Tag Archives: Cloud

University CIO calls on cloud phone service

Posted on April 8, 2017 by John Davis

Georgetown University is testing a cloud phone service intended to replace its 25-year-old system, which would cost millions of dollars to replace. The move, part of a broader telecommunications infrastructure overhaul, advances the private university’s plan to migrate to consumer-friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Box and BT partnership aims to bring more companies to the cloud

Posted on April 7, 2017 by John Davis

Box and BT launched a new partnership yesterday aimed at combining their cloud services expertise for the benefit of their customers. The companies will collaborate on improving cloud connectivity, with Box poised to join BT’s high-performance cloud infrastructure, while BT … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Battle Intensifies To Become Cloud Hardware Leader

Posted on April 5, 2017 by John Davis

HPE and Cisco are joined by merged Dell EMC as big three contenders to supply cloud providers. Are white box manufacturers a threat? InformationWeek: Cloud

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

After Amazon outage, HealthExpense worries about cloud lock-in

Posted on April 1, 2017 by John Davis

Financial services companies as popular targets of cybercriminals for the obvious reason — they’re where the money’s at. And health care companies have medical records, which are very valuable on the black market since the information there can be abused … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

IDG Contributor Network: How Procore brought the cloud to the $10 trillion construction industry

Posted on March 30, 2017 by John Davis

When the history of cloud software is written its beginnings will be traced to 1998 and the founding of NetLedger (Now Oracle-owned NetSuite) an accounting app. Over the course of two decades companies like Salesforce.com, Workday and Concur would follow, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In the cloud, you don’t need a college degree

Posted on March 29, 2017 by John Davis

Like most in this business, I have an advanced degree. I even taught computer science at the college level part-time for eight years before life got too busy. That said, you don’t need a college degree to be successful in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

No Cloud is Perfect, So Be Prepared

Posted on March 26, 2017 by John Davis

Enterprise IT managers have to accept that cloud outages will occur, and have strategies to keep core systems running. InformationWeek: Cloud

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The barrier to cloud security isn’t the technology

Posted on March 24, 2017 by John Davis

You want solid cloud security, so you work to find the best approach and technology. But that won’t get the job done. The truth is that competent cloud security technology is available, and most IT organizations’ cloud teams are good … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Microsoft hit with second cloud disruption in two weeks

Posted on March 22, 2017 by John Davis

A handful of hosted Microsoft services, including Office 365 SaaS apps, OneDrive cloud storage and xBox Live platforms experienced an outage on Tuesday into Wednesday, according to Microsoft and services that track outages. DownDetector.com found that Office 365 had elevated … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

SAP adds new features to Vora and readies a cloud version

Posted on March 20, 2017 by John Davis

SAP has added some new capabilities to SAP Vora, its in-memory distributed computing system based on Apache Spark and Hadoop. Version 1.3 of Vora includes a number of new distributed, in-memory data-processing engines, including ones for time-series data, graph data … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

IDG Contributor Network: Who will win the battle for cloud dominance?

Posted on March 18, 2017 by John Davis

Enterprises are now contending the impact of cloud computing on all matters IT. The scalability and flexibility of cloud resources are crucial to CIOs, and the cloud has the potential to liberate IT teams from hit-or-miss capacity planning and future-proofing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Why the U.S. should give tax breaks to cloud adopters

Posted on March 17, 2017 by John Davis

To promote the use of cloud computing by small businesses in India, the Indian government is planning to introduce a subsidy for cloud usage. The hope is that the use of the cloud will make small businesses more successful, thus … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

AWS offers Alexa developers free cloud credits

Posted on March 16, 2017 by John Davis

Developers interested in extending the capabilities of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant have some more free tools in their arsenal, thanks to a program the company announced Wednesday. Developers with an active Alexa skill —  a service that expands the capabilities … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Cloud Move Means Big Changes for IT Operations

Posted on March 15, 2017 by John Davis

At Interop ITX, JP Morgenthal of CSC will describe what changes when it comes to operations management in a move to the cloud. InformationWeek: Cloud

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

10 ways Google improved its cloud at NEXT

Posted on March 14, 2017 by John Davis

Google cloud is seen by analysts as an up and comer. Company executives will even admit that the past few years Google has not had everything it needs to compete for enterprise customers in the IaaS public cloud market against … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

