The future of work is not about where you are, but about how
quickly you can move. While most organisations are “keeping
the lights on” by supporting remote work, market leaders are
capitalising by reforming their entire approach.
Secure Computing in Enterprise Cloud EnvironmentsShaun Thomas
A look at how your business should approach computing in the cloud. This ebook highlights issues like data sovereignty, public and private cloud security issues as well as many of the myths that surround cloud computing.
In this eBook, we will uncover the specifics of how a
hybrid cloud solution can transform IT management so
that you can become the leader your business needs.
We will compare traditional and hybrid requirements with
respect to three critical areas: how you’ll govern the
system, the management tools you’ll need, and what
your management opportunities will be.
Bringing Cloud Computing Out of the Shadows: Shine the light on Shadow IT wit...DivvyCloud
Cloud computing has proven revolutionary for organizations hoping to leverage technology, innovation and digital strategies to stay ahead of the competition. Business units can quickly provision up compute, storage and network resources as they need without IT bottlenecks. But easy access to cloud resources has a dark side—one that’s become a growing problem: Shadow IT. Engineers, developers and even business stakeholders are launching resources that IT is unaware of. And what IT doesn’t know can come back to haunt organizations, preventing the IT department from performing critical functions such as controlling security, compliance and costs.
Secure Computing in Enterprise Cloud EnvironmentsShaun Thomas
A look at how your business should approach computing in the cloud. This ebook highlights issues like data sovereignty, public and private cloud security issues as well as many of the myths that surround cloud computing.
In this eBook, we will uncover the specifics of how a
hybrid cloud solution can transform IT management so
that you can become the leader your business needs.
We will compare traditional and hybrid requirements with
respect to three critical areas: how you’ll govern the
system, the management tools you’ll need, and what
your management opportunities will be.
Bringing Cloud Computing Out of the Shadows: Shine the light on Shadow IT wit...DivvyCloud
Cloud computing has proven revolutionary for organizations hoping to leverage technology, innovation and digital strategies to stay ahead of the competition. Business units can quickly provision up compute, storage and network resources as they need without IT bottlenecks. But easy access to cloud resources has a dark side—one that’s become a growing problem: Shadow IT. Engineers, developers and even business stakeholders are launching resources that IT is unaware of. And what IT doesn’t know can come back to haunt organizations, preventing the IT department from performing critical functions such as controlling security, compliance and costs.
When you’re planning to move to the cloud and manage a hybrid environment, security is a top concern. But cloud is not necessarily less secure than a traditional environment. In fact, it may be possible to deliver even greater security in a hybrid cloud environment because it offers new and advanced opportunities.
In this eBook, you’ll discover how hackers are using traditional tactics in new ways to attack the cloud. You’ll also find out how the cloud can help you increase security with innovative approaches designed to detect threats long before they threaten your enterprise.
Digital workspaces
are becoming powerful competitive differentiators in all industries.
That’s because businesses are seeking new levels of agility in
their processes and service delivery methods. They also want
flexibility for their employees.
VMblog - 2020 IT Predictions from 26 Industry Expertsvmblog
Find out what's going on in the world of #artificialintelligence, #machinelearning, #cloud, #kubernetes, #containers, #virtualization, #security, #disasterrecovery, #networking, #data and so much more in 2020. Read these #predictions from 26 of the industry's leading experts to learn more! Hear from industry thought leaders from companies like Altaro, Citrix, Commvault, Datacore, IGEL, Kaspersky, Liquidware, SolarWinds, Veeam, Vembu, VMware and more. And make sure to also read the more than 430+ other expert predictions here: http://bit.ly/2QVorPI at VMblog.com.
Cloud Usage in Business Today and Tomorrowrftclouds
Reach for the Clouds, Inc. was formed to organizations migrate to the cloud with One Solution, One platform, one with your customer.
http://bit.ly/1wqmNX3
“Is your network Cloud Ready ?” With the advent of the Cloud, Enterprise Network is changing significantly. Discover the European Analysis commissioned by #Verizon and #Zscaler featuring #Gartner research which examines this major IT transformation
The data center impact of cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security rlw03...Diego Alberto Tamayo
Introduction
The consumerization of IT continues to have a major impact
on business. Technology forces have emerged that are
challenging organizations’ ability to respond. Cloud computing,
mobility, social business, big data and analytics and IT security
technologies are evolving very rapidly, putting an organization’s
IT agility, speed and resilience to the test. As these technologies
mature and converge, they are demanding a total reexamination
of the underlying enterprise infrastructure: its strategy and
design, its operation and its management framework.
