Over the last year, a series of high-profile cyber attacks caught the attention of media, national governments, and the broader public. Spectacular data breaches like those that affected Colonial Pipeline, JBS, and SolarWinds can have dramatic consequences for the victims, ranging from ransomware payments to significant reputational damage. As a result, it’s no surprise that many organizations design their […]
Do You Have “Okta” for Your Data?
SaaS platforms exploded in the last few years for excellent reasons: scalability, cost, accessibility, and flexibility. But like any explosion, it left some messes in its wake. For IT and security teams, in particular, the increasing number of solutions in use created a seemingly never-ending need to add users, remove users, or change permissions every […]
How Data Privacy Laws Impact Companies’ Approach to Cloud Security
Globally, organizations are churning out data in massive volumes for a plethora of reasons. Data enables organizations to speed up innovation, take business-critical decisions confidently, get deep consumer insights, and use all that information to stay ahead of their competitors. However, where does all that data go? They can’t possibly keep all that data stored […]
3 Ways AI Engineering Can Help Drive Broader Adoption
There is no shortage of hype about AI’s potential. But to truly realize that value, we must deploy it in the field repeatedly and reliably in an ever-changing world – and therein lies the challenge. For AI to work sooner, better, and faster, organizations must operationalize more AI programs so they can start collecting and learning […]
Why the Cloud-Native Enterprise Is the Future of Business
The pandemic has been a test for many businesses, especially when it comes to their agility, adaptability, and resilience. The ongoing crisis has shown that organizations must be equipped to rapidly respond to unexpected crises – be they cyberattacks, natural disasters, or even a global pandemic. To add to these, businesses constantly face a myriad […]
A Brief History of Cloud Computing
In 1963, DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) presented MIT with $2 million for Project MAC. The funding included a requirement for MIT to develop technology allowing for a “computer to be used by two or more people, simultaneously.” In this case, one of those gigantic, archaic computers using reels of magnetic tape for […]
3 Steps to Maintain Total Data Visibility
We live in an era where data is progressively becoming the essential and the only fuel for thriving business success. And the rapidly growing volumes of data have raised several security concerns that can’t be overlooked. Though managing the in-house data stored locally wasn’t really a tough nut to crack, cloud computing has made data visibility and […]
IT Careers: 3 Top Skills to Learn This Winter
During the pandemic, we have seen an enormous shift in the way businesses are conducting their operations, especially in the IT department. As digital transformation transpired practically overnight, IT teams became even more crucial to an organization’s success. Remote work is not going away anytime soon, and companies need to rethink the skills they want and expect […]
Cloud Computing Trends in 2022
The global business environment has recently changed in many ways, from the pandemic to international supply chains issues and so many others, how we work and shop will likely never be the same. As a consequence, acceptance and use of cloud computing technologies has accelerated significantly – with eCommerce and working remotely as two cultural […]
What to Know Before Crafting a Cloud Disaster Recovery Plan
Click to learn more about author George Williams. In order to effectively back up all of data and resources with cloud disaster recovery, organizations need to craft a disaster recovery (DR) plan beforehand. This way, they will know exactly what to do and what to back up, and will save a lot of time and […]