Set up your customized online app store with the BMC Marketplace solution
App stores are very well known in the consumer world, and now their popularity is rapidly increasing in enterprise environments. According to Gartner, by 2017, 25 percent of enterprises will have an enterprise app store for managing corporate-sanctioned apps on
Cloud assessments make the smoothest cloud migrations
Cloud computing has proven its value to enterprises and service providers. On the business side, the cloud represents potentially lower costs thanks to pay-as-you-go pricing and the option to scale easily as the user base grows. For service providers, cloud
Monitoring your application performance in the cloud
Application performance monitoring involves the supervision of applications to ensure optimal performance and availability. As distributed IT environments have grown to be more complex, IT departments have increasingly turned to a more network-centered approach for application performance management, using tools
The ROI of Cloud Migration
The ability to calculate the ROI of cloud computing is not a simple exercise, as most people would prefer to think. In order to truly understand the business value when adopting cloud computing (public, private, or hybrid), we require a
Rebuilding applications for the cloud
Enterprise cloud computing is a massive game changer, and the next few years will bring significant changes in the way users access applications through mobile devices and interact with each other through socially enabled, cloud based services. In particular, there
Environmental benefits of cloud computing
Both cloud computing and sustainability are emerging as trends in business and society. Most consumers, whether they are aware of it or not, are already heavy users of cloud-enabled services like email, social media, online gaming, and many mobile applications. At
The best photo apps to keep your memories in the cloud
Today’s photography environment is more complex than ever. It involves digital cameras, smartphones, tablets, and computers. As the number of devices people use to take photos is rising so is the number of solutions and applications through which they take,
Windows Azure Opens the Door for Federal Cloud Adoption
A few days ago, Microsoft received notice that Windows Azure has been granted Provisional Authorities to Operate (P-ATO) from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Joint Authorization Board (JAB). Windows Azure is the first public cloud platform, with
Stakeholders – Get buy-in on your cloud strategy and roadmap
Cloud computing is a hot topic and a major buzzword today. As every employee is making use of one or multiple cloud tools, cloud adoption in the enterprise is driven by personal use. As CIO you see a real opportunity
Would Remote Working Bring any Benefits for Your Business?
Remote working is becoming an industry standard, especially in the IT industry and other digital related fields. However, at the beginning of this year Jackie Reses, Chief Development Officer of Yahoo sent out a memo telling all remote employees that,
Cloud Computing: Enabling Change for Financial Sector
Although financial services companies see significant benefits in cloud-based systems, the adoption of this technology is still slow-paced for the industry. The reason? For highly-regulated institutions there are significant legal and regulatory challenges that must be considered and dealt with
The Cloud: If the Business Needs It, You’ll Have It. If Not, You’ll Find an Excuse!
When thinking about writing this article, I was actually wondering, do I really need to get started on why businesses should prioritize moving to the cloud? By now the majority of business managers and IT administrators have already read many
The Cloud: A Cost-Effective Way to Face BYOD’s Security Challenges
A trend quickly embraced by end users, BYOD makes companies and IT managers shiver when thinking about security and compliance implications. If the number of employees that bring their own device to work is continuously increasing, so does the
How to Choose the Right Cloud Environment
If there’s a thing everybody agrees upon when it comes to cloud migrations, is that there are a lot of choices to be made when you decide you are going to move to the cloud. With all the noise around
Are SMBs still afraid of moving to the cloud?
We all know that since cloud computing services are available, almost every organization, regardless of its size, at least thought about migrating to the cloud. When analyzing a solution this complex, there are many aspects to understand and plan, including