Tag: cloud computing

March 25, 2023

Hearing everyone’s opinion of the cost-efficiency and value of multicloud deployments is fun. Most people don’t get it right—more from misperceptions and groupthink than anything else. I’m sorry to be the guy who comes along and crushes these myths, but […]

March 24, 2023

Anxious to meet international standards, satisfy investors, and profit from a growing array of sustainable products, financial services firms are intensifying their focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals. While the incentives for ESG are compelling, managing programs and […]

March 23, 2023

David Heinemeier Hansson, co-owner and CTO at SaaS vendor 37signals, is quitting the cloud and wants everyone to know about it. In a series of blog posts, Hansson has challenged the cloud business model, rebutted assumptions associated with cloud computing, […]

March 23, 2023

Staying in control and securing your data has never been more important! As data privacy regulations continue to evolve, businesses have had to adapt how and where they store data. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been the […]

March 20, 2023

If you have a processing task for your computer to undertake, like turning your 2D designs into 3D computer-generated renderings, then your computer’s CPU or GPU (or both) needs to do all the hard work. If the task is pretty […]

March 20, 2023

Amazon will fire about 9,000 more workers from several business units, including AWS, in the coming weeks, according to a statement released today by company CEO Andy Jassy. The announcement comes two months after Amazon unveiled plans to lay off […]

March 17, 2023

Cloud-using industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector face additional challenges complying with laws and requirements within specific regions. This has increased the demand for sovereign clouds. This cloud architecture approach seems to fly under everyone’s radar; […]

March 14, 2023

Google announced a raft of new artificial intelligence-powered features for customers of its cloud-computing business, as the technology giant jostles for dominance in the burgeoning field with rivals such as Microsoft Corp. and startup OpenAI. As Silicon Valley buzzes about […]

March 14, 2023

Aruba Networks, Microsoft Azure and open-source vendor reelyActive have teamed-up to make it easier to bring IoT device data to cloud applications. The package, Aruba IoT Transport for Azure, brings together three separate components to make it work: Aruba Access […]

March 14, 2023

There’s a rumbling in the cloud as network professionals increasingly seek to reclaim what they believe is their rightful place in the enterprise management hierarchy. Network knowledge is now widespread within many other IT disciplines. “This means it’s now sometimes […]

March 13, 2023

What does Identity and Access Management (IAM) for/in IT departments have in common with the song “All I Want For Christmas Is You” in shopping centers in December? Well, both are an integral part of the experience and you only […]

March 13, 2023

86% of businesses say it’s important for their company to develop and produce new software fast to win market share and beat the competition, Harvard Business Review reveals. Yet, just 10% of businesses they’re successful at doing so. In particular, […]

March 8, 2023

In the wake of the December meltdown, Southwest CEO Bob Jordan defended the carrier’s technology while acknowledging that crew reassignment systems failed. He pledged $1.3 billion to IT and other operational upgrades this year, during a January earnings call. IT […]

March 6, 2023

When you store and deliver data at Shutterstock’s scale, the flexibility and elasticity of the cloud is a huge win, freeing you from the burden of costly, high-maintenance data centers. But for the New York-based provider of stock photography, footage, […]

March 6, 2023

As CIO Neil Holden moved his company, Halfords Group, further into the cloud, he sought to do more than simply “lift-and-shift” IT operations. Rather, Holden — like most CIOs — wanted his increasing use of cloud to enable and shape […]

March 6, 2023

Organizations of all sizes are currently navigating their plans to avoid the recent surge in cyber-attacks and data breaches and preparing for unforeseen setbacks. Building a sensible backup and recovery strategy needs to be a top priority in the current […]

March 3, 2023

Cloud computing has become an essential technology in recent years. Its growth and evolution show no signs of slowing down in 2023. Cloud computing refers to storing, managing, and securing data on the internet instead of your personal computer or […]

March 3, 2023

I’m noticing a pattern in my work with young and old cloud architects. Well-known cloud scaling techniques used years ago are rarely used today. Yes, I understand why, being it’s 2023 and not 1993, but cloud architect silverbacks still know […]

March 3, 2023

Layoffs in big tech have not yet translated to an oversupply of technologists, as in-demand open roles continue to outnumber workers available to fill them. “Even though we’ve seen a ton of tech layoffs, in the hundreds of thousands in […]

March 2, 2023

From aircraft and car manufacturers to pharmaceutical and high-tech companies, military institutions and suppliers – various industries fear espionage. While most of us are too irrelevant in the global struggle for economic and technological dominance, some companies and institutions are […]