Tag: cloud investments

July 14, 2023

Global computing is moving toward more servers with more capacity run by giant CSPs and smaller third-party vendors, with enterprises continuing to increase investments in cloud infrastructure and other related services. Annual global spending on cloud reached $227 billion last […]

May 4, 2023

Technology decision-makers across the UK and Ireland are increasingly prioritising spending their budgets on cloud-based IT projects, with half of those respondents to a TechTarget/Computer Weekly poll describing their organisations as operating on a “cloud-first” basis. That’s one of the […]

March 29, 2023

Over the past few years, more organizations have gone all in with migrations to the public cloud. But for some “without a concrete strategy, it has led to some obvious challenges with respect to measuring the real value from their […]

March 13, 2023

Enterprise cloud investments are on the rise despite growing anxieties about their cost, according to a survey from cloud optimization company Flexera. Its 2023 ‘State of the Cloud’ report(opens in new tab), published in March, notes that cutting cloud costs […]

August 23, 2022

The next two years could see a rapid acceleration in the pace of cloud adoption by enterprises, according to research commissioned by datacentre network connectivity provider Colt. In the firm’s third annual Cloud adoption report, 500 senior IT and C-suite […]

June 14, 2022

The demand for cloud infrastructure combined with the rise in sales of SaaS services boosted Oracle’s fourth quarter revenue for fiscal year 2022, but the acquisition of healthcare tech company Cerner has chalked up a debt of $15.8 billion. During […]

November 8, 2021

However, we know that historic cloud investments haven’t always delivered value, and in some cases have actively generated wasteful spending. Some estimates show that almost a third of organisations’ cloud investment is inefficient, equating to approximately $25 billion of spending […]

October 25, 2021

Nearly two years after a massive disruption hit enterprises, a few lessons are evident. Some organizations quickly adapted to the circumstances, recognized the opportunities available, and acted to capitalize on them. Other organizations were caught unprepared for the unexpected and […]

April 18, 2019

There are many key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with cloud computing, including availability, reliability, service usage and more. But for anyone responsible for cloud investments or expenditures, cost-related metrics are critical. Without those numbers you won’t know whether you’re getting […]

March 27, 2017

As investments in the cloud increase, so do concerns regarding security and the risks associated with storing sensitive information on cloud platforms. So what security essentials should a company consider when storing data in the cloud? Cloud security starts with the […]