goal was to simulate market research. The aim of this assignment was not to actually do business to come up with our data. Based upon studying the average monthly income of apps in both platforms, we predicted that if we published our app on Play Store, our monthly revenue would be $2,735. If we published our app on App Store, our monthly revenue would be $3,693. Growing at a rate of 100%, our income for the first year would be $32,820 in Play Store and in App Store, it would be $44,316. We then took these calculations and used a to determine our net worth in 10 years. Our company would be worth $8,670,625 in Play Store and in App Store, our company would be worth $11,707,722. calculator Using the same calculator, our profit in 10 years in the Play Store would be over $15 million. In App Store, our profit would be over $20 million in 10 years. We determined that we should publish our app on Google Play Store. The decision was made based on the constraints offered by both platforms. App Store charges $100 annual fee for developers to publish apps for Apple products. Play Store only charges a one-time fee of $25. Another factor was the programming language to be used. Play Store uses Java that is an easier language to adapt to compared with objective-C used in Apple Store. Since we wanted to code our application by ourselves, we went with android application development. How Big Is The News Category In Play Store? According to the at the time, 2.97% (30,877) of all apps were in the news category. We determined from this that our stay in the market would be competitive since the news category is small compared to other categories. This did not cause us to change our idea. latest data How Did We Stand Out? Some of the biggest competitors in the news category are Google (Google News/Google Now) and Flipboard. However, their apps contain a broad range of topics, again leading to users getting distracted from human rights issues. While filters are available in those apps, they allow the users to choose from multiple categories. None of those news apps include features that allow users to take actions to situations. Our app had the options that allow users to sign petitions, donate to causes and write to their government officials. After Our Research After we had sufficient research data and a solid understanding of our business plan, it was time to submit our app idea to our teacher (Click Image Below). How Did We Code Our App? Me and my team went a degree above the rest of the groups in our software engineering class. Our teacher did not require for us to code an app. However, we thought this would give our presentation a greater value. Android apps are coded using a programming language known as Java. In order to code, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is required. An IDE assists in app development by organizing components of an application’s code into a neat format. Android Studio by Google was our choice of IDE. Presentation Lastly, we all had to create a presentation. After many revisions, we presented our presentation to the class. Our Asking According to our calculations and research, we asked for $8,000,000 for 35% stake of our company. Lessons Learned After presenting, we realized that we have made some mistakes. Based on the feedback we received, our presentation did not follow a storyline. This is a big problem because it shows our lack of organization skills. Secondly, we emphasized more on the content that we would produce. However, we did not look into sources that we would generate revenue from. One reason was because I thought that our company should be nonprofit. Our team discussions about this lead us to believe that somehow big companies would donate to us and being nonprofit would be a better option. In general, venture capitalists are looking to make money. If me and my team approached an actual venture capitalist with this element missing, we would be turned away. On our initial presentation, we also did not mention where we would advertise. While we did claim that letting activists know about our app can assist in generating users, it was not sufficient. We looked at the morals and made changes to our presentation by adding sources to generate revenue through. We began with an outline (Click Image Below) We reframed our presentation to fill in the gaps using our outline. The Final Presentation _Matter News By | Tahfimul, Jean and Daniel_docs.google.com Latif_Tahfimul_Matter_News_Presentation_12_8_2016 App Success When we published our app in the Google Play Store, we did not see much success. In our process of developing the app, we did not ever survey nor think of surveying our target age group. As a result, we did not know if they needed our app. Another fact is that we were not proficient at the language that we planned to code our app using (Java). We realized that for all of these constraints, we should take down our app. Currently The team members who were part of the journey from the beginning have left. However, I did not give up. I am in the process of learning Android Java to be able to successfully code the app and survey the original target age group. The Future I plan to grow this app into a bigger state. The profit earned through the app will go towards development of other services for the company. If the company grows big enough, it will house research and plans to give to and improve the developing countries. Sources 1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/323522/us-user-mobile-app-engagement-age/ 2. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/sUM0BRj7Dd2ENC 3. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276623/number-of-apps-available-in-leading-app-stores/ 4. http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/11/10/an-analysis-of-apps-in-the-google-play-store/ 5. https://medium.com/@sm_app_intel/mobile-app-industry-revenue-statistics-wheres-the-money-come-from-82581a45186d 6. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/236832 7. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/google-s-android-generates-31-billion-revenue-oracle-says-ijor8hvt 8. https://crowdsourcedtesting.com/resources/mobile-app-averages/ 9. http://www.pointsdevue.com/infographics/device-preferences-throughout-day-europe 10. http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/ransomware-creator-toolkit.html 11. https://www.onthewire.io/70-percent-of-enterprise-ransomware-victims-paid-up-data-shows/ 12. https://securityledger.com/2015/10/fbis-advice-on-cryptolocker-just-pay-the-ransom/ 13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtiRISepIfs&feature=youtu.be 14. http://info.localytics.com/hubfs/eBooks/Media__Entertainment_App_Industry_Report.pdf?t=1446481324994 15. https://www.bluecloudsolutions.com/blog/gangnam-style-insights-chartboost-tips-2013-plans/

