We tend to believe that state-of-the-art technology, in particular the technology for essential services, is built upon a series of cumulative advancements. In other words, progress is linear and we ...

Cloud computing promises new ways to build and deploy distributed applications. So why are we so hung up on the old ones? James Urquhart is a field technologist with almost 20 years of experience in ...

A cloud application is internet-based software that processes or stores data online. There are three main kinds of cloud applications: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Serial technology CEO covering all things IT & Tech. This article is more than 2 years old. The dynamic realm of cloud computing ...

A survey of over 500 IT professionals reveals that cloud now represents a third of the IT spend, as a clear majority of organizations plan to use cloud services for over half of their infrastructure ...

Simply running an application on a remote server doesn’t make it cloud-native. It’s about specific design principles for scalability and resilience. Cloud-native applications are increasingly the ...

Enabling your existing “pre-cloud” enterprise applications to take full advantage of cloud computing is fraught with technical obstacles, such as unsupported versions of operating systems (OS), ...

The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) recognizes ten basic cloud types. Ranging from cirrus to nimbostratus to our favorite here in gray and rainy Oregon, plain ol' stratus, these clouds come ...

Gartner: By 2028, 70% of Workloads Will Run in a Cloud Computing Environment Your email has been sent According to Gartner, the next wave of cloud computing will see even more complicated workloads ...