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![15 Lessons Learned: Migrating SAP to the Cloud]() 15 LESSONS LEARNED: MIGRATING SAP TO THE CLOUD whitepaper Feb 14, 2019 Visualize what your digital transformation journey can look like on Azure. Get new perspectives from Microsoft IT managers who share their real-world experiences moving SAP to the cloud. Get started today and read this e-book to: Learn how IT professionals like you worked through change management a... Read More |
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![Digitale Transformation und Compliance: Was Führungskräfte wissen müssen]() DIGITALE TRANSFORMATION UND COMPLIANCE: WAS FÜHRUNGSKRÄFTE WISSEN MÜSSEN whitepaper Feb 14, 2019 Angesichts sich stets verändernder regulatorischer Vorgaben brauchen Sie eine Technologie, die Sie umfassend unterstützt. Behalten Sie Sicherheits- und Compliance-Probleme mit Microsoft 365 im Blick. Entdecken Sie, wie Microsoft 365 Folgendes erleichtert: Identifizieren und Kategorisieren von Daten... Read More |
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![The Pros and Cons of Open Source Cloud Computing]() THE PROS AND CONS OF OPEN SOURCE CLOUD COMPUTING blog article Feb 13, 2019 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 such, dedicated userbases for open source technology have propped up to provide resources, updates,... Read More |
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![Serverless Computing]() SERVERLESS COMPUTING whitepaper Feb 12, 2019 The cloud has enabled organizaons to worry less about their IT infrastructure and instead focus on their core offerings. Gartner Research’s Vice President David W. Cearley summarizes the cloud senment when he says, “Organizaons that do not have a high-level cloud strategy driven by their... Read More |
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![How Alibaba Cloud is expanding reach through Indonesia]() HOW ALIBABA CLOUD IS EXPANDING REACH THROUGH INDONESIA blog article Feb 12, 2019 Alibaba Cloud's investment in Indonesia through the recent launch of a second data centre will bolster international presence, providing the tech giant with a head start in one of the regions most promising and dynamic markets.That's according to GlobalData, in analysing the vendor's rec... Read More |
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![Akron, Ohio, Eyes Move to Cloud-Based System Post-Attack]() AKRON, OHIO, EYES MOVE TO CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM POST-ATTACK blog article Feb 11, 2019 As the city of Akron repairs its computer system after last month's cyberattack, some city council members are turning their attention to a more robust — if not perfect — long-term approach to cyberprotection.Russel Neal, Ward 4 councilman, said the city should consider a cloud-based... Read More |
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![SKY’S NO LIMIT: OUR TOP CLOUD COMPUTING PREDICTIONS FOR 2019]() SKY’S NO LIMIT: OUR TOP CLOUD COMPUTING PREDICTIONS FOR 2019 blog article Feb 11, 2019 Cloud computing, even after more than a decade of existence, is still an evolving platform for enterprises and their applications. As companies modernize, more and more are shifting to the cloud for the extensive benefits it offers. Cloud adoption is becoming mainstream as most of the companies who ... Read More |
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![Kubernetes IDE Offered by Red Hat]() KUBERNETES IDE OFFERED BY RED HAT blog article Feb 08, 2019 Kubernetes, getting more popular by the minute for its container orchestration expertise, now has its own integrated development environment (IDE) thanks to open source champion Red Hat. Kubernetes is "an open source container orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling,... Read More |
![Future Trends in Cloud Computing All Point to Optimization]() FUTURE TRENDS IN CLOUD COMPUTING ALL POINT TO OPTIMIZATION blog article Feb 07, 2019 Given our focus on public cloud cost control, we here at ParkMyCloud are always trying to understand more about the future trends in cloud computing, specifically the public cloud infrastructure (IaaS) market. Now that public cloud has reached a key peak in growth, there’s a common theme. Whil... Read More |
![Data Management On-Premise And In The Public Cloud]() DATA MANAGEMENT ON-PREMISE AND IN THE PUBLIC CLOUD blog article Feb 07, 2019 NetApp as one of the leading providers of data management solutions in the SAP environment offers basically the same solutions for on-premise systems and public cloud instances, for example Microsoft Azure.SAP user companies are more and more often opting for cloud computing. This development is obv... Read More |
![Cloud Computing 2019: What’s in Store for this Year?]() CLOUD COMPUTING 2019: WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THIS YEAR? blog article Feb 07, 2019 Technology is disruptive. It’s the nature of technology. Consider the Gutenburg printing press, the lightbulb, the computer. All of these innovations had enormous impact on the way we live and work. The cloud and the concept of remote computing is one of those kinds of innovation, and it is pr... Read More |
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![Driving processing power to the network edge]() DRIVING PROCESSING POWER TO THE NETWORK EDGE blog article Feb 06, 2019 The trend of making normal consumer products into digital devices now extends to hairbrushes, forks, water bottles and other mundane objects advertised as “smart.”
