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IT costs are complex and difficult to figure out. First consider traditional IT, better known as on-premises. On one hand you have the cost of the hardware, the software, and the data center space. We all know thats just the beginning. There are operating and administrative costs, including the cost of the many humans needed to keep your infrastructure running. Also factor in the cost of setting up disaster recovery systems, power and networking costs.

In contrast, cloud computing costs can be easier to figure out because they are mostly fully loaded. That is, cloud invoices include all the costs listed above and you pay only for usage fees. Cloud providers charge service fees based upon the minutes you use or the resources you leverage such as storage, compute, and networking.

When its time to compare costs, cloud computing and traditional computing are like apples and oranges. As cloud computing became a more viable solution for many enterprises over the last 12-15 years, we improved our ability to provide accurate cost metrics to evaluate the true cost of each option and make better decisions about which type of computing to use.

Many now believe that traditional on-premises IT resources such as storage and compute servers, power supplies, networking equipment come in a distant second to public cloud computing services. However, in certain cases, there are still valid reasons to use traditional IT resources, and many of those reasons relate to costs.

Keep in mind, you must be creative and thorough to consider the true value of each. While cloud computing might initially appear more expensive, the business values of agility, speed, and increased innovation may boost the true value of cloud over and above traditional on-premises solutions.

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Cloud computing is not always cheaper than traditional on-premises systems. The it depends answer that consultants often give reveals the complex reality of cloud costs versus traditional hardware and software for specific enterprises with specific goals.

Further confounding the issue is that prices for traditional IT resources such as hard disk drives (HDDs) fell over the last 10 years, with prices for solid state drives (SSDs) close behind. Most experts expect SSD prices to be lower than HDDs in the very near future. At the same time, cloud storage prices did not drop by the same degree, and some providers storage prices may even creep up.

But again, you cant do a straight comparison of cloud costs versus traditional IT resources for items such as storage and compute. As we mentioned above, there are many hidden costs that are part of traditional hardware and software ownership.

Whats more, you must consider the soft values of cloud. Soft cost business values are much more difficult to calculate. Soft values include clouds ability to make it easier for the business to innovate with quick access to higher tech solutions such as AI, containers, advanced data analytics, and other emerging technologies that would be too expensive and too slow to deploy if they were provisioned using traditional hardware and software.

What takes five minutes to do in the cloud could take a month or more if you follow the normal enterprise procurement cycles. Whats more, the traditional route could cost as much as 1,000 times the cloud capital costs needed to invest in physical servers and software. Remember, the initial value of cloud computing is its ability to save on capital expenses (CapEx) by moving that money to operational expenses (OpEx).

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With all that said, this is still an important question: Is cloud computing worth the cost?

Again, the truthful answer to this question is the good old, it depends. The multidimensional answer really depends upon your business, your industry, and how you expect to leverage technology now and into the future.

For example, lets say youre a small tire manufacturer in Ohio. You dont plan to expand the business anytime soon, only light innovation will occur in your business, and the business is very cost and margin sensitive. Cloud computing may not provide enough ROI benefits in this case. Factor in the cost of migrating to the cloud and the risks youll have to endure if there is no real benefit from the soft values of innovation, agility, and speed to deployment, then this business probably wont see the value of cloud computing.

On the other hand, if youre a brand-new tire manufacturer with no sunk costs in a data center and a new vision for disrupting the tire market, cloud will almost always be the best answer.

Looking at the vertical market aspect, a high-tech company in Silicon Valley will typically put a much higher value on innovation to build new products and services. Speed to deployment to support market efforts are normally on the critical path of enterprises in that industry. Agility also plays a role, which allows a company to change directions as the market changes around them. For companies in this market space, the cost of cloud computing could be 100 times that of traditional on premises computing, and it would still be worth it.

There is one more elephant in the room. As R&D spending by vendors shifted to cloud computing over the last 10 years, so did innovation. Today the best-of-breed technologies (including security, databases, analytics, and AI) typically exist only in the cloud.

Even enterprises that do not see the ROI value of a move to the cloud (such as our tire company example above) may find they have little choice as vendors begin to sundown their traditional on-premises systems and software. Many call this the forced march to the cloud as vendor R&D resources shift to build more in-demand products and services for the cloud. Weve dealt with these natural forces in the market many times in IT over the years. Recall the shift from mainframes to PCs, client/server, SOA, and other trends that took over vendor R&D spending in the past, and thus forced enterprise IT to follow the spending.

