Ahead in the Clouds

August 2019

Multi-cloud: Reaping the benefits
Caroline Donnelly - Senior Editor, UK 13 Aug 2019

In this guest post, Will Grannis, founder and director of the Google Office of the CTO, sets out how adopting a multi-cloud strategy can help enterprises navigate IT challenges around value, risk ...

Digging into the cloud security arguments of the Capital One data breach
Caroline Donnelly - Senior Editor, UK 07 Aug 2019

In this guest post, Dob Todorov, CEO and chief cloud officer, HeleCloud, sets out why it is wrong to declare cloud not fit for business use in the wake of the Capital One data breach. In two ...

Hype vs. reality: Why some organisations are opting to de-cloud
Caroline Donnelly - Senior Editor, UK 06 Aug 2019

In this guest post, Justin Day, CEO of hybrid cloud connectivity platform provider Cloud Gateway shares his thoughts one why some enterprises are choosing to pull back from off-premise life and ...

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FTC rescinds vertical merger guidelines, raises concerns
The FTC recently rescinded its 2020 guidance for vertical mergers. Meanwhile, Pres. Joe Biden plans to nominate a new ...
Top 10 promising 5G use cases CIOs should know
The technological advantages 5G presents are well known. The hard part for business leaders is choosing where 5G implementation ...
3 enterprise uses for virtual reality
As enterprise adoption of virtual reality increases, CIOs are choosing the best ways to use the technology to gain a competitive ...

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Treasury Department sanctions cryptocurrency exchange Suex
In the ongoing battle against ransomware attacks, the Treasury Department sanctioned Suex, a cryptocurrency exchange accused of ...
The benefits of an IT management response
Many organizations create management responses to traditional audit findings. But did you know organizations can do them after IT...
3 components to consider when selecting an MDR service
In the market for an MDR service? Read up on three considerations to keep in mind and questions to ask potential providers before...

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Ways to speed up white box networking adoption
Most organizations are slow to deploy new techniques, white box networking included. Experts explain why and offer advice on how ...
A review of Cato Networks' SASE Cloud platform
Cato's SASE Cloud lacks some features and requires customers to replace point products. But the platform aligns with SASE’s ...
The role of smartNICs in modern enterprise networks
This chapter excerpt from 'Building a Future-Proof Cloud Infrastructure' looks at how smartNICs can support distributed services ...

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What does a DPU do?
Learn the basics of data processing units: What they are, what they do, who's making them and who's adopting them. Then decide ...
Nutanix Cloud Platform, AOS 6 improve networking, security
Nutanix debuted a new version of its AOS operating system along with new networking features looking to boost its chances in the ...
Pros and cons of on-site power generation for data centers
Organizations considering a move to on-site power generation should weigh drawbacks -- such as cost -- against benefits, ...

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Nutanix boosts data management services in the cloud
Nutanix is aiming to make it easier to manage, deploy and protect data and databases across hybrid and multi-cloud environments ...
Kafka streaming data gets governance from Confluent
Apache Kafka event streaming from Confluent helps online grocery provider Instacart deliver milk to customers when they need it, ...
StreamNative raises $23M for Apache Pulsar data streaming
Leading vendor behind the open source event streaming project raised new funds to help build out a cloud platform for event data ...

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