What is Azure Storage?
Azure Storage is Microsoft's cloud storage solution for modern data storage scenarios. It offers a massively scalable object store for data objects, a file system service for the cloud, a messaging store for reliable messaging, and a NoSQL store. Azure Storage...
The story behind Azure security
Security has to be baked into any cloud solution. When organisations trust their systems to the cloud, they expect security to be a given. Azure goes a step further: its proactive approach to security, compliance, and privacy is unique, with Microsoft leading the...
SA looks to play cloud catch-up
As cloud enters its teen years in 2019, South Africa remains a late adopter of what is globally an established technology. Jason Penton, co-founder of cloud platform builder Jini Guru, says that in the 13 years that cloud has been around, the technology landscape has...
US cloud security spend to reach $1,93m by 2021
Cloud security spending in the United States is expected to reach $1,93-billion by 2021, according to PreciseSecurity.com. Back in 2016, the US region spent $675-million on cloud security solutions in total, meaning it will triple in the following years. In comparison...
People-focused steps for adopting cloud at scale
Larry Bossidy, the former Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International Inc., captured what it takes to successfully execute strategy when he said: "Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results." By...
Choose the Azure Storage that suits your needs
Azure Storage is designed for customers’ specific needs, and different features meet different requirements. Microsoft Azure provides several features in Azure Storage for storing and accessing data in the cloud, and customers can choose between Azure Files, Blobs and...
CompTIA debuts new Cloud Essentials+ Certification
CompTIA has introduced a new version of CompTIA Cloud Essentials+, a professional credential for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge to make more informed decisions about cloud service options and strategies. CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ is the only...
5G networks need cloud-native open source foundation
As the evolution to 5G mobile networks accelerates globally, communications service providers (CSPs) are increasingly relocating system infrastructure from the core to the edge to help eliminate latency and congestion problems and improve application performance. By...
Why should you bet on Azure?
Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud computing services to help organisations meet their business challenges. Azure gives companies have the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using their preferred tools and...
F5 collaborates with AWS
F5 Networks has announced a multi-year global Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to allow customers to use F5 for new cloud-native application workloads and extend their existing F5 investments on AWS. F5's application services...
IBM develops financial services-ready public cloud
IBM has designed the world's first financial services-ready public cloud. IBM will welcome financial services institutions, and their suppliers, to join the financial services-ready public cloud. Bank of America will be a committed collaborator to use the platform...
Not all storage is created equal …
Modernising your workspace could be as easy as utilising scalable, cost-effective cloud storage for all your unstructured data. Azure Blob storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimised for storing massive amounts of...