The reality is that most cloud computing is worth the cost. Cloud capabilities such as agility and innovation bring many positive benefits to businesses that can exploit them for growth. Even when cloud values are not as obvious, the market forces will continue to push many to the cloud, no matter if they can define the value for themselves, or not.

Eventually, non-cloud on-premises systems will go the way of 8-tracks and VCRs, partly due to new advances in cloud capabilities, mostly due to the lack of sales and support options. Technology constantly changes and the old eventually makes way for the new. Its a good time to look up at the long-term path and plan for the transition.

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Research and Markets has released its Global Cloud Computing Services Market Report 2022, predicting cloud computing revenue will hit $519 billion by 2027.

Cloud computing has been gaining steam for years, but the global pandemic sent cloud adoption into overdrive. Companies large and small have been migrating to the cloud, utilizing a combination of private, public, hybrid, and mutlicloud options.

According to Research and Markets latest report, the industrys revenue is expected to hit $519 billion by 2027, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.7%. The firm attributes that growth to the transformative effect of the cloud:

Cloud is an enabler of business process change as it facilitates key benefits including expenditure reduction (CapEx and OpEx), service development and delivery efficiencies, and greater flexibility to meet evolving business needs. Cloud technologies and solutions are becoming increasingly more important to communication service providers, enterprise, content and commerce providers. This is particularly the case as many IT departments predominantly implement virtualization of network functions and softwaritization of applications and operational support systems through the use of software-defined network solutions.

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What does the metaverse the set of interconnected 3D environments that is poised to revolutionize the way people interact on the internet mean for cloud computing?

The answer is anyone's guess, given that the metaverse remains a somewhat fuzzy concept and that we're still in the very early stages of actually building a metaverse.

Related: DevOps Teams to Play Big Role in Tackling Metaverse Challenges

Still, the ideas behind the metaverse are sufficiently well-formed at this point to facilitate informed guesses about how the rise of the metaverse may change the way we use and manage the cloud.

Toward that end, here's a look at five main ways that the metaverse whatever form it ends up taking is likely to affect the cloud.

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First and foremost, the rise of the metaverse is likely to increase demand for cloud computing services even further.

The reason why is simple: Hosting 3D environments requires a lot of compute and storage resources, and it's a safe bet that few businesses that want to run a metaverse environment will be purchasing their own hardware to do so. Instead, they'll turn to the cloud to host the metaverse, as they already do for a majority of other workloads.

So, add the metaverse to the list of reasons why cloud computing providers are likely to become even richer in coming years.

That said, the profits that the metaverse drives for cloud computing platforms may not flow primarily to the major generic public cloud providers namely Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

Instead, we may see alternative clouds emerge that specialize in metaverse hosting. That's especially true given that the infrastructure necessary to run metaverse environments may require specialized hardware such as GPUs that are not currently a major focus of large public cloud providers. AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offer some GPU-enabled VM instances, but they don't specialize in that market, which creates an opportunity for smaller cloud providers to fill the gap.

To the extent that the large public clouds do invest in metaverse hosting, I suspect they will do it by launching managed services that will amount to metaverse-as-a-service which means fully hosted and managed offerings that enable customers to deploy their own, custom metaverse environments with little effort.

It's possible the cloud providers will build these metaverse services entirely from scratch just as AWS built its ECS container orchestration service by scratch, for example. Or, they may leverage open source metaverse platforms, like Vircadia, as the foundation for metaverse-as-a-service offerings in a fashion very similar to what they have done with Kubernetes.

One of the major technical challenges that may arise as the metaverse expands is ensuring that bandwidth limitations or internet connectivity disruptions don't disrupt users' ability to experience the metaverse seamlessly.

Another challenge may be securing personal data that users store or create within the metaverse. Although it remains to be seen how regulators will define or treat personal information in the metaverse, there is already good reason to believe that it will need to be protected in the same way that personally identifiable information is protected in a conventional cloud environment.

Both of these challenges the need for better performance and the need for high data security are likely to result in demand for hybrid cloud architectures as a means of hosting metaverse environments. Hybrid cloud can boost performance and availability by placing hosting resources closer to end users. It can also improve data security by allowing data to stay on private servers instead of exposing it to the public cloud.

Expect at least some metaverse entities, then, to be hosted in hybrid cloud environments.

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Another way to improve performance and availability for the metaverse is to push metaverse hosting and analytics to the "edge." In other words, users' own devices instead of cloud data centers and servers will be responsible for running at least some of the software that powers the metaverse. That approach will allow organizations to sidestep performance problems associated with relying on the internet as the only means of delivering metaverse connectivity.

