Where is cloud infrastructure heading in 2019 A brief overview of the key cloud trends of this year: serverless systems, multicloud, 5G networks, quantum technologies and AI systems. In our Telegram channel, we provide statistics and expert opinions on the topic and outline the development prospects for each of the areas.
VMworld Europe 2018: the main announcements of the last conference Here you will find a compact overview of the Cloud Foundation 3.5 platform, Project Dimension beta, a few words about PKS and vRealize Automation. Also, some information about the latest VMware deals.
GDPR effect: how the new regulation affected the IT ecosystem It will be about why βyou canβt just take it so easyβ and begin to fully comply with the requirements of the GDPR, introduce new security policies and mechanisms for working with personal data. We analyze the cases of companies that decided not to even try to do this and closed.
Who supports cloud projects: 4 open source foundations OSF, GraphQL, Ceph, and Edge foundations post-reference β all of which develop tools for working in the cloud and form thematic communities around them. Let's talk about what makes each of them special.
IaaS cases
IaaS for Avito.ru Today it is one of the largest Russian online platforms. In the material, its representatives tell how IaaS helped to scale the business, why it was chosen hybrid infrastructure, and which systems were brought to the cloud.
How to host 100% of infrastructure in the cloud Case of SL Tech, which specializes in the development of B2B services. In our microformat, we explain why a company decided to migrate its IT infrastructure to the cloud, what is the benefit of such a decision, what exactly was migrated, and what is important to remember in order not to regret migrating to the cloud.
How IaaS helps the largest chain of pharmacies This is material on how the GOSAPTEKA pharmacy chain transferred its services to the cloud. Here is the basic migration algorithm with comments from representatives of the network of pharmacies - from choosing a provider to bringing individual services to the cloud: an accounting database, a commerce system, and others.
What tasks will IaaS solve for companies Start a business from scratch, scale the infrastructure and meet all the requirements of the regulator - the IaaS cloud will help. On the example of BelkaCar, PickPoint and RailCommerce cases, we explain what the strength of IaaS is.
What you need to know about PCI DSS Material about what constitutes a standard for protecting payment card data. We review the requirements and talk about certification.
Virtual machines or containers We talk about the advantages and disadvantages from the position of corporate customers. The latter include organizations that provide services to a large number of users and require maximum system fault tolerance. We will tell you how it is easier and more profitable for such customers to solve their problems.
Why hard drives are becoming less likely to break down In the past, hard drives failed more often than anything else in a server. Today the situation has improved, but there is still work to be done. We are talking about what "extends the life" of the HDD in the storage market.
Zscaler and Security as a Service Solutions Today, more and more companies are encouraging remote work. In this case, the "entry point" for employees often becomes a virtual infrastructure. To protect corporate data without compromising the efficiency of business applications, you need to consider a number of features of the cloud environment. We tell you how Security as a Service and Zscaler will help with this.
Disaster Recovery as a Service: What you need to know Reference material about reservation infrastructure and disaster recovery using the DR platform of an IaaS provider. Using examples, we analyze the basic concepts: recovery time objective, recovery point objective and disaster recovery service and others.