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• Automation's role in moving cloud workloads through a multi-cloud world

  To effectively manage a multi-cloud environment, consider both the application structures and your deployment choices. Automation helps, but be strategic about workload decisions. Continue Reading

• Set up an identity and access management system for public cloud

  To increase security and monitor user access to public cloud resources such as compute and APIs, admins can use federated identity and access management. Continue Reading

• Reduce the costs of cloud computing heading into 2017

  Factors ranging from resource sprawl to a lack of coordination can make cloud computing costs unnecessarily high. Trim your expenses with these cost-cutting tips. Continue Reading

• Manage a hybrid cloud deployment with these top tips from 2016

  Without an effective management strategy, IT teams can't fully realize the benefits of hybrid cloud. Learn how to tackle network bottlenecks, manage data and more with these tips. Continue Reading

• Things to consider before extending .NET cloud development

  In order to ensure the supporting role of .NET in development and deployment either enforce .NET middleware use on all developments or adopt component integration strategy. Continue Reading

• Minimize risks, downtime during an OpenStack update

  To keep an OpenStack deployment running smoothly and securely, updates and bug fixes are critical. But to perform those updates, IT teams have to do much more than flip a switch.Continue Reading

• Security issues in cloud computing

  While the cloud may be flexible and cost-efficient, a lack of data safeguards and compliance standards makes security the largest hurdle to leap.Continue Reading

• Managing a cloud resource pool for hybrid environments

  Cloud sprawl negatively affects enterprises by increasing IT costs and lowering efficiency. And with hybrid clouds, in particular, a fragmented resource pool could be to blame.Continue Reading

• Google's Stackdriver taps into growing multicloud trend

  A clear trend has emerged around public cloud adoption in the enterprise: organizations increasingly employ a mix of different cloud services, rather than go all in with one. As that movement ...Continue Reading

• IoT, outages show importance of a cloud backup and recovery strategy

  As IoT and big data systems proliferate, IT teams need to store and protect more data in the cloud. To meet those needs, and avoid data loss, rethink cloud backup and recovery.Continue Reading

• Why are so few enterprises implementing automated software release management?

  Why are we breaking our necks to develop apps faster if we're not any good at shipping the code out the door?Continue Reading

• Microsoft supports open NativeScript language to boost TypeScript

  As developers move to open source tools, Microsoft has aligned its own TypeScript with the NativeScript language and opened up its Graph API, allowing apps to interact with Office 365.Continue Reading

• Don't migrate apps to the cloud without considering the costs

  For many organizations, the public cloud is a way to cut costs -- but some apps may be costing you more in the cloud than you think. Find out which enterprise apps are better left on premises.Continue Reading

• Which Microsoft tools can help me migrate to Azure?

  There are a number of Microsoft tools that can monitor workload performance. But which tools can help gauge if my apps are ready to migrate to the Azure public cloud?Continue Reading

• Find the best Azure instance types for your workloads

  When it comes to choosing the best Azure compute instance for your workload, the options can be overwhelming. Use these tips to get on the right track.Continue Reading