Category: Cloud
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“Digital sovereignty” has moved from policy circles into procurement and business decisions. What it means Shared Services Canada describes digital sovereignty as the government’s ability to control and protect its digital assets, systems, and data, regardless of where technologies are developed, hosted, or supported. It goes beyond where data is stored (residency) to who has…
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Instead of sending all data to a distant cloud data center, edge computing processes it on or near the device that creates it. Why it exists – Speed: local processing reduces delay (latency) – Bandwidth: less data needs to cross the network – Resilience: systems keep working if the internet connection drops – Privacy and…
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The cloud is reliable most of the time, but when it fails, it fails at scale. Recent examples – AWS, October 20, 2025: a DNS automation problem in the US-East-1 region disrupted many internet services and apps. – Microsoft Azure, October 29, 2025: a configuration change in Azure Front Door caused a global disruption of…
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The cloud lets you start quickly, but it also makes overspending easy. Waste is common in unmanaged environments. Where money leaks – Oversized virtual machines running at low utilization – Resources left running after projects end – Development and test systems running around the clock – Unattached disks, old snapshots, and unused IP addresses –…
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Microsoft Azure offers hundreds of services, but a handful cover most small business needs. Identity and security – Microsoft Entra ID: identity for Microsoft 365 and thousands of apps, with MFA and Conditional Access – Azure Key Vault: secure storage for secrets, keys, and certificates – Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel: security posture…
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Email is the lifeblood of most businesses, so migrations need to be careful and well communicated. Common scenarios – On-premises Exchange to Microsoft 365 – Another email platform (Google, IMAP hosts) to Microsoft 365 – Tenant-to-tenant: merging companies, rebranding, or splitting divisions Migration methods for email – Cutover: move all mailboxes at once. Suited to…
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Hybrid cloud means using a mix of on-premises systems and cloud services, connected and managed together. Why hybrid is common – Some systems are difficult or costly to move – Certain workloads suit local hosting for speed or control – Data residency or compliance rules may limit options – Gradual migration reduces risk – Existing…
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A successful cloud migration is a business project, not just a technical one. Stage 1: Assess – Inventory servers, applications, data, and dependencies – Identify what is critical, what is outdated, and what can be retired – Review licensing, security, and compliance requirements, including data residency Stage 2: Choose a strategy for each workload –…
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Cloud is not always cheaper, and on-premises is not always cheaper either. A fair comparison counts everything. On-premises costs – Server hardware and storage – Operating system and software licenses – Backup and disaster recovery systems – UPS, cooling, rack, and cabling – Electricity – IT labor for maintenance and patching – Replacement every 5–7…