Thus, expect edge computing however you define it to become even more important thanks to the metaverse. By extension, we'll likely see more investing in edge computing management platforms, like Kubernetes, that can help businesses keep track of the distributed edge infrastructure that hosts their metaverse environments.

Again, it's too early to say definitively how the metaverse will reshape cloud computing. But if I had to make early bets, they'd center on increased use of the cloud overall, and of hybrid and edge cloud architectures in particular. I also think we'll see cloud providers start building their own metaverse-as-a-service offerings, and there may be an opening for alternative cloud providers to serve the metaverse market in a way that the large public clouds won't.

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Heres the truth about security certifications and courses: For those who are serious and want to put the time, money, and effort in to the coursework, they all have something to offer. While some require more prerequisites than others and still others are certifications versus certificates, each person has to be honest with themselves and recognize if they are beginners, or are they ready to make a more aggressive step.

Keep in mind that cloud computing security now ranks as the skill set in the shortest supply, according to the results of the fifth annual ISSA/ESG survey of cybersecurity pros, said Candy Alexender, board president of ISSA International. Prospective students and professionals should look to advance their careers through a mix of training in the form of formal cloud courses, online webinars and certification classes as well as on-the-job training.

They should focus on an understanding of SaaS models and how they integrate into security platforms and in-house protocols, Alexander said. Other skills that are important are an understanding of how to ask for and write contracts with a guarantee of security as well as an ability to test the protocols of the vendors that they choose.

Because cloud technology is so dynamic, employers also do like to see current expertise in some of the more popular vendor services and related technologies, such as the major cloud provider offerings, containers, identity systems, zero trust, and key management, said Jim Reavis, CEO of the Cloud Security Alliance.

Some developer skills are also valued, even for non-developer roles as you see an increase in techniques such as scripting to enable automation, he added.

Most experts will tell people just starting out to get a certificate from the Cloud Security Alliance or start by taking the Security+ certification course from CompTIA (see details below). Rank beginners should start with CompTIAs IT Fundamentals+ course. It only makes sense, because security pros need to develop a good grounding in information technology and security before they specialize in any one cloud platform over another. Students will learn the basics of cloud security by taking the Security+ course.

So what's out there? Below are seven training programs from reputable organizations dedicated to the IT and security field. This is not, of course, an exhaustive list. But it's a solid start.

SEC488: Cloud Security Essentials from SANS covers Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as the other cloud service providers (CSPs). The program starts by focusing on one of the most critical cloud topics: identity and access management. From there, the course moves on to a broad range of security topics through discussion and practical, hands-on exercises related to several important cloud topics in the different major cloud platforms: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of TCP/IP, network security, and information security principles are helpful, but not required. SANS considers familiarity with Linux command lines a bonus.

Details: One proctored exam with 75 questions over two hours. The minimum passing score is 61%. Cost is $7,640; GLCD certification: $949

The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) course from (ISC) has been geared for IT and information security leaders responsible for applying best practices to cloud security architecture, design, operations and service orchestration, including those in the following positions: cloud architect, cloud engineer, cloud consultant, cloud administrator, cloud security analyst, cloud specialist, auditor of cloud computing services, and professional cloud developer.

Prerequisites: To qualify for the CCSP, candidates must pass the exam and have at least five years of cumulative, paid work experience in IT, of which three years must be in information security and one year in one or more of the six domains of the (ISC)2 CCSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). A candidate who doesnt yet have the required experience to become a CCSP may become an Associate of (ISC)2 after successfully passing the CCSP exam. The Associate then has six years to build the experience to earn a CCSP.

Details: The CCSP has 125 questions and is a three-hour exam. Students need a score of 700 out of 1,000 to pass the exam. CCSP exam: $599; CCSP online instructor-led training: current retail price, $2,409.75; CCSP self-paced training: current retail price, $836.45

The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) from the Cloud Security Alliance has been widely recognized as one of the leading standards of expertise for cloud security and gives students a cohesive and vendor-neutral understanding of how to secure data in the cloud. Think of the CCSK credential as the foundation to prepare students to earn additional cloud credentials specific to certain cloud vendors or job functions.

Prerequisites: CCSK hasno experience requirements. The test asks students to demonstrate knowledge of three documents: the CSA Guidance, the CSA Cloud Control Matrix and the ENISA report.

