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Amazon and Google dont have as many existing relationships with large companies as Microsoft, Mr. Keirstead said. Amazon has been furiously hiring sales and marketing staff for AWS, investments that Amazon told investors were a drag on profit last quarter.

They are in the process of building relationships with the Fortune 500, and Microsoft is one of the largest suppliers of tech to the Fortune 500 already and has been for 20 years, Mr. Keirstead said. That is powerful.

In the Morgan Stanley survey, Microsoft was seen as the top vendor for an approach called hybrid cloud, which is popular with large organizations. Hybrid cloud computing lets companies use a single set of tools to manage their information across both remote data centers and their own servers, be it close to a store or in internet-connected machinery.

A measure of Microsofts sales for traditional servers and cloud services was up 33 percent excluding currency fluctuations, indicating the approach continued to gain traction.

Microsoft has continued to move customers from its traditional Office suite of products like Outlook and Excel to its cloud-based Office 365 service. In the quarter, Office 365s commercial sales rose 28 percent excluding currency fluctuations. The company said it had more than 200 million monthly active business users on Office 365.

Microsoft says that productivity tools are the hub of where office workers spend their time, and that moving them to the cloud can give companies more up-to-date tools and data to analyze, like improved security.

The power of that suite is clear in the fast adoption of Teams, a chat and collaboration tool that competes with Slack and Google Hangouts. While Slack has more functionality, analysts say, Teams has become good enough for companies to adopt. Also, because Microsoft bundles it with other Office 365 products, it is available at a very low cost.

That is the new user interface, Mr. Weiss said. That is why Slack is so threatening to Microsoft, and why they are competing so aggressively against it. Microsoft doesnt want you to take that nexus of where you spend your time away from them.

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Cloud computing has transformed the way businesses work and continues to disrupt traditional business models. IDC predicts that by 2023 public cloud spending will more than double, growing from $229 billion this year to nearly $500 billion.

Its no secret that migrating to the cloud can deliver significant cost and efficiency gains. You can spin up cloud instances in minutes and can scale up or scale down resources as needed. At the same time, you only pay for what you use while avoiding high upfront hardware costs and maintenance.

Lets not forget. Youre storing corporate data on someone elses computer -- that you control, but its still owned by a third party. Even though your cloud service provider environment is highly secure, whats inside your cloud (applications and data) is your own responsibility.

Cloud computing security is on boardroom agendas as its impact can have serious consequences on corporate reputation and shareholder value. Data moving to the cloud beyond the traditional perimeter has led to the expansion of the attack surface. As more and more sensitive information gets stored on the cloud, cloud resources will be increasingly targeted by cyber criminals.

As organizations move to the cloud, they will have to assume new responsibilities and develop and adapt processes to combat a multitude of unknown threats.

The secret to better cloud security is assuming that there is no security at all while taking stock of your entire security posture.

There are several elements to public cloud security and it can be difficult to figure out where to start. If youre already on the cloud or are planning on moving on to one, here are five best practices you can follow to safeguard your public cloud adoption.

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Todays businesses are increasingly relying on the cloud. Be it to just host their burgeoning data or to drive their end-to-end business operations, the cloud is indispensable. In this post, we look at four major cloud computing models in use by businesses today.

IaaS is the most basic or fundamental cloud computing model.

Businesses relying on IaaS are outsourcing their data storage infrastructure requirements to an external provider. This provider could be a public cloud host, such as Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure), or Google (GCP). It could also be a smaller vendor with a private data center solution

In any scenario, the IaaS vendor will deliver the bare metal, servers, virtual machines, as well as day-to-day maintenance and security needs of a data center to the customer. True North ITG

In other words, the customer doesnt have to worry about any capital expenditure (CAPEX). Instead, the client pays a flat-rate fee for the capacity it needs; if the capacity decreases, so does the fee.

With IaaS, youre just talking about the cloud hosting infrastructure. What the customer hosts on that infrastructure isnt a concern for the provider. So you could have IaaS users limit their use to just backing up data, and others who could host their own platforms and software.

