Cloud Applications

As a recognized authority in cloud technology, Maryanne Baines has a unique vantage point on the evolving digital landscape. She specializes in evaluating tech stacks and product applications, giving her deep insight into the challenges and opportunities facing Managed Service Providers today. In

For years, the cloud was the enterprise equivalent of a vast, off-site storage unit—a utility as predictable and unglamorous as electricity or water, but a profound shift is underway transforming it from a passive repository into a dynamic, real-time decision engine. Today, leading organizations

As the enterprise world aggressively pivots toward a future defined by intelligent, autonomous agents, the technological underpinnings required to support this shift have come into sharp focus. The rapid ascent of generative AI, now evolving into a more sophisticated phase of "agentic AI," is not

The once-predictable landscape of Software-as-a-Service is undergoing a seismic transformation, moving far beyond simple cloud-based applications to become sophisticated, self-directing operational platforms. Artificial intelligence is no longer just a feature bolted onto existing software; it is

The rapid acceleration of cloud adoption has unlocked unprecedented innovation and agility for businesses, yet this very speed has created a significant structural mismatch between the expansion of digital infrastructure and the maturity of the security operations designed to protect it. A

In the fast-paced world of cloud-native development, the long-standing goal of "shifting left" has often created more friction than it has resolved, overwhelming developers with a flood of security alerts from legacy tools that lack the necessary context for effective remediation. Security teams