Details: The CCSK is an open-book, 90-minute online exam with 60 multiple choice questions. The exam costs $395 and comes with two chances that the student has up to two years to use. The minimum passing score is 80%. Students can study on their own or enroll in training.

Infosecs Microsoft Azure Dual Certification Bootcamp teaches students important Microsoft Azure administration and security skills through hands-on labs and expert instruction. The intensive training prepares students to pass the two exams necessary to become Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate and Azure Security Engineer Associate.

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of cloud computing is recommended, but not required.

Details: Program covers seven days of live, expert Azure instruction, an exam voucher, unlimited practice exam attempts, a free annual Infosec Skills subscription ($599 value), one-year access to all boot camp video replays and materials. Cost is $4,399.

The AWS Certified Security Specialty trains people to develop the skills to run secure workloads in AWS environments. Much like the aforementioned training for Azure, this goes deeper on one of the most dominant platforms in the market today.

Prerequisites: AWS recommends that students have the following before taking this course:

Details: Includes 65 questions, either multiple choice or multiple response. Students have 170 minutes to complete the exam. Exam costs $300; three-day virtual prep course, Security Engineering in AWS; $2,095.

The Professional Cloud Security Engineer exam from Google can design and implement secure workloads and infrastructure on Google Cloud. Through an understanding of security best practices and industry security requirements, these students learn how to design, develop, and manage a secure infrastructure using Google security technologies. The course covers all aspects of cloud security: identity and access management, defining organizational structure and policies, using Google technologies to provide data protection, configuring network security defenses, collecting and analyzing Google Cloud logs, managing incident responses, and demonstrating an understanding of regulatory considerations.

Prerequisites: While there are no specific prerequisites, Google does recommend three or more years of industry experience, including more than one year designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud.

Details: The exam takes two hours and the registration fee is $200; consider the two-day Managing Security in Google Cloud course. Cost is $15 for 15 credits or $29 monthly subscription with Google for unlimited credits.

The Security+ Certification from CompTIA describes Security+ as a global certifications that validates the baseline skills necessary for a person to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career. Security+ is widely considered the first security certification an IT pro should earn. Many also believe that students should take the IT Fundamentals course from CompTIA to get a good background in operating systems, networks and security concepts before diving into Security+. Students who earn the certification have acquired the following skills:

Prerequisites: Along with IT Fundamentals CompTIA recommends its Network+ certification plus two years of experience in IT administration with a security focus.

Details: The exam runs 90 minutes and has a maximum of 90 questions. The questions are multiple choice and performance based. The exam voucher costs $381. The full eLearning Bundle prep course complete with exam voucher and an exam retake costs $949.

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DUBLIN, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The "Cloud Computing Services, Platforms Infrastructure and Everything as a Service 2022 - 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report evaluates the global and regional markets for cloud services including IaaS, PaaS, and PaaS by solution type (private and public). The report provides an analysis of specific challenges and opportunities from both the customer and the cloud services provider perspective.

The report evaluates the general cloud service market as well as specific market opportunities within the healthcare, energy, insurance, entertainment, and financial services sectors. The report also evaluates the emerging growth drivers for cloud services including wearable technologies. It also includes specific recommendations for CSPs and their customers.

Cloud is an enabler of business process change as it facilitates key benefits including expenditure reduction (CapEx and OpEx), service development and delivery efficiencies, and greater flexibility to meet evolving business needs. Cloud technologies and solutions are becoming increasingly more important to communication service providers, enterprise, content and commerce providers. This is particularly the case as many IT departments predominantly implement virtualization of network functions and "softwaritization" of applications and operational support systems through the use of software-defined network solutions.

Clouded-based technologies are evolving at a rapid pace along with the myriad of ways in which services can be developed, implemented, and operated. Various players in the cloud ecosystem achieve varying degrees of sustainability in accordance with their ability to identify gaps in IT infrastructure and/or services delivery regardless of what technologies are in place today and anticipate how methods and procedures will need to evolve to capture future opportunities.

We see IT departments becoming increasingly savvy regarding the distinction between core cloud and edge computing used for distributed cloud computing. Fog computing represents an evolution of cloud computing that takes into account the need for some computing to occur at the edge of networks. It will be very important for the Internet of Things (IoT). However, it will raise some serious issues regarding data security and overall data management. One of the key areas will be big data analytics in terms of how real-time data is managed and optimized.

Similar to fog computing, but based on a different architectural approach, Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) represents cloud-computing capabilities and an IT service environment at the edge of mobile networks, such as LTE or 5G, but may also include WiFi. In cellular networks, the edge of the network includes base station infrastructure and data centers close to the radio network, which can extract network context from Radio Access Network (RAN) and process in a distributed manner.

