Moving enterprise workloads to the cloud

itproportal | June 27, 2019

Moving enterprise workloads to the cloud is all about utilising an infrastructure that you can shape instantly as demands change, and only pay for what you need. Rather than being locked into a fixed, on-site environment, the cloud offers a degree of flexibility that ensures greater efficiency and lower overall costs. Along the way, being in the cloud also lets you take advantage of the unique innovations and capabilities that public cloud services offer. So why do we still see only ten per cent of all the virtual machines that are available actually being utilised at the top three public clouds.

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10 most essential performance metrics that businesses should consider when managing their virtual machines.

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10 most essential performance metrics that businesses should consider when managing their virtual machines.

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