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Cloud Growth and Other 2020 Trends
Growth continued this year as even the COVID pandemic could not slow down the cloud The rise of COVID-19 defined 2020 for nearly every industry. Cloud computing is no exception, though growth in the sector continued this year. Gartner estimates that $257.9 billion will be spent on public cloud services in 2020, up 6.3% from […]
Dec 18, 2020 · 3 minAll articles by Jay Chapel
Showing 1–9The Cloud Is Booming — But so Is Cloud Waste
Fueled by the growth in cloud spend, cloud waste will exceed $17.6 billion in 2020. Over 90% of organizations will use public cloud services this year. In fact, public cloud customers will spend more than $50 billion on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) from providers such as AWS, Azure and Google. This boom is, of […]
The Top Six Cloud Computing Trends of 2019
Cloud computing was one of the hottest topics in the technology and business media throughout 2019. This is no surprise as the cloud sector has been growing rapidly for the last few years. Synergy Research Group recently reported a 37% overall growth year-over-year in public cloud. They also note that it has taken just two […]
Using Automation to Control Cloud Costs
By building in cost control automation from the very beginning, you can keep your cloud costs low while encouraging innovation. Infrastructure automation has become vital for every modern sys admin and operations team. Applications and systems are evolving from single-host mainframes to distributed microservices architectures. This automation has gone from basic operating system installation and […]
Cloud Waste To Hit Over $14 Billion in 2019
The good news to start 2019 is that cloud adoption is growing rapidly. Most people realize this, but along with major growth comes some less welcome news. Wasted cloud spend is also up—often dramatically. Chances are, if you’re spending money on cloud, some of that money is being wasted. For some, a lot of that […]
Can You Implement DevOps in Large Organizations?
Trying to modernize workflows through DevOps can be a challenge for any company, but there are different challenges, risks and benefits for bigger companies It is now more or less standard procedure to implement DevOps principles in startups or smaller companies. But what if you’re trying to utilize DevOps in large organizations? This is a […]
Evaluating a Multi-Cloud Strategy: The Pros and Cons
First off, let’s define multi-cloud. Clearly, we’re talking about using one or more clouds, but clouds come in different flavors. For example, multi-cloud incorporates the idea of hybrid cloud—a mix of public and private clouds. But multi-cloud can also mean two or more public clouds or two or more private clouds. So, why is this […]
Cloud Computing and the Concept of DevFinOps
The formation of DevOps brought together two distinct worlds, causing a shift in IT culture that can only be made better (and more cost-effective) by the integration of financial strategy. Enter DevFinOps. I say this only partially in jest. As long as the public cloud remains a utility, everyone should be responsible for controlling the […]
How the Cloud is Reshaping IT
The cloud has been rapidly reshaping and redefining IT as we know it, from the language we use to describe it to the management models and infrastructure itself. Providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure have transformed cloud computing, giving businesses access to IT resources anytime, anywhere. At the same […]