Hackers are leaning more heavily on cloud resources

Underground cloud services may seem like an oxymoron, but they are quite real, and criminals are using them to speed up attacks and leave very little room for compromised businesses to react. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which found terabytes of internal business data and logins – including for Google, Amazon and PayPal …

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How to reorganize your IT infrastructure to meet the growing demand for private cloud

This unexpected, tectonic shift toward cloud solutions is going to put an inevitable strain on IT infrastructure. But just because the strain is inevitable, does not mean that businesses can’t mitigate against it through preparation and organization. Let’s take a look at why private cloud solutions are booming in popularity. As little as one year ago, remote working was regarded …

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More sensitive data is moving to the cloud than ever

Confidence in the security of cloud-based data solutions is growing, as more and more organizations decide to move sensitive data off-premises. This is according to a new report from Trustwave, based on a poll of 966 IT pros, which states that 96 percent plan to move sensitive data to the cloud over the next two years. What’s more, more than …

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Cloud computing is hot, but cloud wastage is chilling

‘Doing the right things’ and ‘doing the things right’ are two nearly identical sentences; yet, by swapping a few words around, the meaning can change drastically – especially in the world of Information Technology. Take cloud computing. Migrating to cloud computing falls under ‘doing the right things’; using the cloud effectively and efficiently falls under ‘doing the things right’. And …

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IBM set to spin off managed infrastructure services to focus on hybrid cloud

Next year, IBM will split into two separate public companies, according to reports. One part of the business will focus on hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI), and is expected to be led by Red Hat, while the other part will focus more on legacy IT infrastructure. We still don’t know much about the new company, but it will reportedly …

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Businesses struggling to implement hybrid cloud effectively

Even though most companies see hybrid cloud as the ideal IT model, many are having trouble implementing it. This is according to a new report from enterprise cloud computing firm Nutanix, which states that digital transformation took longer than expected for 70 percent of organizations. Almost all of the companies polled think they would benefit from an “optimal” hybrid implementation, …

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Google Cloud is going 100 percent carbon free

Google wants to demonstrate that a carbon-free economy is entirely possible, and it’s going to use its cloud business as an example. Urs Hölzle, Google Cloud SVP for Technical Infrastructure, has announced a pledge to run the entirety of the company’s operations on solar and wind energy by 2030. “Today, we set our most ambitious energy goal yet: to run …

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Best cloud storage 2020 for photos and pictures: free and paid

Our photo albums are some of our most treasured possessions, connecting us to our past and sparking our memories. There’s a reason they say a picture paints a thousand words. But the days of hard copy albums are largely a thing of the past.  Today the easiest and most secure way to store photos is not in a physical album …

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AWS and Google Cloud help push cloud revenues to new highs

The global shift towards remote working has led to another bumper quarter for the world’s top cloud computing companies. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed it saw a 29% growth in revenues for its Q2 as demand for cloud computing around the world continued to increase. However this was overshadowed by rival Google Cloud, which revealed its Q2 revenues grew …

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