In 2020, Accenture conducted a survey that found only 37% of companies feel they are “achieving the full value expected on their cloud investments.” At the same time, Flexera found that 47% of companies expected their cloud budgets to grow over the next year. These companies are not seeing the value in...
“Just move it all to the cloud” is a message that many hyperscale providers have been pushing and promoting over the years. And many a corporate board has pushed the same to their CIO and respective IT leadership team. The promise and value proposition for cloud computing is seemingly simple and direct—move from a Capital Expenditures (CapEx) to an Operating...
CloudIf you have been with us over the last few weeks, you know that we have been asking you to Cloud Different, with the three key elements of Cloud Different being to Cloud Smarter, Read Article
Security is top of mind these days. Every few weeks we hear about another new incident that has ended up costing millions and forever damaging a company’s reputation. Data breaches, ransomware, DDoS attacks, and ongoing cybersecurity threats are not only escalating but also becoming more costly. A recent report from the Ponemon Institute has the average...
Security and ComplianceMarch is Women’s History Month, and it’s exciting to see the role that talented, driven women at Expedient play at work, at home, in life! From Market Vice Presidents to marketing, and every department in between, they’re making a difference on a daily basis. So let’s celebrate Women’s History Month by shining the spotlight on some of those women. In...
March is Women’s History Month, and it’s exciting to see the role that talented, driven women at Expedient play at work, at home, in life! From Market Vice Presidents to marketing, and every department in between, they’re making a difference on a daily basis. So let’s celebrate Women’s History Month by shining the spotlight on some of those women. In...
Security is not for the faint of heart. It is estimated that a business will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 11 seconds by 2021 (Herjavec Group). Cybercrime is estimated to cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021 (Cybersecurity Ventures) up from $2 trillion in 2019 (Juniper). The universe of tools needed to keep your organization safe is...
Security and ComplianceIf you have been with us over the last few weeks, you know that we have been asking you to Cloud Different™, with the three key elements of Cloud Different™ being to Cloud Smarter, Cloud Safer, and Cloud Simplified. Today, I am going to dig a little deeper into Cloud Smarter. As we look back to the last fifteen years...
CloudI’m not much for anniversaries but it has been fifteen years. That is the milestone cloud computing will cross in 2021. A decade and a half of innovation and transformation in both business models and operating models across the globe for companies of all shapes and sizes, all started with the launch of Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute...
CloudWe’re about to cross the finish line on a tremendously difficult year for most organizations. And this year more than any other, December 31st certainly feels like a finish line that’s been painted on the ground. Getting there will be an accomplishment. As the holidays approach, it’s easy to get wrapped up in planning for 2021 and starting to focus...
Still trying to figure out the difference between IaaS and PaaS? We can help. Watch the webinar replay here. Ask three colleagues what cloud computing is, and you’ll get three different answers. Ask three cloud providers, you’ll get three different pitches. Three consultants, three different strategies… All these different explanations could be correct. The cloud isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution,...
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