2001, 2021

What’s behind cloud providers’ push for custom hardware?

Staff Writer/ January 20, 2021/ Cloud architecture design and planning, Cloud computing, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Managing cloud infrastructure

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe nature of the cloud market demands innovation, and custom hardware might be the next move for the major vendors in this space. Experts weigh in on the key drivers of this shift. By George Lawton Initially, public clouds were built on generic hardware to cut costs and operate at massive scale — but that’s changing. A shift toward highly scalable

0501, 2021

Top cloud computing tips of 2020

Staff Writer/ January 5, 2021/ Cloud architecture design, Cloud architecture design and planning, Cloud computing, Cloud Security, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. Check out the articles that caught the attention of IT pros this year and learn what that says about the current state of the market. By Sara Grier In addition to all the insanity that went on in the world in 2020, it was also a big year for IT, and cloud computing

1011, 2020

Public cloud vs. private cloud: Key benefits and differences

T-Blog Editor/ November 10, 2020/ Cloud architecture design and planning, Cloud computing, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs cloud services and practices mature, it might be time to rethink some long-held assumptions about the private and public cloud models. By Chris Tozzi, Fixate IO Conventional wisdom holds that private clouds are better for workloads that have high compliance or security needs. Public cloud, meanwhile, is said to be ideal for almost anything else. That logic no longer applies

0611, 2020

What are the different types of cloud load balancing?

T-Blog Editor/ November 6, 2020/ Cloud architecture design and planning, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesLearn how load balancing in the cloud differs from a traditional network traffic distribution, and explore the different services available from AWS, Google and Microsoft. By Stephen J. Bigelow Load balancing is the process of distributing network traffic across two or more instances of a workload. IT teams use load balancing to ensure each instance performs at peak efficiency, without