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A titanic battle for control over the future of enterprise has begun in earnest with the rise of distributed cloud computing architectures through which IT organizations will one day centrally manage a wide range of application environments.

All the major cloud service providers are already extending the reach of their platforms with that goal in mind. Google, for example, has created the Anthos platform based on Kubernetes that can be deployed on any cloud or on-premises IT environment. IT teams can then centrally manage workloads as they best see fit regardless of where they are running.

Microsoft, meanwhile, has launched Azure Arc, a management platform that makes it easier to deploy and manage Azure services across multiple clouds and on-premises IT environments. Each resource is assigned a unique Azure Resource Manager ID that enables it to participate in a resource group and be assigned tags like any other Azure resource.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), meanwhile has developed AWS Outposts, a managed service through which instances of its operating environment can be deployed in an on-premises IT environment or at the network edge. AWS has even gone so far as to build its own servers for those environments.

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Providers of on-premises IT platforms are not simply rolling over as cloud service providers attempt to lay claim to their turf. Both Dell Technologies and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) are extending managed services they provide to the cloud as part of an effort to make it possible to manage an extended enterprise via a console they provide.

IBM, meanwhile, sees an opportunity to regain supremacy by enabling a hybrid cloud computing platform via a Red Hat OpenShift platform based on Kubernetes that can be deployed anywhere. IBM Cloud Satellite is a managed service that extends the reach of IBMs ability to centrally manage multiple clouds all the way out to the network edge.

The one thing all these variations of a distributed cloud have in common is that they assume a console accessed via proprietary service is at the center of an extended enterprise. However, that may not necessarily be how distributed clouds ultimately manage themselves. An open source Crossplane project being advanced by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is leveraging the control plane originally developed for Kubernetes to create a framework for managing IT resources on any type regardless of location.

Crossplane, rather than limiting the ability of that control plane to manage Kubernetes clusters, makes it possible to also orchestrate legacy virtual machine environments using the Kubernetes application programming interface (API). Originally developed by Upbound, the company recently unveiled a managed service dubbed Upbound Universal Crossplane through which it provides access to a curated instance of Crossplane. However, theres nothing stopping either an internal IT team from deploying Crossplane themselves or contracting an IT services firm to deploy Crossplane on their behalf.

Enterprises want to own the control plane for all the different clouds, says Upbound CEO Bassam Tabbara.

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In addition to not wanting to become locked into a single platform, IT teams are under increased pressure to reduce the total cost of IT. Each platform added to an IT environment requires separate tools to manage it that someone in the IT organizations needs to learn how to use. Before too long there is now a separate team of specialists that has been hired to manage each platform.

Distributed cloud computing environments in theory present an opportunity to centralize the management of IT in as much a cloud computing platform can be stood up. Not every class of edge computing platform has the compute and memory resources needed to run a full stack of cloud software. In fact, Gartner predicts that by the end of 2023 only 20% of edge computing platforms will be delivered and managed by hyperscale cloud providers.

One way or another, however, the way enterprise IT is managed is about to fundamentally change. The existing tools IT teams rely on are largely designed for on-premises IT environments. IT teams either through new tools accessed via a console provided by an IT vendor or one they construct themselves are required to manage distributed computing environments made up of virtual machines, bare-metal servers, graphical processor units (GPUs), containers, Kubernetes clusters and serverless computing frameworks. Achieving that goal will require substantial investments in, for example, modern automation frameworks that enable IT teams to manage infrastructure as code.

IT vendors are making a case for providing access to those tools via services they provide. Each organization will need to decide for themselves to what degree that approach makes sense for them. Some organizations, for example, may decide to focus their limited resources on building applications rather than managing the infrastructure they run on. Others will decide IT is still too crucial to trust the management of it to anyone else. No matter the path chosen, the one thing that is clear is distributed computing is about to be taken to a whole new level.

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Cloud computing has spread its feathers across various industries. The healthcare industry is no exception. The booming healthcare industry has observed tremendous advancements, including cloud computing. Based on the growing need for automation across the healthcare sector, the global healthcare cloud computing market is expected to bring good growth opportunities for the forecast period of 2017-2025.

The popularity of healthcare cloud computing has increased considerably over the years. More than 80 percent of the healthcare industry uses cloud computing for business operations. Transforming healthcare through the cloud is more than just the delivery of medical information or performing any tasks online. It has the ability to connect medical centers too. Thus, all these factors bring promising growth for the healthcare cloud computing market.