MEC brings virtualized applications much closer to mobile users ensuring network flexibility, economy and scalability for improved user experience. It facilitates a service environment that allows seamless access experience and responsiveness for content, services, and applications. It provides mobile network operators with an opportunity to play a greater role in an emerging ecosystem as they can add value through optimized apps and content.

Supported by leading organizations such as ETSI ISG, IBM, Intel, Nokia Network, Huawei, NTT DoCoMo, Saguna, and Vodafone, MEC will be applied in a wide array of areas including content delivery, DNS caching, RAN optimization, offloading, IoT connectivity, distributed video, critical communications, and urban security. MEC is also anticipated to create a new ecosystem that will positively impact various vertical markets.

Arguably, a corporation's most critical asset is its data. As a result, optimizing data management assets, processes and procedures is of particular importance. This includes those data elements that are shared between the numerous applications, systems and services within the enterprise across all industry verticals. Only through reliable data management services can organizations truly realize the true potential of their own data as well as data from customers, suppliers, partners, and various third parties.

From an enterprise cloud service and infrastructure perspective, having a firm understanding of data management technologies and solutions is critical to all constituents in the value chain for all industry verticals. ICT leaders will be faced with many emerging challenges such as data management in the IoT era, advanced cloud architectures and solutions such as fog computing or MEC.

As cloud computing evolves, there is an increasing need for third-party support of cloud platforms, architectures, and services. Support takes the form of various cloud professional services ranging from data management, cloud brokering, and end-to-end cloud management.

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Key Topics Covered:

1.0 Executive Summary

2.0 Introduction

3.0 Cloud Computing Technology and Markets3.1 Business Value Proposition3.2 Cloud Computing Ecosystem3.3 Telecom in Cloud Computing3.4 Cloud Computing Market Segmentation3.5 Cloud Computing Applications3.6 Cloud Computing Market Growth Drivers3.7 Cloud Computing Market Challenges

4.0 Global Cloud Computing Market Outlook4.1 Global Cloud Computing Revenue 2022 - 20274.2 Revenue by Cloud Computing Deployment Type4.3 Global Cloud Revenue by Software, Platform, and Infrastructure4.4 Global Cloud Services Revenue 2022 - 20274.5 Regional Cloud Computing Market Outlook4.6 Global Cloud Computing Revenue by Industry Vertical 2022 - 2027

5.0 Cloud Services in Internet of Things5.1 IoT Overview5.1.1 IoT will Drive Massive Data Storage and Processing Needs5.1.2 Processing Cloud IoT Data5.1.3 Dealing with Centralized Storage and Decentralized Processing5.1.4 Data Security and Personal Information Privacy are the Biggest Hurdles5.1.5 Enhanced Tools needed for Machine Generated Data in IoT5.1.6 Cloud Data Management for IoT Devices5.2 Leading Vendors in IoT Cloud Computing5.3 Cloud Computing in IoT Market Outlook

6.0 Cloud Computing Case Studies

7.0 Carrier Cloud Services7.1 Overview7.2 Carrier Clouds7.3 Mobile Edge Computing7.4 Carrier Cloud Market Outlook

8.0 Important Cloud Computing Industry Developments8.1 Cloud Computing Mergers and Acquisitions8.2 Cloud Computing Investments

9.0 Select Companies in Cloud Computing and Infrastructure9.1 Amazon Web Services, Inc.9.2 Microsoft9.3 Alibaba9.4 Google9.5 IBM9.6 VMware9.7 Oracle9.8 Rackspace9.9 Salesforce9.10 Adobe9.11 Verizon

10.0 Appendix: Fundamentals of Cloud Computing10.1 Cloud Computing Deployment Model Categories10.2 Cloud Technologies and Architecture10.3 Cloud Computing and Virtualization10.4 Moving Beyond Cloud Computing10.5 Rise of the Cloud-Based Networked Enterprise10.6 General Cloud Service Enablers10.7 Personal Cloud Service Enablers10.8 Cloud Computing Services10.9 Emerging Models: Everything as a Service10.10 APIs and Database10.11 The Need for Federated Database Model10.12 Enterprise Resource Planning in the Cloud10.13 Supply Chain Management in the Cloud10.14 Emerging Cloud-Based Applications10.15 Cloud Myths and Realities

