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Serverless computing represents one more step on the path away from cumbersome monolithic applications to more agile software approaches that speed development and deployment time. Such “cloud-native” applications are designed to leverage the flexible infrastructure of the cloud by abstracting application logic from the underlying server hardwa...

Migrating applications and data from the premises to the cloud is much harder than it seems. Three-quarters of businesses surveyed by Frost & Sullivan say migration represents a top hindrance to cloud implementation. The challenges are both technical and non-technical, and include the physical challenge of moving vast amounts of data to the cloud, ...

Banking and financial services institutions are key drivers of economic growth globally--as brokers between consumer savings and business investments, and as loan and money suppliers. However, the accelerating pace of technology innovation, the emerging influence of big technology companies, and dramatic changes in consumer behavior have disrupted ...

Channel partner relationships are like a three-legged stool, with vendors, partners, and businesses all reaping benefits from the relationship. For customers, channel partners often provide a high-touch, consultative approach that allows them to get to know the business’ needs and goals and offers a trusted, expert view of how to make their goals...

A fierce competitive battle is raging at the Wide Area Network (WAN) edge, and this battle is far from over. The battleground is Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN), and the combatants are many. By applying application and network-aware algorithms to routing WAN traffic across multiple transport links, enterprises can more economically satisfy their grow...

The Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) market has evolved from the early adopter stage to the early growth stage of the product lifecycle. Frost & Sullivan’s previous survey, in 2016, provided insights into the SD-WAN market as it was navigating through the early adopter stage. In the last two years, enterprise decision makers have equi...

Hybrid clouds are becoming a standard configuration in enterprise IT, with the majority of US businesses in 2018 having already deployed, or planning to deploy, a hybrid environment. In building their hybrid clouds, enterprises seek to create a seamless pool of resources across the business’s premises and the cloud. They also expect to centrally ...

The global Identity and Access Management market is a rarity in the communications industry’s software sector. It is a mature market of approximately 20 years, dating back to the early days of password management; yet, after continuous innovation and evolution in the face of serious scale, security, and productivity challenges, IAM is now enterin...

If any enterprises or technology pundits still doubted that hybrid cloud is the dominant IT model, last week’s announcement of AWS Outposts will change their minds. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the market leader and de facto inventor of the public cloud, surprised many in the market by launching a hybrid cloud solution that extends the company’s ...