Cloud computing has gained substantial momentum and is estimated to gain promising growth as it is helping the healthcare industry in easing tedious clerical functions. Here are some of the important factors that help in boosting the growth prospects of the healthcare cloud computing market.

Cost-cutting

Cloud computing provides on-demand storage and processing power capabilities. The healthcare facilities do not have to buy servers and also are saved from maintaining the servers. The pay-as-you-go model helps in cutting a large chunk of the cost of the healthcare facilities. These aspects will influence the growth of the healthcare cloud computing market.

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Robust Collaborations

Multiple stakeholders can collaborate their data seamlessly and efficiently through cloud computing. This type of collaboration, also known as interoperability is crucial in an emergency or critical medical situation. Fast access to the medical history of the patient and similar data serves as a boon for faster treatment. Therefore, these factors bode well for the growth of the healthcare cloud computing market.

Telehealth

Telehealth involves a wide range of healthcare-related services such as remote monitoring of patient health, training, and education. The deployment of telehealth services becomes easy through cloud computing. Remote locations can be accessed easily with telehealth services. The load on healthcare facilities is reduced substantially due to these services, which further increases the demand for healthcare cloud computing.

Quick Diagnosis

The adoption of the latest advancements such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in the healthcare cloud computing market is expected to sow the seeds of growth. By machine learning algorithms, the ability to diagnose diseases accurately is improved extensively. These factors bring promising growth for the healthcare cloud computing market.

Healthcare Cloud Computing in COVID-19

Cloud computing was already gaining tremendous traction before COVID-19 hit the world. The emergence of the pandemic led to a high patient caseload and a strain on the healthcare infrastructure. To ease the workload, healthcare cloud computing gained immense momentum during the pandemic. Heres how the healthcare cloud computing market is anticipated to observe a positive growth trajectory across the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Contact Tracing

The cloud computing systems in the healthcare sector are helping in tracking COVID-19 patients. The data collected by cloud computing is used for tracing the infection histories and links. These links prove to be beneficial for breaking the chain of transmission. The various applications developed by numerous cloud computing developers will serve as a growth churner for the healthcare cloud computing market.

Rapid Efficiency

With the number of COVID-19 positive patients increasing at a rapid rate, accessibility to faster cloud servers and data recovery at a faster pace helps in decreasing the caseload of the healthcare professionals. Swift data and communication exchange between healthcare workers, research centers, and hospital centers enables a better and more time-efficient healthcare environment. Hence, all these factors will boost the demand for healthcare cloud computing extensively.

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Which Aspects will Shape the Growth of the Healthcare Cloud Computing Market? - TechBullion

The detailed review of Cloud Computing in Healthcare was conducted in the Global Cloud Computing in Healthcare Market 2020 Survey to collect important and substantive data on Cloud Computing in Healthcare market size, growth rate, potential demand, and Cloud Computing in Healthcare sales forecasts from 2021 to 2025. It gives an analysis of the industry chain situation, key market players, market volume, upstream raw material, production cost, and marketing channels, volume, region-wise import/export analysis, and forecast market from 2021-2025.

The Cloud Computing in Healthcare market has been changing everywhere throughout the world and we have been seeing an extraordinary development in the Cloud Computing in Healthcare and this growth is expected to be huge by 2025. The report covers Cloud Computing in Healthcare applications, market elements, and the analysis of rising and existing market segments. It shows the market outline, product classification, application, and market volume forecast from 2021-2025.

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Global Cloud Computing in Healthcare MarketLesson 1: Cloud Computing in Healthcare Market Overview, Drivers, Restrictions, and OpportunitiesChapter 2: Cloud Computing in Healthcare Market Competition from ManufacturersChapter 3: Cloud Computing in Healthcare Production by ProvincesChapter 4: Type, Product by Type, Market Share by TypeChapter 5: Consumption, by applicationsChapter 6: Detailed profiling and manufacturer analysisChapter 7: Product Cost AnalysisChapter 8: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Policy and Downstream BuyersChapter 9: Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors / MerchantsChapter 10: Cloud Computing in Healthcare Market Effects Component AnalysisChapter 11: Cloud Computing in Healthcare Market PredictionsChapter 12: Cloud Computing in Healthcare Market Conclusion

