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Learn how to provide users a “carrot” without the “stick” through an approved marketplace for purchasing public cloud. At the same time, you give IT the visibility and traceability to manage security and costs.
IBM announced today two new services for IBM Cloud — IBM Active Deploy and IBM Event Hub. These features help developers avoid disruption to apps when deploying updates, eliminate complexity from manual processes, and integrate data from crucial sources of real-time information.
More than half of U.S. businesses use cloud computing, and that number is expected to keep growing. Companies are shifting from traditional data centers to the cloud for reasons including convenience, speed and efficiency. Traditional data centers are on-site hardware that store data within a company’s local network, whereas the cloud is an off-site storage on the Internet. While the fact that the storage is off-site might sound like it’s not as safe, that isn’t the case. Here are three reasons why the cloud is safer than traditional data centers.
In the last five years, Cloud hosts such as Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Box and Dropbox have become increasingly popular and cost effective for storing and sharing data. That said, data theft has never been greater with network and cloud security becoming more porous. As the need for information sharing increases, the network domain and cloud-based model become more inadequate.
OneOps is powerful cloud technology Walmart built that has transformed the way their engineers develop and launch new products to their customers.
RightScale® Inc., a demonstrated leader in enterprise cloud portfolio management, announced cloud services plugins that extend the RightScale platform to orchestrate any cloud service with an API.
CIOs are faced with creating a cloud strategy that will deliver greater business value and innovation. The true solution is an integrated, multi-sourced operating model called Hybrid IT.
Organization needs a “middle office”– a function that sits between front and back office, streamlining communication between the two, and delivering “new” business operations skills for IT like sourcing, procurement, packaging, and billing.
Organizations need to explore another approach that encompasses cloud, but goes beyond it – called Hybrid IT.
by Rob Quiros, SohaAs the move to hybrid cloud infrastructure causes the Internet and corporate network to meld, enterprises need a new approach to ensure all of their applications and network resources remain secure. But that is easier said than done, since traditional network perimeters and VPNs simply don’t work in this new cloud-based environment. Read More >>>
The cloud computing market offers flexible and remote data storage facility to enterprises and also eliminates the need for a physical storage infrastructure. Cloud computing allows multiple end-users to store and access data through a common network space simultaneously. According to the opinion of more than 60% CIOs of high performing enterprises, cloud computing is expected to improve customer engagement along with improving operational efficiency. In today’s business world, it is estimated that more than 2 Zetabytes of data is generated annually and cloud offers an ideal platform for storage of this magnitude of data cost-effectively. It is estimated that 35% of the data storage budget of organizations can be saved with the implementation of cloud computing.
With the maturing cloud now a de facto technology choice for most businesses, especially start-ups, the choice of which cloud solution providers (CSP) to trust is the next big decision. With so many options to choose from, and so many providers, big and small, vying for your attention, it’s important to understand what critical aspects of a CSP to look for. What makes one cloud company better than the next?
The preponderant quantity of advances in IT and software engineering in the last ten years has been driven by scale. Ephemeral infrastructure and PaaS enable us to scale hardware, CI/CD enable us to scale the rate of production change, and microservices, eventually consistent data stores, and distributed systems engineering enable us to scale the applications themselves. Scale is a strange and unforgiving property. It cannot be fooled, and is never fully satiated. It has a way of unceremoniously obliterating conventional thinking. It demands 350 new servers right now and laughs mockingly at your change management meeting and your tape backups.
Advancement in the cloud and its delivery models of IaaS and SaaS have caused a monumental shift in the way IT services are deployed and delivered. Beginning in the early 2000s IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, emerged on the scene. IaaS offered a standardized infrastructure that was pre-provisioned and ready-to-go at a moment’s notice. This delivery mechanism eliminated the manual process of ordering and provisioning dedicated hardware in favor of standardization and automation, combined with pre-staged equipment.
