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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

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After marked increase in cloud adoption through the pandemic, enterprises are facing new challenges, namely around the security, maintenance, and management of cloud infrastructure. According to the Foundry report, 78% of organizations say that, in response to cloud investments made by the organization, they have added new roles.

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4 remedies to avoid cloud app migration headaches

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Once enterprises commit to running business-critical applications in the cloud, they rarely move to another provider. The cost of migrating is simply too high, says Sid Nag, VP of cloud services and technology at Gartner. But doing this requires planning ahead early on, before moving an application to the cloud the first time.

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IBM and AWS Partnership Accelerates Cloud Modernization

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A majority of companies are confident in a future built around hybrid cloud, according to a recent poll conducted by The Harris Poll and IBM. What they are less decisive about is how to map the right cloud modernization journey, one that is efficient and secure while delivering business agility and competitive advantage.

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10 tips for modernizing legacy apps for the cloud

CIO

To fully capitalize on the cloud’s scalability and flexibility, most enterprises go beyond a simple lift-and-shift approach, instead injecting them with cloud-native capabilities — a strategy that sounds simple but can quickly prove complex. After all, as with many seemingly easy tasks, the devil is in the details.

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ANNOUNCEMENT — Stackery Expands Serverless Security and Continuous Delivery Capabilities

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With additional audit capabilities, scoped IAM permissions, and secrets management for automated verification and deployment pipelines, Stackery helps teams scale serverless usage and accelerate modernization and innovation projects. The Speed of Serverless with Enterprise Security and Governance.

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How Pick n Pay’s migration to the cloud is paying off

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This move to the cloud lays the foundation for further expansion into other cloud-based applications to deliver deeper insights and better digital services, as well as drive cost savings for the company and the consumer. year-to-date, with on-demand year-to-date growth in excess of 100%. “We That’s worked well for us.

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