IDG Contributor Network: Public cloud services sneak in through IT’s back door

Posted on March 13, 2017 by John Davis

“I’m a back door man, I’m a back door manThe CIO don’t know, but the users understand.” Well, maybe those aren’t the exact lyrics sung by Jim Morrison (or Howlin’ Wolf). Yet much of the information technology used by enterprises … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Google’s secret weapon in cloud computing: people

Posted on March 12, 2017 by John Davis

SAN FRANCISCO – Google had several big tech and service announcements at this week’s second annual Google Cloud Next conference here. But the company is also leveraging a surprising resource to win enterprise customers – people. It’s surprising because Google’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Google offers new ‘Always Free’ cloud tier to attract users

Posted on March 11, 2017 by John Davis

Google is letting its customers get a taste of its cloud for free, without a time-limited trial. The company quietly launched a new “Always Free” tier on Thursday that lets people use small amounts of its public cloud services without … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Google offers new ‘Always Free’ cloud tier to attract users

Posted on March 11, 2017 by John Davis

Google is letting its customers get a taste of its cloud for free, without a time-limited trial. The company quietly launched a new “Always Free” tier on Thursday that lets people use small amounts of its public cloud services without … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

IDG Contributor Network: Can we trust the public cloud vendors?

Posted on March 7, 2017 by John Davis

Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) outage on Feb. 28 took down many well-known websites and web services. For the complete post-mortem from Amazon Web Services (AWS), read this lengthy explanation of what went wrong and what AWS is doing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Deploying Containers to the Cloud: Many Options

Posted on March 6, 2017 by John Davis

At Interop ITX 2017, a container deployment expert will demonstrate how users can select an option for moving containers to the cloud. InformationWeek: Cloud

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

AWS, Microsoft, and Google take different paths to the cloud

Posted on March 4, 2017 by John Davis

An outage at Amazon Web Services Tuesday rekindled the debate about whether it is wise to rely too heavily on one cloud service provider. Such snafus are rare for AWS so CIOs worry more about the potential for vendors to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

HPE refocuses tech services group on cloud, big data

Posted on March 2, 2017 by John Davis

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has revamped its existing technology services unit to focus on helping customers adopt emerging technologies, including cloud computing, the internet of things, and big data. HPE’s new Pointnext technology services division, announced Thursday, is designed to help businesses … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

How Cisco wants to become the Switzerland of the cloud

Posted on February 28, 2017 by John Davis

After years of juggling with different strategies of how to pursue the cloud computing market, Cisco now has what it believes will be a winning one: Become a so-called Switzerland of the cloud. Cisco is not spending billions of dollars … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Cloud companies are eyeing cell services, Nokia CEO says

Posted on February 27, 2017 by John Davis

Enterprises and cloud companies will start trying their hands at cellular this year, Nokia President and CEO Rajeev Suri predicts. “Enhanced reality” and events such as concerts may be where cloud giants first get into mobile services, Suri said at … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Yes, the cloud will kill jobs—maybe even yours

Posted on February 26, 2017 by John Davis

One of the first questions that I get from a new client moving to the cloud is what organizational changes it will likely go through. Although clients want to adopt cloud computing as disruptive technology, they don’t want to disrupt … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Apple, Microsoft and Amazon offer fairer deal on cloud storage

Posted on February 20, 2017 by John Davis

Apple, Microsoft and Amazon have agreed to give cloud storage subscribers fairer contracts after intervention by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority. Such cloud storage services are typically used to store photos, videos, music or digital copies of important documents. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

IT leaders say it’s hard to keep the cloud safe

Posted on February 17, 2017 by John Davis

IT managers are finding it difficult to keep their applications and data safe in the cloud, and many are slowing cloud adoption because of it. That was one of the findings of an Intel cloud security report that surveyed 2,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Private Cloud Merits 2nd Look As Container Environment

Posted on February 15, 2017 by John Davis

Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenStack Foundation, says Project Zun gives enterprise IT a new reason to reconsider OpenStack for private clouds. InformationWeek: Cloud

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Oracle settles with ex-worker over alleged fiddling of cloud accounts

Posted on February 13, 2017 by John Davis

Oracle has informed a federal court that it is settling a lawsuit in which a former employee had charged that she had been terminated from her job for refusing to go along with accounting principles that she did not consider … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment