The hybrid Cloud has emerged as the dominant Cloud deployment pattern over the last few years. While there is great interest in adopting public Cloud services from providers such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, mature enterprises inevitably have heavy investments in existing data centers and IT infrastructure that they still want to leverage and optimize.…
DetailsThe Study NxtGen commissioned a benchmarking analysis report to examine the relative performance of major VM components including virtual cores, memory, block storage, and internal network for NxtGen Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Rackspace Cloud Servers. Specifically, the study examines raw performance and price-indexed performance for two common workloads: web servers…
DetailsIn the last blog (Blog 3), we explored the last four pieces of the Cloud Readiness Domain Model. In this final installment of the Cloud Readiness Blog Series, we provide an overview of the Cloud Readiness process and engagement model, describing how the process is performed with a Client. The Cloud Readiness Assessment Process The…
DetailsIn the last blog (Blog 2 in the series), we explored the first four elements of the Cloud Readiness Domain Model. This blog will explore the last four pieces of the Cloud Readiness Domain Model. Cloud Security Readiness Cloud security readiness focuses on the various policy and guidance, security controls and enforcement/oversight and assurance processes,…
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