Tag Archives: Cloud

Partners HealthCare Pilots 3-Tiered Cloud Storage Service

Posted on October 7, 2017 by John Davis

Health care provider reports reduced costs and latency from new cloud service from ClearSky Data. InformationWeek: Cloud

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IDG Contributor Network: The future is not the cloud or the fog: it is actually the SEA!

Posted on August 24, 2017 by John Davis

A casual reflection on the last few years in the evolution of the wireless network provides us all the insights necessary to reason that there is at least one final frontier coming down the road. Who can deny that the … Continue reading →

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Oracle’s Hurd, AT&T’s Donovan on their massive cloud migration deal

Posted on August 20, 2017 by John Davis

If worries about digital transformation projects keep you up at night, imagine how it would feel to be responsible for moving thousands of internal databases to the cloud for a company with more than $ 160 billion in annual sales … Continue reading →

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Cloud computing reversal: From ‘go away’ to ‘I can’t miss out’

Posted on August 18, 2017 by John Davis

Isaac Asimov once said, “I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.” That quote has stuck with me to this day. There’s no doubt that computers and computing have changed our lives. Without them, we would be … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: 8 steps to IT control in a self-service cloud world

Posted on August 16, 2017 by John Davis

The natural cycle in IT is to move from decentralized to centralized services. When networking first appeared, it was implemented at a department level for printer sharing. It was decentralized—resulting in a hodgepodge of networks and protocols. Eventually IT organizations … Continue reading →

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25 questions for screening a Salesforce Sales Cloud consultant

Posted on August 15, 2017 by John Davis

Sales Cloud projects are the bread-and-butter of most consultancies’ Salesforce.com work, so there probably isn’t an issue of general competence and ability to execute.  However, there is a huge range of business models and sales channels out there, and it … Continue reading →

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How to move into a cloud career from traditional IT

Posted on August 14, 2017 by John Davis

There is a great deal of interest from those with traditional IT skills—such as enterprise architects, developers, and networking engineers—to steer themselves into a cloud computing career that will not only provide job protection, but pay better as well. However, … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: Cloud security: Trends and strategy

Posted on August 7, 2017 by John Davis

Cloud computing can generate mixed feelings. Corporate leaders generally welcome technologies that produce efficiency, agility and speed. Cloud services deliver those benefits, yet many are concerned about security, even while being often uninformed about how widely the cloud is used … Continue reading →

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Oracle refreshes entire SaaS line, aiming to fuel cloud momentum

Posted on August 6, 2017 by John Davis

As the migration of enterprises to the cloud picks up steam, Oracle is intent on keeping up. It has taken to refreshing its SaaS applications twice a year, bringing them up to feature parity with its on-premises software and adding … Continue reading →

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Data center construction increases thanks to the cloud

Posted on August 4, 2017 by John Davis

A new report from a real estate firm that specializes in data center construction and leasing says data center construction in North America is up 43 percent over the same period in 2016, and industry consolidation has driven $ 10 … Continue reading →

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Should ‘Made in America’ apply to cloud providers?

Posted on July 31, 2017 by John Davis

Let’s start by acknowledging the elephant in the room: The top three public cloud computing providers are all U.S.-based, so enterprises in the United States, and even in most other countries, are facing a natural U.S.-based monopoly on public cloud … Continue reading →

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Monitor cloud services for compliance, security from a single view

Posted on July 27, 2017 by John Davis

Moving to the cloud is supposed to reduce the headaches for IT administrators, but often it has the opposite effect of increasing their workload, especially around security and visibility. Not only do they have to make sure on-premises systems adhere … Continue reading →

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Public cloud: Real-world lessons of strategic success

Posted on July 26, 2017 by John Davis

The commodity days of the cloud are over. It’s time to get strategic. That’s the message of today’s leading cloud strategies, as forward-thinking CIOs are no longer turning to the public cloud to cut costs. Instead, the public cloud is … Continue reading →

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Cloud app slow? Blame the app, not the cloud

Posted on July 23, 2017 by John Davis

It’s 7:00 a.m., and you’re in the office early. You’re hoping that nobody else is accessing the public cloud the company uses and that the inventory application will perform well for a change. However, even with just a handful of … Continue reading →

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Enterprises can put Oracle’s entire public cloud in the data center