11.0 Appendix: MEC Technology and Solutions11.1 MEC Characteristics11.2 Benefits of MEC11.3 MEC Architecture and Platforms11.4 MEC Technology and Building Blocks

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Global Cloud Computing Services Market Report 2022: Cloud Computing Revenue will Reach $519 Billion by 2027 at 23.7% CAGR - PR Newswire

San Antonio, Texas, April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Apprenticeship (NEW), a Department of Labor (DOL) registered tech apprenticeship program and AWS Authorized Training Provider (ATP), recently graduated their first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Computing cohort. With this AWS cohort and future cohorts, NEW hopes to address hiring needs for enterprises looking to build and grow their bench and to expand partnerships with organizations wanting to deepen business with existing clientele. The recent graduates are available for hire and prepared with the cloud skills they need to make immediate and effective contributions to businesses across the U.S.

NEWs AWS Cloud Computing program utilizes AWS-authorized instructors to deliver training that prepares learners for their first role in supporting cloud operations using AWS as the primary cloud architecture platform. The recent graduates completed 60 hours of training and gained skills in Linux Operating System, computer networking, Python scripting, AWS cloud computing fundamentals, and more. NEWs project-based model encourages learners to apply their growing knowledge in hands-on scenarios, thus preparing them for professional cloud roles.

Graduates will now finish final preparation for the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification prior to beginning a rigorous 12-month apprenticeship in the cloud computing field. Throughout their time as apprentices, they will continue completing NEWs AWS-focused coursework and receive 144 additional training hours. Apprentices will receive expert coaching for leadership skills and job performance as well as workplace mentoring in full-time Cloud Specialist roles. Participants will prepare for further certifications including Google IT Support, Professional Scrum Master, and AWS Solutions Architect.

NEWs AWS Cloud Program Manager, LaRhonda Darby, recognizes that many businesses have migrated to cloud-based functionality, which creates a significant demand for AWS Cloud Practitioners. She is looking forward to seeing the cohort graduates excel in their roles as they grow into the field to meet this demand. Darby says:

We are AWS-certified, so our curriculum is also certified through Amazon. We take care of the whole learner - they learn soft skills, receive expert coaching, job readiness, and LinkedIn training. Were here to make better careers. At New Apprenticeship, we make sure our learners have the entire package; once you get someone from us, you have someone moldable. Someone great. Someone that can come into your company and make it better, because thats our goal.

NEW believes in meeting needs of both underrepresented talent and the modern workforce through the apprenticeship model. As they launch more AWS Cloud Computing cohorts in the near future, they will continue building sustainable tech talent pipelines for employers by equipping diverse, trained, and job-ready talent with the skills they need to become tech leaders.

Employers interested in learning more about apprenticeship as a hiring pathway can contact NEWs team directly here.

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Founded in 2016 in San Antonio, TX, New Apprenticeship partners with employers nationally to transform lives by bridging the gap between what schools teach and only experience can bring. Offering programs not only in IT, but in Digital Marketing, AWS Cloud Computing, and Data Analytics as well, NEW offers a unique approach to both learning and hiring. The organization continues providing talent for employers in need of a skilled, adaptable, and future-ready workforce. NEWs experience-based learning and performance coaching system equips talent with the skills they need to accelerate their careers and provides employers with highly qualified and productive talent, creating future leaders in tech. For more information visit: NewApprenticeship.com. Employers can learn more about NEWs talent solution here.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Hyperscale Cloud Market: Analysis By End-User, By Region Size and Trends with Impact of COVID-19 and Forecast up to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

In 2021, the global hyperscale cloud market was valued at US$191.15 billion and is expected to grow to US$693.49 billion by 2026.

Some of the reasons companies are switching to hyperscale cloud computing are speed, reduced downtime losses, easier management, easier transition into the cloud, scalability based on demand, etc. The hyperscale cloud market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 29.40% over the forecast period of 2022-2026.

Market Segmentation Analysis:

In 2021, the BFSI segment lead the hyperscale cloud market, accounted for a 25.0% share of the market. The BFSI industry is expected to experience high growth, owing to the increasing number of banking applications, which has resulted in the exponential growth of data in the banking and financial services industry.

The manufacturing hyperscale cloud market is expected to grow at the highest CAGR of 31.35%. The scope for scaling operations up and down via the cloud enables manufacturing companies to mitigate market demand volatility.

The future of all levels of the manufacturing industry is expected to incorporate cloud computing technology to stay more securely connected with consumers and the supply chain, hence contributing to market growth

North America dominated the market in 2021 with almost 38% share of the global market. North America is anticipated to lead the global hyperscale computing market during the forecast period, due to the presence of well-established providers of hyperscale computing and increasing investment in technological advancements.

