Optimization has emerged as a defining trend within the cloud industry in 2023. Evidence of this can be seen in SiliconANGLE’s recent analysis of comments made by the chief financial officers of the three largest hyperscale cloud companies last month. All three noted that customers were seeking ways to optimize cloud spending, which has contributed ...

When users visit Momento Inc.’s website, the message is hard to miss. Right from the opening screen, the company’s motto, “Believe in Serverless,” conveys the startup’s approach. Momento believes in serverless because it drives the company’s mission to automatically optimize, scale and manage cache for businesses large and small. “Serverless just means that we, as ...

Founded in 2012, Pepperdata Inc. is a big data infrastructure management company that has grown by moving its cost-savings solutions from on-premises to the cloud. In doing so, Pepperdata has formed a partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc., which leveraged the startup’s technology so that customers can realize savings while using its vast array of ...

In a traditional business model, a vendor provides a service for a fee whether success is realized or not. At the cloud management platform provider nOps Inc., no one gets paid until a customer saves money. This unusual approach is based on optimizing cloud commitments for customers, where savings are compared to on-demand usage and ...

A simple error can lead to costly, wasted cloud resources. One example can be found in the customer whose keystroke mistake led to the spin-up of a cloud instance much larger than was required. No one noticed, the job ran all weekend, and the result was $300,000 in unnecessary charges. Tales such as these are ...

The cyber-resilience conversation is shifting into a new phase, one where the focus is now on core engines that drive a business. “I’ve been talking to our customers now about cyber resilience and recovery from ransomware destruction for eight years,” said Jim Shook (pictured), director of cybersecurity and compliance practice at Dell Technologies Inc. “We’ve ...

The enterprise IT world has moved into a new phase. Until recently, most organizations were rapidly growing infrastructure to meet escalating business demand. However, as the economy cooled and as cyber threats grew, the focus has shifted more toward protecting infrastructure than growing it. “Now when we’re seeing companies reconfigure for what will be the ...

Each year, Dell Technologies Inc. releases a Global Data Protection Index report that summarizes survey findings from over 1,000 decision-makers in organizations around the world. In the most recent survey, the company asked about attack preparedness and an organization’s ability to recover, and the latest feedback revealed growing concern. “One of the things we’ve started ...

In IBM Corp.’s view of the world, the tech industry is coming to a place where the intersection of cloud, artificial intelligence and quantum computing will trigger a significant transformation. “It’s a massive moment of technological advancement,” Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna (pictured) said in his keynote address during the IBM Think conference in Orlando on Tuesday. ...

The agenda for Dell Technologies Inc.’s upcoming gathering in Las Vegas this month promises to follow a path much like the company itself. At the center will be Dell’s core businesses of compute, networking, PCs and storage. Unquestionably, we’ll hear about the topic of the year, generative AI and large language models. It’s likely we’ll ...