Multicloud Connect, Secure, Automate and Control

The ONUG Community of Global 2000 firms spoke loud and clear at ONUG Fall 2022 in Manhattan, hosted by Raytheon. Enterprise computing is multicloud computing. The community knows multicloud delivers the widest range of options and choices for developer and infrastructure teams to address business requirements. Also, it was clear that multicloud is being required by regulators to mitigate concentration risk. The point that became crystal clear is that every IT organization needs a multicloud strategy and most importantly, an operational plan. This new thinking…

Cloud Security 101

Managing cloud permissions and configurations As organizations evolve in the cloud, you will find the number of cloud services their teams use and identity permissions that need to be managed increase significantly. These services teams used to build and deliver applications are referred to as assets or resources. Configuring cloud assets, roles, and permissions doesn’t take long to become tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone. The leading causes of security incidents are misconfigurations of assets and over-privileged identities, therefore, it essential to diligently manage these. Discovering cloud…

Building a Bridge to the Future: A Resilient Approach to Digital Transformation

Rapidly evolving customer expectations, growing market pressures, and overall organizational goals have fueled digital transformation in every industry. It’s projected that by 2025, global spending for transformational efforts is expected to reach $2.8 trillion.[1] Digital transformation is the process of leveraging new technologies, across all areas of an organization, to optimize operations and drive growth by providing new value to customers. Digital transformation evolves the way an organization conducts business, enabling them to transition from outdated processes and legacy equipment with the use of new…

Town Hall Meeting: Who Will Close the Gaps in Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Infrastructure?

The Era of the Cloud has made many pie-in-the-sky promises about more consistent, efficient, and resilient IT infrastructures, and has done an admirable job of meeting much of that potential. But there’s still a gap in what businesses want and need from a hybrid/multi-cloud infrastructure, and the industry’s capabilities to meet those needs.  ONUG’s own Nick Lippis sat down with Adam Raymer (Head of Public Cloud Platform Architecture, JP Morgan Chase & Co.) and Shane Stakem (Head of Public Cloud Center of Excellence, JPMorgan Chase…

F5 Invests in Cloud Edge “Real Estate” with Volterra

F5 has always been a little different than other infrastructure companies. Yes, it cut its teeth on load balancing successfully, and this put F5 in-between developers and infrastructure teams. It is known in most corporations by both organizations giving them a wide view into requirements, which has served it well over the years. It started with physical appliances that balanced traffic as it entered a private data center destined to specific servers so as to avoid bottlenecks and improve user experience.  Leveraging this data path…

Realize the Promise of a Virtualized Multi-Service Ecosystem

Comcast Business ActiveCore℠ SDN platform provides a multi-service ecosystem that is truly changing network management. Jody Hagemann of Comcast led a panel discussion at last year’s ONUG conference that explained how ActiveCore is providing users with the flexibility and customization they need to develop technology solutions to meet mission-critical business needs. Joining her were ActiveCore partners Jonathan Nguyen-Duy of Fortinet, Kelly Ahuja of Versa Networks and Conrad Menezes of HP: Aruba. This informative keynote focused on how ActiveCore orchestrates best-in-class network functions from various technology…