Mark Albertson
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Like the major cloud platform providers, HYCU Inc. has shaped its enterprise strategy around keeping a foot in both the on-premises world and the cloud-based space. That strategy gained additional clarity recently with the announcement that HYCU would now support Microsoft Azure …
Back to school: Aviatrix certifies tech professionals in multicloud networking
Soaring above the clouds means understanding how to fly, and one enterprise tech company has set out to train a squadron of cloud networking aces. Aviatrix Systems Inc. has launched a program to certify technical professionals and cloud practitioners in multicloud networking …
IT consultants leverage automation tools to manage multicloud complexity for clients
Migration to a multicloud model starts out easy and can get rapidly harder as enterprises seek to optimize the new computing model. That’s just one of the messages that enterprise consultants, such as DXC Technology Co., have for clients. In November, DXC …
Building architecture around cloud provider solutions fosters open-minded attitude in network world
Not all major cloud providers are the same, and this simple realization can impact how network architects implement multicloud solutions. For a business such as Ellie Mae Inc., which processes 35% of mortgage applications in the United States, the nuances of network …
Rise of multicloud orchestration helps customers simplify network management
Major cloud providers are beginning to understand the need for tools tailored to manage multicloud services, but it has taken time. Amid the multitude of product announcements made by Amazon Web Services Inc. at its re:Invent conference in December was a set …
Gartner analyst outlines the challenges of enterprise multicloud management
The challenge confronting many information-technology network administrators these days is not connecting to multiple clouds; it’s managing the infrastructure demands once they’ve arrived there. Day one is easy. Day two? Not so much. “While you’re in the network part of the cloud, …
4iQ builds a business around identity intelligence in cyberattack security
When security researcher Brian Krebs recently broke the news that a large number of French critical infrastructure firms had been hacked, he was also able to identify the source of the malware using a database provided by 4iQ Inc. The company maintains …
Explosion of multicloud computing will rewrite enterprise history, says Aviatrix CEO
The lessons of history can be instructive in providing comparisons with the latest trends in cloud computing, even if it means looking back in time hundreds of millions of years. Scientists believe that in the Cambrian period 542 million years ago, there was …
LinkedIn pursues its vision to leverage data for global economic opportunity
It would be a mistake to simply characterize LinkedIn Corp. as merely a job or networking website. With 660 million users, LinkedIn has the ability to leverage a tremendous amount of data in ways that go far beyond the latest job switch …
Customer diversity plays important role for Intuit in product design
Diversity applies to more than just the makeup of any given workforce. It’s become especially important in understanding how products will be received by customers. Intuit Inc. develops and sells accounting and tax preparation software, and its QuickBooks product serves more than …