Businesses move key applications off public cloud to save costs
A new study has shown that while many enterprises are able to keep public cloud costs under control, spending can quickly escalate. Many organisations are migrating applications back from the...
When it comes to uptime, not all cloud providers are created equal
Cloud uptime is critical today, but vendor-provided data can be confusing. Here’s an analysis of how AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure compare. The cloud is not just important; it’s...
Cloud uptake drives third-quarter sales for Microsoft
Demand for Microsoft’s cloud offerings spiked again during the firm’s third quarter, reports Redmond. Microsoft’s commercial cloud revenues jumped 41% year on year, hitting $9.6bn (£7.65bn) in the firm’s third quarter...
Understanding Anthos: Google’s multi-cloud bid to define the next 20 years of enterprise IT
The unveiling of Google Cloud’s Anthos multi-cloud management tool dominated many of the discussions at the firm’s annual developer conference in San Francisco, amid claims that it could change the...
FinOps: Best practices for cloud cost optimization
Cloud consumption is growing rapidly, but tracking spending can be a bear. Enter FinOps, a financial discipline and tech solution intended to optimize how enterprise spend on cloud. Won over...
Security and compliance concerns eroding confidence in the cloud
New research from Advanced reveals 88% of firms say cloud providers need to do more to build confidence. There are still many businesses out there still not utilising the cloud...
Growing reliance on cloud will need tighter IT management
By 2022, over $1.3tn will be spent on cloud computing and related services globally, and IT leaders will need to figure out how to manage it all. The latest forecast...
Tips on reducing unnecessary cloud service costs
As IT departments prepare their 2019 budgets, we assess how to avoid paying too much for cloud services. Infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) free business users from...
Cisco pays cool $2.3 billion for hot security company Duo
Cisco says integration of its network, device and cloud security platforms with Duo Security’s zero-trust authentication and access products will let customers quickly secure users to any application on any...
Google, Cisco amp-up enterprise cloud integration
Google and Cisco setting stage for Kubernetes hybrid cloud push. The joint Google and Cisco Kubernetes platform for enterprise customers should appear before the end of the year, and things...