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IoT, SaaS and The Cloud: Q&A with Bramh Gupta
Open standards, SaaS integration and public clouds are all paving the way for more widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT). Many enterprises are recognizing the cost savings and cost...
View ArticleNews Roundup: As the Race for Cloud Dominance Continues, AWS and Microsoft...
The two major cloud computing platform vendors announced several new updates and services last week as they continue to fight one another for market share. At the Amazon AWS Summit in New York last...
View ArticleAWS Global Summits: Why you should make the trip
Every October Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds an annual event known as re:Invent in Las Vegas. This conference, comparable to Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), is a platform where Amazon...
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The challenging journey to the cloud – a Q&A with Jay Lyman
As enterprises continue their steady march toward cloud infrastructure and other cloud solutions, they’re facing a number of challenges regarding management of cloud resources and the security of data...
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Battling “Shadow IT” and uncertainty with cloud management and automation – a...
In our last article on Cloud Sprawl, 451 Research’s Cloud Platforms Research Manager, Jay Lyman, joined us to discuss the reasons for moving to the cloud, and the challenges that many enterprises are...
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Finding the Sweet Spot for Hybrid Cloud Computing
Many organizations have already moved several of their business applications and functions to the cloud. However, for those that haven’t, it isn’t a matter of if, but when. Cloud adoption continues to...
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The five drivers pushing federal agencies into the cloud – a Q&A with Andy...
The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative and the subsequent “Cloud First” Policy made cloud adoption top of mind for many federal agencies that were tasked with reducing their number of data...
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How process and management are keeping federal agencies from the cloud – a...
In our previous post on Cloud Sprawl, we featured part one of a two-part conversation with Andy Heifetz, the Chief Cloud Officer of M2M system provider, OpenWhere. During part one of our conversation,...
View ArticleCloud News Roundup: Surveys Confirm Continued Growth for Cloud Computing; New...
The outlook for cloud computing is still “unicorns and rainbows.” Recent technology industry announcements and surveys underscore the growth of cloud traffic as well as the continued investment in...
View ArticleEnterprise Cloud Computing Grows Up
We’ve all watched the tremendous evolution of the cloud from software-as-a-service (SaaS) to low-cost, outsourced IT Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to what is now widely referred to as enterprise...
View ArticleCloud Security – A Review of Security Groups, Access Lists, Firewalls and...
Occasionally, I reflect on my earlier years in the broad world of IT and cyber security. I was a teenager fresh out of high school and anxious to get that first corporate job. I landed a break as a...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from Cloud Sprawl: The Year of the Cloud Comes to a Close
As the year of the cloud comes to a close with only a few days remaining in 2015, the Cloud Sprawl editorial staff would like to wish all of our readers a Happy Holiday season. We had a great year with...
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Divvy Cloud Offers Software AG Government Solutions Speed and Transparency
Cloud adoption and its accompanying challenges are on the rise in government as well as enterprise IT. Similarly, software solution organizations, such as Software AG Government Solutions, have also...
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Can Azure Stack usher in the age of hybrid cloud?
Many pundits touted that 2015 would be “the year” for hybrid cloud. Heck, even I was shouting from the rooftops in late 2014 to colleagues, friends and customers to be ready for a paradigm shift. As I...
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Discovery Communications turns to cloud and cloud automation to deliver...
Launched as a single channel in 1985, Discovery Communications is now a leader in global entertainment reaching three billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories through...
View ArticleWhy the Loss of Independent Cloud Management Solutions is Putting Enterprises...
Abstract: The recent spat of acquisitions of cloud management and orchestration companies by large cloud providers could be taking away from the essence of the hybrid cloud, leading to increased risk...
View ArticleDigital Transformation and the Growth of Hybrid Cloud
Most enterprises know they need to embrace the digital age and transform their business processes accordingly; however the path to get them there isn’t always as clear. For many, a hybrid cloud...
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Gartner Report Shows IT Catch 22 and the Need for Cloud Automation
Earlier this year, the analyst firm, Gartner, released their Innovation Insight for “Dynamic Optimization Technology for Infrastructure Resources and Cloud Services,” that looks at the current state of...
View ArticleLet’s Make a Deal: Salesforce.com and Amazon Get Cozy in the Cloud
In a deal expected to be worth $400 million over four years, last week’s news that Salesforce.com selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to be its preferred public cloud infrastructure provider was a big...
View ArticleYou Can’t Just ‘Build a Wall’ When it Comes to Multi-Cloud Security
Back in the old days (before cloud computing) most companies built firewalls around their networks to protect themselves from outside intruders and data breaches. This was the most common approach to...
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