The early days of cloud computing felt boundless. Freed from the limitations of on-premises servers, developers could build exciting new products and services tethered only by their imagination. Unconstrained by bureaucratic processes governing resource utilization, software engineers enjoyed an infinitely scalable palette that could seemingly manifest exactly what they needed
Category: Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user. The term is generally used to describe data centers available to many users over the Internet. Large clouds, predominant today, often have functions distributed over multiple locations from central servers. If the connection to the user is relatively close, it may be designated an edge server.
Composable No-Code Software: Low-Code And No-Code Environments Are Becoming More Regulated, Automated, And Interactive
Software is blocky. It comes in blocks because each line and block of software code relates to an instruction, class or tree of logic that forms a definable area of functional programming in the resulting application or service it is built for. Software comes in blocks because we are now
The Journey From Code To The Cloud Is Being Driven By Deployment-As-A-Service
Infrastructure is on the up. Software application development is driven by many trends on a year-on-year basis, but key among the current major drivers is a push to create and enable more powerful, more manageable and more flexible controls that work at the infrastructure level. Given that infrastructure is now,
Banks Have Always Been Fast To Capitalise On New And Growing Trends, And The Metaverse Is No Exception
Banks have long known that if they can capture the attention of customers when they are young, they are likely to get hold of them for life. For this reason, they have always been quick to jump on new and emerging trends, and today’s hot tech potato – the metaverse
Cloud Security: User Must Understand The Risks Involved And Implement Adequate Security Controls
Protecting data and applications in the cloud involves managing people, processes and technology with stringent policies. There has been a tremendous increase in the number of organizations migrating to the cloud due to its excellent reliability, scalability and reduced costs. Cloud security plays a key role in this transition and
Industry Clouds: What Are They, And Why Do They Matter?
Competition is at the heart of transformation. It requires continuous innovation and new ways to grow profits. Digital transformation helps organizations innovate faster and better. And therein lies one of the greatest challenges: pursuing digital transformation means building a race car and entering a never-ending race. In this race with
All You Need To Know About What Is Serverless Computing And How It Could Benefit You
The world’s major cloud providers are rushing to offer serverless computing services. Here’s everything you need to know about what it means to go serverless and how it could benefit your business. This comprehensive guide covers what serverless computing is and how it could reduce the complexity and cost of
Study: Data Privacy And Security Are The Top Challenges For Cloud Adoption
Technology media company Foundry (formerly IDG) released the findings of its ninth Cloud Computing Survey and found that IT decision-makers (ITDMs) are running up against several challenges when implementing a cloud strategy. These include controlling costs, data privacy and the cost of security. According to the survey, budgets for cloud
Multicloud: What Is Multicloud, Advantages Of Multicloud And Do Your Business Really Need Multicloud Approach?
Over a decade after the launch of Amazon Web Services, Amazon continues to benefit from the “first mover” position. While AWS is still the market leader, cloud services from other industry titans such as Google or Microsoft have increased in popularity (as have specialized services from other vendors), preventing Amazon
What Is Zero Trust Security And Five important Steps To Build Zero Trust Environment
There are times when paranoia is justified, and nowhere is that more the case than with cybersecurity. Devices are compromised, laptops are infected, and smartphones are hacked all the time–a trusted laptop could leave a business network and return compromised, with the user none the wiser that they were the
Scaling Anything As A Service (XaaS): The Pros And Cons, Challenges, And Enablers Of The Outcome-Based Model For XaaS
Introduction Based on industry trends we have tracked so far, providers have consciously been trying to craft customer-centric solutions to entice customers and sustain their loyalty via subscription models for their anything as a service (XaaS) offerings. But one of the evolving expectations from customers is further differentiation when choosing
Cybercriminals Are Now Focused On The Cloud Using More Sophisticated Tactics To Target Kubernetes And Software Supply Chain
As more organizations shift to the cloud to manage their operations and assets, so too have cybercriminals been shifting their focus to cloud environments. To up their game, attackers are adopting more advanced and sophisticated methods to target sensitive and vulnerable cloud native environments. A report released Wednesday by security
