This post is part of our Microsoft in a Multi-Cloud World series. Read the rest. Cloud adoption is growing and many companies that went all in on a single hyperscale cloud are quickly experiencing something they didn’t expect—a rapid spike in costs, sometimes two to five times what was expected at...
Expedient + Azure CloudThis post is part of our Microsoft in a Multi-Cloud World series. Read the rest. Just about every business today recognizes the incredible power of cloud but almost universally fails in grasping the challenges that comes with this journey. This blind spot ultimately leads to failure—Cloud Security Alliance...
Expedient + Azure CloudThis post is part of our Microsoft in a Multi-Cloud World series. Read the rest. Cloud computing has radically transformed the way products and services are conceived and delivered. It’s revolutionized the way we work and the speed at which we do business. Organizations flock to the cloud model for a...
Expedient + Azure CloudThis post is part of our Microsoft in a Multi-Cloud World series. Read the rest. Businesses today face a massive challenge in managing the expansive IT environments that have been pieced together over decades by various teams. In an effort to untangle this web, IT has tried everything from public and...
Expedient + Azure CloudThis post is part of our Microsoft in a Multi-Cloud World series. Read the rest. Complexity can derail any transformation effort because, while the benefits are dramatic, the process is nuanced and unforgiving. This is especially true when it comes to cloud where companies often fail to realize that success is...
Expedient + Azure CloudThis post is part of our Demystifying Ransomware series. Read the rest. The headlines just keep piling up! In the past few weeks, we’ve seen ransomware attacks continue to wreak havoc on supply chains and disrupt services. The latest round of casualties includes JBS, the world’s largest processor of fresh beef and pork,...
Demystifying Ransomware Disaster RecoveryA day of reckoning appears to be at hand over public cloud spending. The promise and exuberance of cloud computing have given way to disillusionment and a “hangover” of epic proportions over managing costs. A recent post by Martin Casado and Sarah Wang at Andreessen Horowitz provides some very interesting insights into cloud spending habits from 50 public...
CloudThis post is part of our Demystifying Ransomware series. Read the rest. Ransomware attacks have become so common that it’s no longer a matter of how many cyberattacks happen per day — that metric is now measured in seconds. A new company will be hit by a ransomware attack Read Article
This month, Cloud Spectator, a benchmarking agency focused on cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), released their 2021 Cloud Performance Analysis. This report explored how 4 key cloud providers﹣AWS, Azure, GCP, and Expedient﹣stack up, by evaluating the CPU, Storage, and Database performance across multiple VM configurations. I am excited to share that the Expedient Enterprise Cloud was measured as the best value of...
CloudIn 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...
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