Like IaaS, PaaS includes a cloud infrastructure offering for hosting the clients data. However, it builds upon that by also offering a development platform/framework/stack on top of bare metal.

With PaaS, the client can develop, test, and deploy applications in the providers environment, and by using the managed cloud service providers tools or technologies.

The benefit of PaaS is that you can develop applications in an environment that just works i.e., you know the technologies and cloud platform available to you are compatible.

You wouldnt need to worry about making your software compatible with the hosting hardware, which is the case with IaaS. However, like IaaS, the vendor will manage the maintenance and security of the cloud hosting infrastructure.

In addition, the vendor will also continue improving its technology stack. You dont have to worry about falling behind in terms of technologies, your vendor will handle it, equipping you to use the advances to your benefit without worrying about development costs.

Finally, if youre working with a leading PaaS provider, then there are usually other businesses and developers on that platform too. In other words, youll have a community at your disposal in case your developers need support on using the providers technology stack.

With SaaS, youre essentially relying on an external vendor to provide the cloud infrastructure, the underlying technology stack, and the user-facing application.

In other words, youre using an entirely off-the-shelf and externally hosted application.

Common SaaS solutions include email, customer relationship management (CRM) suites, VoIP and/or messaging (e.g., Zoom, Slack, GoToMeeting, etc), and many others.

The benefit of SaaS is that theres zero lead-time in acquiring a solution. If your business needs a solution, then you can get it right away without worrying about hosting or developing it.

If theres a drawback to SaaS, its generally the fact that the feature selection and release cycle are in the hands of the vendor. For SaaS to work, you must ensure theres alignment in terms of the services features/capabilities and your needs. If not, youre going to have trouble.

Finally, you can also rely on the cloud for disaster recovery.

This is the task of backing up and, if the need arises (e.g., a cyber security breach), restoring your data. DRaaS should also involve a strong turnover element; if a data center in one areaor region goes down, the vendor should have your data back-up in another data center.

You can also work with third-party firms, such as PCM Canada, to configure and manage your DRaaS system, even if its stored in a public cloud host like Azure. For example, managed IT services include a complete DRaaS and business contuinity service.

In conclusion, cloud computing is not only essential for todays business operations, but businesses have multiple options for using the cloud. Where IaaS can favour a company with significant developer resources (to create custom frameworks and applications), SaaS enables smaller players to acquire advanced IT capabilities without having to develop, host or manage it.

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New Report Recognizes Webscale for Record-Breaking Growth, Market-Driven Innovation, and Industry-Leading Customer Satisfaction

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Webscale, the Digital Cloud Company, announced today that it has been named a Hot Cloud Computing Startup to Watch in Startup50s Big50-2019 Report for the third consecutive year.

Recognized for strong revenue growth and industry-leading customer satisfaction metrics, the companys momentum is mostly attributed to the continuing evolution of its Digital Cloud platform, which provides hyperscale cloud automation, management, and hosting for more than 1,200 storefronts. Offering 100% uptime, 360-degree security, blazing fast performance, advanced DevSecOps automation tools, and access to an award-winning team of multi-cloud-certified experts, Webscale simplifies the management of web applications across multi-cloud environments, while significantly enhancing user experience, allowing merchants to focus on the running of their business, not their infrastructure.

The startups in this lineup are in a good position to follow in the footsteps of recent Big50 alumni, several of which have already gone on to raise massive rounds of funding, followed by successful exits, whether through IPOs or high-dollar acquisitions, said Jeff Vance, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Startup50.

Over the last year, Webscale has doubled its revenue and expanded its customer base to serve businesses across seven countries, including seven companies in the Fortune 1000 and seven in the Internet Retailer Top 500, said Sonal Puri, CEO of Webscale. Webscale is the only choice for digital commerce merchants looking to migrate their online storefronts to a multi-cloud environment, while significantly enhancing site performance, availability, and security.

