Podcasts

CloudCast Weekly: Cloud consulting services, check-in with OpenStack

In this week-in-review podcast, our site editors discuss the trend of providers offering cloud consulting services, plus the news around OpenStack.
CloudCast Weekly: Object storage news, BYOD for backup, SDN survey data

In this week-in-review podcast, Jessica and Gina discuss backup and storage opportunities for providers, and preview some results of a new SDN survey.

Amazon cloud outage underscores limits of automation

In this week-in-review podcast, our editors discuss the implications of the latest Amazon cloud outage and the human error that caused it.
Amazon big data warehousing service Redshift signals market readiness

In this week-in-review podcast, SearchCloudProvider.com editors discuss what Redshift, Amazon's new data warehousing service, means for the market.
Effect of software-defined storage on VARs and their customers

Storage expert Mark Peters describes the concept of software-defined storage, its likely adopters and the effect it will have on VARs.
Are PaaS providers more likely to succeed?

Cloud providers struggling in the IaaS market may have no other choice than to morph into PaaS providers and focus on more advanced cloud services.
How partnerships can kick-start your cloud provider business

There are plenty of cloud computing opportunities out there, but choosing the right one can be daunting for cloud providers just starting out.
What you need to know about AWS Reserved Instance Marketplace

Tune in as our editors discuss the new Amazon Web Services (AWS) Reserved Instance Marketplace and whether other providers should follow suit.
Why Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) changes the game for SMBs

In this weekly podcast, our editors discuss how cloud is making disaster recovery, in the form of DR as a Service (DRaaS), more accessible to SMBs.
OpenStack, VMware join forces, but to what end?

In its decision to join OpenStack, VMware validated open cloud -- at least symbolically. Our editors dissect the news in this weekly podcast.
What it takes to win government cloud customers

In our weekly podcast, we discuss the adoption barriers cloud providers face in government cloud adoption as well as how to overcome those challenges.
How cloud monitoring stops bugs from becoming disasters

In our weekly podcast, we discuss how cloud monitoring helps service providers catch problems in the data center before they turn into catastrophes.
For Rackspace, OpenStack helps dispel customer's lock-in fears

According to Rackspace, OpenStack is the antidote for cloud lock-in. But is that enough to lure away Amazon and Google customers?
Why resell a white-label Microsoft Azure cloud?

Microsoft has relaxed its branding strategy, as it will allow partners to resell white-label Microsoft Azure cloud services under their own brands.

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Videos

AI: The smart side of surveillance

Surveillance combined with artificial intelligence allows fast and superior levels of data analysis and reaction to make smart, ...

Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

A busy week with lots of announcements of fresh faces taking up roles across the industry

ASL swoops for Smart Print

Managed print and office specialist makes continues to use acquisition as a way of extending the reach of the business

SearchSecurity

ConnectWise ransomware attacks affecting Automate customers

ConnectWise warned that ransomware attacks are targeting open ports for its Automate on-premises application, but the company has...

Trend Micro insider threat steals, sells customer data

A Trend Micro employee stole and sold customer support data, which was used by a malicious third-party actor to scam consumer ...

Creating and managing a zero-trust security framework

IEEE senior member Kevin Curran outlines how enterprises should introduce a zero-trust security framework and discusses ...

SearchStorage

New API lets Azure Stack connect to Scality object storage

New Azure Blob API will enable Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Edge hybrid and private cloud customers to use scale-out Scality ...

Infinidat storage plans NVMe-oF driver in 2020

Infinidat CTO Brian Carmody says NVMe protocol is a 'perfect match' for hybrid InfiniBox disk arrays. Customers are beta testing ...

Why application intelligence is the linchpin of modern data centers

SearchNetworking

After a data breach occurs, follow this network security checklist

Before a network breach occurs, you should already have a response plan in place. To make sure you're taking a proactive approach...

Explore evolving network performance monitoring tools

The network performance monitoring market is changing to address the emergence of IoT and AI. Read more about the NPM market ...

Cisco Meraki Go chasing Best Buy customers

The latest Cisco Meraki Go products cost as little as $149 -- a price that could attract Best Buy customers.

SearchCloudComputing

Microsoft cybersecurity training to become mandatory for its workers

Microsoft's cybersecurity training program, which uses AI-powered tools to reinforce learning, is mandated for all employees. It ...

IBM's financial services cloud offers developer opportunity

IBM hopes to bring developers to its new financial services cloud that runs on the IBM Cloud platform and uses Red Hat OpenShift ...

How the Microsoft and Oracle partnership affects IT workloads

Oracle and Microsoft's move to unite sometimes-competitive applications and cloud environments means that businesses can focus ...

SearchDataManagement

ScyllaDB set to improve NoSQL database performance

ScyllaDB has been helpful for big organizations such as Comcast, which was able to trim from nearly 1,000 database nodes to 78 ...

Translytical data platforms provide options to unify databases

Forrester identifies top vendors in the translytical database category and common elements that help make the unified database ...

Okera shines Spotlight on data lake insights

Possessing data stored in a data lake can be an important asset, but understanding how the data is being used, or in some cases ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Yellowfin 9 marked by developer tools, revamped mobile app

The latest product update from BI vendor Yellowfin features new dashboard design tools, a revamped mobile app and a repackaged ...

Evolution of analytics marked by wider dissemination of data

With BI platforms getting easier to use by the year and enabling more self-service users in process, the value of analytics is ...

Analytics revolution has spread the wealth of information

Business intelligence over the last 20 years has been marked by the opening up of data to everyday business users after it was ...