84 percent of companies have only basic cloud security capability
A large majority of companies are only at an entry level in terms of their cloud security capabilities according to a new study.
The research, carried out for cloud infrastructure security company Ermetic by Osterman Research, surveyed 326 organizations in North America with 500 or more employees and who spend a minimum of $1 million or more each year on cloud infrastructure.
A third of businesses feel locked in to major cloud providers
Hyperscale cloud providers continue to dominate the market, with Azure and AWS in use as the major public cloud provider by 82 percent of businesses.
But new research from Civo shows that 34 percent of users feel locked into the services these major providers deliver, with 65 percent of these saying that data transfer costs are too expensive for them to move off their current cloud.
IT and security leaders lack confidence in their ability to protect the cloud
A new study from secure access specialist Appgate based on research by the Ponemon Institute finds 60 percent of IT and security leaders are not confident in their organization's ability to ensure secure cloud access.
The survey of nearly 1,500 IT decision makers and security professionals worldwide sets out to examine the pain points experienced in securing cloud environments and how zero trust security methods can enable digital transformation.
Drawing clearer insights from the cloud
Many companies are finding an outsized return on their technology investment in a familiar place: their data. That's because the increasing sophistication of cloud analytics is helping more companies unlock value from their information. It’s a trend that’s pushing revenue in the big data and business analytics sector to nearly $275 billion in 2022, according to Statista.
While that number is impressive, the return on investment to organizations that leverage cloud analytics correctly is incalculably greater. Properly specified and executed, cloud analytics platforms can gather, process and analyze enormous quantities of data with ever-increasing speed and efficiency, helping organizations gather in-depth insights on every aspect of their operations.
Microsoft adds a new interactive photo sharing feature to OneDrive
If you use Microsoft OneDrive to store your photos in the cloud you’re going to be thrilled to hear that the service is about to get a whole lot more useful.
The company today announces that it is releasing a public preview of OneDrive photo story, a new, interactive feature that "securely connects your favorite moments to the people who matter most."
Why organizations must move to a cloud-based infrastructure [Q&A]
The past couple of years have led to lots of new demands on IT and many businesses have turned to the cloud in order to meet them.
Whilst the initial assumption may have been that these changes would be temporary, much of the shift in working patterns looks like becoming permanent. We spoke to Alkira's CEO Amir Khan to find out more about what this means for businesses as they gear up for remote work on a long-term basis.
Cloudy with a chance of higher earnings
The latest 2022 Cloud Salary Survey from O'Reilly shows that tech workers make more money in hybrid or remote work scenarios and gain increased salary and skills training through workplace learning.
It also shows that 20 percent of tech workers report they've already changed employers over the last year, and 25 percent of respondents are planning to find new employment with better compensation.
Why and how organizations are modernizing their container deployments at the edge [Q&A]
Edge computing is aimed at bringing computing power closer to the source of data, such as IoT devices. It's increasingly being seen as an alternative to traditional data center and cloud models.
Stewart McGrath is the CEO at Section, a global Edge as a Service (EaaS) provider that helps organizations improve availability of their containerized application workloads in the cloud. We spoke to him to find out how and why companies are moving applications out to the edge.
The power of cloud-based quality management
Manufacturing has a history of moving at a glacial pace when adopting new technology such as cloud-based solutions, but cloud is not new anymore. In recent years, cloud computing and SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) have begun to dominate. More and more manufacturers are looking to switch their quality management to a cloud-based quality system.
Simply, in today’s ever-changing and volatile manufacturing climate, the cost advantages, power, and versatility of the cloud have become essential to survival.
Meeting the challenges of multicloud [Q&A]
Businesses have been using the cloud for many years, but only in more recent times have we seen the rise of multicloud as companies seek to spread their public cloud workload.
Why has multicloud become such a popular strategy and what challenges does it present? We talked to Pavel Despot, senior product manager at Akamai, to find out.
Over half of organizations suffer cyberattacks in the cloud
A new report reveals that 53 percent of organizations have experienced a cyberattack on their cloud infrastructure within the last 12 months.
The 2022 Cloud Security Report from Netwrix shows that was the most common type of attack, experienced by 73 percent of respondents.
Cloud security remains a top concern
A new survey of cybersecurity professionals attending this week's RSA conference shows that cloud security is their main concern.
The study by Delinea shows 37 percent think cloud security is the main cybersecurity concern of the year, followed by ransomware (19 percent) and remote workers (17 percent).
Digital transformation, security and cloud drive enterprise IT spending
Enterprise IT spending is continuing to increase, with 64 percent of respondents to a new study expecting to increase IT budgets in the next 12 months. This is up from 49 percent in January of 2021, though down from 71 percent before sanctions against Russia began in February.
The latest Flexera 2022 Tech Spend Pulse report -- based on a survey of 501 IT executives working in large enterprises with 2,000 or more employees, headquartered in North America and Europe -- shows organizations with 2,001 to 5,000 employees spend 10 percent of revenue on IT. For the largest companies (more than 10,000 employees), this drops to six percent.
Enterprises keen to ensure digital resilience
Achieving digital resilience is a prominent concern for enterprise organizations, as they face increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats and adjust to a hybrid working environment.
A new report from A10 Networks, based on a survey of almost 2,500 network infrastructure, security, and cloud migration decision makers in larger businesses worldwide, shows nine out of 10 respondents have some level of concern around digital resilience.
Cloud data breaches rise as adoption and complexity increase
According to a new report, 45 percent of businesses have experienced a cloud-based data breach or failed audit in the past 12 months, up five percent from the previous year.
The latest Cloud Security Report from Thales also shows multi-cloud adoption is accelerating with 72 percent of organizations using multiple IaaS providers compared to 57 percent in 2021.
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