The explosion of public cloud adoption in today’s business landscape is undeniable. But it’s alarming to see the number of organizations adopting cloud without a mature, clearly defined strategy on how cloud technologies are transforming various aspects of their business. It’s high time these companies take the plunge and explore the benefits of true transformation,…

The excitement of realizing the benefits of the cloud means that organizations sometimes skip the planning process and move right ahead to the implementation phase. But those who have dived headfirst into the cloud have sometimes found themselves backing out as fast as they jumped in when issues around performance, cost or security don’t work…

Pushing IT resources to the cloud can help nonprofit organizations increase productivity, flexibility and efficiency. But the cloud can also introduce redundancy and confusion when (as is often the case) migrations are done in an ad hoc manner, rather than being meticulously planned out. Often, organizations adopt cloud resources almost by accident, with business units…

At its annual U.S. conference in Las Vegas, VMworld 2018, VMware announced new capabilities and feature enhancements to its offering, VMware Cloud on AWS. This post will briefly discuss some of my favorites. Expansion to Asia-Pacific Region Prior to the announcement at VMworld 2018, VMware Cloud on AWS was available in four regions: AWS U.S….

— Written by Troy Brick-Margelofsky, Brandon Jackson and Stephan Stelter Public cloud, just like private cloud, has advantages and disadvantages, depending on the circumstances in which it is used. That’s why almost every organization will gravitate toward some combination of cloud solutions that best achieves its business goals, performance expectations and requirements for security and…

I frequently consult with customers comparing hyperscale public cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google for their data and applications. The workloads they want to evaluate typically fit into one of three categories: A lift-and-shift of virtual or physical workloads into public cloud A partial or full refactoring/modernization of an on-premises…