Category: Cloud Computing

June 13, 2022

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced last week that it’s investigating the effects of Apple’s web browser and cloud gaming rules on the mobile market. The CMA also released a study in which it calls Apple and Google […]

May 27, 2022

To say the U.S. federal government has made significant digital strides in recent years would be an understatement. As one of the few industries responsible for managing an overabundance of sensitive data and mission-critical applications that hundreds of millions of […]

April 22, 2022

Too many of the participants in the European cloud project Gaia-X are pursuing their own interests and diluting the concept, Volker Pfirsching told CIO.com’s sister publication Computerwoche in a recent interview. Pfirsching is a partner and member of the Central […]

April 6, 2022

The General Services Administration is planning to launch a blanket purchase agreement focusing on cloud technologies as part of its effort to provide the federal government with a one-stop shop for secure commercial cloud offerings. GSA will host an industry […]

April 4, 2022

Businesses around the world spent $21.1 billion on cloud infrastructure services in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021, signaling a rebound in spending on cloud storage and compute power. Spending on cloud infrastructure was up 13.5% in the quarter year […]

March 25, 2022

Governance is nothing new. It’s been around in one form or another since the days when big mainframes dominated all of IT. However, most cloud leaders still don’t get what it is or how it works best, and so many […]

March 15, 2022

IT has a long history of problems with budgets and money. Budget overruns for IT projects are more the rule than the exception. Typically, there are a few core culprits. First, many in IT, including myself until about 20 years […]

February 18, 2022

Recent research shows that 51% of IT budgets will go to cloud-based systems development and operations by 2025. No surprises there; we all know this day is coming. We also know that the cloud budget percentage will continue to increase […]

February 16, 2022

Logging can be the most useful tool in your security arsenal, but it’s something we all tend to overlook and not assign appropriate resources to, as it can use up hard drive storage. Proper logs can provide evidence as to […]

February 15, 2022

Oracle announced Tuesday that it can now host some of the U.S. federal government’s top secret/sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) and special access program mission data in its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform. According to the company, Defense Department assessors granted it […]

February 14, 2022

Software-defined WAN, better known today as SD-WAN, is not the same technology that it was when it first got started. In the beginning, SD-WAN was essentially a way to enable organizations to use inexpensive broadband connectivity to connect back to […]

February 8, 2022

Cloud strategy is a top priority for nearly every organization today. The shift to the cloud has created tremendous opportunities, but also introduced new risks that must be managed. Many leaders who raced to adopt the cloud now want to […]

February 3, 2022

The Defense Department’s chief weapons testing body is recommending cloud contracts be renegotiated to better account for cybersecurity risks and needs at a time when the reliance on the infrastructure expands to assist with daily work needs and key initiatives […]

February 2, 2022

There are always growing pains associated with new technology—and the cloud is no exception. Many companies have made big investments but have been disappointed with the results. But giving up is not really an option: the cloud could generate as […]

January 25, 2022

The sky’s the limit when it comes to cloud innovation. As cloud technology advances and matures, enterprises are finding fresh ways to leverage what has become a technology linchpin. Cloud computing will continue to shape the technology landscape for many […]

December 21, 2021

Even before the global pandemic tested governmental resiliency to its utmost, the federal government was moving toward transformation with its Cloud Smart and transformation mandates. But still, there’s much more work to do: The Government Accountability Office has identified 10 […]

December 17, 2021

It used to annoy me but now I think it’s funny. Every December my inbox gets stuffed with emails from PR firms that push predictions their clients make, hoping for a mention in a publication. I’ve lost count of how […]

December 14, 2021

I can tell when there is a public cloud outage because my phone blows up. It’s usually reporters who want quotes about the impact on businesses, ways to avoid the impact, and the likelihood that this is a forthcoming trend. […]

November 16, 2021

Informatica is expanding its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform with Cloud Data Marketplace, designed to allow employees within an organization to share ready-to-use data sets for use with AI and analytics models. The marketplace aims to let users contribute […]

November 12, 2021

Google wants to be a part of the next big Defense Department cloud contract. Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, wrote in a blog post Nov. 11 that it should be considered alongside Microsoft and Amazon to compete for the […]