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Global Cloud Computing in Healthcare Market |Emerging Trends and Future Opportunities Till 2026 Brockville Observer - Brockville Observer

The definition of edge computing is expanding to include local hyperscale data centers. The change comes as the IT industry once again turns toward decentralization to deliver applications as close as possible to end users. (Source: iStock, courtesy of DataBank)

In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Raul Martynek, CEO at DataBank, refines the definition of edge computing. This is the first of a three-part series looking at the edge from the multiple perspectives of enterprises using and driving edge development: hyperscalers, SaaS application/ content developers, and network providers. In this article, we examine how hyperscale cloud providers see the edge and the role they are playing in its development.

The IT Pendulum Swings BackAgainSince the dawn of the computing age, IT infrastructures have swung back and forth between centralized and decentralized formats. The industry first went from centralized mainframes to distributed client/server networks. The cloud then brought us back to centralized computing, and now we are decentralizing once again as edge computing takes over to put compute resources closer to end users.

Just as early computing pioneers such as IBM and Digital Equipment (DEC) drove the initial shift from centralized mainframes to decentralized PCs, so, too, are todays hyperscale providers driving the shift from centralized clouds to decentralized edge computing. This creates a very different view of the edge.

No Longer Just One Edge: Its Now Ubiquitous

Driven by the arrival of 5G networks and the promise of IoT and virtual reality applications, the popular conception of the edge that has taken hold is one of modular, micro data centers sitting at the base of cell towers to speed the delivery of content and application data by being one hop away from end user devices (i.e. cell phones). However, the truth is, the edge is developing in a much more ubiquitous and multi-modal manner.

In one sense, the edge is geography-specific and will exist everywhere from large tier 1 cities to rural markets. Most video, SaaS, and e-commerce applications will continue to be adequately served by data centers, cloud platforms, and CDNs in tier 1 and 2 metros that deliver 25-75-ms of latency to users hundreds of miles away. The edge is also application-specific, with infrastructure configurations that vary from business to business. A hyperscale or technology provider may need several thousand square feet of data center space and several MW of power, whereas a network or CDN operator may require only a few cabinets or small cage of capacity. Finally, theres another element of the edge that is performance- and latency-specific. Emerging IoT applications may need sub 10ms latency times, only capable by locating infrastructure within a few miles of end users. It can also be located in highly specific geographic locations, for example, industrial or logistics hubs.

The Role of Hyperscalers in Developing the Edge

While it will take time for the edge to fully develop in all these varying forms, today its being driven not by next-generation IoT or virtual reality applications but by hyperscale cloud providers and the customers that fuel their growth. When we speak of AWS, Google or Microsoft, we sometimes forget they are not just three companies, but, in reality, they are platforms supporting the requirements of millions of discrete customers who have a wide range of problems they look to hyperscalers to solve. For SaaS, content companies, and creators of other digital assets, that means delivering bits to as many smartphones, tablets, desktops, and network appliances as possible. Since the volume of those items exist in direct correlation to where populations exist, its no wonder hyperscale providers are building availability zones in more population centers. AWS has announced Local Zones in four markets while Microsoft has announced plans for Azure Edge zones in three initial markets, all major metros. The hyperscale edge is happening TODAY in tier 1 and tier 2 markets, not at the base of a remote cell tower. Thats because those cities and their surrounding areas are where most of the consumers of digital content are physically located. This is reminiscent of that famous quote by the notorious bank robber, Willie Sutton, who, when asked why he robbed banks replied, Thats where the money is.

At DataBank, we call this environment the near edge or the middle edge. It creates a distinct layer from the far edge as defined by micro data centers beneath 5G towers and in rural settings and its where the edge is developing first.

The Hyperscaler Edge Strategy

It is clear that hyperscale providers and the customers they support are moving away from just a handful of regional availability zones to deliver their digital services to a much larger number of locations, perhaps, as many as 25-30, over the next five to ten years. What is not yet clear is what applications and use cases will require such a highly geographic distributed footprint and how application developers and content producers will manage, scale, and make geographic resource allocation decisions in such a fragmented construct.

Regardless, as the cloud and technology providers transition to a local-zone edge strategy, they will look to solve three logistical challenges:

The Smart Approach to Designing the Hyperscale Edge

To solve these challenges, cloud providers can turn to enterprise multi-tenant data center (MTDC) providers, like DataBank, which offer the perfect solution for this hyperscale edge. The leading providers operate more than one facility in each market that span from downtown areas to suburban locations.

