Opinion

The agent security mess

Humans don’t use most of their granted permissions, but agents will—and the results will be disastrous.

By Matt Asay

Mar 23, 20266 mins

Access ControlDevelopment ApproachesIdentity and Access Management

8 signs your low-code platform is overpromising and underdelivering

Despite the rapid rise in no-code/low-code platform usage, IT still has to step in too often. Watch for these red flags that mean these solutions aren't hitting the target.

By Isaac Sacolick

Oct 10, 2022 8 mins

Development Tools Emerging Technology No Code and Low Code

Companies are still waiting for their cloud ROI

Everyone jumped to cloud computing to save money but got the opposite. Cloud ROI will require optimization, finops, and refactoring before it lives up to past promises.

By David Linthicum

Oct 7, 2022 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Cloud computing is reinventing cars and trucks

Cloud-defined, cloud-operated cars are the future of the auto industry. Innovating to make cars better, safer, and more efficient will be the next cloud battleground.

By David Linthicum

Oct 4, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Emerging Technology Technology Industry

The importance of monitoring machine learning models

Changing assumptions and ever-changing data mean the work doesn’t end after deploying machine learning models to production. These best practices keep complex models reliable.

By Isaac Sacolick

Oct 3, 2022 6 mins

Data Science Generative AI Machine Learning

Mozilla is looking for a scapegoat

The declining browser’s problem isn’t anti-competitive practices, it’s competition itself.

By Matt Asay

Oct 3, 2022 6 mins

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

The dirty little secret about edge computing

Some people say edge is the next revolution, but the gap between promised performance and actual results needs to be discussed.

By David Linthicum

Sep 30, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Emerging Technology Technology Industry

Cloud’s key role in the emerging hybrid workforce

Hybrid work would not be possible without cloud computing. However, enterprises should address these mistakes before they kill productivity.

By David Linthicum

Sep 27, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Security Technology Industry

Which cloud is for you?

Despite all their commonalities, the big three cloud providers have some important personality differences that should factor into your choices.

By Matt Asay

Sep 26, 2022 6 mins

Amazon Web Services Google Cloud Platform Microsoft Azure

Azure on Arm is here at last

Microsoft has finally unveiled its Arm-hosted virtual machines, a lower-power option for your cloud-native code.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 26, 2022 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure

How devops in the cloud breaks down

Devops is always good for application development productivity, right? Think again. If you're missing tools and talent, your cloud development can quickly go off the rails.

By David Linthicum

Sep 23, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Development Tools Devops

3 wins and 3 losses for cloud computing

The good, the bad, and the ugly of a decade of cloud computing: Security and agility are definite wins, but cost and complexity are serious drawbacks.

By David Linthicum

Sep 20, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Cloud Security

5 best practices for securing CI/CD pipelines

Build in security from the beginning with continuous testing, automation, zero trust, and AIops.

By Isaac Sacolick

Sep 19, 2022 6 mins

App Testing Build Automation Development Tools

When openness doesn’t matter

We can argue about the choices tech companies should or shouldn’t make, but at the end of the day, we keep buying what they’re selling.

By Matt Asay

Sep 19, 2022 6 mins

Careers Open Source Technology Industry

Are we experiencing cloudflation?

The sticker shock of cloud computing bills has many in the C-suite looking for answers. A solid finops program can close the budget holes and pay for itself.

By David Linthicum

Sep 16, 2022 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Cloud Management

3 must-haves for your cloud finops program

Finops can show where all your cloud spending goes, but sometimes penny-wise is pound-foolish. Account for human costs and monitor all your clouds.

By David Linthicum

Sep 13, 2022 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Hands-on with Microsoft’s CBL-Mariner 2.0 Linux

How to install and configure the fast and lightweight container host Linux distribution for Azure Kubernetes Service and the Microsoft Container Registry.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 12, 2022 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

When is enough data enough?

Maybe we don’t need more data, we just need people who understand the data we already have and its value in a business context.

By Matt Asay

Sep 12, 2022 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Science Machine Learning

Start with a logical cloud architecture

Many IT mistakes track back to insufficient planning and rushing to a physical architecture. Let’s go back to the basics.

By David Linthicum

Sep 9, 2022 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training

The emerging field of cloud computing forensics

Don’t look now, but criminals are using public cloud services. 'Cloud cop' could be a real opportunity for those interested in both law enforcement and cloud.

By David Linthicum

Sep 6, 2022 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training

What devops needs to know about data governance

Industry leaders agree that data governance belongs to everyone in IT. Managing the privacy, security, and reliability of data impacts all aspects of the business.

By Isaac Sacolick

Sep 5, 2022 7 mins

Data Governance Data Quality Devops

The cloud is coming for your mainframes

Moving off dead-end mainframes to the more nimble cloud is a slow process but one worth pursuing, one workload at a time.

By Matt Asay

Sep 5, 2022 4 mins

Careers Databases Technology Industry

3 multicloud lessons for cloud architects

Designing and deploying a single cloud architecture may not prepare you to take on a multicloud, especially where security and cost optimization are concerned.

By David Linthicum

Sep 2, 2022 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Security IT Skills and Training

Understand Visual Studio’s new extension model

Microsoft is updating how you build Visual Studio extensions, with new APIs and the ability to run extensions outside of the Visual Studio process.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 31, 2022 6 mins

Development Tools Microsoft .NET Software Development

Automation is the ultimate cloud security tip

Manual cloud security often leads to a major breach. Helping leadership understand the risks can make the case for funding to do it right.

By David Linthicum

Aug 30, 2022 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Cloud Security

If Heroku is so special, why is it dying?

Once the darling of application deployment, Heroku has been starved of investment and doesn't offer as many alternative deployment options.

