Spring has officially sprung, and this month it feels like enterprises are doing some overdue cleaning of their own when it comes to cloud.
In this month’s “must-reads” newsletter, we’re highlighting articles about renewed focus on cloud security, network visibility and control, runaway cloud costs, and the ever-present skills gap. And of course, close out with a loose tie to the buzzword of the moment: generative AI.
InfoWorld
Observability Will Transform Cloud Security
Cloud security threats are increasing in both frequency and intensity, and as industry expert David Linthicum writes: “It’s clear that a lot of people who do cloud security are playing Whac-A-Mole with emerging threats, and a few need to be faster to respond. This will likely worsen as cloud deployments become more heterogeneous and complex with the growing popularity of multicloud applications that use federated architectures.” He argues that companies need better visibility into potential threats and proactive approaches to addressing risk.
Dataversity
Cloud Architecture Mistakes: Losing Visibility and Control Over Data Processing
Okay, we might be a little biased, but Shahzad Ali really understands cloud and multicloud design. His five-part series of articles examining critical mistakes organizations face when building a cloud architecture, and how those mistakes can lead to soaring costs and inefficient – even risky – data management, is a must-read for network engineers, cloud architects, and anyone looking to understand the pitfalls they need to avoid during their digital transformation process.
CIO Dive
CIOs grapple with the fallout from rush to cloud: uncontrolled costs
A new report from KPMG explains how the rush to cloud loosened CIOs’ grip on IT spend, as access to on-demand storage and compute spread across business units. The result will likely come as no surprise – many companies neglected to put spending guardrails in place. Now executives are leaning on FinOps to rationalize usage and spend, shining bright lights on shadow IT.
Dark Reading
SANS Institute Partners With Google to Launch Cloud Diversity Academy
As cloud environments grow in size, importance, and complexity, the skills gap is an ever-mounting issue. This month, the SANS Institute teamed up with Google to launch the SANS Cloud Diversity Academy (SCDA), aimed at helping Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), women, and other underrepresented groups to pursue technical careers in cybersecurity. Notably, they put a focus on cloud security as one of the particular areas of need.
Network World
Predictive Networking Promises Faster Fixes
With all eyes turning to generative AI, experts are asking – what is the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in cloud networking? John Edwards explores that topic in his article on predictive networking. Predictive network technology already helps resolve network issues quickly and efficiently, but the future of this technology includes self-healing networks to recover quickly from errors, avoid outages, and remediate network threats.
What do you think of these stories? Are you seeing these trends play out in your organization?