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Hybrid multicloud storage: Pros, cons and key workloads

5 minutes of reading / Accenture, AWS, Azure, Cloud, compliance, data analytics, Dell, Hitachi, HP, hybrid cloud, IBM, Kubernetes, multicloud, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

Hybrid multicloud storage is intended to create the best of all worlds. By mixing on-premise technology with multiple public cloud resources, enterprises hope to optimise the attributes of each with regard to pricing, capacity, performance, features, security and resilience. The challenge is to create a coherent storage architecture out of multiple technologies rather than a…

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Hybrid cloud storage vs on-premise: What data goes where?

5 minutes of reading / AI, AWS, business continuity, Cloud, compliance, hybrid cloud, multicloud, SAP, Tech / By

For enterprises that want to extend their storage strategy, the public cloud is a place to start that can bring quick wins. After all, cloud technology is quick to deploy, needs little to no capital outlay, and can grow quickly with the business to store more data, especially unstructured data. Analyst Gartner predicts that enterprises…

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How Broadcom cemented its European cloud sovereignty credentials

7 minutes of reading / AI, Broadcom, Cloud, data privacy, GDPR, Google, hybrid cloud, Intel, Microsoft, multicloud, Tech / By

Data sovereignty is about the legal ability to control how data can be shared and used. Sounds simple, but how it’s applied can vary significantly. What does it mean from the perspectives of the European Union (EU) and VMware following the firm’s acquisition by Broadcom?  For the latter, there’s been intense market scrutiny on Hock…

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CMA: AWS and Microsoft deny cloud discounts have anti-competitive effect on market

6 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Cloud, Computer, Google, IBM, Microsoft, multicloud, Oracle, Tech / By

Cloud customers are failing to see how the offering of committed spend discounts could contribute towards them becoming locked in to hyperscale cloud platforms, according to the interim findings of an anti-trust probe into the inner workings of the UK cloud industry.   The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the first of a…

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IBM boss discusses long-term VM migration opportunity

3 minutes of reading / AI, automation, containers, hybrid cloud, IBM, multicloud, open source, Tech / By

IBM’s latest quarterly earnings filing coincided with the company’s plans to spend $6.4bn acquiring HashiCorp. IBM reported revenue of $14.5bn, up 1% from the same quarter in 2023, with software revenue growing 5% to $5.9bn. Automation, with growth of 14%, was the biggest contributor to IBM’s software revenue; meanwhile, Red Hat grew 9%. IBM chairman…

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Oracle Cloud: A discussion about public cloud, dedicated regions and Alloy

5 minutes of reading / Azure, Cloud, compliance, data privacy, Microsoft, multicloud, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, Tech / By

Pradeep Vincent is the chief technical architect and senior vice-president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). His role involves internal engineering of all the services in OCI. At Oracle Cloud World in London earlier this month, Vincent talked about the work Oracle has done with Microsoft, first with a cloud interconnect, and most recently, putting the…

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Google Cloud abolishes data egress fees for global customer base

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Google will no longer charge customers fees for transferring their data out of its cloud when switching to a new provider, as part of a concerted push to distance itself from its public cloud competition. Amit Zavery, general manager, vice-president and head of platform at Google Cloud, announced the move in a blog post, and…

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Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023

2 minutes of reading / branding, cloud-native, Computer, Dell, Hitachi, HP, Huawei, hybrid cloud, IBM, multicloud, Tech / By

By the beginning of 2023, the biggest storage supplier (Dell EMC) had seen growth in market share, while a giant of the past (IBM) had seen things slide. At the same time, Huawei consolidated its position near the top of the league and Pure Storage benefitted from increasing market share. At the same time, all…

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CDO interview: Andy Moore, chief data officer, Bentley Motors

7 minutes of reading / AI, Cloud, data science, digital transformation, machine learning, Microsoft, multicloud, social media, Tech / By

Andy Moore, chief data officer at Bentley Motors, had a passion for cars as a young child. Luckily for him, it’s an interest he’s been able to foster during his career as a digital leader at Bentley, where he’s worked for more than 20 years. “I stayed here because every time I’ve looked for my…

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Ofcom cloud report: What interventions could the CMA take against AWS and Microsoft?

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Ofcom’s work uncovered three types of prevailing anti-competitive behaviour and practices within the UK public cloud market, which is what prompted it to refer the sector over to the CMA for a more thorough probe.This behaviour included the charging of egress fees when customers attempt to extricate their data from a public cloud provider’s servers,…

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