With approximately 96% of companies now utilizing public cloud services, businesses across industries are leveraging the flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency of the cloud. Yet, despite these clear advantages, many organizations encounter obstacles during their cloud migration journey. With the right approach, however, businesses can overcome these hurdles. From streamlining workflows to enabling data-driven decision-making, cloud-based intelligent automation (IA) […]
How Changes to Cloud Egress Fees May – or May Not – Help You Save Money
For years, cloud egress fees – the costs incurred when data moves out of a cloud environment – were like death and taxes. They were unavoidable for any organization that used the cloud. But that has changed over the past few months as major cloud providers Google, Amazon and Microsoft have announced the discontinuation of […]
Debunking Cloud and Cloud Migration Myths
Many companies hesitate to migrate to the cloud for a variety of valid reasons. However, these migration concerns are often based on misconceptions that keep companies from realizing the financial and operational benefits of the cloud. The following blog post addresses some of the myths around the public cloud, including cost control obstacles, compliance shortfalls, […]
Achieving Successful Cloud Migration in Healthcare
The healthcare cloud computing market is growing rapidly and is expected to exceed $62 billion by 2030. As cloud-based solutions become more prevalent in healthcare, they are transforming clinical, finance, HR, and supply chain operations. According to a recent survey of hospital and health system leaders, 45% of respondents already use cloud-based supply chain management technologies. By 2026, it’s […]
Three Causes of Cloud Migration Failure in Large Enterprises
In the ever-evolving landscape of the modern business world, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is taking the industry by storm. Companies increasingly recognize the transformative potential of GenAI and machine learning. To harness the full power of these technologies, it is critical for organizations to embrace cloud computing. Cloud migration is not a mere option but […]
Four Steps to Ensure a Smooth Cloud Migration
When it comes to cloud migration, there’s a lot to consider – which workloads should be migrated, how much storage space is needed, which cloud provider is best for your workloads, not to mention how much it will cost. But the biggest mistake that organizations can make when migrating to the cloud is not asking these questions […]
Developing a Cloud Migration Strategy
Cloud migration involves moving an organization’s data, applications, digital services, databases, and other IT resources to the cloud environment. A cloud migration strategy contains the blueprint for making this move happen. According to Gartner, more than 45% of IT spending will shift from traditional data-processing platforms to the cloud by 2024. This observation reaffirms the cloud platform’s popularity as […]
7 Steps to Migrating (Successfully) to the Cloud
Salespeople promise that migrations to the cloud will bring about greener pastures, with more money remaining in our pockets. It seems possible, so we make the switch and wait. Yet, months of waiting brings about more of the same. It doesn’t appear to have benefitted our budgets. This is not because migrating to the cloud doesn’t save […]
Plans for Cloud Cost Management and Resource Optimization in 2023
With a recession looming and continuous economic uncertainty hovering, companies are looking for ways to cut costs. If they made it through the period of layoffs, now they’re turning to their tools to see where they can cut back and maximize usage of their resources. Looking into 2023, we’ll see many companies turning to cloud […]
Unstructured Data Management Predictions for 2023
The global economic outlook for 2023 is tepid at best; inflation is waning but threats of recession still loom heavy in many countries. IT leaders will place their bets on strategic cloud and analytics investments – two areas where there is ample proof of cutting costs and delivering insights that can create new value from […]