April 4, 2018
Via: InfoWorld Cloud ComputingThe notion of devops means that you’re streamlining the movement of applications from the point of need to production. It matters not if you’re changing or improving applications or building new ones. Of course, devops arose around the rise of cloud […]
March 29, 2018
Via: CompareTheCloudIn the beginning, the IT department was cloud’s natural early adopter. There was initial resistance due to security concerns and the apparent risks to job roles – but the advantages of cost and scalability made the business case for PAYG […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud
March 28, 2018
Via: InfoWorld Cloud ComputingYears ago, the notion of hybrid cloud bursting was compelling: How cool is it to have workloads on both private and public clouds and be able to run those workloads on the private cloud during normal operations and burst to […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud
February 2, 2018
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingWhen enterprises started moving workloads and applications to the public cloud, it made sense to adapt existing networking technologies to the new domain. But while compute and storage have successfully become ‘cloud-like,’ networking hasn’t. Cloud networking solutions being offered by […]
Deployment Models, Public Cloud
February 2, 2018
Via: InfoWorld Cloud ComputingWhen I speak in public about cloud architecture, I’m often asked a question with no right answer: “Which public cloud should we use?” Not knowing much about what “we” is, there is no right answer. While I can list the […]
Deployment Models, Public Cloud
January 31, 2018
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingFor the third straight year, IT organizations are keeping tight control over their IT budgets, but not because of economic uncertainty. Instead, the hesitancy to spend is because of the transition to the cloud. That’s the findings from IT market […]
January 12, 2018
Via: InfoWorld Cloud ComputingPeople once made requests for hybrid cloud because of the perception of flexibility. Now they make multicloud requests, for the same reasons. Multicloud is just part of a cloud architecture that uses more than two clouds, private and/or public. However, most multicloud […]
Deployment Models, Public Cloud
January 11, 2018
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingIf we could go back in time and start using public cloud in 2009, we’d probably be better off today. The AWS beta started in 2006 and was entirely API-driven, without either a console or a command line interface to […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud
January 5, 2018
Via: Cloud ExpoCavirin Systems has just announced C2, a SaaS offering designed to bring continuous security assessment and remediation to hybrid environments, containers, and data centers. Cavirin C2 is deployed within Amazon Web Services (AWS) and features a flexible licensing model for […]
January 2, 2018
Via: Cloud ExpoThe last two years has seen discussions about cloud computing evolve from the public / private / hybrid split to the reality that most enterprises will be creating a complex, multi-cloud strategy. Companies are wary of committing all of their […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud
December 29, 2017
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingFor years Microsoft has talked about, previewed and at some times delayed the release of its Azure Stack hybrid cloud computing platform. But this week at its Ignite conference in Orlando Microsoft announced that Azure Stack is now shipping to […]
Deployment Models, Private Cloud
December 28, 2017
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingA few years ago, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) outlined the five stages of self-driving vehicles. In actuality, there are six levels, but the zero level is no automation, so we will ignore that. The idea behind the different phases […]
December 28, 2017
Via: InfoWorld Cloud ComputingCompanies have decreased their spending on traditional system deployments to fund their cloud migration activities. Indeed, the IaaS market—including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Google—has been exploding with growth over 40 percent in revenue per year since 2011, according to […]
December 11, 2017
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingAs we enter the last quarter of 2017, business and IT executives are turning more of their attention to how they can use technology to accomplish their 2018 business objectives. We’ve compiled a list of five trends in cloud computing […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud
December 8, 2017
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingA year ago, IDC told us that 68 percent of organizations have adopted cloud for enterprise applications—and that it’s not just about cost, but about revenue increases as well. That study also says that 73 percent of respondents, who spanned […]
Deployment Models, Public Cloud
December 6, 2017
Via: Talkin' CloudCompanies are working to transform themselves digitally, and there is perhaps no more important driver than the cloud. However, as more and more companies are discovering, there’s no single path when it comes to moving to the cloud. Rather, an […]
December 5, 2017
Via: InfoWorld Cloud ComputingIt’s 6:00 a.m. on a Monday morning. You get an automated text from your security systems that a DDOS attack was attempted, but new security policies downloaded several hours earlier proactively protected the systems from the attacking IP address. All […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud
November 6, 2017
Via: InfoWorld Cloud ComputingMy article “Don’t waste your time with a hybrid cloud” has gotten many people seeing red, and I can understand why. Many enterprise IT shops, and most enterprise technology companies, have pledged allegiance to the hybrid cloud model. The intellectual […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud
October 31, 2017
Via: Network World Cloud ComputingHybrid cloud: Many believe it’s the eventual state that most businesses will operate in – some infrastructure resources on premises, others in the public cloud. Others believe it’s a term that has been muddled by varied definitions from a range […]
September 13, 2017
Via: Gartner Blog NetworkThe cloud transition of human capital management (HCM) applications is well underway. Gartner estimates that the top three HCM application providers combined are currently managing more than 100 million employee records with their cloud solutions. With the currently forecasted trend of cloud […]