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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

CIO

However, trade along the Silk Road was not just a matter of distance; it was shaped by numerous constraints much like todays data movement in cloud environments. Merchants had to navigate complex toll systems imposed by regional rulers, much as cloud providers impose egress fees that make it costly to move data between platforms.

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Achieve greater business value with VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine

CIO

VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) is now generally available, and there has never been a better time to move your VMware workloads to Google Cloud, so you can bring down your costs and benefit from a modern cloud experience. TB raw data storage ( ~2.7X

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Transforming workloads: Harnessing AI within VMware environments

CIO

Think about this choice in terms of your own home, imagining your core business applications as the very foundation of your house, says Ken Bocchino, Group Product Manager at Google Cloud. In this way, IT can employ the clouds ubiquitous access and security features without having to refactor and re-network their applications.

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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

The cloud services sector is still dominated by Amazon and the other so-called “hyperscalers” — e.g. the Microsoft Azures, Google Cloud Platforms and IBM Clouds of the world. ” Friend and Flowers joined forces in 2015 to start Wasabi, when Friend was still the CEO of cloud backup company Carbonite.

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What is a cloud architect? A vital role for success in the cloud

CIO

Cloud architects are responsible for managing the cloud computing architecture in an organization, especially as cloud technologies grow increasingly complex. Some cloud architect roles are tailored to AWS or Azure while others may be targeted at specific knowledge areas such as infrastructure or blockchain.

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VPC Service Controls – A step by step guide

Xebia

Introduction Having the ability to utilize resources on demand and gaining high speed connectivity across the globe, without the need to purchase and maintain all the physical resources, is one of the greatest benefits of a Cloud Service Provider (CSP). And then the policy called Restrict allowed Google Cloud APIs and services in particular.

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No refactoring required: A painless path to cloud adoption

CIO

Cloud-based workloads can burst as needed, because IT can easily add more compute and storage capacity on-demand to handle spikes in usage, such as during tax season for an accounting firm or on Black Friday for an e-commerce site. Theres no downtime, and all networking and dependencies are retained. Refresh cycle. Disaster recovery.

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