The cloud reaches its equilibrium point

Server huggers and cloud bigots of the world rejoice! You’re both right. Unfortunately, you’re also both wrong. “After 18 years of public cloud, we’ve had a long time to sort out which apps go where,” writes VMware’s Michael Coté, and we seem to have landed on a 50:50...

Google releases differential privacy software for JVM

Google has released PipelineDP4j, a differential privacy solution that allows developers to execute highly parallelizable computations using Java as the baseline language, while providing guarantees that personal information is kept private and secure. PipelineDP4j...

Overlooked cloud sustainability issues

Cloud sustainability is a funny topic. It’s like dental care; everyone agrees it’s important, but who wants to discuss the particulars? It’s much more fun to talk about the new “shiny keys” of IT: AI and its endless possibilities. Cloud sustainability is so five...

What is cloud computing? Everything you need to know

Cloud computing continues to be the platform of choice for large applications and a driver of innovation in enterprise technology. Gartner forecasts public cloud spending alone to reach $675 billion in 2024, up 20 percent from 2023. The analyst firm predicts spending...