Category: System Designs
Allgemein, Cloud Technologies, Scalable Systems, Student Projects, System Designs, System EngineeringSocialCloud – Configure all the things! – Part 6
One of the requirements of the system is that organizations should be able to set up and deploy the HumHub system on their own. For this purpose, we have designed the Configtool. To meet this requirement we have to use different tools, procedures and interfaces from Bluemix. In the following we would like to introduce…

Machine Learning in secure systems
Sadly today’s security systems often be hacked and sensitive informations get stolen. To protect a company against cyber-attacks security experts define a “rule set” to detect and prevent any attack. This “analyst-driven solutions” are build up from human experts with their domain knowledge. This knowledge is based on experiences and build for attacks of the…
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SocialCloud – Cloudy this morning … and we’re scaling – Part 5
Cloud computing has so much potential that the possibilities seem to be endless. Without knowing much about it the cloud looks like a magic place for many people. To give you a more detailed explanation we sum up the design process of our cloud application step by step in the following blog post. Without giving…
Bring your own Device – advisible, but often still harmful
(written by Mona Brunner, Maren Gräff and Verena Hofmann) Introduction Bring your own device (BYOD) is a concept which enables employees to use their personal devices for work. The most poplular devices are smartphones and tablets, however, notebooks can also be included as well. Using their own device employees can access their work Emails, calendar…
SocialCloud – Services are here to serve – Part 4
‘To Start Press Any Key.’ Where’s the ANY key? – Homer Simpson – There are so many possibilities to start the next big thing and the great thing in the IT- world is, that it is happening with every pressing of ‘any key’ on your Keyboard. So, press these keys and realize great and new…
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SocialCloud – You got cloudified – Part 3
At the beginning of our project we had little experience in “that cloud thing everyone is talking about”. Just like Gary Klinman from Hewlett Packard pointed out, we already knew that it is possible to “back things up to the cloud”, but in our imagination “the cloud” seemed more like a fancy slogan than a…
Defense in Depth: a present time example
In this post, we want to take a look on the concept of defense in depth. Therefore we are going to examine Chrome OS, the niche operation system for web users.
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SocialCloud – Is it nice to organize?! – Part 2
In every job interview, sooner or later there will be the important question: Can you tell us about your teamwork skills? The importance of teamwork is continuously increasing in the IT world and coding geeks sitting in a dark basement are outdated.

Security aspects in the context of drones
Image you are sitting on your balcony after a stressful working day. Your legs on a chair, an ice cold beer in your hand and the afternoon sun on your face. Suddenly the light darkens and a soft buzz is filling the air, constantly getting louder and more annoying. A cold breeze causes goosebumps on…
SocialCloud – Ideas, Ideas and Ideas?! – Part 1
“Well, I am currently working on a system that will stop my cats from entering through the cat flap if they are carrying a dead mouse. – Do you guys have any private projects you would like to work on within this seminar?” – Thomas Pohl, lecturer and cat owner As a student being…

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