Most, if not all, of these supposedly smart consumer goods don’t have the right kind of intelligence to... Read More |
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![IBM]() IBM'S LATEST CLOUD DEAL SHOWS HOW IT'S WINNING BUSINESS FROM COMPETITORS blog article Feb 06, 2019 IBM Cloud on Wednesday announced a five-year, multi-million dollar agreement with Smart Energy Water (SEW), a SaaS provider for the energy and utility sector. SEW is migrating critical workloads to IBM from another cloud provider, with plans to tap into IBM's analytics, AI and IOT capabilities t... Read More |
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![The top 3 serverless problems and how to solve them]() THE TOP 3 SERVERLESS PROBLEMS AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM blog article Feb 06, 2019 Serverless computing is all the rage. Everyone who is anyone is either investigating it or has already deployed on it. Don’t be last in line or you’ll be sure to miss out.What’s all the fuss about? Serverless computing gives you an infrastructure that allows server resources to be ... Read More |
![Think beyond UEM to accelerate your digital transformation journey]() THINK BEYOND UEM TO ACCELERATE YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY whitepaper Feb 06, 2019 Your IT environment is more complex than ever. From BYOD to data and apps scattered across clouds and data centers, it’s no longer enough to manage only endpoints. Learn how unified workspace management can help you tame the complexity of managing: Endpoints Apps Content Identities Infrastructure N... Read More |
![Engage your workforce through simpler IT]() ENGAGE YOUR WORKFORCE THROUGH SIMPLER IT whitepaper Feb 06, 2019 Learn how a digital workspace can help you: Deliver the apps and data people need to be productive Improve performance with unified analytics Unify access to apps across hybrid environments Get this e-book that explains how a digital workspace can simplify IT while delivering the experience your em... Read More |
![DOD drafts contract for cloud-based back-office apps]() DOD DRAFTS CONTRACT FOR CLOUD-BASED BACK-OFFICE APPS blog article Feb 05, 2019 The Pentagon has released a draft solicitation for its massive cloud-based back-office email and collaboration platform, giving its most detailed look to date of its vision and strategy.Under the $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract, the Defense Department will buy email, conten... Read More |
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![VMware to acquire remote support provider AtherPal]() VMWARE TO ACQUIRE REMOTE SUPPORT PROVIDER ATHERPAL blog article Feb 05, 2019 VMware on Tuesday announced that it plans to acquire remote support provider AtherPal in an effort to bolster its Workspace ONE platform. AtherPal's key service lets IT admins remotely view, control, troubleshoot, and fix devices and apps being used in the field. Financial terms of the deal were... Read More |
![The cloud’s weakest security links aren’t where you]() THE CLOUD’S WEAKEST SECURITY LINKS AREN’T WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING blog article Feb 05, 2019 You pride yourself on your cloud computing security strategy and tool stack. Indeed, your system made up of many security solutions is both proactive, and self-updating. So, you’ll never have to worry about new security attacks that you’re not prepped to defend—well, almost.Most IT... Read More |
![Cloud Smart does not mean]() CLOUD SMART DOES NOT MEAN 'CLOUD ALWAYS' blog article Feb 05, 2019 The White House outlined its new Cloud Smart cloud computing strategy last fall, which I view as not an overhaul, but rather a natural evolution of the Obama administration’s Cloud First vision issued in April 2011. While Cloud First emphasized the cloud’s potential and mandated ad... Read More |
![New Python wrapper for cloud automation by Adobe]() NEW PYTHON WRAPPER FOR CLOUD AUTOMATION BY ADOBE blog article Feb 05, 2019 Adobe has newly opened Ops-cli: a Python wrapper for Terraform, Ansible, and SSH for cloud automation. Keep up with the fast face of cloud computing and add this automation tool to your belt. Ops-cli can be used with AWS and Kubernetes deployments. Adobe is more than your favorite photo editing prog... Read More |
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![How serverless may be making the big clouds bigger]() HOW SERVERLESS MAY BE MAKING THE BIG CLOUDS BIGGER blog article Feb 04, 2019 The good news for those clamoring for real cloud competition is that enterprises keep opting to use multiple clouds. Sure, they use AWS more than any other, according to a Kentik survey, but the fact that they're not only using AWS is good news, right? Kentik's survey, administered to attend... Read More |
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![Review: Azure Machine Learning challenges Amazon SageMaker]() REVIEW: AZURE MACHINE LEARNING CHALLENGES AMAZON SAGEMAKER blog article Feb 04, 2019 Azure Machine Learning Service is Microsoft’s latest offering for developers and data scientists in the custom cloud machine learning and deep learning category. Azure Machine Learning Service adds to a suite of Azure AI products that includes numerous AI toolkits, chatbot and IoT edge service... Read More |
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![Amazon]() AMAZON'S REDSHIFT IS LOSING GROUND IN THE DATA WAREHOUSE WARS blog article Feb 01, 2019 Data warehousing continues its rapid move from on-premise to cloud-based solutions, but organizations still struggle to manage data, according to Panoply's annual Data Warehouse Trends report, released Friday. Migration to cloud-based data warehouse solutions today is estimated to be around 10x ... Read More |
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![WHAT MICROSOFT AZURE MEANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS]() WHAT MICROSOFT AZURE MEANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS blog article Feb 01, 2019 Microsoft recently launched its Azure set of cloud computing services which feature a range of security-conscious apps that the US technology giant claims are accessible to all – from small start-ups to huge multinationals. Features include web apps – such as its office suite of products... Read More |
