The use of cloud applications has grown to a point where few, if any, businesses can operate without them. Apps enable people to connect, create, save money and time, and generally power key engines ...

NetApp said Wednesday that it's buying Spot, providers of workload optimization services for public clouds. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Spot's platform provides a combination of ...

As enterprises move to hyperscale cloud platforms, they often face the challenge of ensuring the high availability of their applications and data while controlling the cost. One common approach is to ...

‘When you’re running big applications and you’re going to consume thousands to tens of thousands of computers, the performance differences between processors become really important,’ said Miles Ward, ...

Public cloud has skyrocketed to become the indisputable go-to destination for new IT workloads, especially for data. And while the cloud is full of advantages over on-premises data platforms, cost ...

IT leaders can’t ignore the shift from just adopting cloud technology to optimizing deployments for better cost control and efficiency. The vision of the cloud as a cost-efficient solution captured ...

Enterprise cloud demands have evolved beyond the early drivers of adoption. Now, more than ever, businesses must be prepared to scale at a moment’s notice. Meeting unexpected user demand while ...

Google LLC’s cloud business today debuted a new capability, dubbed startup CPU boost, that will enable customers’ applications to perform certain computing tasks with less latency. The capability is ...

The big three cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google) all reported earnings last week, and the word on every cloud executive’s lips was optimization. To wit, “Customers continue to evaluate ways to ...

With Cost CTRL, customers will be better able to set budgets around their cloud spend and analyze workloads to determine the right fit from a cost perspective in terms of where workloads should land, ...