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Cloud computing trends for 2022
From cloud native and SASE to business technologists and industry clouds, we take a look at the top cloud computing trends for 2022…
AWS opens business analytics to serverless scope & simplicity
A new world of more flexible data analytics is achievable by using cloud-based serverless provisioning, management and delivery claims Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the company now offers the scope and promised simplicity that comes...
The cloud is the computer, web application security fundamentals
There is now a pressing need for C-suite directors and their immediate divisional team leaders to understand where system security should be applied - in a world where the cloud and the web is the computer, system security and...
The fluffiest (usable) clouds have solid foundations
Given the 3D (or perhaps 4D) honeycomb of interconnected blocks that now comes together to form the increasingly cloud-native nature of the modern IT double-helix, it is perhaps no surprise that the term ‘IT stack’ has been...
Crack, lack & slack: Three fragilities in the cloud pipeline
The rise of cloud-native DevOps functions along with the popularisation of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) does not necessarily make a perfect cloud, the flow is strengthening… but...
How clouds falter... and how to straighten them
When we talk about cloud computing clouds ‘breaking’, we mean it in the sense of the IT in question failing to achieve its specified level of performance and availability, but Machine Learning tools are coming forward to automate our...
Box ready to go again after proxy distractions
The cloud content management pioneer has the chance to grow once more.
Cloud computing lessons from US Steel
Just as US Steel saw its market dominance usurped by Nucor Corporation with its mini-mill model, the behemoths of the cloud datacentre market may see a new degree of fragmentation brought to the fore as a result of the impact of...
HYCU seeks to give backup a new simplicity
Boston-based HYCU wants to make enterprise data recovery iPhone-style ease of use.
Cloud-native is from Mars, legacy monitoring tools are from Venus
As the technology infrastructure world moves to embrace cloud-native with wider open arms, the legacy monitoring tools traditionally applied to this new IT substrate do not necessarily always enjoy an easy fit.
Cloud-native’s fear factor (and how to overcome it)
The drive to embrace fully-blown -as-a-Service computing in wholly cloud-native technology deployments is an oft-spoken but rarely observed reality -- so what defines the cloud-native fear factor and how should organisations work to...
Asia-Pacific leapfrogs West into public cloud
As cloud and as-a-service services soar, how is the shift to Iaas and Saas impacting technological efficiency, privacy and regulation across Asia-Pacific.
AWS UKI boss on elasticity, cloud and adaptivity
Darren Hardman of Amazon Web Services says the pandemic period has shown the value of elastic capacity.
Tracking technology spend in a hybrid working world
The global lockdown measures brought on by the pandemic have put digital-first initiatives into the spotlight for businesses. As lockdown measures lift, businesses will now rely on IT to help progress the newly adopted hybrid working...
Aqua Security and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks: Which container security tool is better?
IT Central Station users review two of the highest reviewed solutions in the container security market – Aqua Security and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks.
What wildebeest can teach us about cloud migration
Deaths aside, going to the Public Cloud is as easy and painless as a wildebeest migration across the Serengeti.
The ephemeral cloud demands timeless backup
The transitory world of cloud computing and its widespread implementation of impermanent ephemeral computing resources drives us to a point where we need Backup-as-a-Service to be an always-on resource toolset that facilitates the...
UK organisations are facing tension between short-term needs and long-term digital transformation goals
How recent events have impacted digital transformation in the UK, and the steps business leaders can take to overcome existing barriers to innovation
How IT spring cleaning can drive business efficiency in the next normal
SolarWinds Head Geek™, Sascha Giese, discusses how IT professionals can perform a spring clean to improve team performance and drive long-lasting business benefits.
