AWS, Microsoft, and Google have won the public cloud wars, clearing the space for more meaningful battles over security, APIs, and reporting to play out
A new study shows that cloud pricing for enterprises has dropped by two-thirds. So why does the cloud still seem so expensive?
Public clouds charge you to move data to and from them, yet many systems don't factor the cost into their designs
The Internet of things requires the cloud to work, and the cloud will evolve to better serve IoT
The new SOA is not the SOA you used a decade ago, and you probably don't even know you're using it today
No single cloud provider is likely to meet all your needs, so don't try to force-fit everything to one 'solution'
Along with losing those extra pounds, think about leveraging clouds in better and more productive ways
Barbie's latest iteration uses an AI engine that connects to a back-end server in a cloud, and it's only the beginning of IoT tech in our daily lives
Profile your workloads first -- you'll net millions of dollars in savings, as well as strategic advantages such as agility and speed to market
Cloudops, containers, and training are where the major action will be next year -- and what you should invest in
The ranters rely on general, typically false assertions about the cloud to stop progress -- those are dangerous IT leaders at any company
Terrorism fears are ramping up government spying and creating more laws around cloud data access -- it'll cost us billions
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Yet another breach shows that good security practices applied to the public cloud are the best data defense
Cloud security, operational reliability, and big data access have made major strides in 2015, but there's more work to be done
Containers are a great path to better applications, both in the cloud and on-premises, but they are not the cloud itself
Analyst reports say public cloud adoption in the enterprise is less than 3 percent, but their stats ignore the real world
If public clouds are used for attacks on governments, as they surely will be, there's a risk enterprise data will be seized in the investigation too
The biggest hole in cloud governance today is at the application level, which is also the messiest area to govern
If you take advantage of cloud-native features, you lose some portability. The trick is choosing the right balance
Most traditional enterprise providers keep getting the cloud wrong, so beware jumping onto their sinking cloud ships
In the cloud, infrastructure is accessible via APIs, and developers now have complete control
There are several reasons why fear of Amazon lock-in are premature -- and unlikely
Big enterprise software vendors will have a tougher time profiting from data centers, but shifting to the public cloud is even more fraught with danger
Walmart wants to hurt rival retailer Amazon by providing an AWS alternative
Enterprise software and hardware sales continue to be displaced by cloud services, as the old guard now is clearly in trouble
Amazon Web Services succeeds more than the rest because it doesn't stop innovating or offering new services
Cloud computing is now simply a pattern of computing, but no one's about to retire the term
There's a simple reason: IoT needs the cloud to succeed
Enterprises have lots of complex, poorly designed, overly interdependent applications they've feared to fix. The cloud provides the justification to finally repair them
The complexity of the Internet of things will only get worse, and focusing on interoperability is not the solution
Whatever data integration work you may have done in the past, you need to step it up now
You'll likely see the key shifts on display at Cover's AWS Re:Invent conference, but here are their outlines now
The great enterprise cloud migration is in progress, but if you make these mistakes you will die along the way
As tablets and smartphones gain more processing capabilities, the cloud becomes less necessary as a back-end resource pool for mobile apps
Apigee, Mashery, MuleSoft, and WSO2 pioneered the technology, but AWS is about to make it mainstream
Big companies are now marketing pro-cloud surveys, though not always for honest purposes. They should be more constructive instead
The only really effective approach costs more than you'll want to pay, but for now there's no better choice
Cloud providers take care of your data, even in disaster. But you shouldn't leave the job solely to them
The ability to monitor the cloud is the secret to operational success for both IT and the business
Too many organizations log all cloud activities because they can. Here's what you should do instead
Microsoft's hybrid-cloud model for apps will lead to higher prices in return for greater flexibility
There are not yet any cookie-cutter best practices and enabling technologies to move applications to the cloud
You’re likely using nested clouds today -- but don’t really know it
A $1 billion investment in the cloud sounds like a game-changer, but it's not
AWS's developer-focused approach is one lesson enterprises should glean from the cloud leader
Cloud providers once promised to be different from traditional enterprise software providers. Here's why that didn't happen
Resistance to the cloud is an easy way to get fired, but succeeding with the cloud may eliminate the justification for a CIO
You may not be taking advantage of an application approach between lift and shift and cloud-native
Google is the go-to company for making containers work across technology stacks