Learn, understand, apply - our goal is to always think outside the box and to share our IT know-how with you and as many other interested parties as possible.
The aspectra/CONVOTIS Swiss Cloud blog has been a platform for this exchange for many years. We provide you with insights into our work, the challenges of the industry and the latest news from us and our partners.
Not all of our blog posts are translated into English. For a complete collection, please visit the German version of our blog.
Blog
No results found (Translation)
Google Analytics illegal in the EU
Following on from Austria, France has now also declared Google's web analytics service non-compliant with the GDPR. The reasons, the consequences and the alternatives.
Getting things done, with Atlassian
With home office now an integral part of our everyday working lives, Jira has become an indispensable tool, especially when it comes to the efficient handling of workflows and customer tickets. But we would not want to do without Jira's sister,...
Shhh...KMS: A clever solution to hold all your secrets
Keys and certificates are used routinely and widely in IT environments to secure the transmission and encryption of data. In order to manage the multitude of keys and certificates efficiently, a central key management system (KMS) is essential.
aspectra Newsletter 2021/2
Why Managed OpenShift is as versatile as a Swiss Army knife, how our team has grown recently and what has been going on in our customer portfolio.
Why we support Let's Encrypt
Secure data transmission and the protection of privacy are fundamental factors for a safe Internet. We at aspectra are also committed to these values and practice them, thorough our services, on a daily basis. A donation to Let's Encrypt was...
OpenShift 4: What's new?
OpenShift 4 is packed with new features that will make developers' hearts beat faster. The Enterprise Kubernetes distribution is now available in version 4.7 at aspectra.
U.S. clouds a no-go? Part 2
The world's largest technology companies turned into surveillance brokers for U.S. authorities.
aspectra Newsletter 2021/1
How aspectra is colaboratinging with Akamai to provide a sophisticated mitigation solution against the increasing DDoS attacks, what the prime benefits of the latest Airlock WAF and IAM updates are, and why we are inviting our customers to join us...
U.S. Clouds: a no-go?
The Bavarian DPA has banned the use of Mailchimp, the ECJ has ruled that the USA fails to provide an adequate level of protection and the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner calls the USA an "unsafe third country". Microsoft is planning an EU...
Quo vadis, CentOS?
CentOS will soon be a thing of the past. This has far-reaching consequences for users.
NGFW: Taking Network Security to the Next Level
A new generation of firewalls has been in operation at aspectra since July. With the powerful Next Generation Firewalls from Fortinet we have further strengthened our first line of defense. All our customers benefit from this.
A bid for more independence from Google
Aspectra relies on an open source analysis tool for web statistics: Matomo can be used GDPR-compliant and enables meaningful and accurate data collection.
Welcome Lauri!
We had the pleasure of welcoming the new apprentice Lauri Neuenschwander at aspectra on 3 August 2020.
aspectra - the next phase
A new era begins as aspectra joins the CymbiQ Group. Drawing on aspectra's expertise in secure hosting and operation of business critical applications, CymbiQ is now able to offer the complete range of Cyber Risk Resilience...
Invisible, yet highly available
In the public cloud, ressources are nearly unlimited and services are easily and flexibly scalable. Is high availability under these conditions still an issue?