You've just been asked to look at a multi-cloud solution. You might put on a brave face for upper management, but deep down you know this isn't going to be easy. You're right.Have you recently moved to the cloud? Perhaps you are mulling over your accomplishments having moved to an agile, DevOps[...]
Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, recovered in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) after two consecutive quarters of decline, according to IDC.The 12.4% year-over-year[...]
International hotel chain Marriott today disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 5.2 million hotel guests, making it the second security incident to hit the company in recent years.The incident exposed guests' personal information such as contact details (name, mailing address, email address, and[...]
I started 9 years ago in the Content Delivery Network business in Central Europe. If corporations experienced a lack of performance in the market they responded by installing hardware with a Cache-Instance. If they were really tech they installed a Varnish. As Airlines in Europe saw the online[...]
Cloud-enabled cyberattacks are ramping up, as indicated in a new Netskope study that found 44% of security threats use cloud services in various stages of the kill chain. Attackers are targeting popular cloud apps and services to exploit the growing trust in commonly used enterprise platforms.[...]
44% of malicious threats are cloud enabled, meaning that cybercriminals see the cloud as an effective method for subverting detection, according to Netskope.89% of enterprise users are in the cloud, actively using at least one cloud app every day. Cloud storage, collaboration, and webmail apps are[...]
Many enterprises are finding it increasingly difficult to deliver a consistently high-quality end user experience to a global online audience using a single content delivery network (CDN). CDN providers have different strengths and weaknesses—unsurprisingly, a single provider does not adequately[...]
Oracle’s cloudy partnership with Microsoft, announced in June, was one of the more eyebrow-raising stories of 2019. On the surface, it may have seemed peculiar, but digging down, the duo’s focus on retail customers – particularly with some retailers wishing to steer clear of AWS – made sense.Now,[...]
As we move into a new decade IT professionals will be scratching their heads wondering "what new threat is going to cause me to have to rethink my security architecture or user policy?". As a solutions architect working with a wide range of customers, here's my take on what's coming.
