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Upon a first glance you may not realize the difference between cloud networking and networking for the cloud. After all, are these not the same thing, you may ask? As you will learn here, even though they carry a degree of similarity, there are still distinct differences between these two concepts. We all know that for many organizations the cloud is not a question of “if”, but rather “when” and “how” (and of course “how much” ☺). The cloud-fist or even cloud-only strategies have become…
Using Infrastructure as Code(IaC for short) is the norm in the Cloud. CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, Serverless Framework, ARM… the options are endless! And they are so many just because IaC makes total sense! It allows Architects and DevOps engineers to version the application infrastructure as much as the developers are already versioning the code. So any bad change, no matter if on the application code or infrastructure, can be easily inspected or, even better, rolled back. For the rest of this article, let’s use CloudFormation…
Research firm Gartner simply defines DevOps this way: “DevOps represents a change in IT culture, focusing on rapid IT service delivery through the adoption of agile, lean practices in the context of a system-oriented approach.” Culture is the key word here. It’s about changing the mindset and completely revamping both the development and operational side of IT. DevOps isn’t something you buy. It’s something you do. Similarly, DevSecOps is based on embedding security controls within the DevOps workflow. Is institutionalizing DevOps really worth the effort?…
A panel of CTO’s sat down at a recent ONUG conference to discuss the top challenges facing their organizations in the age of digital transformation. This candid discussion between industry leaders provided insight into how their companies are tackling these challenges. You can watch their chat in its entirety here. Below are their top five hurdles plus insights from Don Duet of McKinsey & Co, Eric Reed of Cigna, Tsvi Gal of Morgan Stanley and Stephen Davy of Societe Generale. 1. Culture The panel discussed…
Like many other companies, GHD, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, needed to quickly scale work-from-home capabilities due to COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates. The business need was clear: deliver an at-home work experience for GHD employees that was equal to working from the office. The Challenge Prior to COVID-19, GHD was prepared to support 1,500 active remote connections in any given region. But between March and April 2020, that number leapt to as many as 6,000 connections at once. GHD employees needed fast, secure…
Business continuity planning has always been important to large enterprise organizations. The current global pandemic has put business continuity front and center. There was a substantial and immediate surge in the number of remote workers, and a first order of attention for many enterprise IT leaders was placed on strengthening remote VPN solutions for their remote workforce. Now the most sophisticated enterprises are fast forwarding initiatives that allow them to operate their core business even in the event that their teams are out for a…
Just over 20 years ago, Ronco Inventions started running infomercials for their Showtime Rotisserie BBQ Oven on shopping channels. The infomercial promoted the oven with a simple tag line: “Set it and forget it”, which became a pop culture reference. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”58″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]The “Set it and forget it” concept is one that many network administrators hope to find in the products that they use to operate infrastructure. They want technology and tools that are simple to deploy and require little to no tweaking after…
There is no question that multi-cloud application deployments now play a foundational role in everything from internal business needs to digital transformation initiatives — but it’s also essential for IT operators to ensure effective visibility, governance, security, and control across both public and private clouds as multi-cloud deployments mature into standard IT and operational realms. The Fact: Multi-cloud Complexity According to a global survey report for current state and future direction of multi-cloud deployments, conducted by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network, in partner with…
The old business adage “The show must go on” is probably familiar and is definitely relatable during these uncertain times. We are all reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and it has never been more critical for businesses to revisit continuity plans and network services capacity. Organizations need to figure out how to go about their daily activities in this new environment and, eventually, how to run the business. What sits in the middle of this discussion today, more than ever, is the…
The Network continues to evolve toward the Cloud with the creation of a modern ecosystem consisting of Public Cloud providers and Network Specialists. The evolution of the Public Cloud has matured from the first years which consisted of a land grab whereby CIOs were pitched AWS as a destination for all of their workloads; to the current cloud landscape which looks more like a set of commodity products (IaaS, DB, ADC) with a growing set of differentiated services and offerings (AI/ML, GKE, Big Data), as…