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Webscale, the Digital Cloud Company, is the leader in converged software for hyperscale cloud automation. Delivered as-a-Service, the Webscale platform allows businesses of all sizes to benefit from infinite scalability, load balancing, high performance, outage prevention, improved security, and simple management in multi-cloud environments, including Amazon Web Services (AWS Advanced Partner), Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform Partner), and Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Partner Network). Webscale enables digital transformation for B2C, B2B, and B2E e-commerce and enterprise customers in seven countries and for seven of the Fortune 1000 businesses and seven of the Internet Retailer Top 500. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, with offices in Boulder, CO, and Bangalore, India.

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A great magic act leaves an audience clutching at straws, desperately trying to work out how the supposedly unimaginable just happened

But, there are some tricks that dont leave us guessing. If a magician were to pull a bunny out of a top hat wed hardly be surprised. The expected is much less impressive. In fact, Christopher Nolan explains this in his film, The Prestige where he breaks a trick down into three parts; the pledge, the turn and the prestige.

The key here is that the prestige is a moment whereby an audiencesexpectations are transformed the unimaginable happens. This is a concept thatstretches far beyond the realms of magic and into our everyday lives. Forexample, in the world of cloud computing the prestige helps to explain tocompanies the limitless potential of the cloud. This means moving beyond theobvious; reduced costs, less overhead and focusing on the benefits the cloudcan have for a business when leveraged correctly.

Consider a cloud solution that uses machine learning to identifyanomalies, optimise backup, storage and cost. Based on file extension, age ofdata, and time since last used, the solution makes recommendations about filesthat could be deleted, highlighting potential reductions in the cloudbill.

Furthermore, recovery efficiency is another benefit of cloud solutions.Gone are the days of manually sifting through all backups to find the file inquestion. When it comes to security, finding a clean version of the file,pre-infection, too often requires multiple cycles of restore-and-test, takinghours of work. An intelligent solution uses machine learning to pinpoint thefile in its pristine state, streamlining the process and allowing any businessto recover lost data with speed and confidence.

There are many examples where the cloud, when combined with the rightdata and enabling technology, can change the experience from commonplace toextraordinary.

Theres no question that in the world of technology, even more so thanmagic, expectations increase rapidly. When the cloud was first introduced, itsmain differentiating value was enabling companies to access seemingly limitlessresources on demand through APIs from a remote service. Services such as AmazonS3 object storage and EC2 compute engines brought new levels of availability,reliability and cost optimisation the industry had never experienced, let alonethought was possible. Quickly though, new applications, features andadvancements were introduced, turning those original innovations into meretable stakes for new vendors looking to join the market.

Enabled by the cloud, things like machine learning and AI environmentsare becoming a reality and challenging previously set boundaries. The excitingpiece about these emerging technologies is that they are not simply add-onsbut enablers that will open up new doors onto previously unchartedpossibilities.

But ultimately the focus has to be on what the cloud can do for thefuture of a business. Go to cloud everyone says. but, getting to the cloud isnot a goal, its a means to an end for something that delivers businessbenefit. For most businesses, the normal expectation is that they will move tothe cloud and tap into the acknowledged benefits of lower costs, less overhead,autoscaling and other well-advertised cloud capabilities.

To capture the true value of the cloud, companies need to move beyondmigrating their current workloads to the cloud. They must also leverage theunique features of the cloud, from adding in AI and machine learning, toprotecting data, and then using it in new ways to inform the business by addingbenefits that werent possible prior to the cloud.

Nearly unlimited amounts of data can be stored cost effectively and in asimpler fashion in the cloud compared to on-premises solutions. This isessentially the pledge aspect of cloud data storage. The turn is when data canbe ingested straight into the cloud, eliminating the silos that exist in datacentres, whilst also removing the requirements for purchasing and maintaininghardware. Today, the prestige becomes things like automation, AI and machinelearning, which help companies use this data in innovative ways.

