How digital transformation drives cloud computing demand

How digital transformation drives cloud computing demand

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Digital Business Transformation projects gained momentum in 2014, as more companies moved their legacy IT workloads to cloud computing platforms and launched a variety of new cloud-native applications. This pervasive trend will continue and accelerate for the duration of 2015.Total cloud IT infrastructure investment (server, disk storage, and ethernet switch) is forecast to grow by 21 percent year-over-year to reach $32 billion in 2015 -- accounting for about 33 percent of all IT infrastructure spending this year, which...

By David H Deans, 30 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: IaaS, Infrastructure, Research.

Five ways cloud service providers are making manufacturers more competitive

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Enterprises are only realizing 35% of the total potential value of their cloud deployments according to a recent Bain & Company study. Companies that moved development to IaaS and PaaS clouds from Amazon Web Services (AWS) reduced downtime by 72% and improved application availability by 3.9 hours per user per year.
These and other key takeaways are from the recent Bain & Company study, Tapping Cloud’s Full...

By Louis Columbus, 28 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: Enterprise, IaaS, Infrastructure, PaaS, Platform,Research.

AWS continues to dominate cloud infrastructure services market

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The cloud infrastructure services market continues to grow at a rapid rate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) at the summit, and latest Q1 data from Synergy Research reveals AWS remains bigger than its four nearest competitors.
The data reveals how the trend of the cloud infrastructure market has been similarly plotted for the past year. AWS was not the fastest growing company during Q115, with only 49% growth, yet retains a larger slice of the market than Salesforce, Microsoft, IBM and...

By James Bourne, 27 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: Amazon, IaaS, Infrastructure, Research.

Why your cloud needs more than great customer service

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When start-ups and enterprises first evaluate cloud providers, they often choose an out of the box solution that fits their immediate needs. Their hosting provider promises great customer service, but they have essentially the same stack as thousands of other customers and still need a large SysOps staff to monitor their infrastructure.
This solution may be adequate for several months or even years. But most enterprises ultimately find that a one-size-fits-all cloud solution no longer actually...

By Logicworks, 24 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: Amazon, Infrastructure, Migration, Public.

Moving workloads to the cloud: A comprehensive guide

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The rapid diffusion for the cloud computing paradigm and promised benefits for the adoption of cloud infrastructure are attracting a growing number of businesses and organisations.
Of course, it is essential for organisations to maximise the benefits of migration to cloud architecture by reducing costs and minimising risks. Cloud computing represents a fundamental change in how companies use and provide their services. For many businesses of small and medium size, it represents a...

By Pierluigi Paganini, 23 April 2015, 3 comments. Categories: Adoption, Infrastructure, Migration,Platform, Software.

Cloud ‘reality check’ in store for IT leaders, report affirms

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As we’re now full swing into 2015, there is certainly a greater understanding over the potential – and the limitations – of cloud computing. Research from NTT Communications has explored the varying issues and argued there needs to be a smoother migration path from the corporate data centre to the cloud.
Similarly, even though cloud will claim a growing share of IT budgets in coming years, many IT decision makers don’t believe it is living up to its potential.
The...

By James Bourne, 14 April 2015, 1 comment. Categories: Adoption, IaaS, Infrastructure, Migration, PaaS,Platform.

Hybrid cloud adoption set to triple in three years according to new research figures

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Hybrid cloud adoption is set to triple in the next three years with economics as the primary driver, according to new research from Peer 1 Hosting.
The study, which polled over 900 IT decision makers in the UK and North America, found cutting IT costs (49%) was the biggest IT priority within their organisations. Improving processes and operational efficiencies (45%) was also a popular response.
Currently, more than half (52%) of those polled said their primary IT approach was to use...

By James Bourne, 13 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: Architecture, Hybrid, IaaS, Infrastructure,Research.

Why hybrid cloud is the way forward for IT leaders - and how to get there

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Updated As cloud continues to be mainstream, the question amongst progressive IT departments when rolling out new applications is shifting from “why cloud?” to “which cloud?” Currently, the public cloud is dwarfed by private and on-premise solutions, with VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger statingthat the latter represents over 90 per cent of the total business. Furthermore, Gartner has estimated that by 2020, on-premise cloud will...

By Sean McAvan, 10 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: Hybrid, IaaS, Infrastructure.

Traditional banks vs. disruptive competitors: Why agile infrastructure matters

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By Martin Cooper, Technical Director of SolidFire
There are few industries which can match the financial services sector for the sheer volume of rules and regulations governing personal information and data. This complex set of requirements and regulation creates unique tension within well-established financial services companies. They have to operate and update existing infrastructure, but also need to develop and expose new services to a...

By SolidFire, 08 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: IaaS, Infrastructure.

Why desktop virtualisation leads the way in the VDI market

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By Michele Gasparoli, Channel Marketing Manager, Praim
The virtualisation market in general and desktop virtualisation in particular has progressed over the years to support changing business needs.
Until a few years ago, as anyone who implemented a virtual desktop infrastructure would testify, substantial resources and advanced skills both in networking and storage were needed to successfully complete a virtualisation project. These types of installations were adopted only by large customers with...

By Praim, 07 April 2015, 0 comments. Categories: Infrastructure, Software, VDI.