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We look at why hybrid cloud can create a tricky infrastructure to manage. It is a universally accepted axiom that the world is moving towards cloud. Even the most hardened skeptics have been converted and are taking their first steps on a cloud journey. The figures back this up. IDC has reported that quarterly spending on … Read more
A Microsoft document offers details on how much it could cost companies to maintain Windows 7 PCs if they don’t migrate to Windows 10 by early next year. Microsoft will charge as much as $200 per Windows 7 PC to deliver a year’s worth of OS security updates after it’s officially retired in January, according … Read more
If you’re using Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 and the subscription lapses, here’s how much time you have to renew — or backup your data and move on. Microsoft’s pay-as-you-go Office 365 is, first and foremost, a subscription. And like other subscriptions – think newspapers (remember them?) or an online storage service – missing a payment … Read more
“Born-in the Cloud” workloads might be designed to be platform-agnostic now, but that doesn’t mean it will always be the case, as hyperscalers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure continue to add specific and unique functionality to their hosted services. The evolution of the consumer cloud has been tied to the services that the major … Read more
Cisco is moving towards a software-based future. We chatted to Susie Wee, founder and leader of Cisco developer and innovation programme, DevNet, to find out how she is helping to enable this change. As more than one observer was heard to remark at this year’s Cisco Live Europe customer and partner event at Barcelona’s Fira, which has … Read more
As businesses increasingly adopt cloud-first strategies, how can they ensure their security is up to scratch? Modern businesses continue to invest more heavily in the cloud than ever before. Global enterprise spending on cloud services is projected to grow by 17.3% in 2019 to total $206.2bn, up from $175.8bn in 2018, according to analyst Gartner. While the cloud … Read more
Cisco finds Kubernetes, legacy application integration and edge computing technologies are among cloud growth showgrounds. Kubernetes, legacy application integration and edge computing technologies are but a few of the technologies Cisco sees as having some of the greatest impact on cloud computing in 2019. Cisco aggressively ramped up its own cloud presence in 2018 with all manner of … Read more
Google’s legal chief claims Oracle’s copyright ruling on Java software interfaces will damage software development. Google has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to review its copyright dispute with Oracle over the use of software interfaces in Java. The company’s senior vice-president of global affairs and chief legal officer, Kent Walker, presented Google’s … Read more
Spending on enterprise software, particularly cloud services and applications, is expected to grow faster than any other category of IT this year, fueling an overall increase in global spending on technology. If you have any doubts that digital transformation is top of mind for IT executives, just take a look at what they’re buying. Spending on enterprise … Read more
The Cisco SD-WAN security problems were part of 23 security advisories Cisco announced on Jan. 23. Cisco has patched security vulnerabilities in four packages of SD-WAN Solution software that address buffer overflow, arbitrary file override and privilege access weaknesses that could have led to denial-of-service attacks or access problems. The first patch, called “Critical” by … Read more
