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​SAP wants manufacturers to embrace cloud computing

Source – zdnet.com SAP has introduced a new suite of products to make it easier for manufacturers to manage and monitor their systems and work with other parts of the supply chain, using cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). The new offerings from the European software giant include ‘SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud for execution’, which integrates business systems with the shop floor, allowing for component and material-level visibility for single and global installations, while ‘SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud for insights’ focuses on data-driven performance management.

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Why spending on cloud computing is increasing in SA

Source – fin24.com Spending on cloud computing has sharply increased in Africa and is set to rise further. The Cloud Africa 2018 report, a research project conducted by Arthur Goldstuck’s World Wide Worx for F5 Networks, came to this conclusion after researching the innovation in three of the continent’s major economies – South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. Cloud computing is when a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage and process data is used instead of a

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The key challenges of migrating databases to the cloud

Source – gigabitmagazine.com As enterprises continue to embark on their digital transformation journeys part of this change may involve migrating in-house applications, databases and data to the cloud.  But while all the benefits of cloud are widely understood, migrating a database or an application to the cloud is not always smooth sailing and there can be challenges to overcome when transitioning.  Here I wanted to highlight some of the steps enterprises should take to ensure their database migration is successful. Why

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Why DevOps? The simple answer is it creates safer processes

Source – techtarget.com While we adopt new technologies to innovate, streamline, generate wealth and cut costs, there is another reason to do DevOps that might be even more important. Why DevOps? It can make you safe. Break down barriers We’re all familiar with the benefits of technology, but even today, a large number of businesses aren’t as quick to adopt new ideas as others. A number of research studies show the benefits of technology, but sometimes that’s not enough to force

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Driving cybersecurity and digital transformation with cloud technologies

Source – csoonline.com Commercial cloud computing platforms provide a complete set of computing, security, governance and compliance services that are supported by standardized and externally certified processes and procedures. AWS has invested in obtaining several widely used accreditations such as FedRAMP, SOC-2, ISO 27001 and many more. Further, cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) have strong management and operations processes to help protect digital assets and allow organizations to innovate. All these investments make it easier for public sector

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Can DevOps help modernize legacy applications?

Source – techtarget.com The challenge with new and shiny ways to execute against DevOps-centric operational models is that they’re often devoted to applications and services built for cloud-native environments. While I certainly embrace this change and see it as the ideal strategy here on out, there’s still a rather large elephant in the room: traditional enterprise applications. Based on the ever-popular “80/20 rule” and my own experiences, most data center applications weigh the operations team down with care-and-feeding requirements. Plus, the

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DORA and Google to collaborate on DevOps research

Source – appdevelopermagazine.com DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) has announced a new research project between DORA and Google Cloud: The Accelerate State of DevOps Report. Together, DORA and Google Cloud will conduct original, in-depth research to understand what issues matter most to developers. The two companies aim to unlock new findings that will give their customers a clear path forward with guidance to improve resource management, productivity and quality of their IT teams. “Our customers migrate to the cloud to change

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Nine cloud security threats you don’t want to ignore

Source – techtarget.com The following is an excerpt from The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CCSP CBK, Second Edition, by Adam Gordon, CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, SSCP. This section from Domain 1 describes nine cloud security threats waiting to pounce on unsuspecting enterprises. Whether you’re managing a public, private or hybrid cloud, it’s essential for information security professionals to understand where vulnerabilities lie and how to mitigate them. Threats form a real and ever-evolving challenge for organizations to counteract and defend against. Whether they

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PolarSeven Achieve AWS DevOps Competency

Source – prnewswire.com PolarSeven, Accelerate Your Cloud Automation, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Competency status. This recognises that PolarSeven provides proven technology solutions and deep expertise helping customers: implement their continuous integration and continuous delivery practices automating infrastructure provisioning and management with configuration management tools on AWS Achieving the AWS DevOps Competency differentiates PolarSeven as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member that provides specialized demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success with a specific focus

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How AI will influence the world of cloud-based collaboration and conferencing

Source – cloudcomputing-news.net Those who attended Cloud Expo Europe earlier this week took their opportunity to assess the next level of cloud services, ranging from blockchain, to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The cloud underpins these technologies and enables them to flourish, while as this publication has previously reported, the M&A cycle has been lit up by it. But what are some of the practical applications for cloud-enabled AI? Lifesize, a cloud-based conferencing hardware and software provider, is exploring how

