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…
KPIs for Your Cloud Migration
Let’s assume that your organization has made a commitment to migrate to the cloud. You’ve defined your goals and your needs as part of your…
Is It a Bad Idea to Combine AWS and Azure Together?
As enterprises move more IT operations and development to multiple clouds, a lot of questions are surfacing about combining public cloud services. This is especially…
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 this article on the top reason why companies migrate workloads to AWS. That article continues to be one of the…
TRiA Cloud Management Platform Now Available in a Separate License
Learn more about the latest version of TRiA here. TRiA Cloud Management Platform Now Available in a Separate License The majority of enterprises deploy workloads…
What is DevOps and Why You Should Care?
DevOps 101 About ten years ago, a new term was introduced to the world of software development: DevOps. Despite confusion about exactly what it is,…
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 AWS or Azure
Public clouds are growing in popularity. According to a recent HIMSS Analytics survey, 83 percent of healthcare organizations are already using cloud-based resources. But what about HIPAA/HITECH?…
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…
AWS re:Invent 2017 Recap
AWS re:Invent 2017 was held in Las Vegas for over 40,000 attendees. The event came to a close after a very busy week including keynotes…
Top Three Challenges when Implementing and Managing Amazon Web Services
There are many well-known benefits to utilizing Amazon Web Services including operational efficiency, scalability and potential cost savings with minimal up-front investment. However, there are…