What’s needed for agencies to improve their return on investment in cloud? We talk with Pluralsight’s Drew Firment to understand ways to democratize the requisite cloud literacy and knowledge that he says are critical to cloud success.

The ability to quickly spin up a new app or access compute on demand are typical of the capabilities that make cloud’s OpEx cost model attractive. AWS and Commvault experts share tips on how to make the most of that model long term.

For today’s hybrid environments, with an impetus on achieving zero trust, agencies must apply new tactics to ensure security extends into and across cloud instances. The Federal Drive’s Tom Temin talks best practices with Akamai’s Patrick Sullivan.

You know what they say when people “assume.” Well, it’s best not so make assumptions about security provided by cloud service providers. We talk with experts from Dell and ThunderCat to learn best practices to keep your cloud instances safe.