Google's cloud push makes it a three-horse race At Google Next last week, the company announced capabilities ranging from machine learning to identity and access management, as well as more big dataRead More…

Apple and Dropbox dump AWS — should you? Both Apple and Dropbox are moving at least some of their cloud services away from Amazon Web Services’ public IaaS cloud. Apple reportedly isRead More…

3 tips for successfully migrating data to the cloud If your enterprise is ready to move data to the cloud, you need to think long and hard about how to migrate theRead More…

Old-school vendors share in Oracle's cloud troubles In the cloud era, it’s getting tougher and tougher to make it as a traditional enterprise software vendor. The latest example: Oracle. In the lastRead More…

The cloud's missing link: Monitoring and management Monitoring and management of cloud-based production environments is often an afterthought. Why? Perhaps there is so much to think about — security, cost management, andRead More…

Why data in the cloud changes everything In my conversations this week as a moderator at the Structure Data conference, it was clear that some companies are stretching the boundaries of usingRead More…

Cisco's CliQr cloud purchase is bad news for enterprises In another example of consolidation in the cloud market, Cisco Systems intends to buy cloud-management platform provider CliQr Technologies for $260 million. That’sRead More…

Moving to the cloud? First choose the right apps Most enterprise IT shops have more than 1,000 applications they must understand or relearn before moving any of them to the cloud. YouRead More…