Cloud Management White Papers

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Best Practices in Cloud Spend Management
sponsored by ServiceNow
WHITE PAPER: The unfortunate reality is that 40% of organizations overspend on cloud, with no reliable cost tracking in place, according to Gartner. Consider the advantages of FinOps, and make the most of your cloud budget, by reading this white paper. Outlined inside are practical best practices for managing cloud spend with FinOps and automation.
Posted: 15 Mar 2024 | Published: 15 Mar 2024

ServiceNow

Optimize today to transform tomorrow
sponsored by Ensono Limited
WHITE PAPER: While keeping the lights on seems less exciting than dramatic cloud migrations, it still deserves your attention—in fact, it’s still eating up some 70-80% of your budget. A distributed environment can make this investment worth it. Learn how in this guide.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 31 Aug 2020

Ensono Limited

What Is Software-Defined Storage and How You Can Benefit from It?
sponsored by OVH
WHITE PAPER: As infrastructure elements are now abstracted from their hardware layers and controlled by software, highly resilient, shared datastores can help you grow as go. Download this white paper to learn the 5 benefits of adopting software-defined storage (SDS) and how an SDS approach can fulfill your growing datastorage needs.
Posted: 12 Feb 2020 | Published: 12 Feb 2020

OVH

Use case: Extend on-premises infrastructure with a hosted private cloud
sponsored by OVH
WHITE PAPER: For organizations with legacy infrastructures, even the act of planning a cloud migration strategy can seem nearly impossible. In this white paper, OVHcloud examines how a hosted private cloud offers an entry point to cloud technologies for organizations with legacy systems. Read the paper now to learn more.
Posted: 17 Dec 2019 | Published: 17 Dec 2019

OVH

The key benefits of future-proof Hosted Private Cloud
sponsored by OVH
WHITE PAPER: While the popularity of the cloud introduces security-related concerns, a clear benefit of software-centric data centers is the reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) required to operate an organization effectively. Find out the other positives of the private cloud in OVHcloud’s white paper here.
Posted: 16 Dec 2019 | Published: 16 Dec 2019

OVH

Building the Business Case for Enterprise File Sync-and-Share
sponsored by Nasuni
WHITE PAPER: Based on market research, this guide uncovers the many purchase drivers nudging organizations in the direction of EFSS. Read on, as the content inside covers the features businesses are looking for in EFSS, the business problems EFSS can solve, the risks of going without EFSS (9 are detailed inside), and more.
Posted: 09 Mar 2018 | Published: 09 Mar 2018

Nasuni

What You SIEM is What You Get
sponsored by AT&T Cybersecurity
WHITE PAPER: A properly executed SIEM strategy is difficult to achieve. Explore this white paper to gain a deeper understanding of how your company can overcome SIEM challenges and implement a successful platform.
Posted: 18 Oct 2017 | Published: 18 Oct 2017

AT&T Cybersecurity

The Data Explosion: A Guide to Data-Management Cloud Services
sponsored by Oracle
WHITE PAPER: By 2019, the Internet of Things alone will have created over 500 Zettabytes of data. Inside, learn about a cloud database that lets you create dedicated on-demand test environments, provision your integrated app environment and infrastructure instantly, allow others to build apps with fast preinstalled tools, and more.
Posted: 26 Sep 2017 | Published: 26 Sep 2017

Oracle

Leverage The Digital Edge: Solving Critical Digital Business Challenges Through Interconnection
sponsored by Equinix
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes new collaboration and business models, and explains how a new kind of architecture strategy empowers businesses to react in real time, adapt quickly to change, and leverage digital ecosystems to create new value and growth.
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 | Published: 19 Jun 2017

Equinix

Channel Partnerships in the Era of the Cloud
sponsored by Quosal
WHITE PAPER: In this e-guide, uncover how the cloud is affecting the way channel partnerships are formed and managed, as well as what your organization should be doing in the cloud era.
Posted: 12 Jun 2017 | Published: 08 Jun 2017

Quosal

How Hybrid Cloud Management Systems can Boost Today's IT Management
sponsored by Faction
WHITE PAPER: Today's IT teams aren't 100% sold on hybrid cloud as the best strategy for their virtual data centers. The question then becomes 'how can you overcome the shortcomings of hybrid cloud, and generate a powerful platform that fits your customer's use cases'? Learn how to do this and more inside this expert-guide.
Posted: 07 Apr 2017 | Published: 03 Apr 2017

