Tag: Cloud Strategy

September 14, 2022

As organizations accelerate their cloud migrations, they need both a strategy and a strategic partner, according to the Foundry 2022 Cloud Computing Study. For example, despite their accelerated investments with multiple cloud service providers, 59% of EMEA IT leaders said […]

March 21, 2022

Cloud modernization is more than the technology industry’s favorite new buzzword. It is a critical process for enhancing operations and taking advantage of the flexibility and range of new possibilities offered by cloud environments. Yet while many organizations are now […]

February 7, 2022

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will surely get you there. “Alice in Wonderland” taught us that, with the Cheshire Cat providing such elegant wisdom in Alice’s moment of despair. CIOs are well aware that enterprise journeys […]

January 25, 2022

The sky’s the limit when it comes to cloud innovation. As cloud technology advances and matures, enterprises are finding fresh ways to leverage what has become a technology linchpin. Cloud computing will continue to shape the technology landscape for many […]

November 8, 2021

Flexible technology architecture has become a requirement of any modern enterprise. Implementing a multi-cloud strategy certainly facilitates cost negotiation and supplier risk management, but it often comes at a cost. Data orchestration across clouds may complicate privacy governance, exacerbate fragmentation, […]

October 11, 2021

In a 2011 article in The Atlantic, senior editor Rebecca Rosen makes the case that clouds may be the most useful metaphor of all time, in part because they are constantly changing. That is certainly the case for cloud computing. […]

September 20, 2021

More than a decade into cloud adoption, CIOs still report that a lack of the latest needed skills has slowed or stymied their cloud strategies. One recent report, for example, found that the lack of in-house skills was a top […]

September 7, 2021

The rush to the cloud during the start of the pandemic motivated companies sitting on the sidelines of digital transformation to get into the game. But moving to the cloud is a continuous process, not just a one-time, necessary, cost-saving […]

August 9, 2021

Today’s CIO has a central role to play in their organization’s transformation and innovation strategy, and the cloud can help enable a number of these important initiatives. However, a successful cloud strategy doesn’t start with “the cloud.” It starts with […]

July 15, 2021

As CIOs look to build out their cloud strategies, they’ll need to ensure they are creating an optimal cloud environment for growth. This requires considering cloud responsibilities among the entire C-suite, as well as implementing upskilling initiatives. According to PwC’s […]

July 6, 2021

Formulating a cloud strategy starts with the question: Why? It’s easy to make assumptions, such as we should be moving to the cloud. But assumptions don’t save you from cybersecurity risk or compatibility issues. Instead, take a step back and […]

June 28, 2021

When you plan a cloud strategy, you probably think about factors such as cost, performance and security. But what about cloud data sovereignty, which is determined by the political jurisdiction in which cloud infrastructure physically resides? Data sovereignty should be […]

May 24, 2021

CyrusOne’s approach to the hybrid cloud opportunity rests on the basics: a large selection of global data centers and interconnect services. Meanwhile the colocation provider leans heavily on its partner network to facilitate easy rollout of hybrid cloud platforms for […]

May 13, 2021

The events of last year caused organizations to shift gears quickly, often accelerating the timeline for their cloud strategy – including the adoption or expansion of remote work capabilities. The cloud handily demonstrated its business value as it enabled organizations […]

May 6, 2021

It’s not lost on Andri Sianipar that some of the mainframe systems Ensono associates support and modernize are older than the developers working on them. We spoke recently with Sianipar, Vice President of Infrastructure Line of Business at Ensono, to […]

February 26, 2021

Most organizations have started to leverage cloud computing technologies in the past few years and I’ve seen some of them with good, sophisticated strategies in place – but a lot of small and midsized businesses (SMBs) still have hesitations around […]

February 11, 2021

During the second quarter of 2020 — for the first time in history — customers worldwide spent more on public cloud systems than on investments in non-cloud IT systems. With more cloud spending than ever before, the battle for market […]

February 9, 2021

Cloud computing has become the preferred model for modernizing IT portfolios, with CIOs claiming that migrating applications to a combination of public and private clouds affords them greater business agility. And during the pandemic the increased consumption of cloud services […]

October 2, 2020

Adopting public cloud will now be the default for all government state agencies under a new principle that has been introduced by the New South Wales government under its new cloud strategy. Under the new principle, Minister for Customer Service […]

July 13, 2020

The multicloud environment is becoming the standard for businesses, with 93% of organizations using this approach, according to a Flexera 2020 State of the Cloud report. The public cloud services used in the multicloud strategy are gaining in popularity, with […]