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Thu Nov 30 2023

AI: He Who Has the Data, Wins

Missed our webinar? Here's a recap

Wed Nov 22 2023

The Fundamentals of SaaS Architecture Design

Here are your building blocks

Wed Nov 15 2023

The AI Toolbox: Modeling Tools, Model Training, and More

What tools should you have in your arsenal?

Thu Nov 09 2023

Relational Systems Will House the Majority of AI Data

Relational databases are crucial for AI's future. Are your databases ready?

Thu Nov 02 2023

Machine Learning with Volume Snapshots

Harness the power of snapshots for ML

Thu Oct 26 2023

How SimCorp Turned its Software into SaaS and You Can Too!

Discover their secrets to success

Thu Oct 19 2023

Unlocking Database Performance: Tips for Optimization

Enhance the performance of your databases

Thu Oct 12 2023

Considerations for Oracle Database on Azure

Let your Oracle workloads thrive!

Fri Oct 06 2023

Mastering Oracle Workload Right-Sizing in the Cloud: Key Strategies for Success

Only pay for what you need!

Thu Sep 28 2023

Ensuring Data Resiliency in Cloud Databases: Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques

Safeguard your valuable data in the cloud

Fri Sep 22 2023

A Harmonious Union: Oracle, Microsoft, and Silk Drive Innovation in Cloud Migration

Make your Oracle migration to the cloud a success!

Thu Sep 21 2023

7 Takeaways from Google Next ’23

AI is officially happening...Are we ready for it?

Thu Sep 14 2023

Cost Efficiency and Scalability: The Economics of Cloud Databases

Optimize your budget while enjoying flexible storage options

Tue Sep 12 2023

Optimizing Performance in Cloud Databases: Tips and Techniques

Unleash the full potential of your data storage and retrieval capabilities

Thu Aug 31 2023

Simplifying Data Operations: Best Practices for Cloud Database Snapshots

Discover the power of snapshots for data management

Thu Aug 24 2023

Never Price a Cloud By Its Cover

Why TCO is the best way to choose a high IO solution

Thu Aug 17 2023

10 Smart Ways to Slash Unnecessary Cloud Costs

Get your cloud spend under control!

Thu Aug 10 2023

Maximizing ROI: The Strategic Advantages of Data Center Consolidation

Explore the financial benefits and its impact on ROI

Thu Aug 03 2023

Latest Updates to the Silk Data Virtualization Platform

Faster performance and greater manageability

Thu Jul 27 2023

Navigating the Cloud Migration Journey in Healthcare: Challenges and Benefits

What are the challenges and why is it necessary

Thu Jul 20 2023

Architecting the Cloud for Resilience: Building a Robust Infrastructure to Mitigate Public Cloud Outages

Strategies and best practices to keep your cloud strong

Thu Jul 13 2023

Embracing the Cloud: How Data Center Migration Boosts Business Efficiency

Seeking scalability and efficiency? Explore the advantages of migrating to the cloud!

Thu Jul 06 2023

Introduction to Cloud Security and Finance Companies

Explore the risks and best practices for using the cloud

Mon Jun 26 2023

5 Must-Haves for Microsoft Azure Cost Optimization

Save some $$$

Wed Jun 21 2023

Pushing the Limits of the Cloud

Learn more about Silk's offering for Azure Pv2

Tue Jun 20 2023

An Onramp to an Optimized Cloud

Move those smaller workloads to the cloud!

Tue Jun 06 2023

Kellyn Gorman: Why I Joined Silk as Director of Technical Advocacy

Welcome to our newest Silk Squad member!

Fri Jun 02 2023

Introduction to Cloud Repatriation: What is it?

Bottom line: It's better to optimize workloads...

Thu May 25 2023

5 Ways You’re Wasting Money in the Cloud

Isn't the cloud suppose to save you money?

Fri May 19 2023

Achieving Cost Efficiency for Scaling Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud

Don't let your cloud spend get out of control

Thu May 11 2023

Unleashing the Power of SaaS in the Cloud: Top Advantages to Boost Your Business

Explore the advantages of morphing into a SaaS provider

Fri May 05 2023

Moving Finance Operations From On-Premise to the Cloud

The future of finance is in the cloud. Are you ready?