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Is It True That the Hybrid Cloud Definition Has Been Lost in Translation?
sponsored by Dell EMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Not all IT pros are on the same page when it comes to the "true" definition of hybrid cloud. And unfortunately, the original definition has been lost in vendor marketing jargon. Download this guide to cut through the vendor jargon and discover the true definition of hybrid cloud, as our experts elaborate on the subject.
Posted: 07 Mar 2017 | Published: 06 Mar 2017

Dell EMC and Intel®

Identifying Cloud and Data Quality Opportunities for Big Data
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Managing and analyzing data in the cloud has many benefits, but adoption levels remain relatively low, despite the potential benefits. Get the numbers behind leveraging the cloud for business intelligence and big data analytics, and find out how maximizing analytics' potential relies on the quality of your data.
Posted: 30 Jun 2016 | Published: 29 Jun 2016

IBM

Creating Resilient Architectures on Microsoft Azure
sponsored by Rackspace Technology
WHITE PAPER: Today's cloud environment requires a resilient architecture to ensure minimal business impact in the event of outages or failure. Explore this white paper to learn how to design and build the most resilient architecture possible for your business.
Posted: 25 Nov 2015 | Published: 25 Nov 2015

Rackspace Technology

Smart City as a Service: Using Analytics to Equip Communities for Data Driven Decisions
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper how to enable municipal IT managers to build a flexible cloud foundation and support a smart city service strategy. Read on to discover how to deploy on a secure hybrid cloud model to accommodate all workloads.
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 | Published: 05 Nov 2015

IBM

Mapping Out Your Hybrid Cloud Journey
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how you can map out your hybrid cloud journey based on today's infrastructure and where it needs to be in the future. Read on to learn common cloud routes and how to avoid the obstacles.
Posted: 08 Oct 2015 | Published: 08 Oct 2015

Dimension Data

Explore the 3 Stages to Successful Cloud Migrations
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the essential 3 stages to prepare your enterprise for a successful cloud migration. Access now and you'll get answers to top questions on business and infrastructure goals that will ensure all requirements are met during the migration.
Posted: 08 Oct 2015 | Published: 08 Oct 2015

Dimension Data

Achieve Five 9's Availability with Private Cloud
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: This solution overview offers a closer look at a private cloud with both hosted and on-premise options that can help you achieve five 9's availability for your server and network, latency of less than one millisecond, and more.
Posted: 08 Oct 2015 | Published: 08 Oct 2015

Dimension Data

How Expert Support for Azure Improves Your Business
sponsored by Rackspace Technology
WHITE PAPER: Companies of all sizes are migrating to cloud platforms for a growing set of workloads, but they quickly discover that the move and upkeep is harder than they thought. But, with an expert, using the cloud doesn't have to be so hard. Access this white paper to learn about an expert platform that can help you overcome these challenges.
Posted: 07 Aug 2015 | Published: 07 Aug 2015

Rackspace Technology

Bare Metal Clouds: The Pros and Cons of a Non-Virtualized Option
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This informative guide explores the pros and cons of a "bare metal cloud" – a cloud service that is not virtualized.
Posted: 08 Jul 2015 | Published: 17 Jan 2014

IBM

Why ITaaS Might Be the Key to Streamlining and Automating Your Critical Apps and Workloads
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores an IT as a Service (ITaaS) offering that organizes all resources on and off the cloud into a single management platform.
Posted: 19 Jun 2015 | Published: 19 Jun 2015

Dimension Data

Are You in Full Control of Your Cloud Resources?
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: This technical brief explores an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offering that provides the ability to effectively manage, govern, and automate your cloud resources using an intuitive, web-based user interface.
Posted: 19 Jun 2015 | Published: 31 Dec 2015

Dimension Data

Managed Services for any Cloud Model
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores service delivery platforms and managed services that allow enterprises to choose the type of cloud that best fits their needs—private, public, or hybrid.
Posted: 19 Jun 2015 | Published: 19 Jun 2015

Dimension Data

Microsoft Collaboration and Productivity Apps Use Case
sponsored by Rackspace Technology
WHITE PAPER: This concise white paper offers a snapshot into a managed private cloud environment that can help ensure your mission-critical Microsoft applications run effectively. Download now to learn how you can power Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and more with higher availability
Posted: 04 Jun 2015 | Published: 04 Jun 2015

Rackspace Technology

The Cloud at Your Pace
sponsored by Rackspace Technology
WHITE PAPER: Many CIOs worry about moving workloads all at once from behind firewalls. Discover how to move to the cloud bit by bit.
Posted: 04 Jun 2015 | Published: 04 Jun 2015

Rackspace Technology