When it comes to the cloud, technology such as AI and analytics can beused to pull untapped value from pre-existing data. But that isnt the onlybenefit. With its ability to reduce manual labour by automating previouslytime-consuming tasks, the cloud enables efficiencies that were never accessiblebefore.

Much like any aspiring magician, competition is business is rife. To stand out from the crowd and remain competitive, organisations need to utilise the data stored in the cloud. With its power and capabilities, enterprises can make informed decisions, identify new value and insights, and drive their business forward.

W. Curtis Preston is Chief Technologist at Druva. Druva delivers data protection and management for the cloud era. Druva Cloud Platform is built on AWS and offered as-a-Service; customers drive down costs by over 50 percent by freeing themselves from the burden of unnecessary hardware, capacity planning, and software management.

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Software company SAP said today it had agreed a three-year deal with Microsoft to help its large business customers move business processes into the cloud.

The partnership, called Embrace, aims to help clients run operations hosted at remote servers supported by SAPs S/4HANA database.

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We bundled SAPs cloud platform services to support customers around the extension, integration and orchestration of SAP systems, co-chief executive Jennifer Morgan told reporters.

Morgan was appointed as co-chief executive of the company alongside Christian Klein after long-time chief executive Bill McDermott stepped down earlier this month.

Morgan is the first woman to become a chief executive of a company in Germanys blue-chip Dax index.

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Bringing together the power of SAP and Microsoft provides customers with the assurance of working with two industry leaders so they can confidently and efficiently transition into intelligent enterprises, Morgan said.

The company also announced its third-quarter results today, posting revenue of just under $6.8bn (5.3bn), and operating profit of nearly $1.7bn.

The company reiterated its forecast for the year and through to 2023

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ORLANDO Corporate network infrastructure is only going to get more involved over the next two to three years as automation, network challenges and hybrid cloud become more integral to the enterprise.

Those were some of the main infrastructure trend themes espoused by Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst David Cappuccio at the research firms IT Symposium/XPO here this week.

Cappuccio noted that Gartners look at the top infrastructure and operational trends reflect offshoots of technologies such as cloud computing, automation and networking advances the companys analysts have talked about many times before.

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Automation has been going on at some level for years, Cappuccio said, but the level of complexity as it is developed and deployed further is whats becoming confusing. The amounts and types of automation need to be managed and require a shift to a team development approach led by an automation architect that can be standardized across business units. Cappuccio said. What would help? Gartner says by 2025, more than 90 percent of enterprises will have an automation architect, up from less than 20 percent today.

Hybrid IT which includes a mix of data center, SAAS, PAAS, branch offices, edge computing and security services makes it hard to promise enterprise resources will be available or backed-up, Cappuccio said. Overly-simplistic IT disaster recovery plans may only deliver partial success. By 2021, the root cause of 90 percent of cloud-based availability issues will be the failure to fully use cloud service provider native redundancy capabilities, he said. Enterprises need to leverage their automation investments and other IT tools to refocus how systems are recovered.

ITs role in many companies has almost become that of a product manager for all its different DevOps teams. IT needs to build consistency across the enterprise because they dont want islands of DeVOps teams across the company. By 2023, 90 percent of enterprises will fail to scale DevOps initiatives if shared self-service platform approaches are not adopted, Gartner stated.

By 2022, more than 50 percent of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside the data center or cloud, up from less than 10 percent in 2019. Infrastructure is everywhere, Cappuccio said and every time data is moved it creates challenges. How does IT manage data-everywhere scenarios? Cappuccio advocated mandating data-driven infrastructure impact-assessment at early stages of design, investing in infrastructure tools to manage data wherever it resides, and modernizing existing backup architectures to be able to protect data wherever it resides.

The issue here is that most IoT implementations are not driven by IT, and they typically involve different protocols and vendors that dont usually deal with an IT organization. In the end, who controls and manages IoT becomes an issue and it creates security and operational risks. Cappuccio said companies need to engage with business leaders to shape IoT strategies and establish a center of excellence for IoT.