Mon Apr 24 2023

Cloud Snapshots: Use Cases, Challenges, and How to Use Them Effectively

What are they and how can you use them effectively?

Tue Apr 18 2023

How SimCorp Accelerated Cloud Adoption to Launch Its SaaS Offering with Silk (Video)

The journey to the cloud can be a smooth one!

Thu Apr 06 2023

A Guide to SaaS Migration to the Cloud

Unlock the full potential of the cloud.

Wed Mar 29 2023

What is Thin Provisioning and Should You Utilize It?

What is it? Why is it important? And do you need it?

Mon Mar 20 2023

3 Factors That Delay Application Migration to the Cloud

Make cloud adoption as smooth as possible

Thu Mar 09 2023

How to Achieve Better Cloud Computing Performance for a Lower Cost

Balance that price-performance ratio

Thu Mar 02 2023

Top 5 Cloud Cost Savings Strategies

Don't sacrifice performance for lower costs!

Fri Feb 17 2023

How Economic Uncertainty is Impacting Application Migration to the Cloud

No need to pause your efforts!

Thu Feb 09 2023

Reducing the Risk of Cloud Downtime

Because cloud outages can be costly

Tue Feb 07 2023

A Year of Growth in 2022

New customers, product innovations, awards -- oh my!

Wed Feb 01 2023

How To Break Down Public Cloud Silos

Don't let your multi-cloud strategy get the best of you

Wed Feb 01 2023

Cloud Infrastructure Adoption: The Story Behind the Trends

What workloads are really being moved to the cloud?

Tue Jan 31 2023

Maximizing Cloud Resiliency for Applications

How confident are you in your apps' resiliency in the cloud?

Mon Jan 30 2023

7 Common Challenges in Cloud Adoption

As we discussed in our previous post , statistics show that enterprises are quickly…

Fri Jan 27 2023

Surprising Cloud Constraints You Don’t Have On-Prem

How's your performance?

Sun Jan 22 2023

Strategies for Reducing Cloud Costs

Are you considering migrating your applications to the cloud to simplify your…

Wed Jan 18 2023

The Retail Customer Experience Revolution Will Escalate in 2023

What does the new year have in store?

Tue Jan 17 2023

3 Industry Trends Driving Adoption of Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

Thu Jan 12 2023

What is Overprovisioning and How Does It Happen?

Only pay for what you use

Mon Dec 19 2022

3 Ways to Optimize Your Cloud Post-Cloud Migration

Keep up momentum!

Thu Dec 01 2022

Migrating Oracle Databases From On-Prem to Silk + Azure Using SharePlex

See how it's done!

Wed Nov 30 2022

The Value Proposition of Silk + SharePlex on Azure

Match the I/O of Exadata

Mon Nov 28 2022

Throughput vs IOPS – Understanding Cloud Performance

What's the difference and what are their constraints?

Wed Nov 23 2022

Moving to the Cloud? In This Economy? How to Navigate the Value of Cloud Adoption in Uncertain Economic Times

Fri Nov 11 2022

The Next Wave of Retail Innovation is Coming…Is Your Cloud Ready?

Are you ready for it?

Thu Nov 10 2022

New Research: Oracle Customers Adopt Cloud to Compete

Here are the insights from 200+ Oracle customers surveyed

Tue Nov 01 2022

The CIO’s Guide to the Galaxy

Finding yourself stuck with no hope of rescue?

Tue Sep 20 2022

Is Your Database Prepared For the Holidays?

It's the busiest shopping time of the year!

Tue Sep 13 2022

Slow is the New Down: How to Avoid Slow Websites and Applications

Learn more at Microsoft Ignite 2022!

Tue Sep 06 2022

All About Data in the Zettabyte Era

Everything you need to know

Mon Aug 29 2022

The People Side of Service Deprecation in the Wake of Google’s IoT Pivot

How to deprecation of Google's IoT service affects customers

Wed Aug 24 2022

What is Cloud Performance?

How fast is your cloud?

Mon Aug 22 2022

Total Cost of Ownership for SQL Databases in the Cloud

Avoid overprovisioning of storage, compute and database licenses.

Thu Aug 18 2022

Google Reminds Us That Our “Production” Is the Public Cloud Providers’ “Test/Dev”

Google just shuttered its much-hyped IoT core service. Now what?

