The sharing economy is making its mark on IT, with digital services and applications available in subscription models. Businesses are able to pay for only what they use in areas like software, infrastructure, and platforms all trending toward as-a-service offerings. The mindset is becoming Everything as a Service, or XaaS, where every kind of outsourcing offers clear advantages. XaaS offers flexible consumption that lends companies increased agility for providing improved innovations and … [Read more...]
Why You Want to Consider DRaaS
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is one of many areas of IT that is gaining momentum as an outsourced specialty. Overwhelmed with the many tasks related to managing security in an era when threats change by the minute, many enterprise IT teams find efficiency and cost reduction in turning disaster recovery over to experts. Part of what’s driving this trend is the expectation of inevitability around natural disasters and cyber threats. Enterprises are investing heavily in areas like … [Read more...]
Five Benefits of Cloud Desktops
If you’re looking for ways to support remote employees with the technology they need, invest in technology with costs that are more predictable, and reduce your maintenance and hardware investment, you may want to look into cloud desktops. Cloud desktops provide an identical experience to a traditional desktop. When the user logs on, they see the same applications and features they’re accustomed to accessing, but the server is no longer housed in a box under the monitor. Unlike a virtual … [Read more...]
Stronger Cloud Security With Managed Services
The cloud has been a beneficial tool for many organizations, small and large. However, with the advantages of moving to the cloud, businesses have also experienced increased security concerns. Petabytes of sensitive data are now being handled via the cloud, which means cloud security has to be more than an afterthought. Prior to the cloud, server rooms had their own on-premise security solutions that IT staff managed. As the cloud became more prevalent, giving up the autonomy that a local … [Read more...]
Cloud Security: What’s the Best Approach to Protecting Your Data?
It’s not unusual for control over data to become an issue in addressing cloud security risks. Managed services, therefore, have not always been a desired part of the overall strategy. Rather, many security managers have preferred to take full responsibility and have complete control over security technologies. But is this the best course of action? Many organizations have limited access to individuals with the expertise necessary to manage a completely on-premise security approach. Therefore, … [Read more...]
Four Key Considerations for Choosing the Right SaaS Solution
Enterprises are increasingly storing data in cloud servers. With data outgrowing on-premise options, both in terms of storage capacity and budgets, the cloud provides a cost-effective solution for handling large amounts of data. It’s also common to apply a security solution to protect data in cloud storage, often through Software as a Service (SaaS). There are many options to choose from when evaluating SaaS for securing data stored in the cloud for your enterprise. Here are the things you … [Read more...]
Cloud Security Strategies for Reducing Risk
The level of change in transitioning to a multi-cloud environment can be overwhelming to some organizations. One area of this change includes data privacy, which needs to remain a top priority for the enterprise IT team. The best-prepared organizations seek out a number of methods to maintain strong cloud security during the transition. Consider, if you’re working with an on-premise environment or just a single cloud-based service provider, how much effort you put into protecting your data. … [Read more...]
Changes and Advances in the Cloud Require Agility in Planning
One of the exciting and challenging aspects of a digital transformation plan is that it’s never complete. Each time you inch a little closer to your technology goals or make a big investment that implements a new tool, the bar moves, and your perceived competitive edge seems to shrink a bit. Moving business processes to the cloud takes planning, and those plans must be agile to adapt to new advances. In the cabling industry, there are new developments in Power over Ethernet (PoE) and in … [Read more...]
Understanding Cloud Computing
When talking about IT strategy, the term cloud computing can get thrown around a lot. It’s important to pause and make sure everyone involved in the decision-making process understands the basics of cloud options. Cloud computing is a disruptive technology, and having a working knowledge of it helps in making good strategic decisions. What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is simply a way of saying that instead of data and programs being stored at the company’s physical location, they are … [Read more...]
