Colin Barker

Cloud landing zones make it quicker and easier to launch and deploy workloads in a consistent, secure and repeatable manner. But to maximise the benefits, you need to ensure their build is properly aligned with wider technical and business-related factors. Customised vs Custom Build Security, repeatability and operability are critical success factors for any cloud […]

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The game day concept originates in hackathons, where programmers get together to build or improve upon a piece of software. Game days however are more inclusive of non-technical people. They offer many benefits, especially for organisations on the cloud adoption journey. This post explains what game days are and gives ten good reasons to hold […]

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Everyone wants to know how to make their cloud migration a success. Unfortunately, there’s no single way to go about it. Specifics vary from case to case depending on your organisation’s goals and existing set-up. Nevertheless, certain steps can be taken to ensure your cloud migration and longer-term transformation get off to a promising start. […]

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Data security is a key issue for financial services leaders as they consider strategies to accelerate or escalate cloud adoption. We find they share a hesitancy to store and manage data using a relatively new, evolving technology. Risk-aversion is perfectly natural in heavily regulated industries, but this blog considers how cloud best practice can alleviate […]

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