North America is further divided into three regions: The US, Canada, and Mexico. The emergence of 5G technology along with growth in Industrial IoT (IIoT), complemented by technologies like big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence (AI) would boost the adoption of hyperscale cloud services in the US.

The hyperscale cloud market in the Asia Pacific is expected to hold a significant share, due to the presence of various developing countries and a growing number of hyperscale data centers. China held a major share of more than 45% in the Asia Pacific hyperscale cloud market in 2021

Global Hyperscale Cloud Market Dynamics:

Growth Drivers

One of the most important factors impacting hyperscale cloud market dynamics is the increasing adoption of cloud in SMEs. Most IT enterprises in SMEs need the advanced technology of cloud computing services to flourish their businesses and leave their footprints in various geographies. An increase in the demand for cloud computing by SMEs led to the growth in the hyperscale cloud market.

Furthermore, the market has been growing over the past few years, due to factors such as increasing penetration of IoT devices, growing usage of video streaming apps, growing AI software market, growing internet traffic, and an increasing number of hyperscale data centers, etc

Challenges

However, the market has been confronted with some challenges specifically, insecurity of data, need to incur huge capital expenditure as technology advances, etc

Trends: The market is projected to grow at a fast pace during the forecast period, due to various latest trends such as SaaS vendors re-platform onto hyperscale infrastructure, acceleration of digital transformation, hyperscalers dominating the IT spending, increasing 5G adoption, escalating edge computing, big data analytics, etc.

The spending on IT would increase significantly, with companies increasingly using IT to digitalize their service offerings. The three main hyperscalers are as likely to dominate the new additional total addressable market (TAM) as they increasingly become integrated into company service offerings. This would allow the hyperscalers to maintain high levels of growth over the coming years

Impact Analysis of COVID-19 and Way Forward:

Due to the pandemic, most companies have increased their cloud usage by more than they planned, resulting in higher cloud spending. In fact, according to a recent study by McKinsey & Company, companies globally have accelerated their cloud adoption compared to pre-pandemic adoption rates.

This marks a significant shift in the use of cloud-based solutions, from being purely data storage solutions to environments in which data is used transactionally and supports day-to-day business operations. Therefore, an increase in the demand for cloud computing services has led to significant growth in the hyperscale cloud market.

Demand for hyperscaling would continue to be driven by the accelerated digital transformation post-COVID, which would see corporates accelerate their shifting of on-premise systems to the cloud, and the adoption of hyperscale platforms as the main resource for software development, testing, and deployment.

Competitive Landscape:

The global hyperscale cloud market is highly concentrated, with few major players holding almost two-third of the market share

The top infrastructure cloud providers, called hyperscalers, such as AWS, continue to invest massively in their data centres. After a relatively weak 2019, their capex growth started to accelerate again in 2020 and has continued to do so

In the hyperscale revolution, Amazon, Google and Microsoft used their software development skills to disrupt several traditional industries, such as retailing (Amazon.com), advertising (Google Search) and productivity (Microsoft Office 365).

Then, these hyperscalers have extended their capabilities in data processing and IT networking to disrupt the IT industry itself, providing massive storage and computing platforms to enterprises, replacing the need to own datacenters filled with servers and customised software. This act is set to accelerate further over the next three years, with COVID triggering an acceleration of digitalisation trends.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

2.1 Hyperscale Cloud: An Overview

2.1.1 Introduction to Cloud Computing

2.1.2 Introduction to Hyperscale

2.1.3 How Does Hyperscale Work

2.1.4 Benefits of Hyperscale Cloud

2.2 Hyperscale Cloud Segmentation: An Overview

2.2.1 Hyperscale Cloud Segmentation by End-Users

3. Global Market Analysis

3.1 Global Hyperscale Cloud Market: An Analysis

3.1.1 Global Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.1.2 Global Hyperscale Cloud Market by End-User (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI), IT & Telecom, Retail & Consumer Goods, Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Government & Public Sector, Healthcare, and Others)

3.1.3 Global Hyperscale Cloud Market by Region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa)

3.2 Global Hyperscale Cloud Market: End-User Analysis

3.2.1 Global Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.2 Global IT & Telecom Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.3 Global Retail & Consumer Goods Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.4 Global Media & Entertainment Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.5 Global Manufacturing Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.6 Global Energy & Utilities Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.7 Global Government & Public Sector Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.8 Global Healthcare Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

