Category: Service Models

November 23, 2022

Remember when cloud computing was supposed to make the lives of IT pros easier? When PaaS and IaaS would free IT teams of the burden of physical infrastructure management, and SaaS would make it easy to deliver applications to any […]

November 23, 2022

As the impacts of record-setting inflation cause businesses to have lower spending power, CIOs have to do more with less. On top of that, many companies struggle to control app redundancy, unnecessary spending and complexity from the expansion of enterprise […]

November 22, 2022

Using feature flags and other runtime configuration types is a fast-evolving technology segment. Adjusting your software behavior with a minor configuration update instead of deploying code lets teams move faster and more safely. Furthermore, releasing a feature using a feature […]

November 17, 2022

When businesses look at technology options, they can choose between cloud-based services or Software as a Service (SaaS) for their needs. These two related solutions are similar but offer plenty of benefits for business leaders. Selecting the right technology means […]

November 10, 2022

Earlier this year, when Akamai bought infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud platform provider Linode for about $900 million, it wasn’t clear how Akamai’s content delivery network (CDN) and security services would work well with Linode’s developer-friendly, Linux-based, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud. Now, we […]

October 24, 2022

If your goals are high-velocity software development and frequent delivery of working builds to production, you need to automate at least part of the testing and delivery process. Ideally, that means implementing CI/CD pipelines for your projects, along with test […]

October 21, 2022

We’ve made a point of shoring up security for infrastructure-as-a-service clouds since they are so complex and have so many moving parts. Unfortunately, the many software-as-a-service systems in use for more than 20 years now have fallen down the cloud […]

October 18, 2022

New capabilities in Fortinet’s secure access service edge (SASE) package are designed to help customers better secure their private and cloud-based assets. Fortinet added Secure Private Access and Secure SaaS Access features to its FortiSASE security platform, which includes SD-WAN, […]

October 12, 2022

Eliminating antiquated data centers, accessing vast computational power, optimizing ERM tools and onboarding sleek “as a Service” applications — the tactical benefits of cloud are clear. It’s the strategic potential of modernization, and the ROI, which remain elusive for many […]

October 10, 2022

The pandemic ushered in a period of digital transformation so unprecedented that it made futuristic endeavors a reality. One major trend that emerged was consumers gravitated toward platforms and services that offered a subscription-based model — a trend that isn’t […]

September 19, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT) data can pour in from pretty much everywhere, be it from sensors that monitor air quality in a building, intelligent devices in a smart city, or mobile apps with an augmented reality overlay to enhance a […]

August 30, 2022

VMware is looking to ease the networking, security and management hassles of running enterprise multicloud environments with a raft of new products introduced at its VMware Explore 2022 conclave in Las Vegas this week. The new products include a SaaS-based […]

August 25, 2022

As organizations shape the contours of a secure edge-to-cloud strategy, it’s important to align with partners that prioritize both cybersecurity and risk management, with clear boundaries of shared responsibility. The security-shared-responsibility model is essential when choosing as-a-service offerings, which make […]

August 23, 2022

Presidio is always looking for the latest technologies, whether from established companies or disruptive newcomers, that can help address customer pain points. Take for instance a common challenge for organizations that have migrated to the cloud and now need to […]

August 1, 2022

From manufacturing to transportation to retail, companies across virtually every industry are supporting their digital transformations by moving to a cloud-based infrastructure. The shift from on-premises software to cloud services has been revolutionary to the process of application development and […]

July 5, 2022

While the post-pandemic “let’s go digital-first” has the business world abuzz, any company that’s been around for more than five years can tell you that modernization is easier said than done. Especially concerning cloud migration, the reality’s that moving on-premise […]

June 30, 2022

IBM has introduced a service for its mainframe customers to create a cloud environment for developing and testing applications. Wazi as a Service can be used to create z/OS infrastructure instances for development and testing z/OS application components in a […]

June 23, 2022

Driven by user uptake of IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) and PaaS (platform-as-a-service) services, public cloud ecosystem revenue during the first quarter of the year jumped by 26% to reach $126 billion, according to new research from Synergy Research Group. The figure takes […]

June 14, 2022

The demand for cloud infrastructure combined with the rise in sales of SaaS services boosted Oracle’s fourth quarter revenue for fiscal year 2022, but the acquisition of healthcare tech company Cerner has chalked up a debt of $15.8 billion. During […]

May 25, 2022

During the past decade, the push-pull between security and developers led many organizations to build security earlier in the app development lifecycle. This new approach focuses on finding and remediating vulnerabilities earlier. Development teams want to build applications quickly. But […]