Cloud Migration Strategies: The 6 R’s of Migration

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Whether you are considering a cloud transformation or already taking the steps to prepare for one, building a strategy for how to migrate applications from on-premises to the cloud is essential. Knowing that not all applications can or will migrate successfully without intervention, you need a cloud migration plan that clearly defines a strategy for … Read more

What is a Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)?

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What is hyperconvergence? A fancy buzzword or the next big thing in streamlined IT infrastructure? Organizations are embracing cloud computing and virtualization and moving away from a conventional model of compute, virtualize and store in favor of more efficient infrastructures. As the pace of business continues to increase, why should you be considering a hyperconverged … Read more

The Benefits of SASE

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Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), pronounced “sassy,” is a network architecture that merges software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and network security, such as cloud access security broker (CASB), firewalls and zero trust network access, to create a single, unified cloud service. This emerging technology framework is a single management solution that embeds security into the … Read more

Evaluate Your Data Center Management

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Data center management at its core refers to overseeing the structure and operations of a company’s computers, servers, data warehousing, web services, and connected applications, ensuring the security of the infrastructure and protection of information. While the IT requirements of a company may vary, data centers often contain physical or virtual servers that are connected … Read more

5 IT Trends Likely to Stick Around Long After COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how necessary digital technology and transformation is for allowing business and personal life to continue and will have a long-term impact how we all more forward from here. Remote work and social distancing have heightened our dependence on technology and accelerated trends in IT. While we hope much of the … Read more

Cloud: What Can Go and What Should Stay?

We hear it often. What should I put in the cloud?  And the answer is a bit more complicated than “everything.” There’s a misconception that anything and everything should be moved into the cloud. But, no, not all workloads will see a measurable effect in the cloud and there is some strategy involved in figuring … Read more

The Benefits of Adopting Cloud Applications in the Education Sector

Today’s students are used to interacting with everything in their lives online. With such immediate access to the world around us, an array of industries are recognizing the power of cloud-based applications as a way to not only reduce the need for costly infrastructure, but to also expand service offerings to their consumer base. One … Read more

The Prominence of the CIO in Education, Government and Healthcare

Industries that were once slow to adapt to new technologies are now rapidly introducing cloud computing solutions into their IT architecture. The role of a CIO has been elevated to one of a business process leader who focuses on future strategy and the overall vision of a business. CIOs particularly in education, government, and healthcare … Read more

Healthcare is Evolving with Cloud Computing

The adoption of cloud computing is increasingly becoming a fundamental technology for the healthcare industry by changing the way healthcare providers deliver patient care and services to their patients. The most important drivers for this evolution are the ever-present need to cut costs and improve quality of care. Below we are exploring the advantages of … Read more

How Does the Cloud Benefit Government Agencies?

Over the last decade, the desire to embrace the perks of cloud computing has permeated every industry, and the public sector is no different. State and local governments have been under pressure to modernize, and cloud computing technology solves many issues such as tightening budgets and limited internal resources. But given that some data and … Read more