David W Lucky
2015 Blog Post – As cloud services become increasingly widespread and popular, many of the myths surrounding cloud security are inevitably fading away. In the technology’s early P, many people viewed the cloud with extreme suspicion, assuming that entrusting their data and operations to third-party cloud vendors was inherently less secure than keeping these resources on-premise. Such a view …
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In 2011, the White House announced its Cloud First initiative, mandating that federal IT decision-makers initially consider cloud-based services when seeking to add a new IT system or solution. Since then, the federal government has made significant strides toward broad cloud adoption. In many ways, agencies have even managed to surpass the private sector when …
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Post from 2015: The rapid rise to prominence and proliferation of cloud computing resources have created tremendous opportunities for companies of all sizes and in every industry. By embracing the cloud, firms can improve their efficiency, add new capabilities, increase flexibility and cut costs. Altogether, this makes cloud adoption an essential goal for any organization hoping to remain …
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2015 Post: As cloud computing becomes more widely accepted and deployed in the mainstream, business leaders have started to warm up to the idea of more complex approaches to the technology. In the past the vast majority of companies depended on purely private cloud or public cloud environments, multi-cloud options are now increasingly common. The fact remains that multi-cloud adoption and …
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In 2010 Datapipe launched the company’s managed services for AWS, transforming the managed service provider industry and defining best practices for public cloud management. Since the launch, Datapipe has been a close AWS partner, bringing public and hybrid cloud solutions and best practices to enterprises around the world. Needless to say we are seasoned pros …
Post from 2015: A few months ago, we partnered with DataStax, the company that delivers Apache Cassandra™ to the enterprise. Even in that short period of time, we’ve seen how the software has provided organizations with flexible, always-on, secure, managed database solutions to accommodate the toughest of big data workloads. DataStax was rewarded for putting customers first …
A Post of mine from 2015: There are countless ways to implement DevOps automation that can improve your company’s operations. But the hard truth is that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to automation. Beyond understanding your process requirements, you still need to create an implementation strategy to ensure your automation plans will benefit your …
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Post I wrote from 2015 posted here – for posterity – on my wordpress site: Enterprise IT security has traditionally been difficult, with the amount of planning, strategy, and process development that is required. Not to mention testing, reevaluating your plans, and adding additional processes as necessary. On top of that, your ability to go back …
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It’s no secret that security is a concern for enterprises considering a move to the cloud. And it’s understandable–after all, you’re moving from your own data center to a new environment. Anytime you enter a new situation, it can cause trepidation. In the past, those worries were mostly unfounded, as the concern was about new …
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We hope this blog provides an insightful dive into topics like cloud computing, managed services, products, and ways to improve your business strategy. Of course, our partners have great things to say, as well. One of those partners is AWS, and they’ve been kind enough to highlight the most popular security posts on their blog from the …
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