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The dawn of real-time defense: security transformation in the 2000s

The dawn of real-time defense: security transformation in the 2000s

As part of our 5-part series on the evolution of cybersecurity, check out our third article below that covers how the beginning of the 21st century witnessed a relentless battle between cybercriminals and security experts, fueled by the rapid evolution of...

/ November 14, 2023
Hybrid cloud automation creates MSP opportunity

Hybrid cloud automation creates MSP opportunity

IT teams are starting to conclude that cloud automation has become too much of a good thing. A global survey of 535 IT leaders conducted by Broadcom finds that more than 81 percent have multiple cloud automation solutions in place,...

/ September 13, 2023
Survey shows strong need for external cloud expertise

Survey shows strong need for external cloud expertise

A global survey of 1,000 technology practitioners and decision-makers conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of HashiCorp finds 43 percent plan to work more strategically with systems integrators, resellers, and consultants, to better manage their cloud computing environments. There is...

/ June 28, 2023
Growing cloud complexity creates MSP opportunity

Growing cloud complexity creates MSP opportunity

More organizations than ever are employing multiple cloud service providers, but with the addition of each cloud platform, concerns about cost appear to correspondingly increase. A survey of 350 IT leaders in the U.S. and United Kingdom conducted by Virtana,...

/ May 22, 2023
Will ‘cloud repatriation’ hurt you?

Will ‘cloud repatriation’ hurt you?

Reports are starting to emerge that some organisations are bringing workloads from the cloud back to owned datacentres as the benefits of cloud computing they had hoped for have not been achieved. Many MSPs operate on a cloud basis –...

/ February 15, 2023
Rise of multi-cloud computing bodes well for MSPs

Rise of multi-cloud computing bodes well for MSPs

The management of cloud computing environments is becoming a bigger opportunity for service providers as more organizations begin to consume services from multiple providers.

/ January 18, 2023
MSPs need to focus on cloud services that matter most

MSPs need to focus on cloud services that matter most

There’s no doubt that cloud computing services can be overwhelming to navigate, but a new survey suggests that the actual number of services regularly used by organizations is rather narrow. Civo, a provider of cloud services, recently surveyed IT leaders...

/ October 6, 2022
Confidential computing starts to gain traction in the cloud

Confidential computing starts to gain traction in the cloud

A survey of 452 IT and security professionals conducted by the Cloud Service Alliance (CSA) finds more than a quarter of organizations (27 percent) surveyed are already using confidential computing platforms to better protect data, with another 55 percent planning...

/ August 4, 2022 / 6 Comments
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Hybrid remains dominant approach to cloud computing

Hybrid remains dominant approach to cloud computing

A global survey of 256 IT and security professionals conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) finds just shy of two-thirds of respondents (61 percent) are employing some form of hybrid cloud computing.

/ February 10, 2022
Need to rein in cloud costs creates opportunities for MSP

Need to rein in cloud costs creates opportunities for MSP

According to a pair of recent reports, organizations are becoming sensitive to cloud computing costs more than ever before. This is good news for managed service providers (MSPs) though, as it’s creating new opportunities.

/ January 27, 2022