Opening APIs to developers outside the enterprise can enable the creation of apps that add value in innovative and often unexpected ways – without the enterprise having to invest directly in app development. However, this will only happen when the enterprise can grow an ecosystem of visionary developers creating cuttingedge apps that provide consumers with
OAuth puts the user in control of delegating access to an API. This allows one service to integrate with another service on behalf of that user. The same social Web providers who popularized the pattern of exposing an API to enable third-party developers to enrich their platforms were the first ones to apply such delegated
It’s no secret that Software as a Service (SaaS), and the cloud in general, offers the enterprise a tremendous opportunity. SaaS delivers the breadth, simplicity and affordability of packaged applications in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of traditional models. But SaaS also changes the dynamics of IT. As
Server virtualization provided a foundation and an on-ramp for private and hybrid cloud computing. While offering tremendous business benefits, however, the hybrid cloud — leveraging both private and public cloud — has introduced increasing complexity for IT requirements and a need for global, instantaneous access to distributed applications and data, an essential prerequisite for faster
Infrastructure-as-a-Service within the enterprise is expected to grow at a rate of 37.3% through 20171. Gartner supplements this with an additional key data point: infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) is the fastest growing segment of the infrastructure service domain2. According to ESG’s 2014 Public Cloud Computing Trends report, nearly half (47%) of organizations with more than 500 production
Leading IT organizations are frustrated by their inability to rapidly adapt their WAN to the significant changes in traffic patterns brought by increased adoption of cloud computing (SaaS) and mobile. Branch office employees need access to public and private cloud-hosted applications over fast, secure, low latency WAN links.
This IDC Insight offers an analysis of how the 3rd Platform, and particularly hybrid cloud, is driving a need for SD-WAN capabilities and solutions.
Moving your IT infrastructure to a data centre environment can have massive benefits for your organisation. It can improve the performance of those all-important systems that keep your business driving forward, while minimising the risks of damaging downtime. But change, however beneficial, isn’t always easy, especially when there’s a lot at stake. Outsourcing your IT
Organizations are increasingly moving to private or hybrid cloud architectures. They are following the lead of cutting-edge Web companies that have built next-generation, scale-out infrastructures that are inherently different from traditional datacenters. It’s important to note that change is happening not just in the infrastructure but also across the entire stack, from middleware to applications
Although the public cloud comes with great financial and technical benefits, like any other infrastructure, it also has its share of threats. Over the years, we have seen a rise in both attack frequency and diversity of malicious software used. With increases in cloud incidents related to vulnerability scanning, web application attacks and brute force