Welcome to the Cloud Files: A Virtustream Podcast Series
Digital transformation may be a no brainer for enterprises today, but how do you get there? While there are more tools and strategies than ever before, CIOs now face choice overload, paralyzed by the complex decision-making process.
To help navigate the chaos, Virtustream is kicking off a new initiative to help CIOs tackle these issues: The Cloud Files, a podcast series dedicated to discussing the most pertinent topics for CIOs today at Fortune 500 companies.
Episode 1 - Big Data: Virtustream's Rob Bissett, George Anadiotis, ZDNet contributor and founder of Linked Data Orchestration, and Derrick Harris, ex-Fortune and Gigaom reporter and founder of ARCHITECHT, discuss the state of Big Data deployments in the enterprise, the impact of GDPR, strategies for success, and whether one-size-fits-all solutions are a good fit.
Episode 2 - State of Enterprise Cloud Adoption: Virtustream’s Rob Bissett, 451 Research’s Melanie Posey and eWEEK’s Chris Primesberger discuss the history of Enterprise Cloud adoption, what’s driving CIO focus on enterprise cloud and how that’s changing over the years.
Episode 3 - EMA Selects Virtustream As Top Three Vendor: Virtustream’s Rob Bissett and Enterprise Management Associates’ Torsten Volk discuss EMA selecting Virtustream as a Top Three vendor for delivering a solution that provides customers with access to an enterprise-class hybrid cloud.
Episode 4 - Consider the Economics: Virtustream's Rob Bissett is joined by two of the world’s leading experts on cloud economics – Owen Rogers, Research Director at 451 Research and head of the firm's Digital Economics Unit, and James Mitchell, CEO and co-founder of financial cloud broker Strategic Blue – for a discussion on cloud pricing, the optimization process, how to price risk and more.
Cloud Migration: Get the Facts
Interested in understanding the current state of the cloud migration landscape?
Download our study: “Cloud Migration: Critical Drivers for Success.”
This study, commissioned in July 2017, was conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Virtustream and highlights obstacles in moving core business systems to the cloud.
According to the study’s findings, enterprises have found that standard cloud migration models are insufficient when moving mission-critical workloads and require a specialized approach. The study also provides new insights into key obstacles organizations face when migrating enterprise-level applications and systems to the cloud.
Study Highlights
Current State of Cloud Migration – answering the what, when, how and why
Migration Challenges – performance, cost and security/compliance
Solutions – how other enterprises are achieving their migration goals