IT professionals shared their thoughts on the pros and cons of a pair of hybrid cloud management tools. Managing extensive virtualized infrastructure, such as hybrid cloud environments, presents unending challenges in administration and resource-allocation. Cloud management solutions are evolving quickly to offer IT professionals increasingly sophisticated tools for efficient management and monitoring of virtualized infrastructure. […]
When your systems slow to a crawl it’s easy to blame the technology, but some of the causes — and fixes –may relate to how enterprises do business these days. 1 of 11 Image: Pixabay Despite all the advancements in enterprise IT, remediating poor network and system performance remains an ongoing struggle for many IT […]
Five best practices for ensuring that your cloud strategy keeps things safe and secure. So, you may be asking, how do I take advantage of the cloud and keep my IT environment secure? It is indeed possible to achieve a robust security posture in the cloud. But there’s no denying that in many ways, doing […]
Transferring an entire ERP to the cloud is a massive and challenging task. Here’s how to make the job easier and less risky. Image: Thodonal – stock.adobe.com As ERP providers shift their focus to cloud-based Software as a Service models, a growing number of enterprises are evaluating their current ERP solutions and wondering if now […]
DevOps adoption is growing – and facing some growing pains, including a fair share of cultural issues. 1 of 9 If you’re an enterprise IT leader, chances are good that you’ve at least heard of DevOps. In fact, your organization has likely experimented with at least some DevOps techniques. In the 2018 Interop State of […]
You can do a lot to take the edge off people’s concerns, maintain the company’s reputation, and minimize any long-term damage when you put a plan in place. When developing and testing a disaster recovery (DR) plan, it’s easy to focus on the tech side of things. But thinking about the larger business needs is […]
Yes, there are good reasons for some companies to stick with their legacy systems, at least to a point. Several years ago, I was working with a cloud services company in the oil and gas sector. The company’s CEO recounted to me how his company had begun its commercial cloud service with Intel-based generic servers […]
Artificial intelligence can offer competitive advantages, but it’s not easy to drive success without understanding how to overcome the challenges. Artificial intelligence will change the way we live, work and play. In the process, it will challenge existing businesses, create new ones and fundamentally shift the economy. There’s no shortage of reports on enterprises investing […]
It’s time the world of IT embraces new automation technology within its own day-to-day work. Today’s IT teams are lean and overloaded with too much work. On top of that, much of their to-do list is backed up and progress is slow due to reactive issues and reoccurring needs from across the company, such as […]
A returning visitor to Interop in Las Vegas outlines what sets the conference apart from so many other technology events. I’ve been attending technical trade shows and conferences since 2003. Over that time, I’ve witnessed a dramatic shift in the style and content these conferences deliver. Instead of being focused on problems that we face […]