Tag: cloud computing

February 5, 2024

NoSQL databases arose in response to the limitations of using SQL (Structured Query Language) for database queries. NoSQL databases store and manage data in ways that enable high operational speed and a level of flexibility not found in traditional relational […]

February 5, 2024

Developers of a certain age are used to beginning their application development journey by choosing an operating system. Younger developers, by contrast, might start by picking a cloud. One of the most respected voices in tech suggests a different starting […]

February 5, 2024

Cloudflare has revealed that a nation-state actor hacked into the company’s self-hosted Atlassian server in November 2023, but the attack was stopped by the internal team within a few days of access. The hack, which used stolen tokens and credentials, […]

February 5, 2024

As annual enterprise cloud spend hurtled past the $500 billion threshold last year, AI investments began to feed growth in the infrastructure services market. The immediate impact on overall IT spend has been modest, according to analyst firm Gartner, but […]

February 2, 2024

A recent survey is telling us what most of us already know. Cloud migrations are complex, expensive, and often need to be more successful. Perhaps it’s time we stopped digging a migration hole and learned to do better. Cloud migration […]

February 2, 2024

AWS focused on helping customers optimize cloud spend last year to mitigate the impact of a slowing economy. Cloud revenue growth, which grew 29% year over year in 2022, experienced a corresponding drop. A more favorable macro outlook coupled with […]

February 1, 2024

One of the great advantages of using the public cloud is the ability to deploy applications and services at scale. But scale has a flip side, as working with dozens or hundreds of servers imposes new constraints on systems administration. […]

February 1, 2024

One of the great advantages of using the public cloud is the ability to deploy applications and services at scale. But scale has a flip side, as working with dozens or hundreds of servers imposes new constraints on systems administration. […]

January 31, 2024

Adopting cloud computing is no longer just an option, but a critical element for staying relevant and competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment. Cloud computing holds a bucket load of benefits, with scalability, flexibility, and efficiency being some of the […]

January 31, 2024

Cisco and Hitachi Vantara have unveiled the first fruits of their partnership, signed last year, that aims to bring managed as-a-service offerings to enterprise customers with hybrid cloud environments. The joint offering, Hitachi EverFlex with Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud, includes […]

January 31, 2024

As an industry underpinned by innovation, the technology sector can be its own worst enemy when it comes to skills. Cloud technologies are evolving more rapidly than previous generations, but workers aren’t being trained or upskilled quickly enough to meet […]

January 31, 2024

The impact the democratisation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is having on global demand for colocation capacity will force datacentre operators to rethink how they build and run their facilities. That’s according to a 24-page report by commercial real estate […]

January 31, 2024

With the ever-increasing investments in Azure, many organizations struggle to keep control over their Azure spending, which results in higher bills at the end of the month. To operate cost-effectively, organizations should set up processes to monitor their billing data. […]

January 31, 2024

San Francisco-based Zilliz has released a new version of its database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering, Zilliz Cloud. The company claims the new version offers better performance while reducing cost of ownership compared to its previous version. Zilliz Cloud is built atop the […]

January 31, 2024

The trajectory of cloud and AI are tightly intertwined, with each technology driving growth in the other. “Being in the cloud has been very helpful to build AI,” Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said, “but now AI is redefining […]

January 31, 2024

Microsoft and Google, who saw cloud revenue slow in recent quarters, are reporting a resurgence of growth due to the proliferation of generative AI (genAI). Both companies on Tuesday reported revenue numbers for the final quarter of 2023. “Google Cloud […]

January 30, 2024

I’ve been asked if generative AI systems are always slow. Of course, I reply, “Slow, as compared to what?” The response I always get is funny. “Slower than we thought it would be.” And the circle continues. Performance is often […]

January 30, 2024

SAP’s strategy to prioritise its RISE cloud customers for the latest innovations, was met with widespread confusion and frustration. It represented a departure from the expectations of a loyal user base that had invested heavily in SAP’s on-premises solutions. The […]

January 30, 2024

Oracle’s annual flagship event, CloudWorld Tour returned to the UAE for the second consecutive year to share the company’s latest AI innovations to power UAE’s Digital Economy and its regional plans. The company that just turned 35 years old in […]

January 30, 2024

As SAP shifted from a licensed on-prem software delivery model to SaaS, some customers balked at the cost, complexity and potential business continuity risks associated with ERP systems modernization. “We had a lot of customers that were faced with a […]