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5 Steps to Making Your Multi-Cloud Strategy Actually Work
Multi-cloud was pitched as the answer to vendor lock-in. Spread your workloads across providers, the thinking went, and you'd get flexibility, leverag…
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The Biggest Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite: What the AI-First Enterprise Really Requires
Microsoft Ignite made one thing unmistakably clear: we’re entering the era of the AI-first enterprise. Every product, every workload, and every piece …
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How Franciscan Health is Using Silk to Revolutionize Patient Care
Franciscan Health, a 12-hospital system serving communities from Indianapolis to Chicago, is leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance its operati…
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Cloud Storage for AI: Key Considerations, Options, and How to Choose the Best Fit
Artificial intelligence (AI) is only as good as the data it runs on. Whether you’re training massive language models, fine-tuning predictive algorithm…
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Hybrid Cloud Latency
This blog post will discuss Hybrid Cloud Latency, namely:
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Is Your Database Infrastructure Ready for AI?
Artificial intelligence runs on data — but not just any data. The most valuable insights often come from relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Serv…
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The Struggle of Poor Cloud Storage Performance
Poor storage performance is one of the most significant challenges organizations face when managing data in the cloud, and it directly affects the use…
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Understanding Data Replication to the Cloud
This blog will discuss data replication to the cloud, namely:
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5 Essential Tips for Analyzing and Optimizing Your Cloud Storage Costs with Silk
Cloud storage is a core component of modern IT infrastructure, powering everything from enterprise applications to AI workloads. But as organizations …
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How to Unlock Database Performance in the Cloud Without Overspending
For many database teams, the cloud promised limitless scalability and performance on demand. But in practice, it often delivers something far more fru…
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Comparing Cloud Storage Options on Microsoft Azure: Silk vs. Azure NetApp Files
When it comes to optimizing Microsoft Azure for enterprise databases like SQL Server and Oracle, choosing the right cloud storage can be the differenc…
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The Complete Guide to Software-Defined Cloud Storage
In today’s data-driven world, organizations need faster, more flexible, and more cost-effective ways to store and manage their data in the cloud. Ente…
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5 Cloud Strategies for Managing Mission-Critical Data in the Age of AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, enterprises are facing a new set of challenges. AI workloads are complex, unpredictable, and dat…
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Accelerating HealthEquity’s Cloud Journey with Silk
Silk recently interviewed Mervyn Lally, CIO at HealthEquity, to discuss the company’s strategic initiatives to modernize its technology stack and migr…
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Why Overprovisioning Is the Silent Killer of Your Cloud Budget
If your cloud bill seems to keep rising no matter how many optimizations you make, you’re not alone. Most enterprises are unknowingly paying for far m…
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Overcoming Cloud Database Storage Challenges
In today’s digital landscape, cloud databases have become essential for supporting scalable, flexible infrastructures. While these systems provide sig…
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Modernizing the Insurance Industry: Trends, Challenges, and Solutions
In today’s rapidly evolving world, the insurance industry is undergoing a significant transformation driven by technological advancements, shifting cu…
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What It Actually Takes to Scale AI in Healthcare: Lessons from Sentara Health’s CTO
At ViVE, one theme was everywhere: AI.
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The Steps To a Successful Azure Cloud Migration Process
Microsoft Azure is one of the most widely used public clouds available. But if you are moving your largest, most complex workloads to Azure, there are…
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What is Overprovisioning and How Does It Happen?
Determining the number of cloud resources that your organization needs is a balancing act. On the one hand, if you don’t budget for enough, you’ll fin…
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Traditional vs. Software-Defined Cloud Storage: What’s the Difference?
