Shopify to Move Infrastructure to Google Cloud
Shopify is moving its infrastructure to Google Cloud. The Alphabet Inc. unit’s cloud service will host the e-commerce company’s online stores. It’s the latest win for Diana Greene, Google’s cloud...
View ArticleHow to Reduce the Cost of Your AWS Bill
Have you ever looked at your AWS bill and wondered how on Earth you ended up paying so much every month? The odds are the biggest slice of that bill is from EC2, and most likely from the cost of...
View ArticleAWS Joins the Blockchain Wagon, Targeting Healthcare and Finance
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today joined its rivals in releasing a blockchain service, half a year after its CEO cited a lack of “practical use cases” for the technology. Basing its...
View Article25% of Businesses Targeted With Cryptojacking in the Cloud
New public cloud security report detects a spike in cryptojacking, mismanaged cloud storage, account takeover, and major patches getting overlooked. RedLock’s second annual Cloud Security Trends report...
View ArticleWhat is the Multi-Cloud Approach and Do You Need It?
The first time I was asked to design a multi-cloud approach for a platform, I thought ‘this guy must be on drugs!’. For most people involved with public cloud computing it’s still fairly taboo to even...
View ArticleIs Data Safe in the Cloud?
Cloud storage enables companies to store their data in third-party data centers through a cloud provider. Organizations are rapidly adopting the cloud, but there’s a concern: is data safe in the cloud?...
View ArticlePublic Cloud Market Continues to Soar With 2017 ‘Pivotal’ Year, Says IDC
2017 was a ‘pivotal’ year in expanding public cloud service adoption according to IDC – with spending growth remaining at a constant level despite the overall market tripling in size. The figures,...
View ArticleCloud Computing Benefits: 7 Key Advantages for Your Business
Business of all sizes, geographies, and industries are turning to cloud services. According to a survey by RightScale, both public and private cloud adoption have increased in the last year. The survey...
View ArticleAlibaba Cloud Eyes Further EMEA Expansion with Launch of Partner Program
Alibaba Cloud’s expansion outside of China and Asia Pacific has been well documented – and now the provider is firming up its commitments with the launch of a new EMEA partner program. The partner...
View ArticleCloud Migration: 3 Basic Steps for a Successful Migration Process
Today, the success (or failure) of almost all business ventures is tied to technology, and many companies are tech businesses. As a business grows and expands, so does its IT infrastructure needs....
View ArticleIoT Spend to Reach $6 Billion by 2023
A new study from Juniper Research found that spending on IoT cybersecurity solutions is set to reach over $6 billion globally by 2023. It highlighted rapid growth, with spending by product and service...
View Article86% of Companies are Employing a Multi-Cloud Strategy, Report Shows
Research by Virtustream and Dell Technologies has revealed multi-cloud businesses are on the rise, with 86% of companies using more than one vendor to help with their digital transformation efforts....
View ArticleCloud Monitoring: Overview and Best Practices
Almost all business use cloud in one way or another these days. And since cloud is such an important part of an organization’s operations, it’s obvious that you need to monitor it. This article gives...
View ArticleCritical Flaws Found in Amazon FreeRTOS IoT Operating System
A security researcher has discovered several critical vulnerabilities in one of the most popular embedded real-time operating systems—called FreeRTOS—and its other variants, exposing a wide range of...
View ArticleAmazon and Cisco Join Forces to Create Hybrid App Development Platform
Cisco Hybrid Solution for Kubernetes on Amazon allows businesses to switch apps from the cloud to on-premise and vice-versa Amazon and Cisco have teamed up to make it easier for developers to build...
View ArticleCloud Interoperability and App Mobility Outrank Cost and Security for Primary...
Enterprises plan to increase hybrid cloud usage, with 91% stating hybrid cloud as the ideal IT model, but only 18% stating they have that model today, according to Nutanix. Application mobility across...
View ArticleCloud Infrastructure Spending Exceeds On-Premise for the First Time
By 2025, businesses will be spending 22% of their budget on cloud technologies Businesses are spending more money on cloud infrastructure compared to legacy, on-premise environments for the first time,...
View ArticleNew – EC2 Auto Scaling Groups With Multiple Instance Types & Purchase Options
If you’re using AWS, you can now create Auto Scaling Groups that grow and shrink in response to changing conditions, while also making use of the most economical combination of EC2 instance types and...
View ArticleNew Security Feature to Prevent Amazon S3 Bucket Misconfiguration and Data Leaks
Hardly a week goes by that we don’t hear about an organization leaving sensitive data exposed on the Internet because they failed to properly configure their Amazon S3 buckets. Amazon Web Services, to...
View ArticleAvoiding Vendor Lock-In Is ‘Crucial to Cloud Success’
Report suggests businesses should embrace open-source tech and adopt cloud-native apps to stay competitive A new report has unpackaged the elements it thinks a business needs to implement in order to...
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