Category: Wireless & Cloud

May 22, 2023

The introduction of 5G technology, the fifth-generation cellular network, is energizing all aspects of connectivity: from digital entertainment to gaming, from virtual services like streaming music and video to business collaboration tools. This next-level telecommunications technology takes internet connection speeds […]

May 19, 2023

Today, most businesses operate in a digital environment. In most cases, using public cloud or on-premise infrastructure can cost additional money and resources. For most such cases, multi-cloud and hybrid setups can provide viable solutions. Hybrid cloud infrastructure particularly benefits […]

May 16, 2023

Gus is a smart-home dog. He’s used to letting me know when his food didn’t dispense on schedule because his smart pet feeder dropped off the Wi-Fi network — and I’m accustomed to doing the reconnection dance that follows. If […]

May 12, 2023

A 2022 study carried out by TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group found that 62% of firms use third-party cloud-cost estimation tools. This included software to compare potential costs of different public cloud providers. The impact of these finops tools was clear […]

April 28, 2023

Cloud computing has enabled businesses to focus on their core competencies and scale up their operations without worrying about the IT infrastructure. That’s pretty much the same take we had many years ago. Now that cloud computing is already more […]

April 25, 2023

It’s 9:00 Monday morning, and you arrive at the office for your first week of hybrid work to learn that your cloud application has been shut down by the security team. You later find out that the security team leader […]

April 24, 2023

Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) offer an ever-expanding array of instance types, ensuring that for any given workload there exists the perfect hosting option that matches the exact needs of that app or business service. But with this expansion comes an […]

April 18, 2023

I’m starting to see articles in the business press calling for a downturn in cloud spending since the economy is likely to slow down. I’m always a bit skeptical of predictions that if something bad is happening or will happen, […]

April 18, 2023

Serverless computing adoption soared in 2022, according to the 2022 CNCF Cloud Native Survey. With this growing popularity comes the potential risk of increasing cloud spending unless enterprises take a proactive approach to serverless costs through strategy, optimization, and monitoring. […]

April 18, 2023

Cosmonic, a WebAssembly PaaS (platform as a service), has reached its open beta stage. With the launch, Cosmonic now features Cosmonic Connect, a set of connectors that simplify integrating third-party technologies, such as Kubernetes, with WebAssembly. Built on the Cosmonic-maintained […]

April 17, 2023

The promise of 5G hasn’t been met with performance, but it’s too early to proclaim its failure. True 5G is on its way with mobile edge computing – and data centers will be at the core of it, discusses Raul […]

April 14, 2023

It’s a familiar scene in 2023. A CIO nervously presents the cloud migration status to the board of directors. After a quick flip through a dozen or so PowerPoint slides and a review of the budget that supports the projects, […]

April 11, 2023

A 2022 Thales Cloud Security study revealed that 88% of enterprises store a significant amount (at least 21%) of their sensitive data in the cloud. No surprise there. Indeed, I thought the percentage would be much higher. The same report […]

April 7, 2023

Generative AI can generate new content, and it’s been heralded as a groundbreaking technology with the potential to transform various industries. However, those working in the cloudops world who will be charged with running generative AI systems long term are […]

April 6, 2023

In recent years, the blockchain-based vehicle edge computing (VEC) network enables the computation task of vehicular networks to be offloaded to multiple distributed edge computing nodes deployed in roadside units (RSU), while realizing reliable and decentralized information sharing among RSUs. […]

March 24, 2023

Hearing everyone’s opinion of the cost-efficiency and value of multicloud deployments is fun. Most people don’t get it right—more from misperceptions and groupthink than anything else. I’m sorry to be the guy who comes along and crushes these myths, but […]

March 21, 2023

The swift rise of internet satellites, forming megaconstellations, and accumulating space junk are already starting to mess with astronomers’ research. The problem is growing exponentially, scientists warn in a series of papers published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy. And […]

March 21, 2023

Security observability is the ability to gain visibility into an organization’s security posture, including its ability to detect and respond to security threats and vulnerabilities. It involves collecting, analyzing, and visualizing security data to identify potential hazards and take proactive […]

March 8, 2023

As cloud usage grew over the past decade, one trend among cloud users remained constant: Security held steady as the top challenge for users. That focus is shifting. For the first time, since Flexera began its annual survey of cloud […]

March 3, 2023

I’m noticing a pattern in my work with young and old cloud architects. Well-known cloud scaling techniques used years ago are rarely used today. Yes, I understand why, being it’s 2023 and not 1993, but cloud architect silverbacks still know […]