You Don’t Have to Dread Opening Your Cloud Bill
What comes after you migrate to cloud? The bill for using cloud services. That bill comes every month, and can be surprisingly high. It’s important that a cloud migration plan includes a strategy [...]
Still Not on Cloud? Pick the Right Model and Migrate Now.
For any businesses that have been deferring undertaking the switch to cloud, Covid-19 made clear two of the key benefits: remote access to systems and maintenance handled by the cloud provider. [...]
Data Security is Still Your Responsibility in the Cloud
“Not my job.” How many problems arise because someone thinks taking the steps to prevent the problem aren’t their responsibility? When it comes to security in the cloud, it’s important to be [...]
Vendor Lock-in Isn’t a Reason to Avoid Cloud
A lot of the concerns businesses have about cloud disappear when you examine the facts more closely. For example, worries about cloud security kept many businesses from using the cloud [...]
Keep an Eye on Your Cloud with Effective Monitoring
One of the most important aspects of cloud planning is developing a monitoring strategy. Using the vendor’s monitoring tools is adequate when a business first shifts to the cloud but is rarely [...]
The More Complex Your Clouds, the Bigger the Management Challenges
The good old days were a lot simpler than modern times. There was one big machine, and it lived in the data center. Then things became more complicated, with smaller machines in different places [...]
Tackling the Challenges of Managing a Multi-Cloud Environment
If your strategy requires multi-cloud, you need a strategy for multi-cloud management. If you ended up with multi-cloud without a strategy, you need a strategy for multi-cloud management even [...]
Every Cloud Model Requires You to Take Actions to Secure Your Systems
Incorporating cloud into your IT strategy means incorporating cloud security into your IT security strategy. Security in the cloud is a shared responsibility between your team and your cloud [...]
Should You Switch to Serverless Computing in the Cloud? It Depends.
One of the promised (and real) benefits of cloud is the reduced demand on IT teams to perform routine maintenance and support processes. This is because the cloud provider assumes responsibility [...]
Don’t Rush the Decision to Repatriate from the Cloud
Some studies have suggested that as many as 85 percent of businesses are considering repatriating workloads to the data center from the cloud. This highlights one of the most important factors [...]
