Tag: Cloud Strategy

May 16, 2023

With the rise of cloud computing, many organizations rapidly adopted public cloud services alongside cloud principles in dedicated IT environments, or private clouds, to accelerate innovation and meet business requirements. This led to the rise of multicloud: today, almost nine […]

May 10, 2023

The new AI capabilities are part of a broader hybrid cloud strategy, which aims to help organizations integrate multicloud and on-prem ecosystems. The company remains committed to enterprise hybrid cloud solutions as its pathway to relevance in a market dominated […]

April 10, 2023

Multi-cloud is the future of enterprise IT. The evidence is overwhelming. A recent report reveals that more than 80% of enterprises surveyed have a multi-cloud strategy and nearly that number (78%) already have workloads deployed in more than three public […]

April 6, 2023

I spoke with Brian Adler, Sr. Director, Cloud Market Strategy at Flexera, about this year’s State of the Cloud 2023 report, which provides a complete portrait of current cloud usage. Among the topics we covered: What was your single biggest […]

February 8, 2023

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is revising its cloud strategy and embarking on a push to ensure even its most highly classified forms of data are moved off-premise by 2025. The government department has issued a 39-page strategy document that […]

January 31, 2023

Software and consulting accounted for nearly three-quarters of total revenue for the 100-year-old company, which for decades dominated the mainframe computing market. IBM rolled out its newest mainframe, the z16, in April, which helped boost z Systems revenue by 16% […]

December 21, 2022

The past 12 months have seen the runners and riders of the cloud market rocked by economic uncertainty, which in some cases has led to some notably downbeat financial results being reported as enterprise users looked to scale back their […]

November 4, 2022

Developing a strategy for controlling hard-to-predict cloud costs, remains difficult, especially when considering the new decentralized model of procurement. Consider this: “Any person who can commit code to the cloud can commit your organization to spend,” said Jennifer Hays, senior […]

November 4, 2022

Today, information is the foundation of business success. However, the companies that can take advantage of this are facing a serious challenge. How do you store the vast amounts of data on which the future of your business depends? Should […]

October 19, 2022

Enterprise CIOs are gobbling up a vast buffet of advanced cloud services in the post-pandemic era. In the aftermath of that unprecedented time, the cloud has evolved from a single-purpose compute and storage IaaS that saved business from global collapse […]

September 20, 2022

Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, today released its 2022 State of Cloud Report, which compiles survey results from more than 1000 technologists and leaders in the United States, Europe, Australia, and India on the most current trends and challenges […]

September 16, 2022

Environmental sustainability is becoming a top business priority, with a recent Gartner survey indicating that sustainability ranked among CEOs’ top 10 priorities for 2022. Organizations determined to reduce their environmental impact must focus on the sustainability of their IT initiatives, […]

September 14, 2022

As organizations accelerate their cloud migrations, they need both a strategy and a strategic partner, according to the Foundry 2022 Cloud Computing Study. For example, despite their accelerated investments with multiple cloud service providers, 59% of EMEA IT leaders said […]

March 21, 2022

Cloud modernization is more than the technology industry’s favorite new buzzword. It is a critical process for enhancing operations and taking advantage of the flexibility and range of new possibilities offered by cloud environments. Yet while many organizations are now […]

February 7, 2022

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will surely get you there. “Alice in Wonderland” taught us that, with the Cheshire Cat providing such elegant wisdom in Alice’s moment of despair. CIOs are well aware that enterprise journeys […]

January 25, 2022

The sky’s the limit when it comes to cloud innovation. As cloud technology advances and matures, enterprises are finding fresh ways to leverage what has become a technology linchpin. Cloud computing will continue to shape the technology landscape for many […]

November 8, 2021

Flexible technology architecture has become a requirement of any modern enterprise. Implementing a multi-cloud strategy certainly facilitates cost negotiation and supplier risk management, but it often comes at a cost. Data orchestration across clouds may complicate privacy governance, exacerbate fragmentation, […]

October 11, 2021

In a 2011 article in The Atlantic, senior editor Rebecca Rosen makes the case that clouds may be the most useful metaphor of all time, in part because they are constantly changing. That is certainly the case for cloud computing. […]

September 20, 2021

More than a decade into cloud adoption, CIOs still report that a lack of the latest needed skills has slowed or stymied their cloud strategies. One recent report, for example, found that the lack of in-house skills was a top […]

September 7, 2021

The rush to the cloud during the start of the pandemic motivated companies sitting on the sidelines of digital transformation to get into the game. But moving to the cloud is a continuous process, not just a one-time, necessary, cost-saving […]