As businesses move more of their applications and other tools to be cloud-based, the need for cloud expertise is expanding. This creates opportunity and challenge in many ways due to the newly fundamental need for companies to start or continue working from the cloud. Currently, virtual and remote workers are the biggest cause of the IT industry's need towards an optimization of cloud spending. However, the re-allocation of existing budgets has to be taken into account for these new … [Read more...]
Five Steps for Multi-Cloud Efficiency
With more employees working from home, enterprises are either accelerating their cloud strategies or rushing to begin embracing cloud solutions. The result, as cloud investments expand, is the implementation of multi-cloud environments. While multi-cloud can provide for efficient workload placement and prevent vendor lock-in, it also carries the danger of uncontrolled cloud sprawl. The endless options related to infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and platform as … [Read more...]
Commonly Missed Costs in Cloud Mapping
For many enterprises, the sudden need to prioritize work-from-home policies has caused some upheaval in cloud mapping plans. Those that didn’t intend to shift their communications to the cloud anytime soon may have found their timeline significantly sped up. While there are a variety of benefits to cloud communications, including scalability, reliability, and cost savings, many enterprises find the migration process to be full of hidden costs or unanticipated fees. Take a look at some of the … [Read more...]
The Evolution of the Private Cloud
Enterprises are pushing for cloud migration, and it may seem as if private cloud is being left behind for the faster-paced, more economical public cloud. According to the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report produced by Flexera, 84% of enterprises are pursuing a multi-cloud strategy. Among the enterprises included in that 84%, 9% indicate that they are using multiple private clouds, while 17% use multiple public clouds and 58% have implemented a hybrid cloud solution. Only 3% of … [Read more...]
The Data Security Approach That Offers Long Term Protection
Data security has long been a priority for companies of all sizes. No matter how big or small, cyber crime doesn’t discriminate against any targets. The way data is protected continues to evolve with the ever-changing methods cyber criminals use to gain access to systems. From backing up data to closing the gaps that represent vulnerabilities, constantly updating the approach to safety is a smart move. The Importance of Encryption Encrypted data isn’t much use to thieves. Should they … [Read more...]
Moving Forward With Digital Transformation
Most enterprises are pursuing digital transformation, harnessing volumes of data through cloud solutions and responding more quickly to customer preferences. For each enterprise that successfully moves through initiatives to achieve improved agility and scalability in their business processes, there may be a line of unsuccessful transformation stories from similar enterprises. What’s the difference between enterprises that nimbly move through a digital transformation and those that get stuck … [Read more...]
Two Requirements for SD-Branch
Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) has solved many of the problems that tend to emerge with a cloud environment, such as managing the cost of higher bandwidth demands and improved visibility into the network. Changes at the branch level require enterprises to take things a step further and invest in the software-defined branch (SD-branch), which simplifies management and improves the security at each location. The need for SD-branch is partly due to the increased number of … [Read more...]
Building a Solid Disaster Recovery Process
Cyber criminals have sophisticated attack strategies, and they don’t care how large or small your organization is — they’ll come after your data. When IT professionals and executives think about the disaster recovery process, it’s usually in the same thought that involves getting hacked. However, the disaster recovery strategy your organization establishes must take all threats into account. Hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more intense. Other types of natural disasters that can hit … [Read more...]
Cloud Security Solutions for Improved Safety
If you leave gaps in your cloud security management plan, you are leaving the door wide open for a cyber criminal to walk right through to get to your data. The most common gaps organizations are experiencing today are often related to identity and access management (IAM). Research conducted for the latest Cloud Report by Netskope points a finger at IAM as a weak link in cloud security. In fact, 71.5% of violations are related to IAM. The scary part is that 86% of those violations could be … [Read more...]
Three Steps for Securing a Multi-Cloud Environment
Security in a multi-cloud environment cannot be adequately addressed by traditional approaches. A perimeter established by firewalls doesn't secure the cloud or the movement of data to and from cloud applications. The security plane is expanded significantly by one cloud migration, so a multi-cloud solution further complicates security. An adequate solution should be able to accommodate growth, but also protect data as a single workload may be housed in more than one cloud solution. Expanding … [Read more...]