By Matt Asay

Aug 29, 2022 4 mins

Development Tools Open Source PaaS

Give finops a say over cloud architecture decisions

Prepare for battle in the conference room. A good cloud finops program should review cloud solution architectures to reduce cost and optimize cloud value.

By David Linthicum

Aug 26, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Kestrel: The Microsoft web server you should be using

This alternative to Internet Information Services, which Microsoft uses for its own services, delivers modern dynamic web applications on common server platforms or in containers.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 24, 2022 8 mins

Microsoft .NET Software Development Web Development

3 reasons cloud computing doesn’t save money

Where are the savings enterprises expected ? A finops program that monitors cloud spending, creates accountability, and optimizes cloud resources will usually solve the problem.

By David Linthicum

Aug 23, 2022 4 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Avoid tech burnout: 5 ways to disconnect and relieve stress

If simple self-care isn't recharging your batteries, look for ways to create more long-term improvements in your work life and mental outlook.

By Isaac Sacolick

Aug 22, 2022 7 mins

Careers Diversity and Inclusion Engineer

Security is hard and won’t get much easier

Software systems are complex, and development teams have conflicting goals. Oh, and people are imperfect.

By Matt Asay

Aug 22, 2022 4 mins

Devops IT Skills and Training Security

Complex cloud architecture is finally causing budgetary pain

Multicloud complexity is moving from a theoretical cloud architecture problem to a financial one, and businesses are suddenly searching for solutions.

By David Linthicum

Aug 19, 2022 4 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

Lift and shift Windows applications to containers

Microsoft’s own experience with Microsoft 365 shows that moving to cloud-native is possible, even when you have a lot of code to move.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 17, 2022 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Small and Medium Business

How green is cloud computing?

In most cases, cloud computing is greener than traditional data centers. Just how green depends on the details of each individual deployment.

By David Linthicum

Aug 16, 2022 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Emerging Technology

Is open source leadership helping Google?

Google’s huge commitment to open source projects shows in GitHub contributor counts, while AWS’s strategy has been making open source easy for customers to use. Who’s winning?

By Matt Asay

Aug 15, 2022 4 mins

Amazon Web Services Google Cloud Platform Technology Industry

What goes in a metacloud?

A lot of hype is swirling around the new ‘metacloud’ or ‘supercloud’ buzzword. Let’s just focus on what should go into a cross-cloud technology stack.

By David Linthicum

Aug 12, 2022 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Manage your tasks with the Microsoft To Do API

A desktop task manager built on top of the Microsoft Graph lets you share tasks with groups and seamlessly link tasks to applications.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 10, 2022 7 mins

APIs Careers Small and Medium Business

Is cloud computing immune from economic downturns?

IT is now seen as integral to business rather than a cost center ripe for layoffs. Technology, people, and culture are worth protecting during economic contractions.

By David Linthicum

Aug 9, 2022 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Technology Industry

9 platforms that improve employee digital experiences

Boost productivity and job satisfaction with efficient workflows and helpful tools, such as no-code development, intelligent search, and customer data platforms.

By Isaac Sacolick

Aug 8, 2022 7 mins

Business Intelligence Careers No Code and Low Code

The cloud ate my database

Legacy database vendors are being swallowed by the developer-friendly combo of cloud and open source offered by new players.

By Matt Asay

Aug 8, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Open Source

Some cloud-based AI systems are returning to on-premises data centers

AI/ML model training and knowledge-based storage and processing are more costly on a cloud than many thought, and prices for compute and storage equipment have fallen.

By David Linthicum

Aug 5, 2022 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Machine Learning

Build .NET apps for the metaverse with StereoKit

Microsoft’s open source mixed-reality tools make it easy to build OpenXR apps in .NET.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 3, 2022 7 mins

APIs C# Microsoft .NET

Don’t overengineer your cloud architecture

Too many people are designing cloud architecture that is cool but too complex. The most successful architects use the KISS concept and keep it simple, stupid!

By David Linthicum

Aug 2, 2022 4 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture IT Skills and Training

Cloud spending can’t stop, won’t stop

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud may be seeing their growth slow, and enterprise budgets may be squeezed, but CIOs are still committed to spending on cloud computing.

By Matt Asay

Aug 1, 2022 4 mins

Amazon Web Services Google Cloud Platform Microsoft Azure

It’s past time to figure out cross-cloud security

The people deploying multicloud will tell you that 'security is a nightmare.' Cross-cloud abstraction and automation of security services is the right solution.

By David Linthicum

Jul 29, 2022 3 mins

Application Security Cloud Computing Cloud Security

Build SBOMs with Microsoft’s SPDX SBOM generator

Microsoft is making its internal, cross-platform, software bill of materials generation tool public and open source.

By Simon Bisson

Jul 27, 2022 7 mins

Application Security Development Tools Open Source

3 application modernization mistakes to avoid

Using application modernization to pursue cloud-native development at all costs or to gain portability and avoid vendor lock-in are expensive decisions.

By David Linthicum

Jul 26, 2022 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Development Tools

3 data quality metrics dataops should prioritize

Data-driven decisions require data that is trustworthy, available, and timely. Upping the dataops game is a worthwhile way to offer business leaders reliable insights.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jul 25, 2022 6 mins

Analytics Data Quality Data Science

How observability tools help with legacy software

Legacy software isn't just dusty code on mainframes. It's the stuff you wrote a few months or years ago. Observability tools and good documentation help find and fix problems.

By Matt Asay

Jul 25, 2022 5 mins

Development Tools Engineer Software Development

Why do businesses suck at using data?

Few enterprises can effectively leverage their data inside or outside of the cloud, and a new study says that's still the case. It's time to make a plan.

By David Linthicum

Jul 22, 2022 3 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing Data Science