Posts from Danielle Cook

Flexiant Newsletter: No ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Cloud Strategy Works

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March newsletter

Once again another month has brought change to the cloud service provider market. Acquisitions, AWS, Azure, IBM and Google’s continued growth and KubeCon EU gave some interesting perspectives on the industry as a whole. Read on for some industry insights as well as some resources to help with cloud billing and multi-cloud strategies.

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This Week’s Interesting Cloud Insights for Service Providers and Telcos

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In-The-News for Cloud Service Providers and Telcos

This week, we offer some news and blogs of interest for service providers and telcos. Hybrid cloud has really taken off, multi-cloud is complex to manage, cloud management deals validate adoption – oh and AWS had a birthday and was dumped in the same week. Read why how to choose the best cloud for your app, Verizon’s new cloud services path or continued security concerns.

Three hybrid cloud management issues and how to tackle them

Hybrid cloud gives enterprises the best of private and public cloud worlds. But effective management starts with addressing three key issues.

With the ability to combine private cloud and public cloud services with orchestration between the two, hybrid cloud gives enterprises the best of both worlds. But to fully realize the benefits of hybrid cloud, it’s important to implement hybrid cloud management practices that address three key issues: security, account management and billing, and resource provisioning. Read more at Search Cloud Computing.
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Interesting Cloud News from Around the Web

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Change is in the air this week as news from around the Web shows that Cisco is expanding its hybrid cloud management solution, Rackspace edges away from public cloud, Oracle wants to be a cloud powerhouse and NTT is revamping its cloud offering. Also, US vs. Europe becomes an issue with cloud pricing. Read on for our news around the Web.
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Flexiant Newsletter: Public Cloud Services Grow, Are Cloud Providers’ Opportunities Shrinking?

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February newsletter

Public Cloud Services Grow, Are Cloud Providers’ Opportunities Shrinking?

AWS and Azure are leaders in cloud, more companies are moving to the public cloud, telcos want more of an opportunity and multi-cloud is a reality. There is a lot happening in the public cloud services market – does this mean more opportunity for cloud service providers or are these opportunities shrinking? This month we offer our take on these issues.

You can also read how some companies are making the most of multi-cloud with Flexiant Concerto.

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This Week’s Best Cloud Insights for Service Providers and Telcos

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This week, we offer some of the best cloud insights we’ve learned from trusted sources. Read how to choose the best cloud for your app, learn about Verizon’s new cloud services path or how continued security concerns still plague the cloud.

How to choose the best cloud for your app

How should I match the applications in my portfolio with the most appropriate cloud? This question is becoming increasingly common in enterprise IT organizations today, and it can be difficult to answer. Often the decision depends on the sensitivity of the data within the application. At other times, public versus private cloud considerations are paramount. Other factors influencing the decision include business goals and whether or not speed or price must be optimized. Read the article at InfoWorld.
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