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2018 AT&T Business Summit: Security “in” and “of” the Cloud
While public cloud is undoubtedly an outsized piece of the conversation, news headlines of the latest data breach can make this move a very frightening proposition. The question of how…
My Brush with Royalty: Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah! Hip Hop Icon. Movie Star. Television Star. Fashion Model. Songwriter. Producer. Entrepreneurial Genius!? YES! Dana Elaine Owens, her given name, is co-owner of Flavor Unit Entertainment, a firm that includes…
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Puppet 5 is released and comes with several exciting enhancements and features that promise to make configuration management much more streamlined. This article will take a comprehensive look at these…
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Amidst volatile markets, dynamic technology shifts, and ever-increasing customer demands, it is imperative for IT organizations to develop flexible, scalable and high-quality applications that exceed expectations and enhance productivity. A…
Machine learning APIs for Google Cloud Platform
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Cloud migration best practice Part 4: Executing the migration
This series has stepped through cloud migration best practices. After providing an overview, we discussed: Classifying business-critical data. Updating organizational IT governance policies. Application screening and cloud workload selection. How to…
Cloud Migration Best Practice Part 3: Application Portfolio Analysis
In part three of this series on cloud migration best practice, I will focus on migrating the application itself. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read our recommendations from part…
Why Use Immutable Storage?
Data has become a global currency, and its value has nowhere to go but up. According to The Economist online, the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but…
CLOUD ACT: What Does That Mean for Your Cloud Storage
When Congress names a law after you, it’s getting serious. That is where we are now with cloud computing. The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act or CLOUD Act (H.R. 4943) is…
- How to understand and classify business critical data;
- Executing an efficient process for screening and selecting applications for cloud migration;
- Following a methodology for discovering the most effective strategy for each application migration; and
- Selection of the most cost-effective and industry aligned cloud service provider(s).
Experience has also shown that businesses are in different stages of their “Journey to the Cloud.” These initial stages often include:
- Planning and designing common foundational infrastructure services;
- Pattern and Template based automated deployments for public clouds;
- Migrating workloads to the most appropriate cloud through a standardized, repeatable tool driven framework;
- Monitor and Manage workloads using standardized tools and process aligned to cloud platforms; and
- Governing, tracking, managing and optimizing cloud usage and spend.
- Innovation:Building cloud-native applications using the DevOps model;
- Agility:Modernizing and migrating legacy applications and infrastructure to a native cloud model; and
- Stability:Managing workloads and infrastructure in clouds and on premises
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