Here’s why both the multi and hybrid cloud are the future
Most organizations agree that our future lies in the cloud. The disagreement starts when discussing the leading strategy of our time. Does the world run on hybrid clouds -- or do multiclouds set the tone? A question with different answers, depending on the party you ask. In this article, we bring o... Read more
Scaleway, a founder of Gaia-X, says they are leaving the project
The multicloud provider is leaving due to concerns over where the initiative is going
Scaleway, one of the founding members of Gaia-X, is exiting the project over an apparent difference of opinion about how to achieve its primary goal. That goal is to build an open, federated data infrastructur... Read more
VMware brings Cross-Cloud Services to AWS
VMware has made its Cross-Cloud Services portfolio available on AWS, allowing AWS customers to modernize their applications and bring workloads to cloud environments of choosing.
The expansion of VMware Cross-Cloud Services to AWS means that AWS users can apply VMware services within the portfol... Read more
Oracle brings cloud to where its customers are
You can say what you want about Oracle's cloud strategy, but the company is not taking any half measures. It has made major investments in recent years, the results of which are already visible. We interviewed Richard Smith, EVP Technology & Cloud EMEA at Oracle, about this. What has Oracle alr... Read more
Microsoft acquires CloudKnox to boost multi-cloud cybersecurity
CloudKnox Security, a startup with venture capital funding, is being bought by Microsoft. The software giant announced that it is acquiring CloudKnox to reduce the risk of breaches experienced by enterprises in public cloud environments.
Microsoft's multi-cloud capabilities are going to get a bo... Read more
Rackspace and Dell partner up to focus on hybrid cloud
Industry trends are driving the move to offer enterprises hybrid cloud access to the VMware Cloud Foundation.
Rackspace is teaming up with Dell Technologies and VMware to expand its private cloud offering. The plan is to add a secure pathway to hybrid cloud services. The companies aim ... Read more
Veritas NetBackup 8.3 update expands data management platform
Backup specialist Veritas released a major update, version 8.3, for its NetBackup solution. This update provides customers with multiple data protection capabilities for all their IT environments: on-premise, hybrid and multicloud.
With the update, Veritas lays the foundation for a universal dat... Read more
How to monitor the multicloud?
Multicloud is on the rise, a strategy where an organisation uses multiple cloud services within a single architecture. This allows applications to run on the best possible infrastructure, reduces downtime, reduces costs and avoids vendor lock-in. These benefits are also offset by challenges such as... Read more
What is Google Anthos? Is this the modern cloud infrastructure you’re looking for?
Google Anthos was presented at the beginning of 2019 as the platform for modernising applications and indirectly the underlying infrastructure. At that time, Google was talking about unlimited possibilities. Now that a year has passed, it is time to do a deepdive into Anthos. For what purposes shou... Read more
‘More financial institutions focus on the shift to cloud’
The shift to the cloud is of the utmost importance for financial institutions, as part of the digital transformation, according to research by F5.
The Financial Services edition of the 2020 State Of Application Services survey by F5 is published. The edition shows that six out of ten companies (... Read more