Cloud computing makes big data affordable, but few companies know how to actually take actual advantage of it
Done right, edge computing and cloud computing provide a single symbiotic solution. They are not, and will never be, mutually exclusive
Very few cloud blockers are bad or stupid people. But they are bad for your company and have to change, accept, or leave
New accounting rules may not be on the cloud deployer’s Top 10 list these days, but they mean more than you think
Enterprises keep making these three mistakes, wasting their money, reducing app performance, and getting bad results
Here’s why serverless computing is breaking out of the datacenter and becoming a key part of the pubic cloud.
IT is often told that starting with a private cloud and then going hybrid is a straightforward, sensible strategy. But it’s not as easy as you’ve likely been told
You need to implement some sort of cloud-based system recovery. You have two routes you can take, with varying costs and risks
These three mistakes are costly, but they are also easily avoidable if you know what to look for
User education is more effective than the best security technology alone
Although the cloud provides benefits to the Global 2000, this technology will also help smaller competitors drive these slow movers out of business
Cloud cost monitoring and governance planning should be the first step on your cloud journey, not the last step
Public PaaS clouds are not what they were a few years ago, with public IaaS clouds stealing much of their cloud development thunder—and market share
Although being pushed as the end game for most cloud-based applications, there are trade-offs to consider
Women in cloud computing: It’s no longer just about social justice, it’s about corporate survival
The big companies are talking to the government about artificial intelligence capabilities—and possible regulations. Uh-oh
You have three options for dealing with bad data in your cloud migrations. Here are their pros and cons
Their self-interest may cause your cloud providers to omit these cloud-security best practices in their advice to you
Having poor talent is worse than not having the talent at all, and too many enterprises lack both the skills and the talent for cloud security
Because of gaps across cloud systems, too often user data is stored in unencrypted stores, including caches on internal networks, that can be easily viewed
A year after planning a big private cloud, the former Yahoo reversed course and is moving to the public cloud. Here’s how you too can chart your path away from the private cloud
To keep moving smoothly, Keep your devops configurations coupled with your cloud-based applications
Although many developers believe that APIs are optional, the more you understand their value, the more successful your cloud app will be
For enterprises and users alike, cherry-picking data-privacy laws is yet another new wrinkle to understand and pay attention to
Beware the database fan boys, who never want to move to a different database than what they have in the datacenter
If you dream of modernizing data warehouses—and data marts—in the new platform of the cloud, watch out: It’s not as easy as you might think
The CLOUD Act is a bit disturbing, but I still trust data in public clouds more than I do data in private datacenters
The transformative nature of cloud computing makes it an effective weapon for owning your market
Cloud migration gets harder the farther down you go on the list of applications to migrate, and two issues occur frequently that can lead to failure
New data from IDC shows that smart cities are exploding, and the cloud is driving most of that growth
Moving your data out of a public cloud, even for normal transactions, costs you real money for every gigabyte. Here’s how to minimize the price
Recent data shows that although cloud computing security is still a priority, IoT security is not
Large companies and government agencies do better with short tactical cloud computing projects, versus the larger, more strategic projects
A recent study shows that most companies are ill-prepared for cyber attacks on their cloud and on-premises systems
Some enterprises focus on aggressive use of cloud, while others are passive. Are you channeling the right “cloud spirit animal” for your business?
There’s a sunk cost to being in the cloud, and you need a certain percentage of workloads migrated to get the value you actually seek
Cloud bursting was all the rage when talking about the hybrid cloud years ago. Today, almost nobody is talking about it
Multicloud is great, so here is how to ensure ensuring that you're not giving up security for its increased flexibility
The new data regulations from Europe will cause issues for enterprises that use cloud computing. Here is what you need to know to stay out of trouble
It used to be that enterprises saw devops as an optional component of their cloud approach. But smart ones now know it is essential
Gartner predicts that IT staff will have fewer technical roles available to them as the cloud gains traction. That’s just not true
An agility-based ROI approach is a much more effective way to look at the value of cloud computing, and thus to gain that value
The business community is now seeing directly how the cloud is transformative for business, not something simply for technologists to use
Many enterprises see a need to SaaS-enable applications, making them into a product for customers and partners. But most have no clue about what to do
Will your cloud-based workload support 100,000 concurrent users? The only way to find out is through performance testing
The reality is that it matters much more about what you do after you pick the provider than which one you pick.
New processes from the Financial Accounting Standards Board propose a reasonable way to deal with cloud computing costs
A recent report estimates a huge financial cost to cloud users, which business insurance won’t cover. But is this something you really need to worry about?
Edge computing is simply about pushing some of the cloud’s processing and storage out near to the devices that produce and consume the data
Many cloud technology providers will talk about portability as if it’s a given, suggesting the use of technology such as containers. If only it were that simple