Five Ways to Reduce Your AWS Cloud Spending
In the cloud, as with everywhere else, every dollar counts. And as the cloud continues to grow in popularity, organizations are increasingly looking for ways…
Get in the Zone! Multi-Account Cloud Set-Ups Made Easier
For organizations looking to quickly establish a secure and scalable multiple-account AWS environment, the task may appear overwhelming – at least at first glance. Creating…
Amazon FSx: More Good News for Those Looking to Run Windows Workloads in an AWS Cloud
I often get asked some variation of the question, “Can I run Windows on AWS?” The answer is an emphatic “yes!” In fact, Connectria has…
FAQ: Should I use AWS Transfer for SFTP?
I hear this question most often from customers migrating legacy applications to AWS. To answer this question, let’s do a quick review of some of…
Securely Migrate LARGE Amounts of Data with AWS Snowball
The nice thing about transferring data is that it doesn’t weigh much. The right connection and anyone can do it, right? Well, despite the ethereal…
What is a Managed Hybrid Cloud Hosting Provider?
The vast majority of organizations house at least some workloads in the cloud, and many of them in multiple cloud environments. The IBM Institute for…
The Rise of FinOps
Cost optimization of IT resources is one of the benefits that first attracts enterprises to the cloud. CFOs and CEOs love how converting CapEx to…
The Biggest Challenge for Your Cloud Strategy: Managing Costs
The rapid growth and adoption of public cloud use, including enterprise adoption of multi-cloud environments, is creating new visibility challenges. That’s the conclusion of a…
Is It a Bad Idea to Combine AWS and Azure Together?
As enterprises move more and more IT operations and development to multiple clouds, a lot of questions are surfacing about combining public cloud services. This…
Migrating to AWS: Your Preflight Checklist
More organizations than ever are embracing public cloud offerings like AWS in their pursuit of leaner, more agile IT operations. But before you take off…
Top 8 Reasons Companies Are Moving to AWS
Back in 2014, we wrote a post on why companies are migrating workloads to AWS. That post continues to be one of the most referenced…
TRiA Cloud Management Platform Now Available in a Separate License
TRiA Cloud Management Platform Now Available in a Separate License The majority of enterprises deploy workloads across more than one type of cloud, but managing…
What is DevOps and why should you care?
About ten years ago, a new term was introduced to the world of software development: DevOps. Despite confusion about exactly what it is, the DevOps…
Can You Trust the Public Cloud?
There is no doubt that businesses are becoming more comfortable with the idea of placing mission-critical workloads in the public cloud. In a 2017 McKinsey…
Migrating HIPAA compliant workloads to the public cloud: Azure & AWS
Public clouds are growing in popularity. According to a recent HIMSS Analytics survey, 83% of healthcare organizations are already using cloud-based resources. But what about HIPAA/HITECH? How…
7 Signs You May Need Help With Your Azure or AWS Deployment
According to Cloud Computing Trends: 2017 State of the Cloud Survey, companies house 41% of their workloads in a public cloud like Microsoft Azure or…