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![DevTest Scales Out in the Cloud for 2019]() DEVTEST SCALES OUT IN THE CLOUD FOR 2019 blog article Feb 01, 2019 It’s 2019, which means a whole new year of advancements in all areas of technology. One topic that is near and dear to my “cloud” heart is the acceleration and maturation of development and test (DevTest) scenarios and solutions in the public and hybrid cloud space. I’ve been... Read More |
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![Edge Computing: Saving the Cloud from Ephemeral Data]() EDGE COMPUTING: SAVING THE CLOUD FROM EPHEMERAL DATA blog article Jan 30, 2019 Edge computing is rapidly gaining momentum. Last week’s Linux Foundation news on the launch of LF Edge is one more sign of accelerating growth at the edge. What’s driving this sudden intense interest? It’s more than just the sheer number of edge devices or mounting concerns around ... Read More |
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![The Google Cloud Platform Free Trial and Free Tier]() THE GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM FREE TRIAL AND FREE TIER video Jan 29, 2019 Watch this short video to understand the difference between Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) free tier and free trial and understand how they can help you test GCP or use it for development purposes at no or little cost. Read More |
![Knative may be the serverless computing standard you need]() KNATIVE MAY BE THE SERVERLESS COMPUTING STANDARD YOU NEED blog article Jan 29, 2019 Standards are essential when any practice has become widespread and many disparate approaches for addressing it have gained traction.That situation applies in spades to today’s serverless computing market. In platform-as-a-service (PaaS) contexts, serverless computing is well-suited to event-d... Read More |
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![Serverless computing’s dark side: less portability for your apps]() SERVERLESS COMPUTING’S DARK SIDE: LESS PORTABILITY FOR YOUR APPS blog article Jan 29, 2019 According to the “RightScale 2018 State of the Cloud” report, serverless computing is the No. 1 growing cloud service, with a growth rate of 75 percent. This means that many enterprises are opting for the convenience of using serverless systems that abstract you from the underlying infra... Read More |
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![Hybrid Cloud File Storage: Bringing File Data into the AI Age]() HYBRID CLOUD FILE STORAGE: BRINGING FILE DATA INTO THE AI AGE blog article Jan 28, 2019 Today, there are more vendors and solutions than ever for IT infrastructure buyers to choose from. Despite the confusion this causes, decision makers are certain of two things In the next five years, their infrastructure will resemble a hybrid cloud.They need to start building tools, processes and e... Read More |
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![The internet of human things: Implants for everybody and how we get there]() THE INTERNET OF HUMAN THINGS: IMPLANTS FOR EVERYBODY AND HOW WE GET THERE blog article Jan 28, 2019 Over the past several years, the Government of Sweden has been moving toward becoming a completely cashless society. By 2025, most Swedish citizens will perform all their financial transactions using debit and credit cards, mobile devices, PCs, or wearables. But a small, growing number have gone eve... Read More |
![What]() WHAT'S THE BEST CLOUD STORAGE FOR YOU? blog article Jan 28, 2019 In 2007, Drew Houston, Dropbox's CEO, got sick and tired of misplacing his USB drive, so he created the first personal and small business cloud storage service. It was a radical one in its day. Today, everyone and their uncle seems to be offering cheap or free cloud storage. That's great! Ex... Read More |
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![Internet infrastructure isn’t ready for the AR Cloud, but that’s changing]() INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE ISN’T READY FOR THE AR CLOUD, BUT THAT’S CHANGING blog article Jan 26, 2019 Soon you will be able to aim your smartphone at a restaurant window, and the available reservation times will instantly pop up on your screen. If you don a pair of 5G-enabled glasses, you will be able to see the weekly promotions at your local supermarket through your lenses before you set foot in t... Read More |
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![It’s time to kick your ERP system to the curb and go SaaS]() IT’S TIME TO KICK YOUR ERP SYSTEM TO THE CURB AND GO SAAS blog article Jan 25, 2019 According to Cisco’s Global Cloud Index, 59 percent of all cloud workflows were delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS) by 2019. But infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) dropped to 28 percent from 44 percent in 2013, and that platform-as-a-service (PaaS) was only 13 percent for workloads deliv... Read More |
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![Azure Gains in Multi-Cloud Shift, But Complexity Grows]() AZURE GAINS IN MULTI-CLOUD SHIFT, BUT COMPLEXITY GROWS blog article Jan 24, 2019 Microsoft Azure is benefitting most from the growing adoption of multiple cloud vendors, according to recent surveys of enterprise cloud managers.Perhaps the most revealing is an Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ: AMZN) user report released this week that found 35 percent of those surveyed said their orga... Read More |
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![Ockam SDK taps blockchain-based identity services for IoT]() OCKAM SDK TAPS BLOCKCHAIN-BASED IDENTITY SERVICES FOR IOT blog article Jan 24, 2019 Ockam has released an open source SDK, based on Google’s Go language, to allow developers to build identify services into their Internet of Things applications. The identity services will be provided by the Ockam Network, the company’s “decentralized” cloud service platform. ... Read More |