3.2.9 Global Others Hyperscale Cloud Market by Value

4. Regional Market Analysis

4.1 North America Hyperscale Cloud Market: An Analysis

4.2 Europe Hyperscale Cloud Market: An Analysis

4.3 Asia Pacific Hyperscale Cloud Market: An Analysis

4.4 Latin America Hyperscale Cloud Market: An Analysis

4.5 Middle East & Africa Hyperscale Cloud Market: An Analysis

5. Impact of COVID-19

5.1 Impact of COVID-19 on Hyperscale Cloud Market

5.2 Impact of COVID-19 on IaaS Public Cloud Services Market

5.3 E-Commerce Boom

5.4 Post COVID-19 Impact

6. Market Dynamics

6.1 Growth Drivers

6.1.1 Increasing Penetration of IoT Devices

6.1.2 Growing Usage of Video Streaming App

6.1.3 Growing AI Software Market

6.1.4 Growing Internet Traffic

6.1.5 Increasing Number of Hyperscale Data Centers

6.1.6 Increase in Adoption Of Cloud in SMEs

6.2 Challenges

6.2.1 Insecurity of Data

6.2.2 Need to Incur Huge Capital Expenditure as Technology Advances

6.3 Market Trends

6.3.1 SaaS Vendors Re-platform Onto Hyperscale Infrastructure

6.3.2 Acceleration of Digital Transformation

6.3.3 Hyperscalers to Dominate the IT Spending

6.3.4 Increasing 5G Adoption

6.3.5 Escalating Edge Computing

6.3.6 Big Data Analytics

7. Competitive Landscape

7.1 Global Hyperscale Cloud Players by Market Share

7.2 Global Hyperscale Cloud Players by Cloud Revenue

8. Company Profiles

8.1 Business Overview

8.2 Operating Segments

8.3 Business Strategy

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Arm chip architecture received another boost of support from Tetrate. The company, which is building service mesh support software, announced that their products will now support Arms Neoverse platform. Both of Tetrates major tools, Envoy and Istio, now run natively on the Arm chips that are rapidly becoming known for offering cheaper computing in cloud environments.

In addition, Tetrate is rolling out a hardened version of its code to support defense clients. Some federal customers want a version of Tetrates Istio to support Kubernetes and other services in various military clouds like the Platform One program and Iron Bank.

Tetrates tools simplify the job of linking together large networks of smaller applications that work conjointly. The idea of breaking up a software application into smaller, more manageable pieces known as microservices has become the dominant architecture.

It is now common for enterprise packages to be composed of dozens, hundreds or maybe even thousands of smaller microservices. These microservices need to coordinate and thats where Tetrate comes in. Their software handles the chores of communication and organizing the individual services into what it calls a mesh.

Tetrates software will encrypt messages as they travel between microservice providers, protecting any personal information along the way. The software will also authenticate the different nodes in the mesh, simplifying the job of ensuring security.

The Arm chips have been gaining popularity in cloud computing because they offer better performance at a lower price point. Nvidia, for instance, is making Arm-based chips with Arm cores and dubbing them DPUs or data processing units.

Several companies like Apple use the architecture because it can offer faster performance, while using less energy. Cloud vendors like Amazon have different needs than phone manufacturers, but saving electricity is a big focus for them.

In their announcement, Tetrate targeted the new Gravitron processors launched by AWS and highlighted their faster benchmark scores. The new Graviton3 is said to offer 25% better performance than the earlier Gravitron2, but some jobs may see even more. Some machine learning training algorithms, for instance, rely heavily on single precision floating-point calculations and AWS estimates that the Graviton3 may double the speed for these particular tasks.

We are just like another workload running on these chips, so the reduction [in cost and run time] will be similar to any other workloads they see, explained Varun Talwar, a cofounder of Tetrate. It ranges anywhere from 10% to 35% depending on the situation, he claims.

While Tetrate partnered with both Arm and AWS in this particular project, the Arm chip is finding traction in other deployments. Talwar says that Tetrate was motivated by seeing the Arm chips appear in some of the hardware running in edge machines close to the users.

Those projects tend to use lighter weight Kubernetes and they are very sensitive to compute time, cost and latency. said Talwar.

The federal customers share all of these needs with increased worries about security. The new hardened versions of Tetrate tools will also support Arm architectures.

For us to have a secure build where they are actually using it for authentication, authorization and encryption for every service to service communication and to run that at scale is quite a significant achievement, explained Talwar.

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