As organizations generate and store more data than ever before, choosing the right storage solution has become critical. Two common options are tradit…
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Simplifying Data Operations: Best Practices for Cloud Database Snapshots
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, data is the lifeblood of businesses. The ability to manage, protect, and analyze data efficiently is crucial …
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Transforming Patient Care with AI: How Sentara Health Leverages Silk’s Virtual SAN For AI
In the fast-evolving healthcare landscape, innovation is not just an option – it’s a necessity. Sentara Health, a leading healthcare provider with 12 …
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Top 5 Data Center Migration Challenges and Solutions
More and more organizations are looking to move their most important data to the cloud and off of on premise data centers. But the process of doing so…
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How eToro Moved a 24/7 Trading Platform to the Cloud Without Losing a Millisecond
eToro isn’t a young company, and it isn’t a small one. With millions of customers trading around the clock — including a heavy volume of cryptocurrenc…
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AI inference is becoming a data infrastructure problem
Enterprise AI is moving fast — from simple chatbots and proof-of-concept demos to autonomous agents, RAG applications, and production-grade inference …
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What Enterprise Buyers Miss When Evaluating Cloud Storage
Most cloud storage evaluations follow a familiar script: compare IOPS ceilings, check SLA uptime percentages, benchmark a few workloads in a staging e…
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Why Every Developer Should Have Their Own Copy of Production Data
There’s a bottleneck hiding inside most cloud architectures — and it has nothing to do with compute.
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Consistency Across Clouds: Why Multi-Cloud Needs a Virtual SAN
Multi-cloud has moved far beyond buzzword status. Today, enterprises are intentionally spreading workloads across multiple cloud providers to improve …
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Is Your Production Database Doing the Zombie Shuffle?
It’s still running – but not really living. Your production database shuffles along, groaning under the weight of analytics queries, AI workloads, and…
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Breaking the Cloud Performance Ceiling: What We Heard at SimCorp Global Summit
This week in Copenhagen, Silk had the opportunity to join SimCorp Global Summit — an event that brings together some of the most forward-thinking lead…
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The Next Evolution of Cloud Storage: Virtual SANs
Cloud storage has come a long way. What began as a simple replacement for on-premises disks has evolved into a sprawling ecosystem of tiers, performan…
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Understanding Cloud Repatriation and How to Avoid It
In recent years, cloud adoption has surged as organizations look to harness the agility and scalability of cloud environments. However, not all cloud …
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Embracing the Cloud: How Data Center Migration Boosts Business Efficiency
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses are constantly seeking ways to improve their operations and stay competitive. One transforma…
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Things to Know When Migrating Oracle to the Cloud
In an era where digital transformation is paramount, businesses like yours are increasingly transitioning to the public cloud to manage their data. Th…
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A Guide to SaaS Migration to the Cloud
In order to stay ahead of the competition, software companies need to continue to modernize their product. Even if you’ve cornered the market today, i…
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Introduction to Cloud Repatriation: What is it?
In recent years, the cloud computing trend has revolutionized the way businesses operate. IT leaders have been moving their applications, data, and in…
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What is Performance in Cloud Computing?
When you go to a doctor’s office or hospital, one of the first things they check for is your heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature.
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5 Must-Haves for Microsoft Azure Cost Optimization
Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud computing provider that offers a wide range of services and capabilities for businesses of all sizes. To ensure th…
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What is Cloud APM?
This blog post will talk about Cloud APM, namely:
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Unleashing the Power of SaaS in the Cloud: Top Advantages to Boost Your Business
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking innovative solutions to enhance their productivity, streamline op…
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Designing Your High-Performance SaaS Application for Scale
When it’s time to begin designing and building your high-performance SaaS application, every design decision needs to be carefully evaluated. What are…
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Refactoring Applications for Cloud Migration: What, How, Pros and Cons
There are many ways to go about migrating your applications to the cloud. One of these methods is to completely refactor your applications for the spe…
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Navigating the Cloud Migration Journey in Healthcare: Challenges and Benefits
The healthcare industry, like many others, is slowly moving towards embracing cloud technology. However, this transition comes with unique challenges …
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Strategies for Reducing Cloud Costs
Best Practices for Reducing Cloud Spend Are you considering migrating your applications to the cloud to simplify your data management? While the publi…
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AI Inference is Reshaping Enterprise Architecture – Are You Ready?
AI is no longer confined to innovation labs or experimental chatbots. It’s showing up everywhere: in financial applications, healthcare systems, suppl…
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The Next Cloud Performance Challenge: Enterprise Applications, AI, and the Limits of Native Cloud Storage
For years, the promise of cloud migration has centered on agility, scalability, and cost efficiency. Enterprises were told they could move faster, mod…
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Moving Finance Operations From On-Premise to the Cloud
As technology continues to evolve, more and more businesses are moving their operations to the cloud. This includes financial institutions, such as ba…
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What is Thin Provisioning and Should You Utilize It?
Since the advent of computing, humans have generated a lot of data. So much data that we are now living in what is being hailed as the Zettabyte Era –…
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