As the race towards digital transformation leads more enterprises to host their applications in the cloud, one of their main decisions will be to choose between public or private cloud. Making the right choice, ultimately, depends on the needs of individual organisations and of their applications and the type of data they use. Here, we’ll …
The cloud is helping to transform organisations across all sectors, putting technologies like automation, artificial intelligence, big data, IoT and machine learning at their fingertips and providing them with the means to innovate quickly, offer better customer experiences and operate more efficiently. For enterprises considering adopting cloud technology, it is vital to understand the different …
According to a recent survey by Tech Pro, 70% of enterprises currently have a digital transformation strategy in place or are imminently planning to do so. This is not surprising. Even before the pandemic, market pressure was driving companies to seek new growth opportunities and deal with competition. The current economic downturn has increased that …
2020 has been a big year for cloud computing with the pandemic being the driving force behind accelerated digital transformation and the urgent need for businesses to provide remote working capabilities for their employees. Cloud adoption is expected to soar over the next decade, with the increasing numbers of connected devices and the use of …
Although cloud and VPS are terms commonly used in IT, they are often confused. While there are similarities, they both rely on virtualisation technology, there are important differences that enterprises need to understand before making decisions about whether to opt for virtual servers (VPS) or cloud hosting. Here, we’ll explain what these two technologies are …
Digital transformation has become an important goal for many enterprises, providing them with the infrastructure and technologies to be more innovative, agile and cost-effective. A key element of any digital transformation is cloud technology, and while it provides a wide range of benefits, its adoption presents organisations with a range of challenges that they need …
According to Gartner, within the next five years, distributed cloud will become the standard IT infrastructure, with adoption rates among enterprises predicted to be 75%. Its reasoning is that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML), automation and the Internet of Things (IoT) will require applications and data to be dispersed across multiple sites, …
While there’s a lot written about the benefits of migrating to the cloud – cost savings, scalability, agility, security and access to the latest tools and applications, etc., there’s little detail about how enterprises are actually leveraging the cloud. To shed some light on the matter, this post will look at what some of the …
One of the key attractions driving migration today is how the cloud can help transform the customer experience. The cloud-based technologies now available to businesses can be used to improve trust, engagement and customer satisfaction: increasing loyalty, conversions and, ultimately, the bottom line. Indeed, according to Bloomfire, the need to improve customer experience has never …
eCommerce is becoming increasingly reliant on sophisticated technologies. Aside from needing to host large, fast-loading websites, today’s online retailers are making use of data analytics and artificial intelligence to help them with everything from procurement to after-sales. Finding the right hosting solution that meets their growing needs and future ambitions can be a challenge, however, …
