Is multicloud or multi-cloud yet another piece of tech jargon or is it a strategy with actual merit? A recent article suggested that multicloud is the next step in ‘the evolution of cloud computing.’ In reality, it is a term that now appears to be regaining popularity as a cloud buzzword; yet, the …
Cloud vs. on-premises: Finding the right balance
So let me just stop you right here for a moment. If you though, reading the title, “Yeah, which is the right choice?” You have been misled. Where your hardware sits does not make your system a Cloud, despite the fact that many people talk about the cloud vs on-prem …
Five essential characteristics that transform your infrastructure into a Cloud Computing Cloud.
Is your “Cloud” missing pooled resources, how about on-demand access to those resources? If so, you may not actually have a cloud. There are five essential characteristics that a compute cloud must have – or it fails the requirements and it is not a cloud. In part 2 of this …
Answering the question, “What is Cloud?” can be hard. This will help.
With all the opinion-based cloud computing definitions out there, it is hard to come to an agreement about what “the Cloud” or a ‘cloud service’ is. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a clear and concise definition of what “Cloud” is that has been broadly …