App Usage Market Research: Google Play Store Vs. Apple App Store

Well, then you must be very aware of the debate between private cloud vs public cloud**.** This has become one of the most hyped and typically a trend in IT industries as it offers advantages over traditional data center build outs to enhance scalability, performance and even security. Are you researching about cloud solutions? So, when these organizations are trying to implement cloud computing as they are developing various strategies, confusion arises and the organizations thus need to face choices between the two clouds. Because when it is done correctly, the offers advantages over a traditional data center. cloud base virtual infrastructure So, which side do you want to stand with? While this question is going on in your mind, the first and foremost thing that you need to do is know between public cloud vs private cloud. But before that, first, know about these two in details. the difference Private Cloud Private clouds are owned by a single company, which are basically data center architectures that provide flexibility, automation, monitoring, scalability, and provisioning. is not sold as a service to external customers; instead, it is like gaining the benefits of the cloud system, while actually not giving up the control of maintaining your own data center. Private cloud technology Hence, private clouds can thus be expensive and is not usually a good option for small or mediocre sized business and are mainly used by large enterprises. Private cloud computing security is driven by concerns of compliance and even keeping your assets within the firewall. Look below for the answers. So, when this type of cloud is the obvious choice? When security is the main concern in your business. In cases, where data and applications are your most important assets and you need control over them at the same time, private cloud is the name. You have a business that is in need of strict security and confidentiality. Having a large company that can very effectively run a next generation cloud data center and that too on its own. Advantages There are so many and so opting this will let you come to terms with these benefits. advantages of private cloud : Security Private cloud involves a single organization. This allows you to design network, data storage, and hardware in a way that you are ensured of security and cannot be accessed by any clients even if it is in the same data center. : Compliance Because the private cloud is dedicated to a single client, compliance can be effectively delivered. Customizable: This lets you customize and specify network performance, hardware performance, and storage performance. : Hybrid Deployments Hardware can be integrated to private cloud even if a dedicated server is needed in order to run a high-speed database application. Disadvantages Although, these clouds offers maximum security and control, at the same time the purchase and maintenance of all software and infrastructure are to be done by the company, thereby reducing the cost savings. Public Cloud This is basically the internet. The Internet is used by the service providers to make resources. Like any form of application and storage, which is available to the general public, same can also be achieved in a public cloud. Some worth mentioning of this cloud system are , Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Sun Cloud, IBM’s Blue Cloud and Google App Engine. examples Windows Azure Services Platform These types of clouds are best for users which are not very expensive to set up because the bandwidth, application and hardware cost is covered by the provider, thus providing the best economies of scale. The usage cost is dependent on the capacity that is used. Know from the below-mentioned points. But, you must be aware of when this cloud system can help you out. The workload for application is used by lots of people, like in the case of email. When you are in need to develop or test an application code. When you SaaS (Software as a Service) applications, with a well-implemented security strategy from a vendor. When you are in need of incremental capacity You are involved in collaboration projects Developing ad-hoc software using a platform that offers cloud. Advantages Just like private cloud, there are many too: advantages of public cloud : Utility Model This cloud system is based on pay-as-you-go model; you pay for the resources that you use. This is quite an economical way if you are opting for development servers on a regular basis. : No contracts Since you are paying for the hour, so you can simply shut it down after two hours of usage. Shared Hardware: The server shares the same storage, network and hardware devices, like the other tenants in the cloud. : Did self-manage Want to set up and manage the details of your server? With the pay-as-you-go model, you can effectively do it in this cloud. Disadvantages Although it offers so many features, it may not be the best for some organizations because it limits security, configuration, and SLA specificity. So for those services that use sensitive data, it may be subjected to compliance regulation. Public vs Private Cloud So, let us look at between private and public cloud. The concept of the two cloud computing is quite clear by then, right? the difference The public cloud consists of a set of services that is purchased by an organization and delivered by a third party provider via the internet. The services include processor power and storage capacity which is again not owned by the organization itself. The capacity can thus be owned by a cloud infrastructure vendor or a primary vendor. On the other hand, private cloud is an extension of a traditional data center, which is optimized in order to provide processor power and storage capacity for the different type of functions. This platform is basically a nonshared resource. Although these two are the two main major forms, cloud computing comes Hybrid cloud. This includes a variety of public and private options at the same time. in another form called So, while selecting cloud providers can be a major concern for cloud consumers due to the security of cloud services, there should be sufficient information to build the trust. But in reality, the information is critical and is not cloud publicized. Originally published on Techeries.com

