Few trends in information technology (IT) have had a greater impact than the rise of cloud computing. In 2016, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the leading public cloud provider, brought in $12.2 ...

The cloud affinity phase. Armed with a map of all cloud-based assets, smart security teams make sure that further security actions align with cloud computing “owners” — software developers ...

That’s Phase 2 of the great cloud migration: re-creating the notion of client/server computing, with the cloud being the server and the workloads (but not their applications or data) moving back ...

This phase requires acquiring general knowledge about cloud computing architectures, security, new IT operations, and the benefits and advantages to be expected. 3. Build a cloud-computing foundation.

When it comes to cloud computing, this is amplified, as the cloud can be a confusing market to navigate. That’s why, for partners, this is a big opportunity to differentiate.

Cloud’s Next Phase He also discussed the next phase of cloud computing. In this phase, the proliferation of multicloud will create a divergence — not a convergence — of cloud providers .