Opinion

Opinion

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

• Embrace the new normal – re-platform your cloud services

  Huge improvements in cloud technology are opening up markets and solutions that previously didn’t exist. But complacent suppliers often don’t offer these innovations to long-established customers  Continue Reading

• Cloud pricing: Are per-second billing models really needed?

  Clive Longbottom looks at the growing complexity of cloud pricing models, and weighs up the value of per-second billing  Continue Reading

• The second coming of private cloud: Righting the wrongs of previous deployments

  The first generation of private cloud failed to hit the mark with enterprises, but things have improved  Continue Reading

• Open source for hybrid cloud success: Is it an open and shut case?

  Quocirca’s Clive Longbottom ponders whether enterprises need to adopt an open source-first strategy for hybrid cloud success  Continue Reading

• The rise of the ODMs: Should the branded hardware suppliers be worried?

  The use of ODM datacentre hardware makes good economic sense for the hyperscale providers, but what about everyday enterprises?  Continue Reading

• Not as much progress as you’d expect in public cloud adoption

  Why are many executives still wary of moving enterprise IT systems to the cloud?  Continue Reading

• Multi-cloud management: Making it work for the enterprise

  As the hype surrounding multi-cloud infrastructure continues to grow, what do enterprises need to do to make the model work for them?  Continue Reading

• How serverless computing could help enterprises cut cloud complexity

  The reality of cloud is failing to live up to the hype for some enterprises, but serverless computing could help firms attain the operational benefits they're looking for  Continue Reading

• Infrastructure as code: What does it mean and why does it matter?

  The emergence of software-defined hardware has given rise to the phrase “infrastructure as code” to describe the way these environments are managed  Continue Reading

• Cloud vs. Colocation: Why both make sense for the enterprise right now

  With colocation providers moving to adopt simpler, cloud-like charging models, would enterprises be better off ditching the datacentre completely?  Continue Reading

• What does the new EU data protection regime mean for datacentres and cloud service operators?

  Changes to European data protection law will put new responsibilities on datacentre and cloud providers  Continue Reading

• Why the IT dinosaurs should be planning for extinction

  The planned merger of two dinosaurs of the hardware world, Dell and EMC, offers a useful insight into how to manage corporate extinction  Continue Reading

• Five lessons learned from a year in the cloud

  Startup online estate agency Purplebricks.com was built on the cloud. The technical director shares the company's experiences and lessons learned  Continue Reading