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How the cloud super-providers see the changing landscape

Source – cloudcomputing-news.net Earlier this week, analyst firm Cloud Spectator published its latest report on combining price and performance in the cloud. In the main, its results mirrored previous studies; that the Amazons, Microsofts and Googles of this world may not be the best option for some organisations compared with the high performance, cheaper price specialists. So what of the behemoths, and how are their strategies changing? An illuminating session at Cloud Expo Europe today, featuring IBM, OVH – who bucked

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Secure DevOps: Inside the five lifecycle phases

Source – techtarget.com DevOps and cloud computing are radically changing the way organizations design, build, deploy and operate online systems. According to the latest SANS application security report, 43% of organizations are now delivering changes to production on a weekly, daily or continuous basis. With the increasing rate of change, traditional approaches to security can’t keep up. Therefore, security, IT and risk professionals are left struggling to figure out how they can reduce risk in a DevOps world. In the quest to

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The future of computer security is machine vs machine

Source – csoonline.com A growing number of computer security thinkers, including myself, think that in the very near future, most computer security will be machine versus machine–good bots versus bad bots, completely automated. We are almost there now. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don’t think we’ll get to a purely automated defense for a long, long time. Today’s security defenses Much of our computer security defenses are already completely automated. Our operating systems are more securely configured out of the box, from

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DevSecOps tools maturing, much to the relief of DevOps developers

Source – theserverside.com Ensuring the software an enterprise deploys is secure and ensuring that there are no software vulnerabilities in the applications an organization produces have always been an inexact science. But in this age of DevOps, more pressure than ever is being placed upon the shoulders of the typical software developer, creating a need for DevSecOps tools that will reduce the DevOps developer’s burden. Low-level, programmatic security has always been a software developer’s responsibility, but best practices have always demanded

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DevOps Tech Trends to Look Out For in 2018

Source – fluxmagazine.com DevOps is something that more businesses are using to boost the technology they offer to clients. In 2018, DevOps Tech is highly likely to play an even greater role in the creation and testing of new tech, but what will the trends for this year be? We take a look at what could happen in the coming months. Reliance on the Cloud So how does DevOps work? Cloud computing and DevOps are both playing major roles in how

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Can the cloud go all the way to the edge?

Source – cloudcomputing-news.net There is lots of conversation in the industry at the moment around the impact that edge computing is going to have on the cloud and specifically if it is going to kill the cloud, or at the very least impact its ability to cope. With the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT), and the predicted future ubiquity of sensors, the cloud and associated technologies in their current state won’t be able to cope with the sheer amount

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Six simple cloud security policies you need to know

Source – techtarget.com For a lot of cloud security breaches, the problem isn’t with the household-name cloud providers, but with you, the ops admin. The IT operations team often overlooks cloud security policies and best practices when it implements workloads on top-tier public cloud providers. The most common example is an inability to secure Amazon Simple Storage Service buckets. The cost to fix a breach — and the damage done to a high-profile brand due to the breach — far outweigh

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Emerging Data Center Trends: From DevOps To DataOps

Source – forbes.com If asked to list the top trends that are shaping the enterprise data center today, most technologists and tech investors would likely agree on a core set. The list would include technologies like such as cloud computing, containers and virtualization, microservices, machine learning and data science, flash memory, edge computing, NVMe and GPUs. These technologies are all important for organizations pushing digital transformation. The harder question: What’s coming next? Which emerging technologies or paradigm shifts are poised to

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TOP CLOUD COMPUTING PREDICTIONS FOR 2018: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Source – techgenix.com AWS, Google, Microsoft — these are the three giants of the cloud computing universe, and their collective efforts made 2017 a great year for cloud computing in general. It’s expected that the Big 3 will increase their combined market share to 76 percent in 2018, and to 80 percent by 2020. The global public cloud market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 22 percent, its size expected to be 178 billion in 2018, as compared

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A complete beginner’s guide to blending DevOps and security

Source – techtarget.com DevOps can be daunting enough for those brand-new to it. And it becomes even trickier when you begin to add security into the mix. If you want to build out your DevOps and security programs in order to improve your application security initiatives, vulnerability testing and verification have to be baked into your day-to-day processes. The DevOps/DevSecOps approach allows for security to be introduced earlier in the software development lifecycle. Instead of performing security checks once the code is

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