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![The top 5 Linux and open-source stories of 2018]() THE TOP 5 LINUX AND OPEN-SOURCE STORIES OF 2018 blog article Jan 03, 2019 Last year was among the best of times for Linux and open-source. It was also the worst of years. The top five Linux and open-source stories tell it all. First, last January there were a lot of exhausted and angry Linux kernel developers. That's because a fundamental chip design mistake led to Li... Read More |
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![Cloud Containers: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly]() CLOUD CONTAINERS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY blog article Jan 02, 2019 In 2014, Brandon Butler—the Senior Research Analyst at IDC—published an article asking whether cloud containers were just a new buzzword or game-changing technology. The timing of the article was significant, as it was published twelve months after Docker v1.0 was first released and just... Read More |
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![A Smarter Commercial Cloud]() A SMARTER COMMERCIAL CLOUD blog article Jan 01, 2019 Heavy hitters in the commercial cloud industry, such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, are pushing cloud-computing capabilities to what they refer to as the intelligent edge. They are connecting Internet of Things devices and mobile applications with ever-expanding cloud capabilities and t... Read More |
![A More Comfortable Cloud]() A MORE COMFORTABLE CLOUD blog article Jan 01, 2019 The federal government’s comfort level with the cloud improves, due in part to standards and more offerings from commercial cloud providers.Although it is already ubiquitous in the private sector, cloud computing has had a slow adoption by the federal government. That trend is shifting, an exp... Read More |
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![Avere Cloud Bursting Infographic MS4]() AVERE CLOUD BURSTING INFOGRAPHIC MS4 infographic Dec 29, 2018 Run file-dependent applications in the cloud easily and efficiently for big benefits.Consider two options using Avere vFXT that support high-performance computing in Microsoft Azure. Keep your existing storage and take advantage of on-demand compute resources in Azure.Cloud bursting lets you manage ... Read More |
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![The Impact of Cloud Shift on IT Markets]() THE IMPACT OF CLOUD SHIFT ON IT MARKETS whitepaper Dec 27, 2018 Cloud computing will come of age in 2019, IT industry analytsts tell us.451 research estimate 90 percent of companies will be in the cloud by the end of the year. Next year,Forrester Research predicts, the biggest cloud providers will get even bigger,containers will reshape virtually every cloud pro... Read More |
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![How your network can take on the cloud — and win]() HOW YOUR NETWORK CAN TAKE ON THE CLOUD — AND WIN whitepaper Dec 25, 2018 A contextualized approach looks at the who, what, where, when, and why data is being accessed — and it allows your organization to deliver a consistent user experience across internet, and enterprise and SaaS apps. It turns out, it’s also crucial to securing your network. With a single p... Read More |
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![Computing steps closer to the network]() COMPUTING STEPS CLOSER TO THE NETWORK'S EDGE blog article Dec 21, 2018 As governments take advantage of emerging technologies such as drones and come up with new ways to leverage established tech such as GPS, the importance of edge computing becomes more apparent.Although it uses a notion of cloud computing, edge computing is different. Cloud computing consolidates man... Read More |
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![Moving to IaaS: Big Changes Required]() MOVING TO IAAS: BIG CHANGES REQUIRED blog article Dec 20, 2018 There are some huge opportunities for improvements in moving enterprise services to the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud, but there are some equally daunting challenges -- both technical and operational.Demand for public cloud infrastructure, or IaaS, is expected to grow 36.8% in 2018, accor... Read More |
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![Oracle introduces hybrid cloud solution – for its own cloud]() ORACLE INTRODUCES HYBRID CLOUD SOLUTION – FOR ITS OWN CLOUD blog article Dec 19, 2018 I’m beginning to understand why Thomas Kurian left Oracle to try and right the foundering ship that is Google Cloud Platform. He reportedly butted heads with the boss (that would be Larry Ellison) over a desire to make Oracle products more readily available on competitive cloud platforms, and ... Read More |
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![Acquiring the Right Cloud Skills Will Be Major Challenge for IT in 2019]() ACQUIRING THE RIGHT CLOUD SKILLS WILL BE MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR IT IN 2019 blog article Dec 19, 2018 As the rate at which applications are being either built on or shifted into the cloud accelerates, it’s become clear that IT organizations will need to more aggressively either develop new skills internally or recruit IT professionals that already have them. Recruiting that talent, however, is... Read More |
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![Cloud Computing Process - How to Leverage It]() CLOUD COMPUTING PROCESS - HOW TO LEVERAGE IT blog article Dec 18, 2018 Did you know that most businesses and individuals are opting towards using the cloud computing process? Most of the big names on the internet such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon are some of the companies benefiting from the cloud. They are offering a wide range of services to the consumers and ente... Read More |