For IT recruiters, and just about everyone who has been interested in tech, cloud is not a new phenomena. However, over the past 18 months, adoption of cloud is growing quickly and is now used in some shape or form by businesses of all sizes around the world.
This issue provides an overview to the rise of cloud, highlights the most in demand IT skills and lists the fastest growing cloud companies by employee.
In this QuickView
- Fastest growing cloud companies by employees
- Most in demand skills, job roles and certifications
- Top employers of cloud professionals
- Is Big-data-as-a-service the next big growth sector?
- Top 5 uses of cloud computing for 2015
In 2016, cloud technologies went mainstream. But with maturity came the realization that moving to the cloud doesn’t happen overnight. CIOs are prioritizing hosted computing and cloud data storage. But they’re approaching the shift as a gradual, multi-year journey.
Many startups and small businesses will continue to go all-in on cloud. But enterprises will find success in a slow but steady move from on-prem. Hybrid ecosystems—of data, software, and infrastructure—will be the reality for most established organizations.
As this shift to cloud progresses where are things are headed? This paper highlights the top cloud trends for 2017.
Top Emerging Cloud Computing Trends To Look for in 2021.pdfinfosec train
Cloud computing has occupied a significant part of the technology market. The consequences of incidents experienced in 2020 have ensued most forecasts for 2021.
https://www.infosectrain.com/courses/ccsp-certification-training/
When you’re planning to move to the cloud and manage a hybrid environment, security is a top concern. But cloud is not necessarily less secure than a traditional environment. In fact, it may be possible to deliver even greater security in a hybrid cloud environment because it offers new and advanced opportunities.
In this eBook, you’ll discover how hackers are using traditional tactics in new ways to attack the cloud. You’ll also find out how the cloud can help you increase security with innovative approaches designed to detect threats long before they threaten your enterprise.
Digital workspaces
are becoming powerful competitive differentiators in all industries.
That’s because businesses are seeking new levels of agility in
their processes and service delivery methods. They also want
flexibility for their employees.
VMblog - 2020 IT Predictions from 26 Industry Expertsvmblog
Find out what's going on in the world of #artificialintelligence, #machinelearning, #cloud, #kubernetes, #containers, #virtualization, #security, #disasterrecovery, #networking, #data and so much more in 2020. Read these #predictions from 26 of the industry's leading experts to learn more! Hear from industry thought leaders from companies like Altaro, Citrix, Commvault, Datacore, IGEL, Kaspersky, Liquidware, SolarWinds, Veeam, Vembu, VMware and more. And make sure to also read the more than 430+ other expert predictions here: http://bit.ly/2QVorPI at VMblog.com.
Cloud Usage in Business Today and Tomorrowrftclouds
Reach for the Clouds, Inc. was formed to organizations migrate to the cloud with One Solution, One platform, one with your customer.
http://bit.ly/1wqmNX3
“Is your network Cloud Ready ?” With the advent of the Cloud, Enterprise Network is changing significantly. Discover the European Analysis commissioned by #Verizon and #Zscaler featuring #Gartner research which examines this major IT transformation
The data center impact of cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security rlw03...Diego Alberto Tamayo
Introduction
The consumerization of IT continues to have a major impact
on business. Technology forces have emerged that are
challenging organizations’ ability to respond. Cloud computing,
mobility, social business, big data and analytics and IT security
technologies are evolving very rapidly, putting an organization’s
IT agility, speed and resilience to the test. As these technologies
mature and converge, they are demanding a total reexamination
of the underlying enterprise infrastructure: its strategy and
design, its operation and its management framework.
For IT recruiters, and just about everyone who has been interested in tech, cloud is not a new phenomena. However, over the past 18 months, adoption of cloud is growing quickly and is now used in some shape or form by businesses of all sizes around the world.
This issue provides an overview to the rise of cloud, highlights the most in demand IT skills and lists the fastest growing cloud companies by employee.
In this QuickView
- Fastest growing cloud companies by employees
- Most in demand skills, job roles and certifications
- Top employers of cloud professionals
- Is Big-data-as-a-service the next big growth sector?