Posted on July 22, 2017 by John Davis

While Amazon is raking in the lion’s share of money spent by public-cloud users, Oracle is doubling down on its hybrid-cloud strategy, appealing to enterprises that want to put data and applications behind their firewall while taking advantage of cloud … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: Cloud vs. clouds: A CIO’s conundrum

Posted on July 18, 2017 by John Davis

There was a tear in the fabric of the cloud universe on February 28, 2017 when Amazon Web Services had a significant outage. It highlighted what some described as a “critical lack of redundancy across the internet.” The outage was a … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: 5 benefits of using cloud ERP to deliver results

Posted on July 17, 2017 by John Davis

Enterprise resource planning (ERP), a software tool to optimize business process management, allows organizations to use an integrated system to manage and automate many business functions. By employing cloud computing platforms, a company can take its ERP to the next … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: How to plan your successful cloud migration

Posted on July 15, 2017 by John Davis

Recent Accenture Strategy research found that four out of five companies run up to half of their business functions in the cloud. Moreover, that figure is likely to increase significantly over the next few years. The research reveals that a … Continue reading →

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What cloud computing really means

Posted on July 10, 2017 by John Davis

The “cloud” in cloud computing originated from the habit of drawing the internet as a fluffy cloud in network diagrams. No wonder the most popular meaning of cloud computing refers to running workloads over the internet remotely in a commercial … Continue reading →

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Microsoft rumor: Company to reorganize cloud computing division

Posted on July 8, 2017 by John Davis

Multiple news outlets in Seattle and the tech press report that Microsoft plans to announce a significant reorganization in an effort to refocus its cloud computing division. In the process, a lot of people are going to lose their jobs. … Continue reading →

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Greene: Advanced Services to Fuel Google Cloud Leadership

Posted on July 7, 2017 by John Davis

Google Cloud Chief Diane Greene predicts Google’s expanding, advance cloud services will soon place it among the Gartner designated leaders. InformationWeek: Cloud

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Big Data in the Cloud: Reaching a Tipping Point

Posted on July 5, 2017 by John Davis

It may be time to rethink where you want to support a big data initiative. InformationWeek: Cloud

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IDG Contributor Network: What does ‘open’ mean to IT in the cloud era?

Posted on July 4, 2017 by John Davis

The term “open” when used in the IT context is an old and heavily used word. In an industry where new terms are introduced with incredible frequency, then age, and are discarded like napkins at a BBQ restaurant, the term … Continue reading →

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Hidden cloud migration gotchas — and how to avoid them

Posted on July 3, 2017 by John Davis

Building a technology stack from scratch in the cloud can be a dream — if you’re a startup. But if you’re an established company steeped in on-premises solutions, shifting to the cloud can mean unexpected hurdles and headaches beyond belief. … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: Future-proof your business with cloud ERP

Posted on June 28, 2017 by John Davis

Today you face a choice. Be a disruptor or be disrupted. Beat or be beaten by the opposition. And while you’re weighing the options, every new digital development is making your margin for error smaller. What you could have dealt … Continue reading →

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Automated Tools Ease Cloud Migration

Posted on June 27, 2017 by John Davis

With new tools appearing, automation and orchestration are having a major impact on easing the burden of moving to the cloud. InformationWeek: Cloud

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‘Pick that cloud, lose our business’: What to do

Posted on June 24, 2017 by John Davis

Here’s a shocker: Wal-Mart is telling some technology companies that if they want Wal-Mart’s business, they can’t use Amazon Web Services. (Wal-Mart says it simply doesn’t want customers storing Wal-Mart’s sensitive info on AWS.) That’s a tall order for technology … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: The future is not the cloud or the fog: it is actually the SEA!

Posted on June 24, 2017 by John Davis

A casual reflection on the last few years in the evolution of the wireless network provides us all the insights necessary to reason that there is at least one final frontier coming down the road. Who can deny that the … Continue reading →

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Google launches Cloud IoT Core service for enterprises

Posted on June 22, 2017 by John Davis

Google today unveiled a cloud platform service to help organizations collect vital data from billions of Internet of Things devices. The service, Google Cloud IoT Core, is designed to help enterprises, including utilities and transportation agencies, securely connect globally distributed … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: When it comes to cloud, one size does not fit all

Posted on June 20, 2017 by John Davis

While the cloud market is very competitive, enterprises are making it clear that when it comes to cloud, one size does not fit all. They can’t build their businesses by just relying on infrastructure-as-a-serve (IaaS) and committing to one vendor. … Continue reading →

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