Unikernel technology versus Containerization
You may have heard of unicorns, but have you heard of unikernels? IncludeOS is a compact tailored operating system, developed in Norway and tested in one of Basefarm’s Data centers for over a year.
How CLOUD Act influence European business
For the past months everyone has been focusing on the GDPR deadline the 25th of May . In the meantime the passing of another important new privacy and security legislation, with big implications for European businesses using cloud services from US tech giants, went almost totally unnoticed.
8 benefits of using Microsoft CSP for your Azure consumption
The Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program enables partners to directly work with and manage the customers lifecycle. The CSP can directly provision, manage and support customers subscriptions. Basefarm is Tier 1 CSP Partner, meaning that we work directly with Microsoft and not through a CSP Distributor. A Tier 1 CSP needs to prove themselves with capabilities like handling support and cloud expertise.
7 success factors to boost digitalization with multisourcing.
With a clear vision for their digital residents, Stockholm suburb, Nacka, has chosen several operating partners to enable future growth.
Balancing security in hybrid cloud environment
In hybrid cloud environments you can actually setup higher security than needed. A balanced level of security is a matter of overview, expertise and costs.
Critical IT services need dedicated SOC for GDPR compliance
Log your IT activities in a SOC to comply with GDPR and in a local private cloud to comply with NIS.
The Norwegian Government pushes for further cloud computing
Two years after launching Cloud Computing strategy for Norway, the Norwegian Government will establish a government marketplace for cloud services. The goal is to increase benefits of the technology in the public sector. Also, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy will be described in upcoming reports.
A comparison of public cloud providers: AWS, Azure, and Google. Part 2
Public cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions are key to digital business success nowadays. On an enterprise level, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and the Google Cloud Platform are the industry-leading solutions. In the first part of this post, we focused on AWS. Now, we’re moving on to Azure and Google. We’ll explain the differences between the solutions and look at which solution […]
A comparison of public cloud providers: AWS, Azure, and Google. Part 1
If you’re looking for enterprise-level public cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are likely to be among the first names to spring to mind.. If you’re looking for enterprise-level public cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are likely to be among the first names to spring to […]
IS THE FINANCE INDUSTRY AFRAID OF THE CLOUD?
The cloud promises flexibility and efficiency, allowing the service to continue to grow in popularity. In our cloud report we see huge differences when it comes to adoption rates in different industries. The banking and finance sector are well behind other industries, and yet they are relatively dependent on technology – why?