Silk Blog

Latest posts

November 30, 2023

AI: He Who Has the Data, Wins

Missed our webinar? Here's a recap

November 22, 2023

The Fundamentals of SaaS Architecture Design

Here are your building blocks

November 15, 2023

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

What tools should you have in your arsenal?

November 9, 2023

Relational Systems Will House the Majority of AI Data

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

November 2, 2023

Machine Learning with Volume Snapshots

Harness the power of snapshots for ML

October 26, 2023

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

Discover their secrets to success

October 19, 2023

Unlocking Database Performance: Tips for Optimization

Enhance the performance of your databases

October 12, 2023

Considerations for Oracle Database on Azure

Let your Oracle workloads thrive!

October 6, 2023

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

Only pay for what you need!

September 28, 2023

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

Safeguard your valuable data in the cloud

September 22, 2023

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

Make your Oracle migration to the cloud a success!

September 21, 2023

7 Takeaways from Google Next ’23

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

September 14, 2023

Cost Efficiency and Scalability: The Economics of Cloud Databases

Optimize your budget while enjoying flexible storage options

September 12, 2023

Optimizing Performance in Cloud Databases: Tips and Techniques

Unleash the full potential of your data storage and retrieval capabilities

August 24, 2023

Never Price a Cloud By Its Cover

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

August 17, 2023

10 Smart Ways to Slash Unnecessary Cloud Costs

Get your cloud spend under control!

August 10, 2023

Maximizing ROI: The Strategic Advantages of Data Center Consolidation

Explore the financial benefits and its impact on ROI

Latest Updates to the Silk Data Virtualization Platform

Faster performance and greater manageability

Navigating the Cloud Migration Journey in Healthcare: Challenges and Benefits

What are the challenges and why is it necessary

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

Strategies and best practices to keep your cloud strong

Embracing the Cloud: How Data Center Migration Boosts Business Efficiency

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

Introduction to Cloud Security and Finance Companies

Explore the risks and best practices for using the cloud

5 Must-Haves for Microsoft Azure Cost Optimization

Pushing the Limits of the Cloud

Learn more about Silk's offering for Azure Pv2

An Onramp to an Optimized Cloud

Move those smaller workloads to the cloud!

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

Welcome to our newest Silk Squad member!

Introduction to Cloud Repatriation: What is it?

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

5 Ways You’re Wasting Money in the Cloud

Isn't the cloud suppose to save you money?

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

Don't let your cloud spend get out of control

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

Explore the advantages of morphing into a SaaS provider

Moving Finance Operations From On-Premise to the Cloud

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

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

The journey to the cloud can be a smooth one!

A Guide to SaaS Migration to the Cloud

Unlock the full potential of the cloud.

What is Thin Provisioning and Should You Utilize It?

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

3 Factors That Delay Application Migration to the Cloud

Make cloud adoption as smooth as possible

How to Achieve Better Cloud Computing Performance for a Lower Cost

Balance that price-performance ratio

February 17, 2023

How Economic Uncertainty is Impacting Application Migration to the Cloud

No need to pause your efforts!

February 9, 2023

Reducing the Risk of Cloud Downtime

Because cloud outages can be costly

February 7, 2023

A Year of Growth in 2022

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

February 1, 2023

How To Break Down Public Cloud Silos

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

February 1, 2023

Cloud Infrastructure Adoption: The Story Behind the Trends

What workloads are really being moved to the cloud?

January 31, 2023

Maximizing Cloud Resiliency for Applications

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

January 30, 2023

7 Common Challenges in Cloud Adoption

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

January 27, 2023

Surprising Cloud Constraints You Don’t Have On-Prem

How's your performance?

January 22, 2023

Strategies for Reducing Cloud Costs

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

January 18, 2023

The Retail Customer Experience Revolution Will Escalate in 2023

What does the new year have in store?

January 17, 2023

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

January 12, 2023

What is Overprovisioning and How Does It Happen?

Only pay for what you use

December 19, 2022

3 Ways to Optimize Your Cloud Post-Cloud Migration

Keep up momentum!