Private Cloud vs Public Cloud Computing

Nimiq, the blockchain payments ecosystem, has introduced Nimiq Pay, a revolutionary step towards enabling cryptocurrency to be accessible to everyone. This took place in Dubai during the Token2049 Week this year. This cutting-edge self-custodial crypto payments app is the first step towards Nimiq's goal of becoming the most widely used digital asset for payments globally. Nimiq sets itself apart in the bitcoin market by emphasizing use and practicality. Nimiq is making cryptocurrency more widely accessible with its blockchain payment platform that doesn't require installation. This is accomplished by Nimiq without sacrificing cypherpunk principles. By means of tactical alliances and an expanding acceptance environment, Nimiq is leading the charge in promoting bitcoin adoption and usage on a worldwide level. A Gateway to Global Payments Nimiq Pay connects traditional finance and cryptocurrency by supporting payments across multiple networks and offering an intuitive interface. Being the first cryptocurrency payments app to offer cross-chain atomic swaps to the BTC Lightning Network,  Soon, users will be able to use Nimiq's native coin, NIM, to make payments at more than 15,000 establishments worldwide that accept BTC LN payments. To expand Nimiq Pay's reach even further, Nimiq is forming strategic alliances in addition to integrating with the BTC Lightning Network. cooperation with Bluecode, a European payment network with more than 20,000 sites globally, as well as further unannounced alliances with established The main objective of Nimiq is to make NIM, its native payment coin, the most widely used cryptocurrency for daily transactions globally. Nimiq, which was founded in 2017, places a strong emphasis on usability while maintaining the decentralized, self-custodial, and censorship-resistant qualities of real cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. This idea is becoming a reality with Nimiq Pay, which uses the features of mobile devices to provide a smooth cryptocurrency payment experience. Empowering Businesses with Security and Accessibility As a means of adhering to stringent security rules and putting a high premium on accessibility and security, Nimiq Pay was released on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. In addition to a seed phrase consisting of twelve words, the application makes use of exclusive smartphone technologies such as fingerprint scanners and face recognition in order to safeguard the assets of its users. Businesses are able to investigate cryptocurrency payments alongside consumer acceptance thanks to Nimiq Pay's novel incentive points scheme, which is the first of its type. Sponsors are able to initiate cryptocurrency incentive programmes for their users with the assistance of this programme, which in turn encourages involvement and adoption of the cryptocurrency. In addition to overtaking Bitcoin in terms of acceptance sites, Nimiq Pay has objectives for its future expansion beyond just surpassing Bitcoin. It is the objective to develop a worldwide network of payment acceptance venues and to double the number of websites that take Bitcoin over the next three years. Don’t forget to like and share the story! Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program. HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR. Nimiq, the blockchain payments ecosystem, has introduced Nimiq Pay, a revolutionary step towards enabling cryptocurrency to be accessible to everyone. This took place in Dubai during the Token2049 Week this year. This cutting-edge self-custodial crypto payments app is the first step towards Nimiq's goal of becoming the most widely used digital asset for payments globally. Nimiq sets itself apart in the bitcoin market by emphasizing use and practicality. Nimiq is making cryptocurrency more widely accessible with its blockchain payment platform that doesn't require installation. This is accomplished by Nimiq without sacrificing cypherpunk principles. By means of tactical alliances and an expanding acceptance environment, Nimiq is leading the charge in promoting bitcoin adoption and usage on a worldwide level. A Gateway to Global Payments Nimiq Pay connects traditional finance and cryptocurrency by supporting payments across multiple networks and offering an intuitive interface. Being the first cryptocurrency payments app to offer cross-chain atomic swaps to the BTC Lightning Network,  Soon, users will be able to use Nimiq's native coin, NIM, to make payments at more than 15,000 establishments worldwide that accept BTC LN payments. To expand Nimiq Pay's reach even further, Nimiq is forming strategic alliances in addition to integrating with the BTC Lightning Network. cooperation with Bluecode, a European payment network with more than 20,000 sites globally, as well as further unannounced alliances with established The main objective of Nimiq is to make NIM, its native payment coin, the most widely used cryptocurrency for daily transactions globally. Nimiq, which was founded in 2017, places a strong emphasis on usability while maintaining the decentralized, self-custodial, and censorship-resistant qualities of real cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. This idea is becoming a reality with Nimiq Pay, which uses the features of mobile devices to provide a smooth cryptocurrency payment experience. Empowering Businesses with Security and Accessibility As a means of adhering to stringent security rules and putting a high premium on accessibility and security, Nimiq Pay was released on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. In addition to a seed phrase consisting of twelve words, the application makes use of exclusive smartphone technologies such as fingerprint scanners and face recognition in order to safeguard the assets of its users. Businesses are able to investigate cryptocurrency payments alongside consumer acceptance thanks to Nimiq Pay's novel incentive points scheme, which is the first of its type. Sponsors are able to initiate cryptocurrency incentive programmes for their users with the assistance of this programme, which in turn encourages involvement and adoption of the cryptocurrency. In addition to overtaking Bitcoin in terms of acceptance sites, Nimiq Pay has objectives for its future expansion beyond just surpassing Bitcoin. It is the objective to develop a worldwide network of payment acceptance venues and to double the number of websites that take Bitcoin over the next three years. Don’t forget to like and share the story! Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program. HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR. Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program . HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR. Vested Interest Disclosure: business blogging program business blogging program

BlueCloud

blue.cloud

-- employees

Since n.d.

COMPANY RANKING

BLUECLOUD

EVERGREEN INDEX #1713

BlueCloud WIKI

Apply to get your Tech Company News Page live on HackerNoon.com today!

BlueCloud

blue.cloud

-- employees

Since n.d.

COMPANY RANKING

BLUECLOUD

EVERGREEN INDEX #1713

RELATED COMPANIESRANK

STORIES ABOUT BLUECLOUD

BlueCloud WIKI

Apply to get your Tech Company News Page live on HackerNoon.com today!