To many business owners and directors, working in the Cloud is still some abstract concept that they haven’t quite come to terms with. This is really unfortunate as there are just so many benefits once it is understood exactly what Cloud computing is and how to make the most of it for your particular business model. If you are looking at setting up a Cloud platform for your enterprise, here are a few of the key benefits you might want to know about.
According to industry research, the hybrid cloud market is estimated to grow from $25.28 billion in 2014 to $84.67 billion in 2019, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.3%. The research also states that around 50% of enterprises will “embrace hybrid cloud”.
Cloud is a disruptive, US$100bn “fast fish,” eating up the slow fish in the enormous technology fishbowl that’s a massive US$3.8tn in size. The cloud will be ten years old next year and will continue to pick up momentum and speed even when many would imagine that, after ten years, growth would slow down. However, evolving enterprise IT attitudes towards cloud show a move away from focusing on IT infrastructure to an almost consumer-like consumption of cloud through service models such as software-as-a-service.
September is National Preparedness Month, which in part, is designed to help businesses plan for and protect against natural or human-caused disasters. Certainly, CISOs and information security pros working in the healthcare industry know that the importance of preparedness extends to the management and security of networks, systems and assets. Aggressive cloud adoption in the U.S., in particular, requires awareness of a specific set of challenges and opportunities in order to build a secure and resilient cloud program.
with Rahul Asthana, KenandyIn this interview, Rahul Asthana, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Kenandy, speaks with IT Briefcase about why some enterprises pursue a two-tier application strategy and how they transition fully to new systems. Read More >>>
When you are shifting into the cloud technology, you are required to manage the strategy in the right manner. Your business opportunities can benefit with the help of data security and cost savings. Now, let us discuss a few ideas regarding application of the cloud solutions in your business.
For many years, IT has been a gatekeeper. When anyone wanted new server capacity, additional storage, a password reset, or a new application deployed, they had to come to IT to get the job done. The processes and friction IT put in place to manage the demand led to IT being seen as a barrier, rather than as a business enabler. IT was not focusing on the experience, the perception but only on the technology. In recent years, things have started to change. For instance, the public cloud has made it relatively easy for end users to provision their own computing capacity on demand, and outsourcing has created profound competition for internal IT departments.
Many companies are actively evaluating or trying public cloud services. This is especially true in the area of IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service). Their main rationale? While many look for advantages like easy access, they also feel they’ll gain dramatic cost savings often touted with going to ‘the Cloud.’
Cloud computing is a relatively new concept that is rapidly growing in popularity. The concept of cloud computing involves remotely hosting applications and data within a ‘cloud’ environment of web servers, which are then made accessible to an end user as a cloud service. As this allows the user to control access to critical data and install software as if on their own machine, the use of cloud computing offers a tremendous amount of flexibility.
Content marketing has been the buzz phrase many marketers have been using for the past few years. Many brands and businesses are now fully on board with producing content – to mixed results. However, those that have succeeded with content marketing all have one thing in common. Each of them has leveraged their content with social media. The question for today is – how, exactly, do they do this?
Nemertes’ annual study on IP Telephony/Unified Communications (UC) real-world Total Cost of Ownership finds organizations spending less on their on-premises IP telephony and UC deployments, driven by extreme competition between vendors, which are offering previously unseen prices for capital and licensing, and by improved knowledge among IT staffs.
This report outlines Forrester’s solution for IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals who are building out communications and collaboration infrastructure.
This White Paper has been produced to explain the nature of BYOE (Bring Your Own Experience) and demonstrate how it can make Unified Communications more valuable to the business as well as more relevant to your employees.
J Arnold & Associates monitors the communications technology landscape extensively, and has identified three “hot button” trends organizations need to know when selecting the right communications technology.
IT leaders face the challenge of delivering improved collaboration capabilities while also minimizing cost of operations. Consequently, understanding the ability of IP Telephony (IPT) and Unified Communications (UC) solutions to provide robust technology affordably is critical for overall IT success.
Businesses today are turning to cloud phone systems more than ever, but how do you know which one is right for you? To choose the one that’s best for your business, we’ve dialed it down to nine simple questions you should ask before pressing one for yes.