This allows hyperscalers to mimic their nationwide three-node availability zone model within a metro and provide redundancy, at the same time moving infrastructure far closer to end users. By deploying across a footprint of tier 1 and tier 2 market facilities, like DataBanks, services can be delivered to within 50 miles of half the US population.

MTDCs also own and operate secondary interconnect hubs in tier-two markets. These facilities attract additional network providers and create new fiber routes in and out of these metros which creates more connectivity reach akin to tier 1 markets.

Hyperscale cloud providers will also find MTDCs are efficient at building and scaling facilities using smart design templates. This makes it possible to quickly bring new capacity online by deploying data halls in existing facilities or entirely new facilities on adjacent property. MTDCs can also design with a higher density of power for use cases where 52U cabinets with 100kW are required to generate more compute per square foot.

Speed Determined by the Slowest Component

Looking beyond the regional data centers, hyperscalers also need to consider the capabilities of their wireless and fiber networks, which are both essential to the edge fabric. As the pioneer computing architect Gene Amdahl once observed in his famous law, the speed of a system is determined by its slowest component.

Thats why its critical for hyperscale edges to integrate with dark-fiber interconnects. This extends IT services through carrier internet exchange points and provides access to cloud on-ramps. With this access, enterprises can quickly tap into partner networks that cloud platform providers, carriers, and enterprise application vendors offer within each region.

Well explore that interconnect edge in the next article.

This article was written by Raul Martynek, CEO, DataBank. Mr. Martynek joined DataBank in June of 2017 as the CEO and is a 20+ year veteran in the telecom and Internet infrastructure sector, having held senior positions at several communications and networking companies, as well as asset management firms. Raul earned a BA in Political Science from Binghamton University and received a masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University.

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A Look at the Edge From the Perspective of Hyperscale Cloud Providers - Data Center Frontier

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Global Cloud Computing In Healthcare Market Regional Outlook, Analysis, Growth Factor and Emerging Trends 2028 The Courier - The Courier

In late 2020, Saudi Telecom, the Gulf states largest telecoms group, announced a partnership with Chinas Alibaba Cloud to help the kingdom build its cloud computing infrastructure.

It was the latest in a series of deals made by Chinese companies to expand their cloud reach abroad and part of Chinas broader national push to become a world leader in high tech.

This is something were going to see more in coming years, says Justin Sherman, a fellow at US think-tank the Atlantic Council and an international affairs expert. And, already, the level of investment made by China, at home and abroad, is turning the country into a major player in the race to cloud hegemony.

But fallout from recent trade tensions with the US, geopolitical tussles, and a relatively inexperienced domestic market could all hamper Beijings ambitions.

In recent years, Chinas cloud computing market has been growing fast and currently ranks as the second-biggest in the world after the US, according to research group Canalys. Cloud spending in the country hit $19bn in 2020, up from $11.5bn the previous year. China is a high-growth market and so is the cloud, says Blake Murray, an analyst at Canalys.

Although its $19bn spend represented only 13 per cent of total global cloud spend in 2020, that share was up three percentage points on 2019 levels. By contrast, the market share of the US the number one market was down two percentage points to 46 per cent, according to Canalys.

Chinese cloud service providers may not be as mature as, say, Amazon Web Services, but they are gaining speed rapidly, notes Kenneth G Hartman, an independent security consultant.

They have been helped by the Chinese government pushing the domestic development of cloud services as part of a wider digital transformation effort. Last May, Beijing said $1.4tn would be allocated to tech platforms, under a new infrastructure plan.

This new infrastructure concept is big, says Winston Ma, author of The Digital War How Chinas Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace. Its the equivalent of Chinas 2007 investments into railroads and high-speed rail as a means of stimulating the economy in a crisis.

Companies that have already benefited from Chinas cloud ambitions include Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud and Baidu Wangpan. Foreign companies have largely been kept at bay.

Laws that prioritise Chinese companies make it hard for competitors such as Amazon and Google to enter the market, despite their best efforts, explains Wenhong Chen, associate professor of media studies and sociology at the University of Texas.

Protectionist policies both in the US and China have only increased tension between the nations. Cloud policies and practices have become contentious issues in US-China bilateral relations, says Chen. Disputes are really about who is going to develop the next generation of cutting-edge technology.

