March 14, 2024

Microsoft has announced that Azure customers can now transfer their data to other cloud providers or on-premises data centers via the internet free of charge, following similar moves by Amazon and Google. “We support customer choice, including the choice to […]

March 13, 2024

To say the cloud is important to how we work, live, and play is a major understatement – the cloud is now a critical element of tech infrastructure. However, what underlies these outages is often a mystery. That’s why I […]

March 12, 2024

Enterprise cost scrutiny tends to follow fast on the heels of spending spikes. In cloud, a migration boom coupled with economic uncertainty drove organizations to clear a path to optimization through a tangle of thorny billing practices and overgrown systems. […]

March 12, 2024

Google’s new Security Command Center Enterprise (SCC Enterprise) could streamline cloud risk management through AI automation, saving security teams time, experts say. Enhanced with Mandiant threat intelligence and generative AI, SCC Enterprise aims to offer comprehensive insights across the cloud […]

March 12, 2024

IBM is expanding its portfolio of sustainability offerings with new services that promise to help customers reduce data-center energy consumption and securely dispose of old gear and redundant data. IBM’s Technology Lifecycle Services group has added three new services to […]

March 11, 2024

With hybrid cloud no longer merely a stop along the way to full-fledged public cloud, tackling management complexity is essential. Cost is among the considerations IT leaders take into account when assessing whether to deploy workloads on the public cloud […]

March 11, 2024

PaaS is a cloud model through which service providers deliver an environment where customers can develop, run and manage applications. Because PaaS providers host the hardware and software on their infrastructure, customers aren’t burdened with having to do so in-house. […]

March 8, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of IaaS cloud computing, public cloud providers are increasingly reaching feature and function parity. This means they are beginning to look alike. Before you keyboard warriors remind me that some obscure feature in the object […]

March 7, 2024

The cybersecurity threat landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Today, adversaries are more motivated than ever to penetrate enterprise data centers and steal valuable information. Therefore, adopting the concept of Zero Trust is the number one trend in enterprise […]

March 6, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has decided to waive data transfer fees for enterprise customers moving their business to another cloud provider. Google made a similar announcement in January. “Starting today, we’re waiving data transfer out to the internet (DTO) charges […]

March 5, 2024

The European Commission (EC) approved the Project of Common European Interest – Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI-CIS) programme in late 2023. In this programme, around 100 companies and knowledge institutes from 12 EU countries will cooperate on developing new and […]

March 5, 2024

Data volumes continue to grow exponentially, and there’s no end in sight. IDC predicts that the amount of commercial data in storage will be 12.8 ZB by 2026. A typical novel contains 1 MB of data and is about 12 […]

March 4, 2024

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is reviewing its decision to ramp up the insurance cover needed by prospective suppliers on its flagship cloud computing framework, G-Cloud, by £20m after being criticised about how anti-small business the change would be. The […]

March 4, 2024

What Is Azure Cost Management? Azure cost management refers to the practices and processes that organizations implement to monitor, manage, and optimize their cloud spending on the Azure platform. This involves a systematic approach to understanding and controlling the costs […]

March 1, 2024

I recently participated in a documentary called “Clouded II: Does Cloud Cost the Earth?” Please watch it. It looks at the issues surrounding cloud computing, its consumption of power, and thus its potential impact on the planet. The documentary did […]

March 1, 2024

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is projected to grow 20.4% to total $678.8 billion in 2024, up from $563.6 billion in 2023, according to Gartner. Vertice previously reported that almost three-quarters (73%) of SaaS vendors hiked prices in […]

February 29, 2024

Cloud computing has changed how we store, access, and process data. Stats show that the Global computing market jumped by 635% in just ten years, from 2010 to 2020. The US and Western Europe are still the central part of […]

February 29, 2024

Google Cloud on Thursday said it is adding vector support and integrating LangChain with all of its database offerings in an effort to outdo rival cloud service providers, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, and Oracle. Cloud service providers […]

February 29, 2024

Microsoft, Google, AWS, and Meta will collectively account for over 60% of global demand for high-end AI servers in 2024, according to a report from Trendforce. Microsoft will account for 20.2% of the demand, followed by Google at 16.6%, AWS […]

February 29, 2024

Data centers are significant drivers of growth in electricity demand. Cloud computing data centers are large facilities that need an incredible amount of electricity to run and maintain, but there are worldwide efforts to move to more sustainable energy. The […]