Many companies only consider the public cloud model when considering a digital (cloud) transformation. In this episode, Kumulus Technologies CTO and Founder, Robert Starmer, argues that there are cases when a private cloud will provide greater value to your business. Robert takes a closer look at some of the assumptions that …
Multicloud? More than a new name for hybrid cloud?
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 …
Do you need a Public or a Private Cloud – the Rent or Buy question.
Ben Franklin was wise with his money and he would have certainly considered his ROI on using Public or Private cloud services. It is clear that IT is headed towards a cloud centric model for all future development and deployment services, and this raises the age old model of rent vs. …
Where is your Cloud; who can see it?
In this final of four posts series on “What is the Cloud?”, Robert Starmer, CTO and Principal of Kumulus Technologies, explains the differences between the deployment or access models and wraps up the journey through the parts of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s formal definition of cloud …
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 …