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6 hidden bottlenecks in cloud data migration

From navigating cloud storage options to verifying the data post-transfer, follow these steps to avoid the hazards of cloud migration

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Cloud ComputingBy David Linthicum

Don’t get surprised by the cloud’s data-egress fees

Moving your data out of a public cloud, even for normal transactions, costs you real money for every gigabyte. Here’s how to minimize the price

Deep Dive how-to: Office 365 document sharing

Office 2016, OneDrive, and Office 365 together offer powerful document collaboration capabilities across Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and the web -- but only if you set them up and manage them properly. This how-to guide walks you

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QF2 for AWS: High-performance file storage for the cloud

Qumulo File Fabric is a modern, highly scalable file storage system that spans the data center and the public cloud

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The EcosystemBy Gilad David Maayan
IDG Contributor Network

Hybrid storage in 2018: still the Achilles heel of hybrid cloud strategies?

Hybrid has become better understood and less risky, but is still far from simple

Enterprise MicrosoftBy Simon Bisson

Data storage in Azure: Everything you need to know

Microsoft Azure has many data storage options, so how do you choose what to use? This guide explains the options

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Best practices for migrating data to the cloud

Moving petabytes of production data is a trick best done with mirrors. Follow these steps to minimize risk and cost and maximize flexibility

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Mingis on Tech: The lowdown on Cisco Live

Network World's Brandon Butler checks in from Las Vegas, where this week's Cisco Live is under way. The big story: Cisco's efforts to move from hardware to software, security and "intent-based networking."

The Cloud: A Strategic ViewBy Scott Fenton
IDG Contributor Network

The high cost and risk of On-Premise vs. Cloud

This article discusses the costs and risks of maintaining your applications and infrastructure on premise vs. moving to the Cloud.

Big Data and the CloudBy David Richards
IDG Contributor Network

How to avoid downtime and disruption when moving data

Increasingly organizations need to move data between data centers and/or the cloud, but the risk of downtime during transition is a sticking point.

DatanomicsBy Ash Ashutosh
IDG Contributor Network

DevOps in the evolving digital enterprise

Digital enterprises operate with radically different datanomics than conventional physical businesses. Here, digital information is the business.

InfoWorld Tech WatchBy Serdar Yegulalp

Why Microsoft's Cosmos DB represents the future of cloud databases

Here are four reasons why there's more to Microsoft's new database as a service than minimal management and greater flexibility

AWS vs. Azure vs. Google: Cloud storage compared

The world of cloud storage has many facets to consider. Here's a comparison of block, object, and file storage across the big three providers

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Datacenters decline as users turn to rented servers

Consolidation and the move to the cloud are behind the mega change in the industry

Cloud PowerBy Oleg Dulin
IDG Contributor Network

Lessons learned from the recent AWS S3 outage

Cross-region replication and backups can help applications survive regional cloud service outages.

Google Drive will let users stream files from the cloud

Google Drive users will be able to see all the files they have stored in the company’s cloud service on their desktop without downloading them, thanks to a new feature the company announced Thursday

5 lessons from Amazon’s S3 cloud blunder -- and how to prepare for the next one

This week's service disruption to Amazon’s Simple Storage Service should be a wakeup call to make sure your cloud-based applications are ready for the next time the cloud hiccups

InfoWorld Tech WatchBy Serdar Yegulalp

Build your own sharing system, with help from Google engineers

From the minds at Google, Upspin is an open source project for building file-sharing infrastructure, but it's a long way from mass consumption

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6 hidden bottlenecks in cloud data migration

From navigating cloud storage options to verifying the data post-transfer, follow these steps to avoid the hazards of cloud migration

Don’t get surprised by the cloud’s data-egress fees

Moving your data out of a public cloud, even for normal transactions, costs you real money for every gigabyte. Here’s how to minimize the price

Deep Dive how-to: Office 365 document sharing

Office 2016, OneDrive, and Office 365 together offer powerful document collaboration capabilities across Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and the web -- but only if you set them up and manage them properly. This how-to guide walks you

QF2 for AWS: High-performance file storage for the cloud

Qumulo File Fabric is a modern, highly scalable file storage system that spans the data center and the public cloud

Hybrid storage in 2018: still the Achilles heel of hybrid cloud strategies?

Hybrid has become better understood and less risky, but is still far from simple

Data storage in Azure: Everything you need to know

Microsoft Azure has many data storage options, so how do you choose what to use? This guide explains the options

Best practices for migrating data to the cloud

Moving petabytes of production data is a trick best done with mirrors. Follow these steps to minimize risk and cost and maximize flexibility

Mingis on Tech: The lowdown on Cisco Live

Network World's Brandon Butler checks in from Las Vegas, where this week's Cisco Live is under way. The big story: Cisco's efforts to move from hardware to software, security and "intent-based networking."

The high cost and risk of On-Premise vs. Cloud

This article discusses the costs and risks of maintaining your applications and infrastructure on premise vs. moving to the Cloud.

How to avoid downtime and disruption when moving data

Increasingly organizations need to move data between data centers and/or the cloud, but the risk of downtime during transition is a sticking point.

DevOps in the evolving digital enterprise

Digital enterprises operate with radically different datanomics than conventional physical businesses. Here, digital information is the business.

Why Microsoft's Cosmos DB represents the future of cloud databases

Here are four reasons why there's more to Microsoft's new database as a service than minimal management and greater flexibility

AWS vs. Azure vs. Google: Cloud storage compared

The world of cloud storage has many facets to consider. Here's a comparison of block, object, and file storage across the big three providers

Datacenters decline as users turn to rented servers

Consolidation and the move to the cloud are behind the mega change in the industry

Lessons learned from the recent AWS S3 outage

Cross-region replication and backups can help applications survive regional cloud service outages.

Google Drive will let users stream files from the cloud

Google Drive users will be able to see all the files they have stored in the company’s cloud service on their desktop without downloading them, thanks to a new feature the company announced Thursday

5 lessons from Amazon’s S3 cloud blunder -- and how to prepare for the next one

This week's service disruption to Amazon’s Simple Storage Service should be a wakeup call to make sure your cloud-based applications are ready for the next time the cloud hiccups

Build your own sharing system, with help from Google engineers

From the minds at Google, Upspin is an open source project for building file-sharing infrastructure, but it's a long way from mass consumption

3 enterprise-strength file sync services to check out

Popular file-sync services are great for individuals, but can lack controls for access, encryption and other services that enterprises require