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Companies Move More Critical Apps to the Public Cloud
Cloud spending Companies Move More Critical Apps to the Public Cloud Spending on the public cloud is increasing as more companies are committing to public clouds for enterprise applications, including ERP and CRM. Sharing Data on the Cloud 85% of IT pros polled believe it is valuable to share cloud consumption metrics with the business.…
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Distribution Comes of Age in the Cloud
As a vehicle through which IT products have been acquired and ultimately delivered to end customers, distributors have long played a pivotal role in the channel. With the rise of cloud computing, the way IT products are consumed is fundamentally changing. Those changes, however, are not so much eliminating the need for distributors as much…
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Cloud App Integration Challenges Limit Demand
Cloud data integration Cloud App Integration Challenges Limit Demand The integration of applications across hybrid IT environments is limited by the quality of the tools available, a new study finds. Top Data Integration Initiatives The top data integration initiatives include migrating data from one system to another (42%), from back office to front office (37%),…
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The Coming of the Hybrid Cloud
For all intents and purposes, applications and IT infrastructure dominated the first two phases of cloud computing. Arguably, the first cloud applications were software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps that evolved into platforms. Then came infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), that over the last 10 years transformed how IT organizations think about servers, storage…
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How the Cloud Is Driving Business Transformation
Cloud services How the Cloud Is Driving Business Transformation As cloud computing adds complexity into the IT environment, there will be more demand for solution provider expertise to manage it. Cloud Use Expands 84% of companies said their cloud use increased in the last year. About half expect they will be using the cloud for…
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Container Adoption Continues to Pick Up Speed
Containers Container Adoption Continues to Pick Up Speed For solution providers, the rise of containers will affect everything from the number of servers firms need to the demand for tools to manage containers. Container Technology 78% of respondents are using or planning to use Docker, 24% are opting for Linux containerization technology in the form…
