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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Nuvias moving to the next stage

Before he moves into the executive chairman role Paul Eccleston the CEO of the distributor talks about the journey the firm has ...

Arcserve increasing top tier support

Data protection specialist's EMEA channel boss is looking to renegerise the partner base and work more closely with those that ...

GDPR has not solved data protection problems

Industry research reveals the problems that customers are having using and protecting their data ten months after GDPR came into ...

SearchSecurity

Study reveals sale of SSL/TLS certificates on dark web

Security researchers discovered the availability of SSL/TLS certificates for sale on the dark web, which allow cybercriminals to ...

Hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords exposed internally

Facebook learned three months ago that hundreds of millions of passwords were stored internally in plaintext, but it didn't ...

Risk & Repeat: RSA Conference 2019 in review

This week's 'Risk & Repeat' podcast looks back at RSA Conference and discusses the show's diversity and inclusion efforts as well...

SearchStorage

7 storage questions ahead of Dell Technologies World

We'd like to know where Dell EMC stands on midrange storage, NVMe over fabrics, data protection, hyper-convergence, cloud and ...

SoftNAS Cloud users get security fix for vulnerability

SoftNAS says a web server and load balancer component it added to strengthen security for its Cloud NAS actually could enable ...

At Dell Technologies World, Dell will put its stamp on EMC

Dell EMC storage has taken on more of a 'Dell' feel over the past year, thanks in part to reliance on PowerEdge Servers and ...

SearchNetworking

How 5G can start a brand new era for the virtual RAN

5G is forging the way for operators to delve into virtualized RANs. Yet, despite its benefits, vRAN lacks standards and is still ...

Array Networks launches monitoring system for app performance

Array Networks launches a monitoring and reporting tool that draws data from the vendor's application delivery controllers to ...

VMware-VeloCloud sees the future of SD-WAN with 5G, hybrid cloud

A glimpse into one software-defined WAN vendor's vision shows a heavy interest in SD-WAN's integration with the network edge, 5G ...

SearchCloudComputing

Google Cloud taps into VMware vRealize for hybrid deployments

Google Cloud is now tied into VMware vRealize through a plug-in that enables users to manage on-premises VMware workloads ...

Kick-start your app migration strategy with these best practices

As the cloud becomes more popular, most enterprises will need a migration strategy. Before they move to the public cloud, ...

Strike a cost-performance balance in microservices deployment

To successfully deploy microservices in the cloud, IT teams should beware of these four common mistakes around resource locations...

SearchDataManagement

Why data silos matter: Settling ownership of data issues

Data ownership is still seen as a task for IT -- but that can lead to data silos full of redundant information. Find out why you ...

Machine learning approaches gain critical mass for data pros

Machine learning will bring change to analytics and data management, said data luminary Michael Stonebraker. Others agree ...

Big data management practices gain attention amid risks

Many data professionals have yet to solidify traditional data management practices, but they have a new set of challenges to ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Tableau-VoiceBase deal brings speech analytics data to users

Tableau's partnership with AI speech analytics vendor VoiceBase enables users both inside and outside of the contact center to ...

NYPD's Patternizr crime analysis tool raises AI bias concerns

The NYPD has rolled out Patternizr, a machine learning algorithm that helps analysts identify crime patterns but highlights the ...

Users find data preparation tools vital to BI strategies

Data preparation isn't the sexiest topic, but it's critically important to IT and business users, according to a study by Dresner...