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Deployment Models, Others

3 multicloud myths that need to be crushed

March 25, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

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 […]


Service Models

Cloud vs on-prem: SaaS vendor 37 signals bails out of the public cloud

March 23, 2023

Via: Network World

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, […]


Global Cloud

Stay in Control of Your Data with a Secure and Compliant Sovereign Cloud

March 23, 2023

Via: CIO

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 […]


Global Cloud

Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers, including some at AWS

March 20, 2023

Via: CIO

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 […]


Global Cloud

Oracle extends its MyLearn program to NetSuite

March 15, 2023

Via: CIO

Oracle is extending its MyLearn program, offered via the company’s University portal, to cover its NetSuite midmarket ERP products. Like the Oracle University version of MyLearn, NetSuite’s MyLearn program — which offers courses on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and SaaS […]


Cloud Clients

Google Is Rolling Out More AI Features for Enterprise Cloud Customers

March 14, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

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 […]


Global Cloud

How network pros can fight being squeezed out of cloud decisions

March 14, 2023

Via: Network World

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 […]


Service Models

Common DevOps Misconceptions: It’s Not A Role, But A Culture

March 13, 2023

Via: Cloud Tweaks

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, […]


Cloud Clients

Southwest lands on AWS as preferred cloud for modernization push

March 8, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

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 […]


Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud

3 ways to screw up a multicloud deployment

March 7, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

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 […]


Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud

Companies struggling to manage hybrid cloud

March 7, 2023

Via: ZDnet

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 […]


Global Cloud

Shutterstock capitalizes on the cloud’s cutting edge

March 6, 2023

Via: CIO

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, […]


Global Cloud

Three Ways to Save Your Organization on Cloud Costs in 2023 

March 6, 2023

Via: Cloud Tweaks

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 […]


Global Cloud

Forgotten cloud scaling tricks

March 3, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

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 […]


Global Cloud

It’s still difficult to recruit software developers

March 3, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

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 […]


Global Cloud

Think carefully before considering cloud repatriation

March 1, 2023

Via: CIO

Most IT leaders have assets moved to the cloud to achieve some combination of better, faster, or cheaper compute and storage services. They also expect to benefit from the expertise of cloud providers—expertise that isn’t easy for companies to develop […]


Global Cloud

Surviving Cloud Outages: What You Need to Know

February 28, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

The unthinkable became common: cloud outages. A cloud outage means essential services such as storage, compute capacity, or middleware are unavailable in one cloud data center or an entire region. With backend and business applications in the cloud nowadays, such […]


Global Cloud

Cloud-based quantum computing lets startups compete with Goliaths

February 28, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Back in the days when I was working with “supercomputers,” it was clear to me that these beasts capable of producing high MIPS (million instructions per second) were far too expensive for smaller businesses. Only enterprises that could foot the […]


Global Cloud

Perspectives on how cloud computing & app development trends will take shape in 2023

February 27, 2023

Via: CIO

We’ve entered another year where current economic conditions are pressuring organizations to do more with less, all while still executing against digital transformation imperatives to keep the business running and competitive. To understand how organizations may be approaching their cloud […]


Global Cloud

Harnessing the Power of the Cloud

February 27, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

The power of the cloud offers two distinct paths for organizations: They can choose to simply move part of their application and data estate to the cloud or undertake an organizational reinvention more broadly through the cloud. The former entails […]