The Latest in Performance Monitoring and End-User Experience
Browsing posts filed under: Cloud Computing
IoT is Pushing Us to the Edge, Literally
April 11, 2018 by Lea Rabinowitz
Cloud Computing, Industry Insights
Imagine an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart shoe that has the capability for workers to send or receive alerts while working in dangerous areas. The possibilities are just incredible. What we once dreamed of as future technology is now at our fingertips to create opportunities across workplaces and at home. As we see a proliferation…Continue reading
How (and Why) to Benchmark Your Public Cloud Performance
April 9, 2018 by Andrew Sanders
Cloud Computing, Performance Monitoring
Back in 2011, the average company spent just $6,300 on cloud computing. That’s a drop in the bucket for all but the smallest IT budgets. Things have changed in the intervening years. At the beginning of the decade, companies were just beginning to dip their toes into the cloud. Now they’re completely submerged. Out of…Continue reading
Cloud-Native Computing Takes Over IT Infrastructures
April 6, 2018 by Christine Cignoli
Cloud Computing, Industry Insights
“Cloud-native” technology has likely come across your radar screen at some point in the last few years, but what does it mean, exactly? There’s a good explainer here on cloud-native computing, a concept that runs through any cloud service. Any applications, architectures, platforms and processes that work toward increasing IT’s ability to change and reduce…Continue reading
Cloud Choices and Cloud Costs Will Change Over Time
March 30, 2018 by Christine Cignoli
Cloud Computing, Networking Technology
The complexity of choosing and managing cloud long-term leads to tough decisions for most modern enterprises. One industry expert notes that choosing cloud doesn’t have to be the default for enterprise IT teams. Some applications just aren’t cloud-compatible and may never be. An on-premises virtual environment might be a better fit for a mission-critical application.…Continue reading
5 Ways Enterprise IT Is Solving Public Cloud Access
March 27, 2018 by Andrew Sanders
Cloud Computing, Networking Technology
Public internet access has little appeal when it comes to mission-critical cloud connections. High latency, low bandwidth and patchy speeds depending on location are just a few hurdles that companies must endure. Here are a few ways you can troubleshoot your public cloud connections and improve cloud access for business applications: 1. Just Build a…Continue reading
Doing a Cloud Computing Reality Check
March 22, 2018 by Joe Michalowski
Cloud Computing, Performance Monitoring
For at least the last couple of years, IT has been pressured to put everything into the cloud. Whether it’s new startup operating entirely in the cloud or a large, established enterprise trying to migrate, cloud computing has been positioned as the obvious evolution of IT. Everywhere you turned, someone was calling for the death…Continue reading
AWS Monitoring Tools Explained
March 20, 2018 by Andrew Sanders
Cloud Computing, Performance Monitoring
Managing security and performance in the cloud is a tradeoff. On the one hand, your traditional applications will certainly break—they’ll be unable to monitor the data flaws that occur in the cloud, as there’s no analogue in a traditional data center. On the other hand, you’ll have undreamed-of visibility—something that no traditional data center can…Continue reading
Network Subscription Models Join SaaS Apps to Meet IT Needs
March 16, 2018 by Christine Cignoli
Cloud Computing, Networking Technology
Subscription-based options just keep growing, as music, movies and TV, along with your business-critical SaaS apps, are all available now with various monthly payment methods. IT continues to move in this direction too, with network subscription packages the latest trend. Unlike software applications, networking still requires physical parts. But the idea of SDN and a…Continue reading
Can Multicloud Management Solve All Your IT Problems?
March 9, 2018 by Christine Cignoli
Cloud Computing, Industry Insights
As the GDPR go-live date approaches in late May, we’ve heard some buzz as companies examine their data to see if they’ll be in line with the new EU requirements. It’s such an interconnected global world now that most businesses, even American ones, need to be ready for any GDPR fallout. Fines will be stiff…Continue reading
Unpatched Routers Play Host to Huge New Botnet
March 6, 2018 by Andrew Sanders
Cloud Computing, Industry Insights
The next internet-crashing botnet is slowly starting to wake up. Since late December, a botnet known as Satori has been infecting new endpoints and generally showing the signs of a disaster waiting to happen. How should you brace yourself for the next large-scale DDoS attack? A Dormant Botnet Reawakens The last time we saw the…Continue reading