Tag: cloud resources

January 12, 2024

Cloud finops is the discipline of accounting for and optimizing cloud computing spending. It’s a reaction to years of undisciplined cloud spending or a way to bring order back to using cloud resources. Overall, it is a step in the […]

May 26, 2023

These days I hear a lot about the goal to run federated applications across cloud providers. We want to build these multicloud applications for many reasons, including: To optimize the underlying cloud resources for the application components. For instance, a […]

August 26, 2022

For years I’ve ranted about the lack of fiscal responsibility around how we pick and leverage cloud technology for enterprise deployments. There are dozens of solutions that solve the same problems using cloud resources, but only one can fully optimize […]

April 11, 2022

Cloud services are an integral part of IT and business life. So, too, are concerns about spending too much on cloud operations. It’s easy to overspend on the cloud, says Elizabeth Ebert, CIO advisory partner at IT and management consulting […]

January 22, 2022

Regardless of the type or size of your business, you are most probably managing a lot of data and applications. Recently, private cloud solutions have been gaining popularity because of the distinct benefits offered when compared to the public cloud. […]

June 3, 2021

We’ve all heard dire predictions about the future of cybersecurity trends, especially cloud security. Internet of things (IoT) environments will expand the attack surface beyond control and encourage breaches. Hybrid offices will always pose a greater risk as cyber criminals […]

April 13, 2021

Points of presence, simply put, are physical, public cloud data centers located all over the world, providing access and public cloud hosting services. We’ve seen these pop up on our cloud dashboards as we select regions to host public cloud […]

March 12, 2021

There may be more ways for organizations to adopt, adapt, and benefit from cloud resources as the acceleration of digital transformation shows little sign of letting up even with a possible end to the pandemic on the horizon. Lessons learned […]

October 2, 2020

Do you have an optimized architecture? This means that your solution maximizes efficiency and minimizes costs. You’ve selected the right cloud resources to configure the best storage systems, databases, and compute platforms—at least that’s what you think. What I’m seeing […]

June 16, 2020

Serverless is a game changer. As we look to accelerate the post-pandemic movement to cloud, we would love to remove the step of sizing the cloud resources we think the workloads will need. Serverless automatically provisions the cloud resources needed, […]

April 16, 2020

In today’s grim economic climate, companies are looking for ways to automate wherever they can. Bridgecrew, an early-stage startup that makes automated cloud security tooling aimed at engineers, announced a $14 million Series A today. Battery Ventures led the round […]

July 15, 2019

One of the most rapidly-evolving elements of modern cybersecurity is cloud migration. It’s extremely common for organizations to deploy a hybrid combination of traditional, on-premises IT and cloud tools. It won’t be long before all enterprises have at least some […]