CliQr, a cloud management software developer, was purchased by Cisco for $260 Million and will soon be integrated across Cisco’s data center practice.
Category: Cloud Computing
Articles about cloud computing, deployment models, cloud strategy, cloud security, and more. Explore cloud computing with Mindsight.
A Tech Leap Year: Where We’ve Been And Where We’re GoingRead
It’s a leap year. Mindsight takes a look back at technology four years ago and what we can expect in 2020.
4 Types of Companies Who Need Microsoft Office 365Read
Office 365 has a wide appeal to a lot of different environments, but if your company finds itself in one of these four situations, O365 could be the answer.
Two Stances on Cloud Migration and Why They’re Both WrongRead
IT directors tend to have one of two polarized stances on cloud migration. Both these extremes are bound to cause trouble.
Office 365: Saving Money With The CloudRead
December 14, 2015 In January 2013, CNN Money penned a brief article in response to the Office 365 announcement with the provocative title, “Microsoft wants you to pay $100 a year for Office.” The article gave a high level overview of Office 365, then in its fledgling state, and focused on the monthly subscription […]
An Intro to Cisco Intercloud and its Security FeaturesRead
December 8, 2015 The refinement of data center technology has been a process of condensing resources to optimize the use of hardware. With virtualization, hypervisors were implemented to cut down the required amount of physical hardware necessary to run the same number of applications. Then, the data center itself was virtualized to create a […]
OpenStack and the Global Effort to Standardize the CloudRead
November 12, 2015 In 2010, NASA and Rackspace founded Openstack, a development community tasked with creating an open source operating system to manage public, hybrid, and private cloud environments. The goal of the project was to standardize the operating framework behind cloud solutions. In the marketplace, companies utilize the cloud for all manner of reasons […]
Equinix: A Private Connection to the Public CloudRead
November 8, 2015 The public cloud has been a point of concern and skepticism for some IT directors. The potential of leveraging the vast infrastructure and capabilities of organizations like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and other hyperscalers is enticing, but the public cloud model has always seemed to have two […]
Evaluating Cloud for BusinessRead
March 4, 2015 Over the past few years, the cloud computing landscape has captivated consumer audiences with its flexibility and lean consumption ideology. The technology marketplace has reached critical mass in complexity with a myriad of application deployment options and no regulation in cloud adoption techniques or future state planning. Even with an experienced […]
