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Ahead in the Clouds

Analysis of the latest trends in cloud and datacentre technology.

March 2017

Lock-in: Using cloud-neutral technology to avoid it
Caroline Donnelly - Senior Editor, UK 30 Mar 2017

In this guest post, Gary Bloom, CEO of database software supplier MarkLogic, explains why adopting a cloud-neutral strategy is essential for enterprises to avoid lock-in. Not so long ago, choosing ...

Amazon S3 outage: Acknowledging the role humans play in keeping the cloud going
Caroline Donnelly - Senior Editor, UK 06 Mar 2017

The Amazon cloud storage outage provides a neat reminder about the role humans continue to play in the delivery of online services, but - when things go wrong - end-user sympathy for the plight of ...

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Cybersecurity and resilience tips from the city of Atlanta CIO

Gary Brantley, CIO of the city of Atlanta, spoke at the 2020 Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Americas about how the city's IT department...

Voting fraud technology could play role in momentous election

Vendors, academics and data scientists are developing technologies to detect irregularities in voting patterns. The turbulent U.S...

How to develop a technology strategy

Implementing a technology strategy can be difficult for any CIO, but following this step-by-step guide enables them to build one ...

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Benefits of virtual SOCs: Enterprise-run vs. fully managed

A virtual security operations center, be it managed in-house or by a third party, is becoming an increasingly popular option to ...

Security automation tools and analytics reshape SecOps efforts

To transition from being reactive to proactive in terms of cybersecurity threats, check out how SecOps teams can use security ...

Understanding the zero trust-SDP relationship

Zero trust is a complicated framework that spans the IT stack. Find out how software-defined perimeter can address zero trust's ...

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SmartNIC market capitalizes on advances in programmability

Traditional NICs are getting an upgrade, thanks to smartNICs and function accelerator cards that add programmability. But this ...

Growth of enterprise Wi-Fi at home spotlights digital divide

Remote enterprise workers need a reliable internet connection. Learn how the digital divide can touch workers and how companies ...

Cisco dashboard simplifies access to multiple NetOps tools

Cisco's Nexus Dashboard will offer a single location for several NetOps tools designed for networks serving cloud-centric ...

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7 must-have cloud infrastructure automation tools

Learn how organizations can use automated provisioning tools to automate the configuration, deployment and management of their ...

Admins eye on-premises and cloud hybrid IT management

Most organizations now support a mix of on-premises and cloud infrastructure. This has vendors and analysts reshaping tools that ...

IBM Red Hat vs. SUSE: How do these Linux distributions stack up?

See how two leading Linux open source software products -- RHEL and SLES -- compare when it comes to supported architectures, ...

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Dremio speeds up cloud data lakes for business intelligence

The Dremio fall 2020 update brings new performance to the vendor's cloud data lake engine technology, including Apache ...

Cazena launches Instant AWS Cloud Data Lake service

Cazena advanced its cloud data platform with an integrated service that helps organizations to more quickly benefit from a cloud ...

Rockset raises $40M for real-time indexing database

The CEO and co-founder of real-time indexing database vendor details the evolution of the company from its origins in the open ...