Category: Hybrid Cloud

March 7, 2023

I guess I could place some stat here that shows multicloud is the large majority of public cloud deployments out there, but there are lots of other places to see that. We know it’s a common approach for enterprises to […]

March 7, 2023

Businesses are struggling to manage their hybrid cloud environments, as public cloud services remain largely proprietary and do not always provide the flexility they have on-premises. Enterprises are benefitting from public clouds while keeping some workloads on-premises, but connecting these […]

March 6, 2023

An organization takes a multicloud approach when it uses cloud services from more than one provider. That might seem obvious from the name—it’s multiple clouds, after all—but the reasons for choosing a multicloud approach can be as varied as the […]

March 2, 2023

Big challenges don’t usually suddenly explode on the scene. There are little symptoms, warning signs that signal developing issues. One place to look for them is a trade show, because there are a lot of buyers and sellers collected in […]

February 24, 2023

One of the biggest technology challenges organizations face is managing an increasingly complex environment that might include multiple cloud services and providers, on-site data centers, edge systems and other components. An emerging solution is an orchestration tool that taps into […]

February 24, 2023

Software company Theta Lake, which specializes in unified communications (UC) compliance and security, recently conducted its annual benchmark survey late last year to understand how communications platforms are being used and which issues organizations are struggling with the most. More […]

February 20, 2023

Most organizations use both on-prem data centers and cloud-based IaaS services, often employing multiple IaaS platforms. For some, this multicloud reality has come about as part of a steady, one-way migration to the cloud, and they may have intentionally kept […]

January 31, 2023

A hybrid cloud is a computing platform built from both private and public cloud components. A public cloud is what usually comes to mind when we talk about cloud computing: storage and compute resources offered by a vendor to customers […]

January 31, 2023

Let’s talk for a minute about data silos. Real world silos are, of course, those towers on farms that are used to store grain for future use or sale. They’re towering buildings that usually contain only one type of raw […]

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% […]

January 24, 2023

Data center member organization AFCOM interviewed Hector Diaz, the Director for Data Center Strategy & Architecture at Johnson & Johnson, on the data center industry and its impact on the world. Hector is a member of AFCOM’s Data Center Institute […]

January 11, 2023

Not every company has a multi-cloud or hybrid cloud presence today and it comes down to cloud security. As cloud vendors roll out new Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings, some enterprises will find it challenging not to migrate, that’s […]

January 6, 2023

I’ve predicted that virtual networks will be hot in 2023, but that begs the question of what exactly a “virtual network” is. One definition says, “not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so”, and […]

January 4, 2023

IBM, competing with behemoths in the pure cloud market, has major aspirations in hybrid cloud solutions. Partner Plus aims to solidify the company’s position in the massive hybrid multicloud and AI markets, according to Woolley. The new program gives partners […]

December 20, 2022

In a 2021 survey, 95% of respondents agreed that a hybrid cloud is critical for success, and 86% plan to invest more in hybrid multicloud. Hybrid multicloud has emerged as the new design center for organizations of all sizes. Rather […]

December 16, 2022

Hybrid and multicloud initiatives will continue to shape enterprise IT in 2023, and the impact on data-center networking will be felt across key areas including security, management, and operations. Network teams are investing in technologies such as SD-WAN and SASE, […]

December 7, 2022

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Wednesday announced that its HPE GreenLake Private Cloud Enterprise offering is now available worldwide and features new hybrid cloud capabilities including support for Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Kubernetes software and an improved analytics tool that measures […]

November 11, 2022

Three years ago, Red Hat decided it was time to modernize. The company had only recently been acquired by IBM in a $34 billion deal that closed in July 2019. The industry leader in open source enterprise software was emerging […]

November 2, 2022

Cisco and Red Hat have expanded their partnership to include a new combination that lets customers more easily turn-up and manage bare-metal containerized workloads. The companies have integrated Cisco’s cloud-operations management platform, Intersight, and Red Hat OpenShift Assisted Installer, which […]

October 21, 2022

At a time when most enterprises are planning cloud deployments and many are reportedly sharpening their mainframe exit strategy, IBM is seeing double-digit growth in its big iron business for the quarter ended September. The company, which declared its third […]