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![How to migrate your apps from Azure Container Service]() HOW TO MIGRATE YOUR APPS FROM AZURE CONTAINER SERVICE blog article Dec 18, 2018 Signaling another victory for Kubernetes in the container orchestration marketplace, Microsoft recently announced that it will retire its Azure Container Service in January 2020. ACS users are being encouraged to move their distributed infrastructures across to Microsoft’s newer Azure Kubernet... Read More |
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![Importance of Cloud Computing and Why You Should Use it]() IMPORTANCE OF CLOUD COMPUTING AND WHY YOU SHOULD USE IT blog article Dec 15, 2018 In Article 1 of the cloud computing series, we discussed its importance. Now, we will try to understand what made cloud technology so successful and why you should use it?Before we proceed, let’s brief ourselves with some more details about the cloud. IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS are the 3 major categ... Read More |
![UNLEASHING THE POWER OF AMAZON WEB SERVICES WITH ACCENTURE]() UNLEASHING THE POWER OF AMAZON WEB SERVICES WITH ACCENTURE whitepaper Dec 14, 2018 First impressions can eventually get in the way of fully understanding a subject as important and complex as cloud computing. When the cloud first entered the consciousness of IT organizations around the world, cost-cutting through commoditization was foremost on people’s minds. Maybe that wor... Read More |
![PyText builds on PyTorch for language recognition]() PYTEXT BUILDS ON PYTORCH FOR LANGUAGE RECOGNITION blog article Dec 14, 2018 Facebook has open-sourced its PyText project, a machine learning library for natural language processing (NLP) intended to make it easier to put together both experimental projects and production systems.PyText, built with Facebook’s existing PyTorch library for machine learning and used inter... Read More |
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![Hybrid Cloud Explained]() HYBRID CLOUD EXPLAINED video Dec 14, 2018 Is hybrid cloud the solution that you and organization have been looking for? Sai Vennam breaks down the basics of hybrid cloud and shows how it can bring the best of both worlds by allowing you to utilize the features of both public cloud and private cloud that suit your specific needs. Read More |
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![2019 cloud security predictions]() 2019 CLOUD SECURITY PREDICTIONS blog article Dec 14, 2018 The smart attack era is upon us. Learn how AI, machine learning, IT process automation and a bit of common sense will help our cloud security. Cloud security faced significant challenges in 2018, as did other technological areas involving confidential data. According to an article by cloud data secu... Read More |
![Deploying OT Data to an OT/IT Cloud]() DEPLOYING OT DATA TO AN OT/IT CLOUD whitepaper Dec 14, 2018 IIoT solutions are becoming mainstream for corporations looking for benefits such as production quality, cost reduction, legacy asset optimization, and even new business model opportunities. In this white paper, we discuss the importance of deploying OT data to an OT/IT cloud, and highlight how Moxa... Read More |
![Hybrid Cloud Analytics: Plan for These Challenges]() HYBRID CLOUD ANALYTICS: PLAN FOR THESE CHALLENGES blog article Dec 14, 2018 Moving to a hybrid cloud analytics model can help you remove analytics roadblocks, but today's new data environment can introduce new problems because it is so complex. Being aware of these issues is the first step to overcoming them. As big data gets bigger, more diverse, and more dispersed, en... Read More |
![Cloud Computing – All You Need To Know]() CLOUD COMPUTING – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW blog article Dec 14, 2018 Cloud computing is the future of IT, and its systems are structured for business and research purposes. It is swiftly becoming a standard for tech companies to access infrastructure, software or hardware resources, with enabling businesses to use apps from 3rd party companies that are being stored o... Read More |
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![Cloud first to cloud smart: 3 tips to smooth the transition]() CLOUD FIRST TO CLOUD SMART: 3 TIPS TO SMOOTH THE TRANSITION blog article Dec 13, 2018 As the government moves from cloud first to cloud smart, agencies must get their arms around some basic elements to make sure their continued shift to the cloud is both cost-effective and secure. This may mean reconsidering how to think about the cloud, improve security and leverage acquisition opti... Read More |
![The Advantages, Risks, and Inevitability of Edge Computing]() THE ADVANTAGES, RISKS, AND INEVITABILITY OF EDGE COMPUTING blog article Dec 13, 2018 Once held in high regard as groundbreaking and revolutionary, the introduction of the cloud resulted in companies migrating their services and technology from in-house data stores to more centralized third-party data centers. The world of technology grows, expands, and changes more quickly than most... Read More |
![Overcoming the Cloud Security Compliance Conundrum]() OVERCOMING THE CLOUD SECURITY COMPLIANCE CONUNDRUM blog article Dec 13, 2018 The growing demand for increased business agility and cost reductions in relation to IT infrastructure and applications is not a new agenda item for C-level executives. It has, however, remained a priority topic in 2018.Compliance with various regulations and cloud security requirements has expanded... Read More |
![Businesses Seek Out a New Calculus for Public Cloud]() BUSINESSES SEEK OUT A NEW CALCULUS FOR PUBLIC CLOUD blog article Dec 13, 2018 Not long ago, cloud computing was a trendy new concept, with some observers predicting that on-premises data centers would disappear completely as the cost of public cloud resources continued to spiral downward.Those days are largely over. Public cloud prices have stabilized, and many organizations ... Read More |
