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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO

Today, many organizations are embracing the power of the public cloud by shifting their workloads to them. A recent study shows that 98% of IT leaders 1 have adopted a public cloud infrastructure. It is estimated by the end of 2023, 31% of organizations expect to run 75% of their workloads 2 in the cloud. 8 Complexity.

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Radically simplify and expand Zero Trust to cloud workload

CIO

The public cloud imperative For many organizations, regardless of size or industry, the public cloud has become an essential resource for critical operations. One reason is that public cloud has proven to be 40x more cost-effective. 1 Moreover, the public cloud is easy to use and is extremely scalable.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Cloud isn’t that shiny new object in the distance, full of possibility. Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise.

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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights

CIO

Even as its cloud journey reaches cruising altitude, Cathay Pacific Group IT is not slowing down. Instead, the publicly held operator of Cathay Pacific Airlines and HK Express is shifting from migration to optimization mode in an effort to wrest additional benefits from its all-in cloud transformation.

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How to ensure security in a cloud migration

CIO

For as long as organizations have been interested in moving resources to the cloud, they’ve been concerned about security. That interest is only getting stronger as cloud usage grows – making it a perfect topic for the latest #CIOTechTalk Twitter chat. It’s a timely topic given the rapid cloud migration currently underway.

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How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty

CIO

With today’s hybrid workplace, increasingly distributed data, and the shift to the cloud and SaaS, organizations need a new approach to security–one that increases security posture, reduces cost, and supports economic efficiency. Baker & Baker dramatically reduced their administrative and overhead costs by over 70%.

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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

CIO

Moreover, Koch itself is in the middle of a digital transformation that adds cloud networking to the mix, further complicating the challenge. Cloud deployments typically come in the form of multiple accounts, including multiple LAN segments that need to be connected. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says.

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