Organizations turn to infrastructure as code tools to automate infrastructure deployment and streamline application development, particularly as it applies to DevOps. Infrastructure as code reduces many of the manual processes and inefficiencies of traditional approaches to deploy infrastructure. It can also help simplify infrastructure management and reduce operating costs, while eliminating inconsistencies between environments such […]
Archives for January 2021
The Astrocast Nanosatellite IoT Network Goes Live
Successful Launch of Five Satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Delivers the Most Advanced Low Earth Orbit Nanosatellite Network on the Market Today. Astrocast announced today, that the Astrocast Nanosatellite IoT Network has officially gone live after the successful launch of five new satellites on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. With this launch, the Astrocast […]
Enterprise software to lead IT spending rebound in 2021
Enterprise software is expected to grow by 8.8% in 2021 as businesses seek to expand and improve remote work environments, according to new predictions from Gartner. Global IT spending fell by 3.2% in 2020 as a result of the COVID pandemic, but the research firm expects spending this year to rise by 6.2% to a total of $3.9 trillion (£2.85 trillion) before […]
Microsoft and SAP expand partnership due to increase in digital transformation
SAP has announced plans to integrate Microsoft Teams into its suite of services to help customers migrate to the cloud. The two tech firms share an existing strategic partnership which now includes a formalised plan to accelerate the adoption of SAP S/4HANA on Azure. The extension of the partnership will focus on simplifying cloud journeys […]
4 reasons customers are asking service partners for Azure Lighthouse
This blog post was co-authored by Sonia Cuff, Senior Cloud Advocate Azure With an increasingly complex security landscape and an ever-growing service partner portfolio, how do you stay on top of industry-standard best practices? As your business needs grow, you employ more and more partners to support your infrastructure, network, apps, and employees, but with […]
Build regionally resilient cloud services using the Azure Resource Manager
This blog post was co-authored by Altaf Tambawala, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Cloud Services (extended support) and migration to Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Today, we are announcing the preview of Cloud Services (extended support), which is a new Azure Resource Manager (ARM) based deployment model for Azure Cloud Services. Cloud Services (extended support) has the primary benefit […]
Modular UPS systems provide flexible power management options
Organizations traditionally deployed large, centralized power systems to provide battery backup to their infrastructure, but this approach was often inefficient if admins sized the backups to support future capacity. The emergence of modular uninterruptible power supply setups makes it easier for admins to size backup power infrastructure, increase overall load efficiency and extend hardware lifespan. […]
Amazon Kindle RCE Attack Starts with an Email
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5 PaaS security best practices to safeguard the application layer
PaaS is a cloud model through which service providers deliver an environment where customers can develop, run and manage applications. Because PaaS providers host the hardware and software on their infrastructure, customers aren’t burdened with having to do so in-house. This sounds simple enough, but when it comes to security, things can get a little […]
Private vs. public cloud security: Benefits and drawbacks
Regardless of whether an enterprise’s infrastructure operates in a private, public or hybrid cloud, cybersecurity is a critical component. While some cloud architectures greatly simplify security tasks and tool integrations, it often comes at the cost of inflexibility. Let’s look at some of the benefits and challenges enterprise organizations face as they compare private vs. […]