- Top 5 uses of cloud computing for 2015
In 2016, cloud technologies went mainstream. But with maturity came the realization that moving to the cloud doesn’t happen overnight. CIOs are prioritizing hosted computing and cloud data storage. But they’re approaching the shift as a gradual, multi-year journey.
Many startups and small businesses will continue to go all-in on cloud. But enterprises will find success in a slow but steady move from on-prem. Hybrid ecosystems—of data, software, and infrastructure—will be the reality for most established organizations.
As this shift to cloud progresses where are things are headed? This paper highlights the top cloud trends for 2017.
Top Emerging Cloud Computing Trends To Look for in 2021.pdfinfosec train
Cloud computing has occupied a significant part of the technology market. The consequences of incidents experienced in 2020 have ensued most forecasts for 2021.
https://www.infosectrain.com/courses/ccsp-certification-training/
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How You can Leverage Cloud Platforms to Transform Digital ExperienceAlaina Carter
Cloud computing is one of the valuable innovation in the IT industry. It is the best way to turn ideas into functional software. Read more to know how you can leverage cloud platforms to transform the digital experience.
The Cloud Computing offers various benefits for the businesses. Here are some of the key factors for SMB's must consider all these aspects before Cloud implementations.
As the amount of data used by organizations continues to grow, securing critical information and programs on in-house computer servers has become crucial. Cloud computing offers secure access to users from anywhere and has been widely accepted around the world for its business efficiencies, cost-effectiveness, and competitive advantages.
This e-Book explores the business benefits of cloud migration, including flexibility, higher security, easy accessibility, data recovery, and minimal maintenance. It also provides an overview of the leading cloud service providers, such as Microsoft Azure, Citrix, CompTIA, and AWS.
The e-Book covers the following topics:
The history of cloud computing
An explanation of the three different cloud computing services
A comparative analysis of Cloud vs On-Premises
The advantages of Cloud computing
Quick stats on Cloud-migrated business profits
The top 10 entrepreneurial benefits of Cloud migration
Common Cloud migration challenges faced by every CIO
How to overcome these challenges with Cloud skilling plan solutions
A roadmap to master Azure, Citrix, CompTIA, and AWS Cloud certifications
We hope this e-Book provides valuable insights for organizations considering Cloud migration or looking to optimize their existing Cloud solutions.
Check for more information in these blogs: https://www.netcomlearning.com/blogs/347/microsoft-azure-certification-path-for-2023-the-ultimate-microsoft-azure-certifications-training-guide.html
For aws: https://www.netcomlearning.com/blogs/585/the-ultimate-guide-to-aws-certification-how-to-get-certified-and-succeed-in-your-career.html
"The transition of companies to cloud-based will be quicker for some and slower for others depending on their individual circumstances, But the change will happen."
How the Cloud is Revolutionizing the Retail IndustryRaymark
In this exclusive guide, you will learn about:
The top 5 advantages of cloud for retailers
The economics of cloud computing
Frequently asked questions about the cloud
Cloud computing courses in Delhi are the new trend of taking career-oriented opportunities. Let us discuss how this course will be helpful for you all.The market remuneration for these positions is rising quickly along with the increase in demand for cloud technologies.
https://medium.com/@bestcloudcomputinginstitute/cloud-computing-course-in-delhi-55d211b2e449
In a recent survey of 250 senior IT & business decision makers by Cloud Industry Forum, 61% expressed concerns over data security in the cloud, despite the fact only 2% have ever experienced a cloud-related security breach. Talk of the cloud and cloud technology has been rife for a long time now, yet there
are still many businesses that subscribe to out-dated
myths, such as data security.
The last few years have seen a marked increase in the
popularity of the cloud but for many it’s another tech
innovation that everyone tells them they need but that they
don’t fully understand. There’s a distinct hype surrounding
discussions on the cloud, but for the most part, they come
across as semi-intelligible fog, full of jargon fi lled techspeak,
with a lack of clarity about the business advantages.
In this whitepaper, we’ll lift the haze around the cloud and take
a straight-forward approach to explore the benefits, making it easy to determine if the cloud is right for you. We’ll clearly state the benefits of using the cloud as well as give an overview of the perceived risks and remove some of the common misconceptions.