![Azure This Week - 14 December 2018]() AZURE THIS WEEK - 14 DECEMBER 2018 video Dec 13, 2018 This time on Azure This Week, Lars talks about Azure Machine Learning service now in general availability, Business Critical service tier in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance in general availability, Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK V3.0 in public preview and a new Azure API Management tier for serverless... Read More |
![How Big Data Analytics Will Transform UC Migrations]() HOW BIG DATA ANALYTICS WILL TRANSFORM UC MIGRATIONS blog article Dec 12, 2018 We’re all familiar with how the Space Race in the ‘60s and ‘70s led to many unintended technology breakthroughs for a range of non-related industries, including satellite TV, textiles, and transport. There are more recent examples of technologies jumping across industries, such as ... Read More |
![Tech Zone Expert Series - Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure]() TECH ZONE EXPERT SERIES - HORIZON CLOUD ON MICROSOFT AZURE video Dec 12, 2018 In this episode Rick Terlep introduces us to Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure. VMware End-User Computing (EUC) solutions empower the digital workspace by simplifying app & access management, unifying endpoint management & transforming Windows delivery. Read More |
![Getting Started with Cloud Computing]() GETTING STARTED WITH CLOUD COMPUTING video Dec 12, 2018 Cloud Computing is becoming the mainstream in the IT world as a growing amount of companies around the globe are in the process of a digital transforming while using the power of cloud-based services. Read More |
![Why Cloud Hosting is Better Option for Business?]() WHY CLOUD HOSTING IS BETTER OPTION FOR BUSINESS? blog article Dec 12, 2018 Nowadays, creating a presence for your existing business or a new online venture is more affordable than ever before – mainly thanks to affordable cloud hosting solutions and content management systems which have made it possible for anyone to own a website. But what is cloud hosting and why i... Read More |
![Continuous Compliance Eases Cloud Adoption for Financial Services Firms]() CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE EASES CLOUD ADOPTION FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS blog article Dec 12, 2018 Last month, I spoke during the Innovation Showcase at the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) Fall Summit. The goal was to update this group of high-level security professionals on a continuous compliance managed services solution that helps solve the cloud complianc... Read More |
![Bitnami Kubernetes Production Runtime released]() BITNAMI KUBERNETES PRODUCTION RUNTIME RELEASED blog article Dec 12, 2018 If you want to use a safe third-party container, smart people know they should turn to Bitnami. This company packages, deploys, and maintains applications in virtually any format for any platform. Now, at KubeCon in Seattle, Bitnami announced its Kubernetes release: Bitnami Kubernetes Production Run... Read More |
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![Microsoft is readying a consumer Microsoft 365 subscription bundle]() MICROSOFT IS READYING A CONSUMER MICROSOFT 365 SUBSCRIPTION BUNDLE blog article Dec 12, 2018 Microsoft is working on a new subscription bundle aimed at consumers, which looks to be named "Microsoft 365 Consumer." The coming bundle will be the consumer-focused complement to Microsoft's existing Microsoft 365 subscription bundle for business users.A couple of recent Microsoft jo... Read More |
![Juniper CTO talks cloud, high-speed networking]() JUNIPER CTO TALKS CLOUD, HIGH-SPEED NETWORKING blog article Dec 12, 2018 Cloud computing is changing everything – just ask Juniper CTO Bikash Koley.Along with that notion Koley says that there are a number of certainties about the future of building out large cloud infrastructures: Multicloud is a real inflection point for enterprises and service providers; there w... Read More |
![Cloud as the Foundation for Enterprise growth – R U Ready for the Cloud?]() CLOUD AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ENTERPRISE GROWTH – R U READY FOR THE CLOUD? blog article Dec 11, 2018 The cloud hype is over, and cloud computing is adopted within the enterprise landscape. Forrester explains in a December 2018 update that already 60% of North American Enterprises rely on public cloud infrastructures. Forrester predicts that for 2019 cloud spending will soar, as companies race to ra... Read More |
![A Cloud Native Banking Transformation is Upon Us]() A CLOUD NATIVE BANKING TRANSFORMATION IS UPON US blog article Dec 11, 2018 Last week IBM and Thought Machine announced a partnership that brings together two very different, but highly complementary companies to transform the banking industry as we know it.Banks across the globe are facing multiple levels of market disruption, including everything from rising customer expe... Read More |
![5 cloud security trends to watch in 2019]() 5 CLOUD SECURITY TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2019 blog article Dec 11, 2018 The majority of enterprises have moved critical workloads to the cloud, with providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform vying for market share. However, many businesses remain unclear on which parties are responsible for which elements of cloud security, acc... Read More |
![Google will shut down Fusion Tables]() GOOGLE WILL SHUT DOWN FUSION TABLES blog article Dec 11, 2018 Google is shutting down its Fusion Tables cloud service, a Google Drive option that offered an easy way to create online visualizations, especially maps. Google announced today that the service will end on Dec. 3, 2019, and "maps using the Fusion Tables Layer in the Maps JavaScript API v3.37 wi... Read More |
![The private cloud is now a peripheral to the public cloud]() THE PRIVATE CLOUD IS NOW A PERIPHERAL TO THE PUBLIC CLOUD blog article Dec 11, 2018 No matter if you’re looking at Microsoft’s Azure Stack, Amazon Web Services’s Outpost, or Google's Kubernetes Engine (GKE) on premises, that emerging pattern is the same: placing an on-premises version of a pubic cloud’s cloud services that runs on hardware in the data ce... Read More |