Thu Jun 02 2022

Azure BlobFuse for Oracle RMAN Backups

Discover how to keep backups of your database available

Tue May 17 2022

Using Oracle ASM with Silk

Faster performance? Yes please!

Thu May 12 2022

What is Headless Commerce and How Does it Affect the Data Layer?

A summary of the latest trends in retail and multi-channel e-commerce

Tue May 03 2022

Workload RISC: Big Endian Conversion While Migrating to Azure (AIX/Solaris Host OS)

What are they and how can you migrate them?

Wed Apr 27 2022

Oracle EBS on the Cloud

What cloud option is best for Oracle EBS?

Mon Apr 25 2022

What is Performance in Cloud Computing?

Wed Apr 20 2022

Bringing Untouchable SQL Workloads into Azure

...and why there's no such thing as an "untouchable" SQL workload!

Wed Apr 13 2022

Achieving IO Savings for Oracle on Azure with Silk

Mon Mar 21 2022

Did We Miss You at HIMSS ’22?

Thu Mar 10 2022

How to Move EHR Workloads to the Cloud

Sentara shares its cloud migration story

Fri Feb 25 2022

Top 5 Data Center Migration Challenges and Solutions

Mon Jan 24 2022

4 Reasons Cloud Adoption is Needed in the Healthcare Industry

And why now's the time to move your EHR to the cloud.

Fri Dec 17 2021

Solutions For High Performance Cloud Computing

Use cases for high performance in the cloud for different industries

Wed Dec 15 2021

Lift, Shift, and Evolve Oracle Workloads on Azure

A webinar summary featuring experts: Tanel Poder and Kellyn Gorman

Mon Dec 13 2021

The Biggest Gap in the Clouds? High Performance RDBMS

Performance and cost are two sides of the same coin

Tue Dec 07 2021

The Steps To a Successful Azure Cloud Migration Process

Make sure that your migration into Azure is seamless and smooth

Fri Nov 19 2021

New Record Set for SQL Database Performance on Azure

SQL data loading at 8TB per hour, 20 million rows per second!

Mon Oct 18 2021

Testing the Silk Platform – Hands-on Technical Analysis of High Performance I/O in the Cloud

By Tanel Poder, database performance consultant & geek

Tue Oct 05 2021

Silk Recognized by Business Intelligence Group’s 2021 Stratus Awards

We've got a vision and it's being recognized

Wed Sep 01 2021

How eToro Shortened Cloud Adoption By 50% (Video)

That's some seriously fast adoption!

Mon Aug 23 2021

Cloud Compromises: Constrained and Optimized CPUs

Don't settle for paying more.

Thu Aug 05 2021

How Priceline Increased Its Cloud Performance (Video)

All while keeping its cloud budget in check!

Tue Aug 03 2021

Overprovisioning: The Curse of the Cloud

It's time to start paying only for what you use

Tue Jul 27 2021

Understanding Data Replication to the Cloud

Learn what it is and why it's well worth the effort

Mon Jul 19 2021

3 Paths to the Cloud

Discover the benefits and drawbacks of the three major ways to migrate

Fri Jul 16 2021

Efficient Hybrid Cloud Monitoring – Benefits and Challenges

Discover the benefits and challenges of hybrid cloud monitoring

Thu Jul 08 2021

Hybrid Cloud Latency

Dramatically minimize your hybrid cloud latency

Thu Jun 24 2021

What is Cloud APM?

What is Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)?

Tue May 04 2021

5 Considerations When Migrating Microsoft SQL Server to Azure

Get the right levels of database performance for mission-critical workloads

Thu Apr 29 2021

The Power of Silk on SQL Server and Oracle

See how Silk boosts the performance of SQL Server and Oracle in…

Fri Apr 23 2021

8 Reasons to Power Your Oracle Databases in the Cloud with Silk

If your Oracle workloads in the cloud aren't powered by Silk, you're…

Thu Apr 22 2021

Data Inflation After Moving Workloads from Oracle Exadata?

Why this happens and how to prevent it

Mon Apr 19 2021

4 Database Performance Tips When Moving Oracle Exadata Workloads to the Public Cloud

Learn how to surpass performance, availability, and scalability limitations.

Wed Apr 07 2021

Cloud Performance Testing – What It Is, Benefits, Types, and Strategy

Tips for performance testing software applications in the cloud.

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