In a world where many organizations run their entire operation from the cloud, robust cloud security standards are critical. Cloud infrastructure also creates multiple unique compliance, security, and governance challenges. To mitigate risk, organizations must develop and implement security standards that account for the threats facing IT infrastructure in a cloud-first world. Cloud security standards…
Cloud computing is an indispensable component of today’s enterprises, enabling them to function more efficiently. With this increased reliance on cloud services, it is essential to establish a plan for managing cloud costs and maximizing returns on investments. Cloud cost management tools are an excellent way to optimize cloud spending, and their effectiveness has increased…
Cloud governance is about mitigating risk and ensuring smooth cloudops for enterprises. It achieves this by setting out the rules, policies, and procedures to be followed by your organization when running services in the cloud. It is likely that your organization already has an IT governance framework for its on-premise systems that sets out the…
An organization might adopt a multi-cloud strategy to leverage the unique capabilities of different cloud providers and avoid vendor lock-in. According to Gartner, 81% of respondents in a recent survey were using two or more cloud providers. Containerizing applications using technologies like Kubernetes provides the flexibility to run applications everywhere. While a multi-cloud strategy can…
Enterprises embrace cloud with a hope to reduce IT costs. But they often experience the contrary and the costs continue to increase. So, where are the cloud savings? One of the prime reasons for this is not giving enough importance to automation and governance especially at the early stages of cloud adoption. Over time, as…