Beijing now plans to expand its reach beyond Chinas national borders, by seeking cloud deals in south-east Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and the US.

Chinese cloud providers are able to do this by competing on price, which is a key factor in Europe and Australia, and trading on cultural similarities, which are important to customers in south-east Asia.

Ma says this expansion is an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative Chinas project aimed at developing infrastructure in 70 countries, and a centrepiece of President Xi Jinpings foreign policy. The cloud can digitalise the Belt and Road countries, creating strong trading relationships with China, he points out.

It also allows China to set cloud-related industry standards in multiple countries potentially influencing future international rules, if those come to be based on widely used global practices for cloud-sharing and data protection. The implications are huge, Ma believes.

But Chinas plans have met increasing resistance. Last August, Mike Pompeo, then US secretary of state, threatened a broad crackdown on Chinese tech companies with access to American data, including limits on the cloud computing groups that may operate on US soil. He also encouraged other nations to boycott Beijings tech companies.

The initiative was part of the Trump administrations strategy to bring European allies on board, [to get] Australia, Canada to ban Huawei 5G networks in their respective national markets, but it also targeted cloud providers, says Chen. Under the Biden administration, the rhetoric has been tuned down, but the policies are still in place.

In addition, strained relations between India and China most notably over their contested border has resulted in New Delhi blacklisting scores of Chinese apps and restrictions on cloud-related investment.

The Indian government wants to promote domestic companies and develop its own cloud technology. Indian and other subcontinental countries also see this Chinese expansion as digital colonialism, says Sherman.

Nevertheless, even with these obstacles, Chinas forays into Singapore, Latin America and the Gulf states are likely to continue. China has been very ambitious when it comes to the cloud, which it sees as the future, says Chen.

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Pitney Bowes has signed an agreement with IBM under which the latter will help the global technology firm transform and embrace hybrid cloud computing to enhance its operations and customer services.

Commenting on the collaboration, Karen Bruno, Industrial Markets General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services, said, "We will bring together people, processes and solutions through an optimized managed services approach that can enable Pitney Bowes to enhance its operations and deliver new innovations to its customers."

IBM will utilize its IT infrastructure knowledge, tools and transformation techniques to support Pitney Bowes global business plan and goals. The tech giant will manage core infrastructure domains including servers, storage systems, end-user computing, and networking for Pitney Bowes, while helping to keep critical business systems running efficiently.

As part of the agreement, IBM will design and implement an agile technology infrastructure for Pitney Bowes that can enable greater collaboration and integration between its business and IT environments.

To create and implement an agile IT infrastructure environment and governance model, IBM Global Technology Services professionals will help Pitney Bowes deploy automation, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and hybrid cloud capabilities, designed to support, manage, and unleash the potential of its on-premises and multicloud computing workloads.

"We have a strategic vision and roadmap to transform our operations and enhance the way we deliver ecommerce, shipping, mailing and financial services to end-users. Working with IBM on this hybrid cloud transformation can enable our business to become dynamic and responsive to unexpected challenges and emerging opportunities," said Joseph Schmitt, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Pitney Bowes.

Pitney Bowes moves more than 222 million parcels and facilitates the sending of billions of mail pieces each year. By transforming its technology infrastructure with IBM, the company aims to better serve its clients around the world, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500.

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Cloud computing is changing the way people think about the next generation of information connectivity and storage in the fast-growing world of mobile broadband communication because it offers unrestricted access to data and software without the need for local storage and processing power. User interfaces can be produced in minutes or hours, and organizations are investing less on hardware and software.

Organizations in all industries have begun to recognize the value of cloud computing, but the idea of using the cloud as a utilityis a contentious subject among industry experts. They believe that what the cloud industry lacks is a greater sense of standardization. With utilities such as electricity, internet, and mobile network service providers, businesses have the ability to switch providers and compare costs and services. However, switching cloud providers and comparing their offerings is still a long way off.

Cloud tools, in theory, provide a clean slate to compare their efficiency, expense, and the ability to easily move the workload to another tool as required. However, in practice, this remains a challenge.

Although the majority of cloud providers provide the same service, there are some main differences between them. For instance, each provides a unique user interface and method of interacting with the program. The problem occurs when shifting workloads because each providers APIs differ. As a result, achieving utility-like status is complicated and challenging.

