Cloud technologies are gaining momentum everyday in the largest data centers and the smallest businesses, offering services that encompass everything from the infrastructure down to the software level. There are many potential benefits as well as risks, but market leaders like Amazon, Rackspace, IBM, and Microsoft are bringing the cloud from the bleeding edge to the center of the IT landscape.
IT departments used to have to make an argument for moving applications from the data center to the cloud. Now it’s the other way around in many organizations, as companies are more openly embracing the cloud. In March 2017, TechRepublic Premium conducted a survey to get an idea of what companies are moving to the ...
This archived TechRepublic Premium report, originally published in January 2014, is available for free to registered TechRepublic members. For all the latest research reports, 100+ ready-made policies, IT job descriptions, and more, check out TechRepublic Premium. From the report: Security is always a concern for IT professionals, so in October, TechRepublic Premium launched an online ...
A few months ago, TechRepublic Premium surveyed IT leaders about digital transformation in their organizations. Only 20% said they had a comprehensive digital transformation strategy in place, but this doesn’t mean digital transformation hasn’t been happening. Report author Mary Shacklett points out that, “What in fact has been happening is a democratization of digital transformation ...
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) allows companies to use virtualized resources for services like email, file servers, databases, and security services. Rather than maintaining an internal data center, businesses can connect to an external provider to provide the same functions. The provider owns the systems involved and is generally responsible for the maintenance and upkeep, ...
This archived TechRepublic Premium report, originally published in September 2013, is available for free to registered TechRepublic members. For all the latest research reports, 100+ ready-made policies, IT job descriptions, and more, check out TechRepublic Premium. From the report: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a growing solution for many organizations, as shown in an ...
The cloud ROI multiplier – the relative return on investment (ROI) delivered by cloud applications versus on-premise ones – is on the rise. In a recent analysis of Nucleus ROI case studies published in the past few years, Nucleus found that cloud application projects deliver 2.1 times the ROI of on-premise ones – up 24 ...
Software as a service offers many advantages over traditional software delivery models, and is expected to become the default solution for businesses. When TechRepublic Premium last looked at SaaS, in 2013, it was in fast growth mode, but that has flattened out a bit. In this report, we take a look at some of the ...
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Responses to a 2016 TechRepublic Premium survey indicate that AI and machine learning will be a significant area of development for IT in the next few years. Forty-two percent of respondents, most of whom were in tech leadership positions, said their company lacks the skills necessary to implement and support AI and machine learning. Almost ...
You have discovered the significance of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and the convenience it offers. Big and small companies and even startups have adopted PaaS; your competitors too are either ready to jump onto the bandwagon or are contemplating like you. But have you figured if PaaS is what you need or if PaaS will be viable ...
According to the findings of the fifth annual ‘Future of Cloud Computing Survey,’ conducted by North Bridge and Wikibon in 2015, Cloud adopters aren’t facing the question of ‘whether’ but rather they’re facing the question of ‘how much.’ Globally, Cloud adoption has reached astounding levels across business enterprises and the dynamics of the market are ...
Platform as a Service (PaaS) has emerged on the scene slowly, but what a performance it is about to put up! In fact, many of the organizations are now choosing PaaS because it offers the agility to become Cloud-competent. With the advanced level of responsiveness it offers, developers can focus better on business requirements rather ...
The Cloud offers advantages, such as flexibility of operations and lower operating costs. Plus, it doesn’t have the restrictions that legacy software had and has revolutionized the processes of IT service delivery and user access to data. Hence, it is not difficult to understand why an increasing number of businesses are gearing up to adopt ...
Cloud technology has become firmly established among companies of all sizes, and in virtually even industry, and in every geographical region. There’s now a broad acceptance of both public and private clouds as complement, or even replacements, to on premises IT. Companies are looking for ways to adopt a hybrid cloud approach and which vendors ...
The cloud is gaining traction in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market and most vendors now have a cloud o ering. After examining small and medium companies that have implemented cloud ERP, Nucleus found customers were able to achieve substantial benefits, including reduced IT costs, increased employee productivity, and better inventory management. This report analyzes ...