The term “data gravity” refers to the growing “weight” of data being collected in an ever growing mass, the additional data and services pulled closer to that mass and the inertia which must be overcome in order to move such a mass. To be useful, data of course must be accessed (and often updated): e.g., […]
Hybrid Cloud
Data Gravity and Its Impact on Data Protection Strategies
Data security was a straightforward process back when organizations stored all their data in on-premises IT environments. Organizations used the “lobster” security model – building hard-shelled exteriors to fend off threats at the perimeter — but they had fewer internal protections for the soft, delicious data inside. In a cloud-oriented world, data protection is much […]
Gaining a Transparent View for a Cloud-Right Strategy
When Cloud Technology Partners was founded in 2010, cloud was still relatively new to the market. We saw a few early adopters [think Capital One] that went all in on public cloud early, but the majority of our work was private cloud implementations or small proof of concept environments on AWS. Fast forward nine years […]
To Port or Not to Port? What to Consider in a Cloud Portability Design
One of the recurring themes with our clients is the desire to use the cloud to achieve portability. This is natural given that one of the attractions of moving to the cloud is the apparent ease with which workloads can be moved around to achieve a balance. In this article, we will examine: common goals […]
[Podcast] Data Sovereignty, Security and Performance Panacea: How Mastercard Is Setting the Standard for Global Hybrid Cloud Adoption
Cloud initiatives clearly do not come in “one size fits all” packages. They vary widely in focus and complexity, from basic migration projects to extreme cases involving the strictest security and performance requirements of a global financial services giant. Mastercard completed a complicated project that illustrates the challenges cloud implementations can pose and the benefits […]
Finding the Right IT Mix for Your Company
Take a long look inside any large company’s IT infrastructure, and you will find a complex, sometimes convoluted mix of resources, both physical and virtual. There is a public cloud platform or two, likely a private cloud, plenty of on-premises servers and an assorted assemblage of applications connected in various ways. How did it get […]