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In case of other utilities like electricity, the process of change is an administrative act. After filling out a few applications, the transition will be noticeable and there will be no power outage. For many people, this smooth transition has become an important method of locating the best offers and providers

When it comes to cloud computing, itsorchestration allows switching cloud providers as simple as switching electricity providers. The cloud orchestration platform (CO) serves as an interpreterbetween networks and a specific cloud. There is an abstraction layer within cloud orchestration that interacts with the infrastructure. A cloud-based tool ensures that communication is converted into the cloud providers language.

Another functional stumbling block is that cloud vendors launch many new services per year, while third-party cloud orchestration frameworks allow companies to build in-house solutions. This makes management and upkeep more difficult.

Hyper-scalers that provide virtualization platforms in their clouds are also causing companies to migrate to the cloud. Many businesses still use the cloud to run a single application rather than their entire virtualization program. While this method simplifies migration, it does not assist an enterprise in comparing it to a public cloud, which leads to greater vendor lock-in.

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To make things easier, more IT orchestration is needed, which will result in smoother migration processes. There are other options, in addition to cloud orchestration frameworks, that can speed up the transition of workloads between clouds. Independent containers, for example, may play a role since the softwares dependence is contained within the container. Differences in infrastructure level would not cause issues, allowing for a smooth migration.

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Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche (center) rings the bell of the New York Stock Exchange as he took his company public in May 2021.

In March 2020, Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche had his bags packed to go on an investor roadshow to pitch his construction cloud software business to analysts ahead of an initial public offering. Founded in 2002, Procore had taken a long path to IPO. But it would have to wait longer yet, as the Covid-19 pandemic had other plans.

Now, more than a year later, Procore has finally listed as a public company at the New York Stock Exchange. And for Courtemanche, the debut was worth the wait. Shares of Procore priced above range at $67 and then opened at $84 per share, closing their first day of trading at $88. That gives Procore, which was valued at $5 billion in a private funding round it raised last year instead of proceeding with its IPO, a market capitalization of $11.3 billion.

We are arguably very late to our IPO party, in one way to think about it, so weve been ready for a very long time, Courtemanche said in an interview. Ive been doing this for 19 and a half years at Procore, so to me, the delay of the IPO due to Covid was just a blip in time in the overall scheme of things.

CEO Tooey Courtemanche photographed at the expansion of Procore's headquarters for a Forbes magazine profile in 2018.

After a decade of slow growth and relative obscurity its sales in 2012 were just $5 million Carpinteria, Calif.-based Procore (next door to Santa Barbara) raised venture capital and started to experience more typical fast-paced growth of standout cloud computing companies in recent years. The company reached unicorn billion-dollar startup status in 2016; in 2018, when Procore reached No. 5 on the Cloud 100 list, sales were approaching $200 million and an IPO already appeared on the horizon.

But by early 2020, when Procore looked to initially go out as a public company, the construction industry was put on ice by the pandemic. According to Courtemanche, 78% of Procores customers, who use the software to digitize blueprints and paper updates and manage complex construction projects, had projects delayed or disrupted by Covid-19 last year. Not a good time to hit the public markets. Procore is indelibly linked to the construction economy globally, Courtemanche says.

A year later, the narrative is swinging back. In 40-plus roadshow calls, Courtemanche says investors were impressed by the size of the construction market what he says is $10 trillion growing to $14 trillion and the backlog of projects about to come back online. For Procore, the funds can especially help in expanding outside the U.S.: while 90% of that global construction market is represented by the rest of the world, non-U.S. contracts are just 12% of Procores revenue today, which reached $113.9 million for the first quarter of 2021.

Procore opted against a direct listing, its CEO says, as the company wanted to choose its own investors and gain a marketing boost from the traditional IPO process. He says the company never seriously considered another alternative, the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.

In addition to global expansion opportunities, Procore can also look to take more advantage of the vast amounts of data flowing through its software 5,500 terabytes of structured data, Courtemanche says: I can tell you how much a yard of concrete costs in Miami versus Beverly Hills, and how subcontractors perform or who doesnt perform.

The construction market remains highly fragmented as well, he notes, with Procore not yet reaching 5% market share in its core markets. That means that after telling Forbes in a 2018 print profile that he was a dog on a bone chasing the market long-term, Courtemanche says the dog is still on the bone, man, moving forward from the IPO milestone. Ive got a lot of work to do to connect everybody in construction on this platform, he says.

