Category: Hybrid Cloud

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 […]

October 20, 2022

SolarWinds, the maker of a well-known and widely used suite of IT management software products, announced this week that it’s expanding to the cloud, with the release of Observability, a cloud-native, SaaS-based IT management service that is also available for […]

October 12, 2022

Cloud bursting is a way to deal with one of IT’s constant challenges. Namely, balancing demand with the compute and storage capacity needed to fulfil it. Cloud bursting allows an organisation to rapidly migrate datacentre workloads to the cloud’s theoretically […]

September 7, 2022

The successful journey to cloud adoption for Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) enterprises cannot be completed without addressing the complexities of core business systems. Many businesses have been able to migrate corporate support systems – such as ERP and […]

August 30, 2022

VMware and IBM are widening the scope of their 20-year partnership to offer joint customers in regulated industries a secure path to hybrid cloud. Their plans include co-engineered cloud solutions that are aimed at helping companies in industries such as […]

July 18, 2022

According to recent research from Flexera, 92% of enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy. However, according to Cisco, network teams are struggling to keep up with the pace of cloud change, with 73% of networking teams spending more of their time […]

July 12, 2022

The pace of business is accelerating. Enterprises today require the robust networks and infrastructure required to effectively manage and protect an ever-increasing volume of data. They must also deliver the speed and low-latency great customer experiences require in an era […]

July 7, 2022

Walmart has recently put the finishing touches on a hybrid cloud platform that aims to allow its software developers to consume a variety of infrastructure types and cloud services through a single console. Via the so-called Walmart Cloud Native Platform, […]

June 10, 2022

As mixed cloud environments take hold and enterprises combine hosted infrastructure with private cloud and on-premises IT, networking professionals need to stay up on the latest developments in hybrid cloud and multi-cloud technologies. A good way to do that is […]

May 25, 2022

Hybrid cloud and multicloud have become the norm as enterprises look to improve business agility and scalability, but adoption is not without challenges. A new study from Cisco and 451 Research sought to gauge how enterprises are doing with their […]

April 21, 2022

IT management software provider SolarWinds has launched Hybrid Cloud Observability to help organizations address issues across cloud and hybrid environments. The software and services package can monitor network performance, servers and applications; analyze logs; manage IP addresses; track user devices; […]

April 12, 2022

IBM recently hosted a virtual leadership summit, The Future of Hybrid Cloud, that explored the latest developments in hybrid cloud, data usage, business insights, and how to use and integrate those technologies to become a catalyst for innovation and digital […]

March 28, 2022

Digital healthcare provider Babylon Health has added Google Cloud to the roster of suppliers that make up its hybrid cloud infrastructure estate to enable its business to globally scale with greater ease. The company, which was founded in 2013, works […]