The public cloud presents new opportunities and challenges for IT. Applications and services can be spun up on demand, relieving IT of provisioning and maintenance burdens. But IT is still on the hook for security, service level management, identity and authentication, and more. Our Public Cloud Tech Center delivers strategies, best practices, emerging technology and the latest IT-based research to help guide you through the provider claims, business demands and technology challenges that come with SaaS, IaaS and more.
News and Analysis
Cloud Data Centers: Power Savings or Power Drain?
A new model introduced by Berkeley Labs recommends moving data center applications to the cloud to save energy, but is that necessary?
IBM Spends $1.2 Billion On New Cloud Datacenters
Company builds on cloud strategy with 15 new data centers designed to help customers meet compliance requirements and improve application reliability.
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Blogs
Cloud Services And The Hidden Cost Of Downtime
March 18, 2014 01:54 PM
Posted by Frank J. Ohlhorst
IT managers must factor in potential cloud outages when calculating the true cost of a cloud service.
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Why Client-Side Encryption Is Critical For Cloud Privacy
March 12, 2014 12:37 PM
Posted by Rick Harvey
The only way to ensure privacy in the cloud era is to shift to a model in which the cloud customer controls encryption keys, not the cloud provider.
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IPv6: Sweet Spots of Adoption
March 03, 2014 07:32 AM
Posted by Erik Nygren
IPv6 adoption has been surging ahead. Find out how it correlates with network operator adoption, mobile devices, and desktop operating systems.
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IPv6 Adoption: Here at Last
February 27, 2014 09:43 AM
Posted by Erik Nygren
IPv6 adoption has finally turned the corner. IT organizations and networks without an active IPv6 rollout program may find themselves caught unawares.
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Data Protection In The Cloud: The Basics
February 24, 2014 02:21 PM
Posted by David Hill
Understanding your options for moving backup, disaster recovery or business continuity processes to the cloud can be confusing. Here's a primer.
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Cloud Growth Drives Need For Unified Datacenter Monitoring
January 07, 2014 05:09 PM
Posted by Frank J. Ohlhorst
Today's complex, cloud-enabled datacenter requires network monitoring tools that provide a comprehensive view of traffic.
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