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A report by EMA and BlueCat how cloud and networking team collaboration can mitigate the challenges that enterprises face to achieve the full benefits of cloud.

Cloud computing is growing more popular by the day. Yet, as companies accelerate cloud adoption, only 28 per cent consider themselves fully successful with realizing the benefits of their cloud investments. Why is this?

New research by Enterprise Management Associates(EMA), in partnership with BlueCat, attempts to uncover the causes of these issues and fix them.

The research shows that networking is a clear sticking point: success hinges on an organizations ability to integrate its cloud and traditional network infrastructure teams at all levels (design, implementation, and operation).

Organizations must get networking in hybrid cloud environments right. For instance, aDNSorIP addressing the issue can add years to a multi-million-dollar projects timeline. This report explores why this partnership is so critical, the consequences of failed partnerships, and best practices from the most successful enterprises that IT executives can implement.

The findings in this research are based on a survey of 212 networking and cloud professionals conducted in March 2021 by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and BlueCat Networks.

The report identifies that 28 per cent of companies identified as very successful cloud adopters are twice as likely to integrate cloud and networking teams at all levels; more than half of enterprises barely follow this best practice at all.

Cloud teams are more likely to consider a unified approach to cloud networks and report cloud adoption success than the network team. This suggests that not everybody sees the full extent of issues arising from inadequate cloud adoption efforts.

73 per cent of the enterprises surveyed have experienced security or compliance problems over the last year due to insufficient collaboration; these included security-related downtime (39 per cent), compliance violations (33 per cent), data leak (26 per cent), and financial loss (22 per cent).

89 per cent of the surveyed enterprises also experienced an IT operations problem due to collaboration failures (Poor performance of cloud applications as the most common issue) (43 per cent), as well as change requests (37 per cent), and significant downtime (36 per cent).

Lastly, 82 per cent of enterprises experienced business-level problems related to collaboration issues. These include end-user productivity loss (35 per cent), cost overruns (33 per cent), customer loyalty challenges (29 per cent), and technical talent retention issues (28 per cent).

These stats further confirm that enterprises gain the most value from their cloud investments by unifying cloud and networking.

Shamus McGillicuddy, lead analyst and VP of Research at EMA, says, Industry leaders must recognize that the networking team offers intrinsic value to a cloud adoption initiative. Getting things right at the beginning can save millions of dollars and years in project time.

1) Make collaboration a C-level initiative:

While only 34 per cent of research participants believed that executive leadership is doing an excellent job at pushing for better network and cloud team collaboration, very successful enterprises were almost twice as likely to say so (58 per cent). The report shows that the two teams frequently have conflicting goals that prevent them from working well together, only furthering the point that executives need to bring them together.

2) Ensure the network teams an equal partner at the table:

88 per cent of cloud and network professionals agree that the network team needs to have visibility and input into cloud design. Network teams bring processes and knowledge about stability, whereas the cloud team brings a more flexible and open-minded perspective. IT leaders must push for methods/procedures that allow both groups to understand whats occurring across the hybrid cloud environment. Currently, only 28 per cent of cloud and networking professionals believe that they have adequate visibility into changes made in cloud networks. Very successful organizations are twice as likely to be satisfied with their visibility (57 pe cent).

3) Unify and modernize DDI, security and compliance across domains:

Network and cloud teams should move to unify their tools and practice for designing, building, and operating hybrid cloud networks. While only 40 per cent fully unify IP address space management, nearly all of the unsuccessful cloud adopters as part of this research keep IP space management at least partially siloed. Siloed management of critical services like DNS and IP space management is a bad strategy and could cause security issues down the line.

4) Ensure both teams are trained on all necessary skills:

IT execs need to close the skills gaps between their two teams. IT execs need to close the skills gaps between their two teams. Cloud teams have a limited understanding of networking, and network teams arent up to date with the tools and solutions that cloud teams use. Close skill gaps through training and giving network and cloud teams access to technologies and tools used by their peers in each silo the top priority is learning cloud providersnetwork features and services.

Before IT executives lean into the cloud too heavily, they must ensure their house is in order and address any dysfunction between the cloud and networking teams. A host of factors undermine collaboration between these teams. With that, IT executives should start by empowering network teams as equal partners in the cloud journey.

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