Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. When it comes to cloud technology, more and more businesses are realizing the benefits that cloud can provide them and are beginning to seek more cloud solutions to conduct their business activities. And obviously, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, IBM, Cisco, VMWare and Oracle plan to capture this […]
Virtualize or Replicate? Accessing Your Data in Hybrid Cloud Architecture
Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. The term “hybrid cloud” has no single definition. When it was first used, it typically meant a combination of a private and public cloud. Since then, the term has taken on a broader meaning, including (public) cloud offerings from multiple vendors. For this post, I’m using Gartner’s […]
How Hybrid IT Can Help You Manage the One Consistent in Life: Change
Click to learn more about author Amanda Regnerus. As technologies advance and the needs of the consumer evolves, applications are being modified and developed to take advantage. Applications are taking an innovative approach to combat the continually growing threat of sophisticated cyberattacks, as well as creating new ways to maintain data security and comply with […]
Steering Clear of the Data Compliance Scavenger Hunt
Click to learn more about author Balaji Ganesan. As the song goes, “…the more things change, the more they stay the same;” the same holds true for the IT industry. Data warehouses began to appear on the IT scene in the late 1980s as a decision support system used for reporting and data analysis. These […]
Data Governance and Serverless Computing
Some of the latest buzz in the big data world is centered around the complexity of on-premises, Hadoop technology implementation, and so enterprises are getting restless and moving to the cloud. In an increasingly cloud-friendly business landscape, serverless computing may hold more promise than retrofitting Hadoop. More and more global businesses are moving to the […]
Case Study: AK Productions Increases Efficiency with Cloud Storage Solution
AK Productions found out why economical and efficient cloud storage leads to a better workflow. The freelance company does video production for businesses and individuals, including international brands like National Geographic and the World Bank. Aiden Korotkin, director of photography and editor, stays hands-on throughout each project. He shoots videos from start to finish, edits […]
The Myth of “The Cloud is Cheaper”
Click to learn more about author Chris Lynch. As we have all experienced recently, change is the only constant that continues to be true, decade in and decade out. Irrespective of pandemics, macro or microeconomic uncertainty, or even geopolitical unrest — one thing is guaranteed, especially in tech: change. There’s been a significant investment of […]
A Gentle Introduction to Azure File Storage
Click here to learn more about Gilad David Maayan. Microsoft Azure is ranked amongst the top cloud computing vendors, competing for market share with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Azure is known for its enterprise-level cloud services, many of which provide features for easy integration, implementation, and management of hybrid architectures. […]
Hybrid Cloud vs. Multi-Cloud Architectures
The workloads (applications) running on an enterprise hybrid or multi-cloud network determine the architectural requirements. All cloud architectures share some common patterns, while the specifics of running workloads necessitate custom architectures. The architecture patterns are broadly of two types: “distributed-deployment” pattern and “redundant-deployment” pattern. In the former, an application runs in an environment best suited […]
Case Study: JTC Grows its Cloud Services Core through Trust and Teamwork
Trust, teamwork, and technology form the core of Jewell Technical Consulting, Inc. (JTC) and its partnership with Leaseweb USA, a leading hosting and cloud services company whose offerings include Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions. JTC, a company providing private cloud services to North Virginia and D.C. metro businesses, was originally utilizing another hosting facility 20 miles way […]