Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Quick Starts promise to cut down on time spent learning a new technique, service or technology through the cloud services platform. The cloud giant frequently …
Month: November 2022
What’s new in the CRISC Certification Exam in 2021?
Introduction to CRISC CRISC stands for Certified in Information Systems and Risk Controls. ISACA(r), which is an association of IT professionals, awards the Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control …
What is an ARP?
Delana Hallstedt. My original plan for this blog was to try to unravel the alphabet soup approach in all things technology-related – Why so many acronyms?! After doing some research …
What makes CISSP the highest-paying cyber security certification?
The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification has been recognized as a gold standard in cybersecurity around the world. According to a 2018 survey, the average yearly salary for …
A Survey Reveals What Makes Cloud Efforts Successful Enterprises might be interested in this new study, which examines what makes cloud deployments successful. CloudHealth Technologies Inc. conducted a survey of 388 senior executives and managers in IT, security, and infrastructure operations to determine the characteristics and best practices that distinguish cloud pioneers from cloud failures. The new Secrets of the Cloud Leaders report is available for free PDF download after registering. CloudHealth identified cloud leaders who achieve a higher ROI from their cloud deployments. It found that these leaders had significant differences in terms their vision, governance, and discipline. CloudHealth’s survey report stated that respondents were asked about the transition from a traditional build approach, where apps are run on datacenter infrastructure, and to a cloud first philosophy, where they deploy production applications to the cloud. “The trailblazers or ‘cloud leaders’ were 10 times more likely to claim that they had a crystal-clear vision of how they would make the transition. One in five companies that did not realize their full cloud potential said they had no idea or only a vague idea of how to do it. To make that vision a reality, you need to have the discipline to create a role for cloud management. Another form of discipline is the commitment to optimize cloud workloads as an ongoing process, rather than a one-time event. CloudHealth stated that trailblazers who follow this model are more likely:
Cloud computing service-level agreements (SLAs), 87-91 percent versus 56-62 percent Monitor and alert for unusual cloud behavior (92 percent versus 63%). A comprehensive and clearly defined strategy to manage cloud …
Survey: AWS is the clear favorite for developers among the top cloud platforms
In a recent Stack Overflow survey of more than 80,000 developers, Amazon Web Services (AWS), emerged as the best cloud platform. The annual developer survey by Stack Overflow is one …
Survey: Not all organizations are all-in on public cloud Contrary to expectations most organizations surveyed in a recent survey are moving some workloads off-site and back to the public cloud. IDG, a research firm, recently published the results of its online survey “The State of IT Modernization 2020”, which was conducted in late last year. The report highlights that cloud strategy changes last year included adopting multicloud strategies (49%) and initiating cloud-native initiatives (50%). 84% of respondents also reported that they had moved selected workloads from a cloud provider to a non-cloud or alternative location. Database, Web site/Web applications, dev/test, BI/data warehouse/data analysis are the most popular workloads that were moved from public clouds. IDG stated that this is due to the challenges of “determining optimal workload placement within today’s multicloud or hybrid cloud landscapes.” According to IDG, hybrid cloud is again strong in this report. IDG reports that 64 percent of organizations who have completed their initial IT modernization initiatives have changed from an all-private or public cloud strategy to a mixed cloud approach. This highlights the trial-and error that many companies go through to find the best cloud path for them. The report also includes:
In 2020, the top three IT modernization challenges will be establishing governance strategies and procedures, optimizing IT operating models, integrating data centers, and defining and optimizing IT operating model. Public …
Survey Finds Way to Move Apps to AWS Cloud
Intermedia published a survey that focused on E-mail to find out which applications are being migrated into Amazon Web Services Inc.’s (AWS) cloud. The goal of the new survey — …
Survey Highlights AWS Cloud Consumption Problems. A survey of 279 IT professionals who attended recent Amazon Web Services Global Summits revealed that tracking cloud computing usage, spending, and allocating the correct costs to the right business users is a major concern. Cloud Cruiser, the vendor that commissioned Dimensional Research for the survey, stated, “According to survey findings, 79 per cent are pursuing a mixed cloud strategy and one-third will grow cloud services more than 50% in the coming year.” “Lacking usage visibility and transparency are key problems that have led to increased demand for flexible and easy-to-use solutions that drive efficiency, cost savings, and show business users exactly how services are being used.” Cloud Cruiser recently announced CloudSmart-Now, a product that allows customers to track hybrid cloud usage and costs by user and includes built-in analytics. Cloud Cruiser stated that 79 percent of hybrid cloud users have other clouds, including public clouds from other vendors. “However, most respondents express frustration with inability to control cloud usage and allocate costs to the right business users within their organizations.” Cloud Cruiser also highlighted other highlights of the study:
66% find it difficult to track cloud usage for cost allocations. AWS cloud users can add 30 percent to their cloud by using another cloud. Only 25% are able to …