Tag: deployment models

March 9, 2017

The benefits of cloud are now widely known; a faster time to market, streamlined processes and flexible infrastructure costs. The public cloud model also provides rapid access to business applications or shared physical infrastructure owned and operated by a third […]

March 9, 2017

Private, public or hybrid cloud? This is the question that is being asked by C-level executives and IT professionals across the globe, as each enterprise continues to mature its cloud strategy and rethink the earlier role of cloud and whether […]

March 8, 2017

The battle over data privacy isn’t being fought on the mobile phone or in the data center, it’s being fought in the cloud. 2016 has brought concerns over data privacy to an all-time high, driven in large part by a […]

February 3, 2017

Hybrid cloud is big business, and not just for providers. Though cloud infrastructure is traditionally thought of as a cost of doing business, recent trends show that enterprises consider IT departments and infrastructures to be revenue generators. Not only must […]

December 30, 2016

Although hybrid cloud is considered one of the growing trends within the industry, the research suggests the noise behind multi-cloud strategies is coming from either a small number of customers, or from vendor organizations themselves. Of those who would be […]

November 29, 2016

Analysts from JP Morgan see a future where AWS and Microsoft Azure have a significant place within the infrastructure of the biggest enterprises – perhaps eventually replacing legacy vendors like HPE, IBM and Oracle. According to a report by Barrons […]

November 18, 2016

If you asked a CIO to sketch the ideal modern IT architecture on a few cocktail napkins, it might resemble the system fashioned by of the Dollar Shave Club (DSC), the men’s grooming ecommerce company that ascended from relative obscurity […]

November 14, 2016

Gartner predicts that by 2017 the public cloud services market will exceed $244 billion, achieving an impressive growth over just a few years, and organizations worldwide are reflecting this development. IT departments are expected to provide far more tools and […]

November 14, 2016

The public cloud means different things to different companies, requiring unique needs for every customer’s journey to the cloud. To facilitate specific business outcomes, traditional VARs are transforming into strategic service providers that act as independent trusted technology cloud consultants. […]

November 11, 2016

As cloud, mobile, data, analytics and cognitive computing become seamlessly ingrained in business strategies across industries, the ability to perform without limits is critical. This was made abundantly clear during the recent IBM Performance without Limits 3.0 event in New […]

November 11, 2016

Indeed, there are few companies today that aren’t taking advantage of it in some way. The benefits of a private cloud can be a bit more challenging to define. Jim Rapoza, editorial director and senior analyst at the Aberdeen Group, […]

November 10, 2016

A recent Tech Pro Research survey found that 68% of respondents were either using or considering using the hybrid cloud, and cutting down hardware costs while still expanding their data centers was their main reason. On the other side of […]

November 9, 2016

With an eye on the need for more scalable, real-time analytics, SAP today unveiled SAP BW/4HANA, its next-generation data warehouse product for the real-time digital enterprise. BW/4HANA will support on-premises deployments, but will also be available on Amazon Web Services […]

November 9, 2016

The latest edition of Forrester Research’s Forrester Wave report which evaluates global public cloud platforms characterized IBM as a “strong performer” in public cloud. IBM earned “the highest possible score for its private and hybrid cloud strategy as well as […]

November 8, 2016

Obviously the cloud still allows the use of virtual machines (VMs) but increasingly companies are drawn to the benefits of running infrastructure as a service (IaaS), as well as platform as a service (PaaS), which commoditises these elements and focuses […]

November 2, 2016

When Oracle acquired Ravello a few months ago, there was general acceptance of the deal as a way for Oracle to help existing and new customers move from traditional infrastructure onto its own cloud offering. After all, Ravello’s raison d’etre […]

October 4, 2016

The public cloud offers enterprises tremendous cost and agility benefits. But network latency problems negate all that promise, making the cloud inconvenient or inaccessible for day-to-day operations and analytics. Ellen Rubin (pictured), co-founder and CEO of ClearSky Data, a Boston-based […]

October 4, 2016

Security and management in particular continue to be pain points. Many arrive with the assumption that in a private cloud, IT departments have more control so the environment will either inherently be more secure, or will be easier to implement […]

September 23, 2016

BT today announces BT Compute for Microsoft Azure, a new service that allows BT customers to order Microsoft Azure alongside BT’s own cloud services through its award winning Compute Management System (CMS) online management tool. The service enables customers to build […]

September 15, 2016

In my capacity as a Cloud Advisor, I’ve had several discussions with clients in the travel and transportation (T&T) industry over the past 18 months. During one initial discussion with a large airline, the client’s enterprise architect posed a targeted […]