The methods of putting cloud services or cloud-like services on-premises but letting a vendor manage that cloud are increasing. Google has Athos and AWS will soon roll out OutPosts, for example, so this environment is going to change a lot in the next two years, Cappuccio said. This is a nascent market so customers should beware. Enterprises should also be prepared to set boundaries and determine who is responsible for software upgrades, patching and performance.

Humans used to learn about and adapt to technology. Today, technology learns and adapts to humans, Cappuccio said. We have created a world where customers have a serious expectation of perfection. We have designed applications where perfection is the norm. Such systems are great for mindshare, marketshare and corporate reputation, but as soon as theres one glitch thats all out the window.

Application development is no longer the realm of specialists. There has been the rollout of simpler development tools like low code or no code packages and a focus on bringing new applications to market quickly. That may bring a quicker time-to-market for the business but could be riskier for IT, Cappuccio said. IT leaders perhaps cant control such rapid development, but it needs to understand whats happening.

There are tons of emerging trends around networking such as mesh, secure-access service edge, network automation, network-on-demand service, network automation, and firewalls as a service. After decades of focusing on network performance and availability, future network innovation will target operational simplicity, automation, reliability and flexible business models, Cappuccio said. Enterprises need to automate everywhere and balance what technologies are safe vs. what is agile, he said.

The general idea here is that CIOs face the challenge of selecting the right mixture of cloud and traditional IT for the organization. The mix of many different elements such as edge, hybrid cloud, workflow and management creates complex infrastructures. Gartner recommends a focus on workflow visualization utilizing an in integrated toolset and developing a center of excellence to work on the issues, Cappuccio said.

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CoreStack Named a 2019 Cool Vendor in Cloud Computing by Gartner

BELLEVUE, Wash. (PRWEB) October 23, 2019

CoreStack, a leading provider of multi-cloud governance solution, today announced that it has been named a Cool Vendor in the October 11, 2019, report, Cool Vendors in Cloud Computing by Sid Nag, Arun Chandrasekaran, David Ackerman, and Ted Chamberlin at Gartner, Inc.

According to Gartner, Cloud computing is becoming an integral part of digital transformation as a platform for agility and innovation. Gartners report further points out, Beginning in 2017 and continuing through 2018 and 2019, a critical shift in the evolution of the cloud service market has occurred. Organizations have moved beyond experimental and low-risk use of cloud and are moving toward full mainstream adoption. Cloud initiatives have become the core underpinning of an organizations business and IT strategy and transformation.

With the advent of cloud and the various forms in which it is used, such as private, hybrid and multi-cloud, modern IT landscapes have become complex, and new governance challenges got introduced. Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) leaders globally are in a desperate need for standardization, orchestration, and enhanced visibility. CoreStack resolves these challenges with its autonomous multi-cloud management and governance solution. We believe that the coolness of CoreStack lies in its unique Cloud-as-Code approach, which leverages a declarative model to discover, orchestrate, and govern multi-cloud services. Several enterprises globally have benefitted from this unique CoreStack approach to squash all the barriers which impede them from using the cloud at scale.

It is a great honor for us to be recognized as a 2019 Cool Vendor in Cloud Computing by Gartner. We believe it is a great testament to our vision to empower enterprises with innovative and disruptive approaches to maximize cloud benefits, said Ezhilarasan (Ez) Natarajan, Founder and CEO of CoreStack. Modern-day IT leaders are struggling with conflicting priorities. On one side, business users want more autonomy and agility. On the other side, IT must minimize risks and drive efficiencies at scale. With CoreStack, our customers are achieving agility without giving up on control. he added.

For more details on CoreStack, please contact here. Gartner subscribers can access the report here.

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About CoreStackBellevue, WA. based CoreStack is a multi-cloud governance platform that empowers enterprises to continuously govern and optimize multiple cloud resources and accelerate innovation through frictionless consumption of cloud services and tools across providers. For more information, visit https://www.corestack.io.

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