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 [...]
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. [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]