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What Is the Cloud?

The cloud is basically servers that are accessed over the internet. But there are now three "clouds":

Public cloud—A public cloud provides access to IT services over the public internet on infrastructure owned and operated by the public cloud provider. Access to these resources is shared across customers and while there can be a rich set of configuration and monitoring tools for each individual customer’s virtualized environments, there is little to no visibility into the underlying physical infrastructure.

Private cloud—A private cloud provides access to IT services on dedicated infrastructure and is used exclusively by a single organization. There is full visibility into any virtualization or containerization within the private cloud as well as visibility into the underlying physical infrastructure. This infrastructure can be in an on-premise datacenter or colocation facility managed by the organization’s IT team or it can be outsourced and managed by a private cloud provider.

Hybrid cloud—A hybrid cloud is the joining of at least one public cloud and one private cloud providing an organization the ability to deploy workloads to whichever cloud makes more sense based on the IT service requirements.

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Recent Research

Hot Vendors in CoMarketing Clouds, 2023

CoMarketing Clouds (CMCs) are an emerging technology category that leverages intelligence to support marketing operations. Aragon has identified 3 vendors in CMCs that are making an impact in the market.

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The Rise of CoMarketing Clouds 

CoMarketing Clouds leverage intelligence and automation to help marketers streamline tasks and campaigns and deliver personalized recommendations to make them more effective.

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Four Trends You Can't Miss In Cloud Computing, 2023

There are several trends in cloud computing that have a major impact on enterprises moving forward. This Research Note identifies four key trends organizations should consider when making cloud decisions.

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Hybrid Cloud-the New Playbook for Unified Communications and Collaboration 

Hybrid cloud, which includes public cloud connected with on-premise private cloud deployments, offers new secure options to enterprises without sacrificing the benefits of cloud. This Research Note reviews the emergence of hybrid cloud for UCC.

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Related Content

Moving to the Public Cloud? Chose Wisely.

With: Craig Kennedy, Sr. Director of Research

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• Does it matter which cloud provider I partner with?
• Can I switch cloud providers easily?
• Should I consider multiple cloud providers?
• What about security?

Why Your Supply Chain and Cloud Aren't As Secure As You'd Think 

With: CEO and Lead Analyst Jim Lundy and Sr. Director of Research Craig Kennedy

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5 Things CIOs/CTOs Should Consider When Building a Cloud Environment

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Recent Blogs

Computer Vision Startup Oxipit Automates Chest X-Rays

This week, a regulatory committee for the European Union greenlit the use of a new radiology tool called ChestLink. The tool, developed by Oxipit, uses computer vision to automate the process of reviewing chest x-rays. This blog discusses the news and what it could mean for the future of both computer vision and healthcare.

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Google Cloud – Raising the Bar for Cloud Security

Back in November 2021, Google published a security report that identified the ongoing exploitation of cloud computing servers within Google Cloud. Of the 50 compromised google cloud instances they reviewed, they found that 43 of them were being used to perform malicious cryptomining attacks, a very resource-intensive operation that can accumulate significant costs to the owner of the compromised systems.

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CSNF – One Less Hurdle to Multi-Cloud

A new standard in cloud security notification is being introduced that will vastly simplify the integration of security telemetry from public cloud providers. This will enable the seamless consumption of public cloud security logs, events, and notifications into existing enterprise security frameworks, assuming all public cloud providers buy in (and most are). This blog addresses the impact on enterprises and technology providers of this exciting initiative and which of the leading cloud service providers are embracing it.

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Government Cloud Wars: Project JEDI – May the Force Be With You

This week a federal court judge ruled that Amazon’s lawsuit claiming interference in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract awarded last year to Microsoft can proceed. This is a huge government deal valued at $10 billion over ten years. While many remain hopeful that Amazon may prevail our take is slightly different.

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