Avoid These Four Common Cloud Migration Pitfalls
The transition to a cloud-based architecture is not a simple one, nor is it one that can be done overnight. Companies looking to move to the cloud must adequately prepare themselves for the changes...
View ArticleSolarWinds Study Reveals DevOps Teams Are Troubleshooting Too Much
Recently, IT solutions provider SolarWinds released the results of a survey on how technology professionals spend their time at work. The survey interviewed DevOps professionals, developers, and web...
View ArticleUnderstanding the 4 Biggest Cloud Deployment Models
Despite the fact that we call it “the cloud,” individual cloud infrastructures can look vastly different from one another. There are different cloud deployment models that dictate access, privacy...
View ArticleMicrosoft Expands Azure IoT Edge Support to Virtual Machines
Microsoft recently announced an expansion to Azure’s Internet of things (IoT) intelligence service, Azure IoT Edge, that introduces virtual machine (VM) support. Azure IoT Edge is a fully-managed...
View ArticleMake Sure to Follow These Five DevOps Practices
For many companies, DevOps culture has completely changed the way they think about development. Though the DevOps movement is relatively recent, it has been embraced by a wide spectrum of enterprises...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Open Source Cloud Computing
Open source software is becoming increasingly more common in the technology world. True to its name, the underlying base of open source software is available for its users to study and tinker with. As...
View ArticleCloud Washing: How to Spot It and How to Avoid It
Cloud programs are all the rage now – or so say the marketing teams. When you see the term “cloud” applied to just about every piece of technology on the market, it’s easy to see a marketing problem....
View Article2nd Watch Discusses Most Popular AWS Products of 2018
Source: 2nd Watch Cloud management provider 2nd Watch recently released an infographic and blog post on the most popular Amazon Web Services (AWS) products of 2018. They analyzed their customer data to...
View ArticleOracle and KMPG Report Cloud Security Confusion for Enterprises
Today, cloud partners Oracle and KMPG released a joint report on threats to cloud security. The report was generated from data collected by a survey of 456 cybersecurity professionals. Oracle and KMPG...
View ArticleSaaS vs. PaaS vs. IaaS: What’s the Difference?
Thanks to the Internet, companies are able to not only distribute developments remotely, but also deploy them online. Users can now access a wide variety of applications on-demand over the Internet....
View Article2019 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud Management Platforms: Key Takeaways
Recently, analyst house Gartner Inc. released their 2019 Critical Capabilities for Cloud Management Platforms. Critical Capabilities is a companion piece to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant reports. Used in...
View ArticleAre Cloud Portability and Interoperabilty Even Possible?
For any business moving to the cloud, there always comes the decision of which cloud provider to go with. There are several providers on the market, from tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google...
View Article7 Cloud Storage Security Risks You Need to Know About
Putting your data on a cloud-based storage system seems like a no-brainer. Storing mass amounts of data on off-site installations to eliminate the cost of maintaining physical hardware? Sounds like a...
View ArticleNearly 50% of All PaaS Offerings Are Cloud-Exclusive
Analyst house Gartner, Inc. sent out a press release earlier today on platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings. They analyzed over 550 different PaaS offerings by over 360 vendors. Of those offerings,...
View ArticleCloud Users Are Wasting 35% of Their Cloud Spending
35% of the funds cloud users are spending on the cloud is going to waste, according to a report by cloud management provider RightScale. The report, entitled 2019 State of the Cloud Report, is an...
View ArticleWhat’s Changed: Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure...
Recently, analyst house Gartner, Inc. released their 2019 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Services, Worldwide. Gartner defines public cloud...
View Article4 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Cloud Management Platform
In the early days of cloud computing, enterprise cloud resources were relatively small and easy to handle. However, with more cloud applications on the market, there are now plenty of tasks that...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud Introduces New Storage Pricing Plan to Reduce Cloud Costs
Source: Google Cloud Yesterday, the Google Cloud team announced a new pricing plan for their cloud-based data storage product, Google Cloud Storage. The pricing plan, called the Storage Growth Plan,...
View ArticleThree Ways That Cloud Computing Benefits Developers
There’s a wide breadth of departments and industries that benefit from the cloud. Because of the wide range of services and applications hosted in cloud environments, the cloud has a lot of potential...
View ArticleFive Female Cloud Computing Influencers You Need to Follow
There’s a lot of talk right now about empowering women in the workforce, and for good reason. People are generally now more aware of the job inequality that impacts women on a daily basis. However, we...
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