James Bourne, Author at Cloud Computing News

Getting digital transformation right: Lessons learned – from decisions to data

James Bourne — Wed, 08 May 2024 15:41:24 +0000

“Digital transformation becomes very ineffective if you don’t have any focus,” explains Kamala Manju Kesavan. “What are you trying to do? Are you clearing your tech stack? Are you trying to solve a customer problem? Clear strategy and goals are very important.” Of course, there might be the ideal use case where you can both […]

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Poor architectural visibility leading to cloud cost blowout, report warns

James Bourne — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:50:38 +0000

Almost three quarters of global companies polled by integration and automation provider Boomi exceeded their cloud budgets last year – and solving perennial problems from excessive storage to overconsumption of bandwidth remains elusive in many cases. The findings were in a report conducted alongside Forrester Research, which polled 420 cloud decision makers globally. While two […]

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NVIDIA GTC roundup: Next-gen data centres and cloud provider partnerships

James Bourne — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:04:41 +0000

NVIDIA’s 2024 GTC event, taking place through March 21, saw the usual plethora of announcements one would expect from a major tech conference. One stood out, from founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote: the next-generation Blackwell GPU architecture, enabling organisations to build and run real-time generative AI on trillion-parameter large language models. “The future is […]

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Flexera 2024 State of the Cloud: Cost optimisation, FinOps and GenAI key takeaways

James Bourne — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:57:48 +0000

Flexera has admitted that 2024 is a ‘complex’ year for cloud adoption as the company publishes its latest State of the Cloud report – and while cost optimisation remains key, sustainability is slowly emerging as an important differentiator. The report – the 13th – is often regarded as a benchmark study for the industry, with […]

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Generative AI ‘commonplace in cloud business models’ – as Azure leads the way

James Bourne — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:03:43 +0000

More than seven in 10 cloud environments are employing managed AI services according to a new analysis, with the common use of OpenAI, be it directly or through Azure SDKs, suggesting that generative AI tools are ‘quickly becoming commonplace in cloud business models.’ The study, from cloud security platform provider Wiz, analysed more than 150,000 […]

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Why companies continue to struggle with cloud visibility – and code vulnerabilities

James Bourne — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:53:41 +0000

A new report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has thrown up more difficulties organisations are facing in security remediation – and achieving visibility from code to cloud. The report, produced in collaboration with security firm Dazz, polled just over 2,000 IT and security professionals to better understand current cloud environments and security tools. The […]

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Pluralsight: On why cloud skills acquisition is a continuous journey

James Bourne — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:27:14 +0000

If you suspect that the cloud skills gap has not been lessened in recent years – or, indeed, has actually gotten wider – then take this statistic from Pluralsight into account. The online learning provider notes that, while 98% of customers the company has spoken to have started their cloud journey, only 7% have got […]

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Cloud transformation in 2024: Get the fundamentals right to reap the GenAI benefits

James Bourne — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:11:02 +0000

What is cloud transformation going to look like in 2024? Whatever the model and industry, it will almost certainly be flavoured with generative AI – and it will touch areas from application modernisation to cost optimisation. With regard to the former, look to Gartner’s 2024 predictions, with the headline of ‘every strategic conversation needs to […]

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Capgemini and Orange launch ‘trusted cloud’ Bleu for competitive French market

James Bourne — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:26:56 +0000

Capgemini and Orange have announced that Bleu, a cloud company launched in partnership with Microsoft, is engaging commercially with ‘select French public and private organisations’ in anticipation of services going live by the end of 2024. Bleu, which is described as ‘fully operational’, was launched with the goal of meeting specific cloud needs of various […]

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China cloud infrastructure spend hits $9.2bn in Q3 with ‘relentless’ AI focus

James Bourne — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:16:54 +0000

Spending on cloud infrastructure services in mainland China hit $9.2 billion USD (£7.29bn) in the third quarter of 2023 accounting for 12% of global cloud spend, according to analyst firm Canalys. The three largest vendors in China – Alibaba, Huawei and Tencent – represent almost three quarters (73%) of the market and customer spending. Alibaba […]

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