Secure access service edge is a Gartner model for streamlining network access, improving security, boosting network performance and reducing the number of vendors and devices IT pros have to deal with. Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified … Read more
There are appealing enterprise options beyond AWS, Azure, and GCP, but buyer beware — not just any cloud service qualifies. The cloud has, for the most part, become a commodity. Most enterprise cloud workloads require a small variety of hardware. After all, how many organizations are actually doing quantum computing or even AI training workloads … Read more
Security professionals face challenges in keeping pace with cloud deployments and migrations, and the additional security threats they open up. Misconfiguration, unauthorised access and account hijacking are the most pressing of a number of threats to public cloud environments, which are now reaching a level where security operations are finding it more and more of a … Read more
Many enterprises are learning some hard lessons they did not even know existed four months ago. We’re in a recovery now, and at some point, things will be back to near normal…hopefully. We learned that some businesses fared better than others during the upheaval. Nine times out of ten, those businesses leveraged cloud successfully to … Read more
Easy scalability and pay-per-usage pricing are two of the draws of enterprise cloud storage. Potential drawbacks include management complexity and security concerns. Everything seems to be moving to the cloud these days, so what about storage? Is it time to unplug those expensive data center storage appliances and migrate all of that data to the … Read more
The public cloud is a boon for getting applications up and running in a jiffy, but some CIOs have found that business agility comes at a premium and are rethinking their deployments via repatriation. The public cloud offers the potential for better business agility, but offloading critical computing resources has a darker side. Some IT leaders … Read more
Cloud-first has become the guiding principle for application modernization and migration. Cloud-native is the mantra for application development. And hot technologies like containers, microservices and serverless computing are all associated with the public cloud. So, where does that leave the private cloud? Private cloud – typically an on-premises data center that enterprises are attempting to retrofit with virtualization, automation, self-service, … Read more
As cloud budgets rocket skyward, a growing number of enterprises are looking for ways to cap costs. Check out these tips designed to bring cloud expenditures back to earth. Many enterprises that once looked to the cloud as a way to curb data center expenditures are now beginning to wonder why they’re not saving as … Read more
The 2019 ThousandEyes Benchmark report shows that not all cloud providers are created equal across all regions. Not all public cloud service providers are the same when it comes to network performance. Each one’s connectivity approach varies, which causes geographical discrepancies in network performance and predictability. As businesses consider moving to the cloud, especially software-defined … Read more
Cisco and IBM have partnered to offer Managed Private Cloud-as-a-service for VMware and IBM/RedHat OpenShift environments. Cisco and IBM have rolled out a pair of managed private-cloud services aimed at customers looking for the utility of a public cloud delivered on premises. Cisco and IBM Services have partnered to offer a Managed Private Cloud-as-a-service powered by Cisco’s … Read more