![Create your cloud code installer with CNAB and Duffle]() CREATE YOUR CLOUD CODE INSTALLER WITH CNAB AND DUFFLE blog article Dec 11, 2018 When you build code, you need to deliver it in a way it installs and runs with as little friction as possible. That’s easy in the traditional application world, where you can target an installer at the end of a build, delivering your code to repositories, stores, and system and service managem... Read More |
![The Top Cloud Computing Trends to Follow in 2019]() THE TOP CLOUD COMPUTING TRENDS TO FOLLOW IN 2019 blog article Dec 11, 2018 Enterprise computing has evolved a lot in recent years with new trends constantly arising. Keeping up with said trends is essential to successful enterprise computing. Attending conferences and following news helps IT professionals prepare for what comes. It’s also helpful to check in with sol... Read More |
![NSF Looks to Cloud to Accelerate Scientific Research]() NSF LOOKS TO CLOUD TO ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH blog article Dec 11, 2018 The National Science Foundation supports scientists in Antarctica who conduct research on biology, climate change, geology and astrophysics. NSF was also instrumental in serving as a bridge between ARPANET and the internet. From cyberspace to the farthest reaches of the earth, the agency pursues its... Read More |
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![Kubernetes etcd data project joins CNCF]() KUBERNETES ETCD DATA PROJECT JOINS CNCF blog article Dec 11, 2018 How do you store data across a Kubernetes container cluster? With etcd. This essential part of Kubernetes has been managed by CoreOS/Red Hat. No longer. Now, the open-source etcd project has been moved from Red Hat to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).What is etcd? No, it's not what h... Read More |
![LG CNS partners with Megazone Cloud in public cloud]() LG CNS PARTNERS WITH MEGAZONE CLOUD IN PUBLIC CLOUD blog article Dec 11, 2018 LG CNS has partnered with Megazone Cloud, South Korea's largest public cloud vendor, to expand its cloud business, the company announced.Megazone Cloud, an AWS Premier Partner, boasts around 900 customers with revenue of 220 billion won (US$195 million), the largest for a public cloud firm in So... Read More |
![NAB looks at moving core banking to the public cloud]() NAB LOOKS AT MOVING CORE BANKING TO THE PUBLIC CLOUD blog article Dec 11, 2018 The National Australia Bank (NAB) is diving head first into its public cloud-first strategy, making plans to not only shift a few hundred apps to Amazon Web Services (AWS), but also to consolidate all of its information into a single, real-time data lake as it lays the foundation for sending core ba... Read More |
![What cloud computing is doing for emerging markets]() WHAT CLOUD COMPUTING IS DOING FOR EMERGING MARKETS blog article Dec 11, 2018 Software development is starting up in countries previously unassociated with information technology, providing an opportunity for economic growth in emerging markets. The breadth, power and scope of cloud computing has changed the way we think about information technology and the next generation of... Read More |
![Looking forward to the future of cloud computing]() LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF CLOUD COMPUTING blog article Dec 11, 2018 Imagine a world where anyone in your organisation can source computing capacity automatically and use this resource to run technology-led projects that will help disrupt your business for the better. That’s the vision for the development of cloud computing during the next decade. Movement towa... Read More |
![Pivotal Function Service promises serverless programming on any cloud]() PIVOTAL FUNCTION SERVICE PROMISES SERVERLESS PROGRAMMING ON ANY CLOUD blog article Dec 10, 2018 Taking the Function-as-a-Service trend to its logical conclusion, Pivotal has a new open source platform available for developer to use, working on any cloud as an open product. Pivotal Function Service (PFS for short) offers developers and organizations a united platform to run their entire b... Read More |
![Avaya Gets Jiggy With Public Cloud]() AVAYA GETS JIGGY WITH PUBLIC CLOUD blog article Dec 10, 2018 Avaya has taken the covers off a new delivery model for its unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) offering and contact center as service (CCaaS) solutions, showing it’s serious about public cloud. Introduced today, delivery is available through a new Avaya storefront that reflects the si... Read More |
![VMware Certification Path 2018: Roadmap to Success]() VMWARE CERTIFICATION PATH 2018: ROADMAP TO SUCCESS infographic Dec 10, 2018 As you know, VMware offers a plethora of industry’s top certifications that can majorly help you to demonstrate and validate your proficiencies in the field of Information Technology. If you are planning to indulge yourself in one of the VMware training programs and is not too sure about where... Read More |
![Avoiding The Pitfalls Of DIY Public Cloud Management]() AVOIDING THE PITFALLS OF DIY PUBLIC CLOUD MANAGEMENT blog article Dec 10, 2018 Despite evidence demonstrating do-it-yourself (DIY) public cloud management is a bad idea, some enterprises persist in attempting to manage their clouds without help. A few years ago, a cloud management services vendor published a list of reasons why organizations choose DIY public cloud management ... Read More |
![SAP provides partners free access to its cloud platform]() SAP PROVIDES PARTNERS FREE ACCESS TO ITS CLOUD PLATFORM blog article Dec 10, 2018 Enterprise software vendor SAP is providing its partner network with free access to its cloud platform, offering testing, demonstration and development licensing services.The open platform-as-a-service (PaaS) acts as a single framework for partners to build and extend on existing SAP solutions.The n... Read More |