How Unisys and Microsoft Team Up To Ease Complex Cloud Adoption For Governmen...Dana Gardner
A discussion how public and private sector IT organizations can ease cloud adoption using cloud-native apps, services modernization, automation, and embedded best practices.
The future is in the cloud, or at least it's migrating there. Offering scalability, flexibility and agility, the cloud is the obvious solution for businesses seeking to make sense of the deluge of data. Cloud services can also help companies meet sustainability goals and even cut costs. But cloud strategies need to be carefully crafted to avoid the risks of remote storage and realise the potential of cloud-enabled efficiencies.
Receiving a staggering 39% of all investments made in Q4, 2014, enterprise software is innovating, disrupting and shaking up the current incumbents like never before.
Viewing this change from a recruitment perspective, we've market mapped enterprise software into its key areas to show you where the most value and potential is.
In this QuickView:
- Key Areas to Watch in 2015
- Technology Layers:
- Infrastructure Layer
- Data Architecture Layer
- Applications Layer
- Security
- Investment by Industry
- Top 100 Cloud-Based Enterprise Software Startups Ranked by Total Funding, March, 2015
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Last year, the world experienced volatility as we have never seen. Business leaders had to adapt at a moment's notice, and stability was hard to come by. I have hope that in 2021, we will see a ruturn to normalcy, but the road ahead remains unpredictable.
We are now in the third year of the "Year of 5G." But really--this should be the actual Year of 5G! Years of marketing hype have resulted in a number of false starts for this exciting new mobile technology.
The challenges inherent in an architect’s role are only compounded when planning for the hybrid cloud. This is a long term planning exercise with short term deliverables — one thing we know for sure is that the modern enterprise will not tolerate a technology vacuum. A vacuum, after all, is what launched the multicloud phenomena to start with. - Abaram Network Solutions
Learning top cloud storage tips from the experts will help you to make the most of your storage, and use the tool effectively. Cloud has made it so much easier for creatives to access data safely from anywhere rather than having to carry around a pen drive or a massive external hard drive.
Moving data to the cloud can be a great way to save money. With costs that are measured in mere pennies per gigabyte, cloud storage may be much less expensive--not to mention more reliable and easier to manage--than on-premise storage infrastructure. Yet those pennies-per-gigabyte add up over time. If you’re not careful to control your cloud storage costs, you may end with a total storage bill that far exceeds what you were hoping for. - Abaram Network Solutions
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Companies of all sizes are onboarding the cloud to efficiently run their processes. They’re being challenged to keep pace with enormous piles of data that can have an impact on business decisions. Differing analytics tools and unclear roles and functions are preventing organizations from making faster and better business decisions.
The ongoing growth of cellular wireless network applications creates new demand for emerging technologies. Fifth-generation (5G) wireless includes several network layers that leverage technology such as Open Access Network (Open RAN), network slicing, and cloud edge computing.
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It's no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). While dealing with decreased foot traffic, greater local regulations, and growing expenses, cybersecurity has undoubtedly become a lesser priority for SMBs struggling to get back on their feet.
It's easy to focus on all the ways 2929 has been a challenging year: the Covid-19 pandemic, a sputtering economy, and (for cybersecurity professionals) an explosion of new and increasingly dangerous cyberthreats.
As cyber threats are evolving more every day, it has now become necessary to look at Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to protect systems and give organizations the best security possible.
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JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
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Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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Learn about:
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The benefits of cloud technology for remote working
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The bene ts of cloud
technology for remote
working
Stephen Manley, chief technologist at Druva, discusses the
bene ts of cloud technology for remote working
Cloud technology plays a bigger role in operations than ever.
The future of work is not about where you are, but about how
quickly you can move. While most organisations are “keeping
the lights on” by supporting remote work, market leaders are
capitalising by reforming their entire approach.
As remote working has become the “new normal”, businesses
have replaced informal discussions with online messaging,
augmented data centres with the cloud, and secured their
data from outages and cyber attacks with SaaS solutions.
After their initial steps into the cloud, leading organisations
then use cloud to enable employees to make decisions more
quickly, business teams to expand more aggressively, and IT
to connect with the business more meaningfully.
Laying the foundation
To survive, businesses rst need to make remote workers as
productive as possible, which means keeping them
connected, getting them the resources they need, and
protecting them. Across virtually every industry, cloud-based
collaboration has supplanted in-person interactions.
