Cloud

Considering a cloud move? Don’t ignore the big issues: Take a hard look at IT readiness, security, provider contracts and costs to maximize cloud potential.

At the SAP TechEd in Barcelona, SAP brought its new technology down to developer level, showcasing the latest in SAP Hana, such as the Hana Cloud Platform’s usage of Cloud Foundry, while calling on IT to innovate and build a ‘digital core’, rather than just integrate.

Microsoft and Red Hat have joined forces in the world of hybrid cloud computing, announcing greater flexibility for deploying Red Hat solutions on Microsoft Azure. The deal also shines a light on .NET Core technology, sharing even more of the open source love.

The recent ECJ ruling on the ‘Safe Harbour’ of data may prove to have drastic consequences on businesses relying heavily on cloud computing. So what kinds of challenges can the industry expect to face? We asked two cloud computing experts.

As if there weren’t already enough mistakes IT teams could make, enterprise developers are innovating new ways to mess things up on the cloud. Here’s the four of the most common cloud-related slip-ups.

Not all enterprises and IT teams can enjoy the luxuries of the public cloud. So let’s take a look at the limits and the risks of the alternative: the private cloud and PaaS.

Have you ever wanted to get involved with Docker but didn’t know how to approach it? Charles Vickery from Sourcegraph shares his tips on how to contribute effectively to Docker and their open source community. It’s all about the tools!

When it comes to satisfying users of image rich web applications, the speed and quality of every single image matters. Parvez Ahammad looks at the ways machine-learning algorithms and cloud application delivery solutions can improve the quality of experience.

Google has finally unleashed V1 of Kubernetes, their answer to a cluster manager for Docker. They’ve also used this opportunity to launch a new foundation to define the future of container-based computing.

The final part in our three-part series on cloud architecture with AWS, taken from Packt’s title on Mastering AWS Development: a closeup on the practices of scalability, elasticity and bootstrapping.

The second part in our three-part series on cloud architecture with AWS, taken from Packt’s title on Mastering AWS Development: looking at AWS EC2 and IAM more closely, including functionality, instance types and pricing.

First up in our three-part series of experts tips on cloud architecture with AWS, taken from Packt’s title on Mastering AWS Development: an introduction to key AWS concepts like the AWS global infrastructure, AWS EC2 and IAM and bootstrapping.

Ops is becoming obsolete and the dialogue with security is improving – in conversation with Forrester’s Kurt Bittner at the recent Jenkins User Conference, we learn about some fascinating changes taking place in the DevOps world.

Although cloud-based operations were once described as ‘gibberish’, Oracle head-honcho Larry Ellison has now presented Oracle’s ‘complete’ Cloud PaaS package, marking their place in the growing Cloud ecosystem.