David Linthicum

These days most companies are onboard with cloud computing.  However, what factors or trends do they need to weigh as they seek to improve their deployment in 2018? Of course, it varies based upon the particular company, but there are some universal trends to look at, as well as some advice to provide.  We’ll take […]

Guess what?  Serverless computing is not actually serverless, and containers do not really contain, they abstract. Keeping track of semantics in the cloud computing space is a full-time job, and I’m often asked to make calls that may go against current logic. The latest hot topic is that serverless will slowly overtake containers, and, more […]

In a recent survey, Sumo Logic surveyed 1,500 customers who employ cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).  According to the survey, a quarter of the respondents have already deployed Docker containers and nearly as many (23 percent) are employing the AWS Lambda serverless computing framework. It’s […]

Microsoft just came out with a private cloud…well, another one.  They tried private cloud a few years ago, but quickly moved on to their Azure public cloud service.  So far, they have been successful in promoting their public cloud, largely due to their existing customer base.  Of course, AWS remains their largest competitor, but Microsoft’s […]

IT experts in financial services have long claimed that finance would never move to the cloud because of security concerns, as well as increased regulatory pressures that would result from such a move.  Those opinions appear to be changing, at least according to Ovum research. “The capital markets are set to increase investment in cloud […]

Also see: Big Data Survey: Big Data Growing Quickly Although the article is bit dated, this 2012 report from Gartner does a good job of defining the vertical market opportunities that existed in the emerging world of Big Data.  As you can see in the first graphic below, all vertical markets had some interest in […]

The Ponemon Institute produced its third annual report on global trends in cloud encryption.  They worked with encryption solutions provider, Thales e-Security, so you do the math in terms of biases.  However, there are some interesting data points that relate to how enterprises manage cloud security.  The report declares that about half the organizations out […]

According to an IBM announcement, organizations that gain competitive advantages through cloud adoption reported almost double the revenue growth.  The study claims these organizations have nearly 2.5 times higher gross profit growth than peer companies that are not as aggressive around the use of cloud computing. The survey was conducted with more than 800 business […]