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
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.
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
China Southern Airlines Integrated Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Internet Of Things And 5g Connectivity Into A Single Application To Improve Operations
This article describes an experiment under way at China Southern Airlines that is weaving augmented reality, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and 5G connectivity into a single network that is being used to extend human capacities, enhance safety, and improve performance. Technologies sometimes take a surprisingly long
Investigator’s Nightmare Denonia Malware: A Specifically Designed Malware To Run In An AWS Lambda Environment
AWS Lambda is one of the many tools provided by Amazon Web Services. It allows the execution of code using a serverless method. Now, a group of cybercriminals has found a way to exploit it and run malware on it. AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that allows the
In Times Of Crisis And Uncertain World, It Is Important For Companies To Become Future Ready
What makes a company “future ready”? The author analyzed top companies by revenue across four sectors, measuring seven equally weighted factors, then analyzed what leading companies were doing differently. They discovered industry specific insights, which also informed more universal lessons. First, don’t play zero-sum games with disruptors. Looking at the
Digital Transformation In Health Care: Building A New Business Models To Co-Create Goods And Services, Wider Customer Reach, Access To New Capabilities, And Increase Revenue
Health tech innovators are investing in the Future of Health through platform businesses. Digital platforms can bring together ecosystem participants to build new business models that co-create goods and services, enable wider customer reach, access to new capabilities, and increase revenue. Executive Summary COVID-19, value-based care, data liquidity, consumer expectations,
The Benefits Of Integrating The Tax Function Into Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions
AS the COVID-19 crisis has made crystal clear, agility is key to survival in the face of disruption. Those organizations foresighted enough to have digitized, automated, and cloud-enabled their back-office processes have been able to pivot toward recovery. Those still pushing paper and working with on-premise systems have struggled. In
Public Sector Cloud Adoption: To Take An Advantage Of The Scalability, Flexibility, And Shareability Inherent In Cloud, You Have To Adapt It
The pandemic has accelerated government organizations’ adoption of cloud. But it has also shifted how those organizations use the cloud – using cloud’s scalability, flexibility, and shareability to revolutionize services. How can they keep up the momentum? Introduction The pandemic caused many government agencies to dive headfirst into cloud. The
