Harness Cloud Power, Reduce Cloud Costs Managing and maintaining cloud-based infrastructures and applications takes ongoing effort. Doing it well requires in-depth cloud knowledge and the ability to keep on top of new and evolving technologies. It’s important to understand how much appetite and capacity you have for this. Many organisations choose to outsource some, or […]
Managed Cloud Services Providers
Specialist Cloud-Based Talent on Tap A managed cloud services provider acts as a partner in the maintenance and improvement of cloud-based environments. Important tasks are handled by experienced engineers via ad hoc emergency support or ongoing management of parts of the estate. Benefits of working in this way can be huge, especially for organisations that […]
What are Cloud Services?
Cloud Service Models What are cloud services and how can you use them to accelerate delivery whilst reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) for your organisation? “As-a-service” is a phrase used in the NIST Definition of Cloud Computing to describe the 3 “service models” of cloud computing: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS): The familiar “virtual machine” model where […]
Cloud Migration
What is Cloud Migration? Cloud migration is the process of moving existing application workloads to the cloud. It’s an integral part of cloud adoption for most organisations. The Cloud Adoption Process Cloud migration is just one part of cloud adoption. So, before we drill down into the mechanics of cloud migration, it’s worth understanding how […]
What Is Cloud Computing?
What Does Cloud Computing Mean? Cloud computing is a way of accessing computing resources on-demand. You use what you need, when you need it. Think about how you turn on a tap to fill a glass of water, run a bath or do the washing up. You pay for what you use via a metered […]
What Are Containers? Part 2
A New Approach to an Old Problem Containers are, arguably, still the biggest ‘new’ technology in modern IT. They’ve retained that fresh, innovative feel and touting a new Kubernetes infrastructure still has an element of cachet. The problem is, being inherently virtual, container technology is quite a complex paradigm to understand. To really grasp what […]
What Are Containers?
How and When to Ship With Containers Containers improve portability, ensuring software runs reliably when it’s moved from one computing environment to another. They make it faster, easier and more cost-effective to move applications, just like shipping containers do with cargo. This can be useful in cloud adoption and migration scenarios, as well as in […]
What Will an AWS Well-Architected Review do for Me?
What is the Well-Architected Framework? AWS’s set of best practice guidance for running applications – known as the Well-Architected Framework – is designed to help you build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for your applications. It’s based on six pillars: Why Did AWS Create the Well-Architected Framework? AWS runs more cloud services at scale […]
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What is Azure DevOps?
What is Azure DevOps? Azure DevOps is a Software as a service (SaaS) platform from Microsoft that provides an end-to-end DevOps toolchain for developing and deploying software. It also integrates with most leading tools on the market and is a great option for orchestrating a DevOps toolchain. At Sourced Group, we have lots of customers […]
Why Adopt DevOps?
The Benefits DevOps has been proven to increase the speed, efficiency and quality of software delivery as well as improving staff morale and motivation. One of the key benefits of introducing DevOps processes and culture is that it removes silos (the communication barriers between teams), from an organisation and therefore removes the reliance on the […]