December 1, 2022

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

See how it's done!

November 30, 2022

The Value Proposition of Silk + SharePlex on Azure

Match the I/O of Exadata

November 23, 2022

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

November 10, 2022

New Research: Oracle Customers Adopt Cloud to Compete

Here are the insights from 200+ Oracle customers surveyed

November 1, 2022

The CIO’s Guide to the Galaxy

Finding yourself stuck with no hope of rescue?

September 13, 2022

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

Learn more at Microsoft Ignite 2022!

September 6, 2022

All About Data in the Zettabyte Era

Everything you need to know

August 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

August 24, 2022

What is Cloud Performance?

How fast is your cloud?

August 22, 2022

Total Cost of Ownership for SQL Databases in the Cloud

Avoid overprovisioning of storage, compute and database licenses.

August 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?

Azure BlobFuse for Oracle RMAN Backups

Discover how to keep backups of your database available

Using Oracle ASM with Silk

Faster performance? Yes please!

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

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

What are they and how can you migrate them?

Oracle EBS on the Cloud

What cloud option is best for Oracle EBS?

What is Performance in Cloud Computing?

Bringing Untouchable SQL Workloads into Azure

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

Achieving IO Savings for Oracle on Azure with Silk

Did We Miss You at HIMSS ’22?

February 25, 2022

Top 5 Data Center Migration Challenges and Solutions

December 17, 2021

Solutions For High Performance Cloud Computing

Use cases for high performance in the cloud for different industries

December 15, 2021

Lift, Shift, and Evolve Oracle Workloads on Azure

A webinar summary featuring experts: Tanel Poder and Kellyn Gorman

December 13, 2021

The Biggest Gap in the Clouds? High Performance RDBMS

Performance and cost are two sides of the same coin

December 7, 2021

The Steps To a Successful Azure Cloud Migration Process

Make sure that your migration into Azure is seamless and smooth

November 19, 2021

New Record Set for SQL Database Performance on Azure

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

October 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

October 5, 2021

Silk Recognized by Business Intelligence Group’s 2021 Stratus Awards

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

September 1, 2021

How eToro Shortened Cloud Adoption By 50% (Video)

That's some seriously fast adoption!

August 23, 2021

Cloud Compromises: Constrained and Optimized CPUs

Don't settle for paying more.

How Priceline Increased Its Cloud Performance (Video)

All while keeping its cloud budget in check!

Overprovisioning: The Curse of the Cloud

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

Understanding Data Replication to the Cloud

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

3 Paths to the Cloud

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

Efficient Hybrid Cloud Monitoring – Benefits and Challenges

Discover the benefits and challenges of hybrid cloud monitoring

Hybrid Cloud Latency

Dramatically minimize your hybrid cloud latency

What is Cloud APM?

What is Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)?

5 Considerations When Migrating Microsoft SQL Server to Azure

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

The Power of Silk on SQL Server and Oracle

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

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…

Data Inflation After Moving Workloads from Oracle Exadata?

Why this happens and how to prevent it

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

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

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

Tips for performance testing software applications in the cloud.

Refactoring Applications for Cloud Migration: What, How, Pros and Cons

What are the benefits and limitations of refactoring your applications for the…

Silk vs NetApp: Mixed Reads / Writes

It's the final head-to-head comparison tests! And they're amazing!

Silk vs NetApp: Winning on Sequential Writes

Our most dramatic performance tests yet!

Silk vs NetApp: Reading the Performance of Sequential Reads

How do they compare when it comes to Sequential Read workloads?

Silk vs NetApp: Transactional/OLTP on AWS

See how we stack up when it comes to performance for Transactional/OLTP…

Silk vs NetApp: Putting NetApp Numbers to the Test

See how Silk and NetApp compare on 4K Random Read performance tests.

5 Challenges of Migrating Oracle Workloads to Azure

How to solve mission-critical performance problems and Exadata migration.

January 27, 2021

4 Common Database Challenges in the Cloud

Maintaining your databases in the public cloud presents unique challenges.