![Magellan Health goes cloud-first to modernize IT]() MAGELLAN HEALTH GOES CLOUD-FIRST TO MODERNIZE IT blog article Dec 10, 2018 It didn't take long for Srini Koushik to realize he had a long road ahead of him when he joined Magellan Health as CIO and CTO in 2016. The $7.3 billion company, which doubles as a pharmacy benefits manager and provider of services for people with conditions ranging from ADHD to autism, was like... Read More |
![Infographic: Cloud computing ushers in game changer]() INFOGRAPHIC: CLOUD COMPUTING USHERS IN GAME CHANGER infographic Dec 10, 2018 Dominance of video game consoles may become obsolete by streaming services as gamers are on the verge of a seismic transformation. Computer processing required to run games is outsourced to cloud server.Needs super-fast internet connection for player input commands to flow in once direction and imag... Read More |
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![McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions]() MCAFEE LABS 2019 THREATS PREDICTIONS infographic Dec 07, 2018 Cybercriminals will band together, creating fewer but stronger malware-as-a-service families. Cybercriminals can buy malware, exploits, botnets, and other shady services on the underground market. Criminals of varying experience and sophistication can easily launch attacks. Increasingly powerful bra... Read More |
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![Mailup Group looks to take their cloud based services to new markets]() MAILUP GROUP LOOKS TO TAKE THEIR CLOUD BASED SERVICES TO NEW MARKETS video Dec 07, 2018 Mailup Group CEO Nazzareno Gorni joined Steve Darling from Proactive Investors in Los Angeles at the LD MIcro show to tell investors about their cloud based company. Mailup uses a digital cloud computing platform used by SMEs and large corporations to communicate with their customers via email and S... Read More |
![How Will Federal Cloud Use Evolve in 2019?]() HOW WILL FEDERAL CLOUD USE EVOLVE IN 2019? blog article Dec 07, 2018 It was a banner year for federal cloud adoption. Cloud services contract obligations were expected to increase by about 32 percent in fiscal year 2018, reaching an all-time high of about $6.5 billion, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Government.Meanwhile, according to Ashley Mahan, acting direc... Read More |
![Infographic: Cloud demand]() INFOGRAPHIC: CLOUD DEMAND infographic Dec 07, 2018 This infographic illustrates how much cloud investment has increased in the past few years and how much it continues to increase. Read More |
![The path to cloud security goes through integration]() THE PATH TO CLOUD SECURITY GOES THROUGH INTEGRATION blog article Dec 07, 2018 The cloud security problem is not really a problem any more. Indeed, we have the best security technology in the public clouds these days, and in some cases it’s better than what’s in the on-premises systems that are no longer receiving the R&D spending love.So, if security is so goo... Read More |
![How to become a transformative enterprise in the cloud]() HOW TO BECOME A TRANSFORMATIVE ENTERPRISE IN THE CLOUD blog article Dec 07, 2018 Cloud computing isn’t a technology problem solved by moving workloads out of private data centers and into public clouds. As cloud guru Bernard Golden puts it, “What you need to really take advantage of cloud computing is a complete rethink of your approach to IT.” Yet even this de... Read More |
![Rising Usage of Cloud Computing to Drive Cloud Analytics Market]() RISING USAGE OF CLOUD COMPUTING TO DRIVE CLOUD ANALYTICS MARKET blog article Dec 07, 2018 The vast rise in adoption of cloud-based applications and services across the enterprise sector has been allowing the promising expansion of the global cloud analytics market and is likely to drive the market in the years ahead as well, states TMR Research in a recent market research report. The rep... Read More |
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![virtualization vs cloud computing infographic]() VIRTUALIZATION VS CLOUD COMPUTING INFOGRAPHIC infographic Dec 06, 2018 Whilst most tech professionals know the difference between virtualization and cloud computing, knowing which is the best option for the business is a whole other challenge. This infographic compares the two and outlines how each could benefit you. Read More |
![How the Cloud Can Help Future-Proof Your Small Business]() HOW THE CLOUD CAN HELP FUTURE-PROOF YOUR SMALL BUSINESS blog article Dec 06, 2018 Today’s technology landscape is moving ahead at lightning speed, and failing to keep up means possibly giving up a competitive edge. For small to medium-sized businesses without vast amounts of IT and financial resources, the speed of change and adoption can feel intimidating. Luckily, there&r... Read More |
![15 most in-demand cloud computing jobs]() 15 MOST IN-DEMAND CLOUD COMPUTING JOBS blog article Dec 06, 2018 Cloud computing has become a key part of enterprise digital transformation strategy, with cloud services projected to become a $300 billion business by 2021. As the cloud begins to dominate the business landscape, job seeker and employer interest in positions related to cloud computing has also incr... Read More |
![Infographic: The Strategic CFOs Guide to Cloud Technology]() INFOGRAPHIC: THE STRATEGIC CFOS GUIDE TO CLOUD TECHNOLOGY infographic Dec 06, 2018 The world in which many Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) operate is changing. Increasingly modern organizations are turning to their CFO for strategic leadership and insight on how best to position themselves on a competitive footing. Accordingly, the CFO of today needs a tool-set capable... Read More |
![3 Advantages of Cloud Computing]() 3 ADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING video Dec 06, 2018 As a small or medium sized business, the choices in technology for your company can easily become overwhelming and confusing, especially when your old hardware has become obsolete. Should you choose a new hardware and software licensing solution? Or is a cloud solution right for your business? Let&r... Read More |
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