Forrester says the cloud market is moving beyond commodity infrastructure toward AI-native platforms built for generative and agentic AI. It also highlights new cloud paths such as AI infrastructure cloud platforms and AI-centric platform services, with storage becoming a strategic decision point for autonomous AI use cases.[5]
TITEL: Gartner Says Cloud Trends Now Include AI, Multicloud, Sustainability, and Digital Sovereignty
URL: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-05-13-gartner-identifies-top-trends-shaping-the-future-of-cloud
SAMENVATTING: Gartner identifies cloud dissatisfaction, AI/ML, multicloud, sustainability, digital sovereignty, and industry-specific cloud platforms as major trends shaping cloud adoption. It also predicts rising use of industry cloud platforms as organizations look for faster business outcomes and better alignment to vertical needs.[30]
TITEL: Microsoft Azure Remains a Major Enterprise Cloud Platform in Multicloud Environments
URL: https://www.flexera.com/blog/finops/cloud-computing-trends-flexera-2024-state-of-the-cloud-report/
SAMENVATTING: Flexera reports that multicloud is the norm, with 89% of organizations using it, often through hybrid cloud models. It also shows Microsoft Azure remains widely used for significant workloads, alongside AWS and Google Cloud, reinforcing Azure’s role in enterprise cloud strategies.[32]
TITEL: Cybersecurity Best Practices Center on MFA, Least Privilege, and Regular Patching
URL: https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cybersecurity-best-practices
SAMENVATTING: Fortinet lists zero trust, multi-factor authentication, identity and access management, endpoint detection and response, and regular patch management among the most important cybersecurity practices. It also notes AI is being used for behavioral analytics, automated threat hunting, and AI-powered SIEM to detect threats faster.[4]
TITEL: CISA Recommends MFA and Backups as Core Business Defenses
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/four-cybersecurity-essentials-businesses
SAMENVATTING: CISA advises businesses to enable MFA across systems such as email, file storage, and remote access. It also recommends backing up data to a vetted cloud service or external hard drive and encrypting those backups to improve resilience against attacks.[9]
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