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The terms “Database”,” Data Warehouse” and “Data Lake” are often used interchangeably, but what are they and what are their differences?

Fundamentally cloud migration is about moving things from bare-metal/virtual machines to cloud instances. This is a very easy concept to understand and a fairly easy process to complete.

Fredericks Foundation's mission is to provide access to small business loans to people excluded from mainstream credit in order to create choice not charity, and to give individuals the opportunity...

Previously the focus was on how to store Data, rather than finding value from it. If we only wanted to process data, big data strategies would be just fine. Today we want more, and actionable insights

One of the hottest topics in UK network infrastructure currently is the move to an All-IP future. UK infrastructure provider Openreach are currently undertaking a huge project – the second largest...

James Hollins, Principal Cloud Consultant at Claranet, discusses the architectural approach needed for application migrations and greenfield development at enterprise-scale in Azure.

I often think "has COVID-19 done any good to the world?". Of course, it has not! We live in a very different world now, and a lot of us have accepted and embraced the new normal. So has IT.

Cloud is no longer an aspiration, it’s an expectation. Pressure is on for enterprises to make the most of cloud, especially in a post-Covid world.

In his short blog, Arniel de Preez runs through his life as Head of Solution Design at Claranet.

This year we’ve all been disrupted by COVID-19, personally and professionally. The changes have been fast and, in some cases, severe.

As a discipline, FinOps is often seen as a central function of an organisation – something managed by core operations teams and governed by finance. But that is only part of the picture.

Every business has data. Some businesses can spin gold from their data but others merely collect it in the hopes of getting value someday.

Every business has data. Some businesses can spin gold from their data but others merely collect it in the hopes of getting value someday.

Every business has data. Some organisations can spin gold from their data, but others merely collect it in the hopes of getting value someday.

Every business has data. Some organisations can spin gold from their data, but others merely collect it in the hopes of getting value someday.

The beauty of moving everything to the Cloud is that you have it one place. For many, the start of this is the journey into data collection and storage, where we start putting all the data together.