Cloud Computing

The Cloud Trust Paradox: To Trust Cloud Computing More, You Need The Ability To Trust It Less
At their core, many cloud security and, in fact, cloud computing discussions ultimately distill to trust. This concept of trust is much bigger than cyber security, and even bigger than a triad of security, privacy, and compliance. For example, trust may involve geopolitical matters focused on data residency and data sovereignty. At the same time, trust may even be about …

Boo! Fight Off Your Scariest Cloud Monsters With Active Assist
Look, when you’re running your applications in the cloud there’s a lot you have to keep top of mind: performance, security, agility, cost, and more. One thing you shouldn’t have to worry about? Monsters. That’s right, monsters. And yet, many of you do have monsters running amok in your cloud—just not the kind you see …

Oracle Expands Support For UK Public Sector; Opens A New Dedicated Dual-Region Government Cloud
To continue supporting the UK Government with enterprise cloud services, Oracle announced a second-generation dual-region government cloud for use by public sector organizations. Oracle is the first cloud provider to deliver a dedicated, private dual-region cloud for use by the UK public sector and their authorized partners, offering a number of Oracle Cloud services, including Oracle …

Cloudflare Releases Workers Unbound, The Fastest, Most Affordable, Flexible, Secure Serverless Computing Platform
Cloudflare, Inc., the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, announced the release of Cloudflare Workers® Unbound, offering a serverless platform for developers with unparalleled flexibility, performance, security, ease of use, and pricing. Cloudflare Workers Unbound allows developers to run complicated computing workloads across the Cloudflare network and pay only for …

Healthcare Organizations Deem Data Security And Compliance As Leading Factors In Hybrid Cloud Adoption
Nutanix (NTNX), a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today announced the healthcare industry findings of its second annual Enterprise Cloud Index Report, measuring healthcare organizations’ plans for adopting private, hybrid and public clouds. Healthcare organizations around the globe are under pressure to drive digital transformation to meet increasing patient care demands. Overall 2019 ECI data found digital transformation …

National Science Foundation Awards Grant to Develop Next-Generation Cloud Computing Testbed Powered by Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, announced last December 18 that the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems has awarded a grant to a research team from Boston University, Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) to help fund the development of a national cloud …

Amazon Dominates Public Cloud Market
Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates as the largest public cloud infrastructure in terms of market share, Synergy Energy Group reports. Highlights Amazon’s market share amounts to a total of 39% in 2019 Q2. Some of Amazon’s services include databases, machine-learning tools, and data-warehousing products. Amazon is followed by Microsoft Azure (19%), Google Cloud (9%), …

Effects Of Cloud Computing On The Environment
This may be surprising at first– cloud computing impacts the environment. How so? Let’s find out. Cloud computing saves energy With cloud-based computing, there is less need for physical structures to house the servers of the data centers. The servers need to be up and running 24/7. Needless to say, this is a lot of …

6 Ways Cloud Computing Improves Government Services
Enterprises are starting to embrace the power of cloud computing. Not only businesses can benefit from this technology, though. The power of the cloud can also be harnessed to improve governance. Here’s how. Streamlined Processes Cloud computing will shatter government siloes. Through the cloud, government processes and services are connected with one another. With things …