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Service Models

From ‘cloud washing’ to ‘AI washing’

March 28, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Remember cloud washing from a few years ago? This term refers to the practice of companies representing their products and services as cloud-based when they are not truly cloud-based. In other words, cloud washing was, and still is, a marketing […]


Service Models

Improving ESG performance in financial services on Microsoft Cloud

March 24, 2023

Via: CIO

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 […]


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, […]


Deployment Models, Others

F5 offers new distributed cloud services for multicloud connectivity

March 23, 2023

Via: Network World

Enterprise networking and application security company F5 is rolling out two new features to help businesses simplify different management tasks for today’s complex, multicloud environments. The core problem with multicloud is heightened complexity and its associated costs in management headaches […]


Cloud Security

How to secure secrets in multi-cloud environments

March 22, 2023

Via: CSO Online

It wasn’t too long ago that using a single cloud for some business operations was cutting-edge technology. Now the cloud is essential for accelerating growth, improving efficiency, and remaining competitive. Most organizations have multiple cloud environments deployed, in addition to […]


Cloud Clients

4 Factors That Influence Modern App Success in a Multi-Cloud Environment

March 21, 2023

Via: CIO

How are modern CIOs making an impact with multi-cloud? A recently released VMware report, “CIO Essential Guidance: Modernizing Applications in a Multi-Cloud World,” outlines these four key factors that influence success: Drive Developer Velocity The best applications are created by […]


Cloud Security

Stop the Sprawl: How Vendor Consolidation Can Reduce Security Risks in the Cloud

March 21, 2023

Via: CSO Online

Managing multiple security vendors is proving to be a significant challenge for organizations, leading to difficulties in integration, visibility, and control. Recent surveys and reports have identified numerous problems associated with managing an assortment of security products from different vendors, […]


Global Cloud

Cloud Computing and Render Farms in Architectural Modeling

March 20, 2023

Via: Cloud Tweaks

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 […]


Service Models

KPN CloudNL: providing customers with full say and control over their data and applications

March 16, 2023

Via: CIO

KPN, the largest infrastructure provider in the Netherlands, offers a high-performance fixed-line and mobile network in addition to enterprise-class IT infrastructure and a wide range of cloud offerings, including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Security-as-a-Service. Drawing on its extensive track record of […]


Global Cloud

Dell offers bare metal cloud via colocation

March 15, 2023

Via: Network World

A new deal between Dell and colocation services provider Cyxtera will enable enterprises to access Dell’s PowerEdge infrastructure for bare-metal deployments in Cyxtera facilities. “Bare metal” cloud services means you get the hardware with no software loaded. Typically, a cloud […]


Global Cloud

HPE Aruba, Microsoft Azure, and reelyActive speed streaming of IoT data to the cloud

March 14, 2023

Via: Network World

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 […]


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 […]


Deployment Models, Public Cloud

IAM Challenges in the Public Cloud: Feeling the Pain Already?

March 13, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

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 […]


Global Cloud

Healthcare and finance are at serious risk with their cloud adoption

March 13, 2023

Via: TechRadar

New research shows a surge in cloud adoption, and while there are obvious benefits, some industries are more at risk than others. A survey(opens in new tab) of 1,800 global respondents carried out by Blancco found evidence of “extensive” cloud […]


Global Cloud

Managing business cloud costs is more challenging than ever

March 13, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Enterprise cloud investments are on the rise despite growing anxieties about their cost, according to a survey from cloud optimization company Flexera. Its 2023 ‘State of the Cloud’ report(opens in new tab), published in March, notes that cutting cloud costs […]


Global Cloud

How the cloud helps banking and finance companies tackle core modernization challenges

March 13, 2023

Via: CIO

Two decades of technology-driven transformation has left many financial services firms with significant complexity and technical debt. While banking and finance organizations have aggressively moved workloads and apps to the cloud to meet changing customer needs, some remain hesitant to […]


Cloud Security

7 Ways to Secure Sensitive Data in the Cloud

March 8, 2023

Via: Data Center Knowledge

Data and information are the new oil; who hasn’t heard this metaphor? Thus, protecting company data is – obviously – a management priority. The main challenge for CIOs, CISOs, data protection officers, and their security architects is to select and […]


Global Cloud

Cost control edges out cybersecurity as top cloud concern: report

March 8, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

Once workloads have shifted safely to the cloud, risk perception declines. It’s a classic virtuous circle, leading the way to increasing cloud consumption and spending. Nearly half of respondents said current economic realities would have little impact on enterprise cloud […]


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 […]