Businesses looking to capitalize on digital transformation efforts are building strategies around cloud environments and cloud services—hoping to improve service connectivity to end users and reduce overhead related to on-premise data centers. For years, IT decision-makers based their cloud computing strategies predominantly on criteria such as web application services offered,…
For organizations with a global presence, gaining visibility into Internet connectivity and performance within China has long been a blindspot, especially with cloud environments. Opaque sovereign controls and notoriously unpredictable Internet access contribute to wide application performance inconsistencies in the region. As organizations continue to invest in multi-cloud ecosystems, their…
Organizations looking to drive faster time to market, increase agility and deliver a superior user experience for both customers and employees are quickly adopting “Cloud First” strategies. While most enterprises began their cloud journey with a single infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform, several compelling offerings from the likes of Alibaba Cloud, Amazon…
Yesterday, at re:Invent 2018, Amazon made a plethora of announcements ranging from a new base-station as a service (AWS Ground Station) to introducing re:Inforce, a new security conference. But one announcement stood out in particular—the unveiling of AWS Global Accelerator—their plan to allow AWS customers to ride their private backbone……
Most enterprises began their cloud journey with a single infrastructure-as-a-service platform. Lately, compelling offerings from the likes of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud (GCP), IBM, Digital Ocean and others have created a plethora of options, with best-of-breed functionality designed for different workload types. Much as we saw…