Everybody thinks of Zoom meetings, Slack messages, and
sharing documents with Microsoft O ce 365, but the value of
connectivity extends beyond meetings and documents. For
example, doctors connect with patients via telehealth services
so they can reduce the risk to the patients and decrease the
load on the hospitals. Cloud collaboration has literally been a
lifeline to keep our society moving forward while remote
working.
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to Innovation
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The pace of change has never
been this fast, yet it will never be
this slow again.
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To support the natural growth of their applications,
organisations then must plan on expanding their
infrastructure. Since supply shortages have constrained data
centre expansion, most companies have turned to the cloud
as a safety value. By migrating simple workloads to IaaS and
SaaS solutions, they free up resources for their business-
critical applications.
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remote workers provide an ideal target for phishing around
Covid-19. While preventing a ransomware attack is ideal,
teams need to ensure they can recover from an attack. With a
cloud protection solution, the data and control is “air-gapped”
so ransomware protection and recovery is automatically built
in. Then, since the entire environment — endpoints, SaaS
applications, cloud and data centre – can be attacked by
ransomware, they protect everything.
Accelerating the business
The biggest mistake during challenging times is to focus only
on survival, because the companies that prepare to accelerate
become the market leaders when the economy rebounds.
Still, leaders understand that moving too early is almost as
dangerous as moving too late, so they ensure that any
investment is elastic. Currently, we’re seeing teams invest in
technology and processes to help them move with more
velocity and agility.
Agility begins with giving employees more autonomy to make
decisions. With remote work, consensus-based decision
making is almost impossible. Therefore, leaders are
empowering their employees to make data-driven decisions.
Since their data is protected in the cloud, teams can now
dynamically access and analyse data, and then release the
resources. With a minimum of cost, organisations can make
better, faster, and more decentralised decisions.
When business teams can deploy and expand applications on-
demand, the business moves with more velocity. Lines of
business need a secure, protected cloud platform so they can
provision new applications with a minimum of nancial and
compliance risks. The developers can then build and deploy
applications quicker because they are not waiting for capital
purchases or IT support. Fortunately, the secure, protected
cloud platform that IT built to migrate data centre workloads
can now serve the lines of business.
IT can then leverage its cloud platform to help the business
move even faster. Instead of troubleshooting infrastructure,
cloud and SaaS lets IT focus on compliance and business
requirements. When the world adjusts to this new landscape,
customers, employees, and regulators will expect more
transparency around data privacy Businesses will need to
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3. transparency around data privacy. Businesses will need to
nd and manage data for subject access requests, e-
discovery, and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
requests. By shifting its focus from infrastructure
management to data management, IT handles the compliance
requirements while enabling the business to deliver solutions
for their customers.
"Two years on: Has GDPR been
taken seriously enough by
companies?"
Greg Hanson, vice-president EMEA and
LATAM at Informatica, discusses whether GDPR has
been taken seriously enough two years on from its
inception. Read here
Architectural considerations
While every company wants to use the cloud to take a market
leadership position, internal disagreements about public vs
private cloud have always slowed down these visions, but the
current remote working challenges should settle that debate.
When making any architectural decision, begin with the
requirements. Organisations require infrastructure that can
be scaled automatically in any region of the world. Businesses
need to move quickly without any capital expense. IT needs to
o oad both management of the infrastructure and core
services like data protection. Private cloud cannot meet these
requirements, so customers need a mix of public cloud and
SaaS applications.
Organisations should follow three rules as they shift to cloud
and SaaS. First, don’t use the cloud for applications and
workloads that require a complete re-architecture; you do not
need to shift wholesale to the cloud to lead the market.
Second, use SaaS applications for core services, rather than
trying to run them yourself. Third, understand your network
requirements and con guration. Nothing causes more
performance and security issues than network con guration
errors.
Nobody knows what challenges face us next, but companies
that embrace the agility and exibility of cloud and SaaS
solutions are best positioned to respond. Today, all
businesses are using the cloud to keep their businesses
running during Covid-19. Tomorrow’s leaders, however, are
investing in the cloud to drive the future of their business. The
future of work is here. Are you prepared?
Written by Stephen Manley,
chief technologist at Druva
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