Click to learn more about author Shridar Subramanian. COVID-19 has been a significant catalyst for cloud adoption, pushing many organizations past their initial reluctance. Indeed, cloud spending is set to climb 18 percent in 2021, even as overall IT spending is estimated to fall 8 percent, according to industry analyst Gartner. We recently conducted a […]
Pandemic Cloud: Four Considerations in the Rush to Transform
Click to learn more about author Patrick Hubbard. Many businesses have pushed their cloud migration plans into overdrive in 2020. The emergency transition to work from home, significant changes in customer behavior, supply chain challenges, and existing pent-up digital transformation projects created a rapid-migration Voltron for many teams. There’s been amazing delivery on the part of […]
Cybersecurity Threats and Opportunities to Expect in 2021
Click to learn more about author Anurag Kahol. 2020 has been an extremely tumultuous year. From a cybersecurity perspective, multiple high-profile Twitter users’ accounts were hacked in a sophisticated Bitcoin scam, remote workers became the priority focus for threat actors amid COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, and California has a stringent data privacy proposition in the works […]
Interest in Enterprise Cloud Adoption Continues to Grow into 2021
Click to learn more about author Rebekah Dumouchelle. At a time when COVID-19 is putting many IT plans and initiatives on hold, others are actually accelerating. Businesses of all sizes in varied fields are adapting to a host of new pressures. They’re adjusting to increased budgetary scrutiny, managing newly distributed workforces and modified workflows, finding […]
2021 Predictions: As Cloud Adoption Accelerates, Governance and Security Become Critical
Click to learn more about author Keith Neilson. Digital transformation continues to skyrocket as enterprises shift operations to adapt to the new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To power this digital-first strategy, enterprises are increasingly adopting cloud services to support remote workflows. As cloud initiatives continue to accelerate in 2021, enterprises must ensure they understand […]
Beyond Security: Creating a Shared Vision for Flexible Cloud Governance
Click to learn more about author Bo Lane. Cybersecurity organizations should partner with business units to create a shared and flexible cloud governance model that better enables responsible cloud adoption. Businesses cannot (and often will not) wait for security organizations to create inflexible governance frameworks for cloud adoption. After all, the cloud is supposed to […]
Cloud Usage is Rising: How to Maximize Cloud Benefits and Data Protection Together
Click to learn more about author Trevor Bidle. While “cloud” has been a top buzzword in tech for many years in a row now, it seems to be warranted. The benefits and possibilities of the cloud appear to be endless, and many major tech leaders gladly sing its praises. The late Steve Jobs spoke highly […]
Wipro and Google Cloud Expand Partnership to Accelerate Digital Transformation
A recent press release states, “Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate cloud adoption and digital transformation for global enterprises. By collaborating with Google Cloud, Wipro will catalyze innovation for enterprises in industry verticals such as […]
New Research: Cloud Adoption on the Rise, but 54 Percent of Organizations at Risk
A recent press release reports, “Druva, the leader in cloud data protection and management, today announced the results of its 2018 State of Virtualization in the Cloud survey to understand how enterprises working in virtual environments are approaching cloud migration. The results show cloud adoption is growing for virtualized workloads, with 90 percent of respondents […]
Why You Should Be Experimenting with Edge Computing Right Now
Click to learn more about author Destiny Bertucci and Patrick Hubbard. Edge is a point of transition, a demarcation point where one thing ends and another begins. It’s also a negotiated point of risk/reward where competing interests often strike a balance for mutual benefit. In the realm of application delivery, Edge Computing seeks to delight […]