Over the years, the Cloud has served as the de-facto data center for organizations worldwide, but spiraling costs have put many businesses in a dilemma. DoiT International’s CPO John Purcell lists down five ways businesses can optimally leverage the Cloud while keeping costs down. In another expert column, Andie Dovgan, the chief growth officer of Creatio, dissects the controversial debate surrounding the security of no-code application development. In this week’s top reads, we also look at what needs to be done to retain talent amid the Great Resignation, and the best single-sign-on platforms for businesses to consider in 2022.
Five tips to prevent cloud costs from spiraling out of control
The cloud is an invaluable resource for managing workloads at scale. However, many organizations are now finding out that the cost of mega-scaled architectures can easily disrupt business and financial models. Since organizations need to generate, store and analyze large volumes of data daily, is it possible for them to get the best of both worlds?Â
In a deep dive into the world of spiraling cloud costs, DoiT International’s CPO John Purcell explains why a well-developed plan to guide cloud consumption in both strategic and operational terms helps organizations avoid many of the headaches that can occur with provisioning, migration and other critical tasks.Â
Purcell lists five effective ways an organization, be it an enterprise-scale one or an SMB, can prevent cloud computing costs from spiraling out of control. Whether making the most of discount programs, gaining a deep understanding of how cost is calculated, or auditing the environment to determine where to cut costs, these tips can help organizations invest their money towards optimizing their cloud usage and other strategic imperatives.
Check out the top five tips on keeping spiraling cloud costs at bay.
Top tips to retain your best talent amid the Great Resignation
According to the US Department of Labor, around 4.4 millionOpens a new window Americans have already resigned from their jobs. Although the resignations are not restricted to a single business and affect a variety of industries, the IT industry has dominated all others. A recent Gartner survey reported that just 29%Opens a new window of the worldwide IT workforce had a “strong intent†to stay in their current jobs.
Experts share how employees’ outlook has changed and why leaders need to embrace a culture of empathy and collaboration during this wave of the Great Resignation. The top tips from the experts include – building a favorable working environment, being proactive and creating a blended workforce model, upping the talent acquisition game, celebrating employees for who they are, caring about employees’ personal lives, and communicating asynchronously.
Experts also added that instead of trying to prevent workforce transformation, companies should embrace and adapt to it by providing a more flexible, on-demand, freelance environment that fosters people to do their best for themselves and the organization’s objectives. They must also compensate their employees generously, which is even more important considering rising global inflation.
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Top Single Sign-on solutions to consider in 2022
Trying to remember hundreds of new passwords for a variety of applications takes effort, especially for those who work in corporate settings and need to generate and reset credentials for multiple platforms regularly. Single sign-on or SSO solutions are great because they allow users to use a single login to access all apps simultaneously. As a sophisticated authentication solution, SSO saves users the trouble of checking in to a single app many times. As a result, a password is less likely to be forgotten, exploited, or duplicated.
Okta, OneLogin, JumpCloud, Duo, and Keeper are some of the top SSO solutions for businesses to consider in 2022. The majority of these solutions offer outstanding characteristics. Passwordless authentication protects against phishing and credential stuffing attacks. They also provide a platform for safely performing IT, security, and DevOps operations by monitoring and regulating workers’ identities and devices while adhering to Zero Trust standards. Most of them have a monthly fee ranging from $2 to $9.
Click here to read more about the features of each SSO solution.
Is no code application deployment secure enough to rely on?
There is plenty of debate and skepticism surrounding the security of no-code application development, specifically by business users. There’s a rumor going around that no-code application development platforms are nothing but bare metal user productivity tools, operating ungoverned, unmanaged and of questionable quality. But are these platforms worthy of such criticism?
In a deep dive into the promise (and drawbacks) of no-code application development, Andie Dovgan, chief growth officer at Creatio, dissects the brewing skepticism, describes why no-code application development is being seriously considered and adopted across sectors despite the word on the street, and ways organizations can reduce security risks while making the most of the promise that no-code offers.
Dovgan also offers a bird’s eye view into how a no-code platform works, what the experience is like for application developers and the things businesses should do before onboarding a no-code platform to keep security risks at bay.
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