Cloud repatriation is gaining popularity among CIOs and CTOs to achieve higher performance, control and cost efficiency as projects evolve and scale. It is a valuable tool to relocate workloads when the balance between costs and benefits is not as expected. Repatriation generally involves migrating to a dedicated solution that works best for running the
There are different cloud migration strategies among which organizations can choose when they decide to outsource their infrastructure. As well as diverse challenges that they often have to overcome. Main cloud migration strategies A cloud migration strategy is a plan to move data, applications and workloads into the cloud. Cloud migration strategies generally refer to
Hypervisors are an essential part of the technology supporting cloud computing. There are two types of hypervisors — type 1 or bare-metal and type 2 or hosted, and numerous solutions in the market. In this post we are going to cover both types, including a list of well-known hypervisor solutions — both commercial and open-source.
There are 4 main types of cloud computing: private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud and multicloud. Each of these cloud deployment models offers different features and advantages. Therefore, the right model for each company will depend on their real needs and goals. Having a virtualized data center provides a lot of benefits to organizations, but
Cloud resilience is at the core of business continuity. It is key to ensure your business can effectively recover from a failure or disaster. It entails, for instance, leveraging suitable cloud services, HA and disaster recovery solutions to keep operations running even in the worst scenarios. What is cloud resilience? Cloud resilience refers to the
The adoption of cloud computing in Europe has increased about 4 percentage points (pp) from 2021 to 2023, according to Eurostat. 45% of EU enterprises used cloud computing in 2023 — with a significantly higher adoption rate among large enterprises. Let’s review some cloud usage statistics among EU enterprises during the last few years. Cloud
Migrating from on-premise to cloud is often considered not only as a way of reducing costs but also as a strategy to add value to businesses. When migrating from an on-premise to a cloud datacenter, companies can enjoy many intangible benefits in addition to cost savings. Therefore, when calculating “cloud ROI”, companies should consider multiple
Cloud security is a top priority as more and more organizations continue to place their data and applications in the cloud. According to data from Statista, as of 2022, about 60% of corporate data was already in the cloud. In fact, not only a large number of companies are already in the cloud, but also
Cloud servers are virtual servers that, just as traditional servers, deliver processing power and data storage. However, they are virtualized, delivered over a public or private network, using IPv4 or IPv6, and accessed remotely. How does a cloud server work? Cloud servers are virtualized using a hypervisor like VMware or Openstack. The hypervisor acts as
In this post we want to collect the most common terms in cloud computing; from basic concepts such as the main cloud service models and types of cloud to more specialized concepts related to cloud computing. Let’s start from the beginning… What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is a computing resources and services distribution model
