Public Cloud news stories

"For the next several years, leading cloud providers will play a critical role in helping enterprises navigate the current storms of disruption."

"With NetApp's simplified management and consumption experience, organisations can enjoy improved security, manageability, speed of operations, and cost savings."

Amazon retained the number one position in the IaaS market in 2021, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei.

NetApp has announced the results of the annual Cloud Infrastructure Report based on a survey of public cloud business and IT decision makers.

“We recognise the growing opportunities in the public cloud security market and are planning to capitalise on them."

Accoding to Gartner, worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.4% in 2022 to total US$494.7 billion.

Gartner finds that by 2025, 51% of IT spending will have shifted from traditional solutions to the public cloud, compared to 41% in 2022.

Cloud connectivity company Kong has announced five key predictions for 2022.

“There is no business strategy without a cloud strategy," says Gartner.

Public cloud represents a significant shift for many organisations, and it’s vital to have senior leadership backing for the migration process.

NetApp has announced new additions and enhanced capabilities across its hybrid cloud portfolio, helping organisations accelerate digital transformation. 

Consider how your organisation uses cloud resources and whether you have the required level of insight and management, writes Tecala manager Kristian Yench.

While the cloud provides an easy outlet for processing or storing massive volumes, there are multiple challenges that must be addressed. 

With cloud adoption accelerating, how can enterprises choose a best-fit model? Here are some best practice tips.

IDC has also predicted the region’s public cloud services sector to reach a valuation of $124 billion by 2025.

35% of respondents in a survey of 150 global IT professionals preferred hybrid, followed by private cloud at 24%, public cloud at 16%, and multi-cloud at 9%.

Despite the overall growth in the market, not all managed services grew as much as others — IaaS and PaaS services in particular grew much faster.

First for Azure, NVMesh expands public cloud capabilities and in doing so aims to address performance challenges organisations face while transitioning IO-intensive workloads to public clouds.

Oracle has announced the integration of ServiceNow into its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Despite the accelerated adoption of cloud services, there was a lack of clarity and confidence regarding the protection and recovery of data stored in public clouds.

Telco Systems CEO Ariel Efrati says that the telecommunications market is discovering the ‘beauty’ of public cloud.

“As organisations continue to radically transform their infrastructures and rely more on the public cloud, they are uncovering new connectivity and security challenges."

Meanwhile, investments in traditional, non-cloud, IT infrastructure declined -8.3% year over year in 3Q20.

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 18.4% in 2021 to total $304.9 billion.