Choosing The Right Cloud Migration Approach

The criticality of cloud migration lies in not just preparing for the short term benefits of the cloud in terms of speed, scalability, and cost savings, but essentially laying the foundation of a greater strategy: To be able to respond more quickly to changes in the market, scale your growth, and drive innovation in the long run.

With proper assessment of your needs and goals, your organization will be able to create a solid migration plan that meets both short and long term objectives of your business.

Choosing The Right Cloud Migration Approach

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SDWAN Evolves To Solve Different Use Cases

The challenge that many companies face when selecting SD-WAN vendors is that not all SD-WANs are created equal. The term has not standardized on what qualifies as SD-WAN and what doesn’t. Further complicating things is the fact that there is not a sole SD-WAN vendor packaging all of the most common features into a single solution to rule them all.

So what does this mean for those tasked with looking into SD-WAN vendors?

It means that this is not yet a commoditized offering and that organizations must approach their research with a thorough understanding of their objectives and use cases before looking at vendor offerings.

As network technology sorts itself out, SDWAN (Software Defined Networking) solutions are falling into a few different buckets. These tips can help identify the different offerings on the market.

SDWAN Evolves To Solve Different Use Cases

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What Is The Most Important Question For Data Science (And Digital Transformation)?

With so many buzzwords surrounding AI and machine learning, understanding which can bring business value and which are best left in the lab to mature is difficult. While machine learning offers significant power in driving digital transformations, a business must start with the right questions and leave the math to the development teams.

What Is The Most Important Question For Data Science (And Digital Transformation)?

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The Ultimate Buyers Guide To Managed IT Services

Keeping an IT environment running smoothly requires constant attention and the availability of a highly skilled staff. Yet, many organizations are overwhelmed by rapidly changing business demands and the ability to retain proper IT talent.

That’s what makes managed IT services an attractive alternative to traditional in-house IT service delivery. Managed services can help free you from necessary, but time- consuming IT tasks like monitoring and managing your IT infrastructure.

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The Ultimate Buyers Guide To Managed IT Services

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The "C" In CIO Stands For Ch-Ch-Ch- Changes

Years devoted to building out advanced applications and convincing colleagues in other units that, yes, IT can drive new business opportunities, appear to have paid off. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) say their role has become more strategic and will continue to evolve in that direction in the near future.

The proverbial seat at the table is theirs. Technology’s expanding reach in the corporate world—from cloud computing to artificial intelligence—means Chief Information Officers are taking a bigger role in developing business strategies and customer services. They have also emerged as key cultural influencers, spreading the gospel of agile, DevOps and other practices with deep technological roots across their organizations.

Read on for more... 

The "C" In CIO Stands For Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

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How AR, VR, And Digital Twins Optimize The Industrial World

Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and digital twins are on the cusp of enabling businesses to visualise key insights about their operational technologies. The ability to view both physical and virtual environments are an untapped boon for industries like manufacturing, transportation, and energy, where heavy machinery and other physical equipment often lies at the centre of business operations.

It’s becoming increasingly imperative to merge these physical assets into IT applications and infrastructure to improve operations, customer service and produce business-critical insights that help companies gain a competitive advantage. That is where digital twins, AR and VR each have a role to play in helping enterprises achieve full Industry 4.0 transformation and automation.

How AR, VR, And Digital Twins Optimize The Industrial World

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How To Calculate Your Cloud TCO

Enterprises need to have a firm handle on their projected cloud TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), whether it's for a cloud migration or a net-new application. In this article, we'll review some best practices to determine your cloud TCO as you map out your budgets and how to avoid unexpected surprises once you're up and running.

How To Calculate Your Cloud TCO

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The Hybrid Cloud For High Availability

The private cloud remains the best choice for many applications for a variety of reasons, while the public cloud has become a more cost-effective choice for others. This split has resulted — intentionally or not — in the vast majority of organizations now having a hybrid cloud. But there are many different ways to leverage the versatility and agility afforded in a hybrid cloud environment, especially when it comes to the different high availability and disaster recovery protections needed for different applications.

This article examines the hybrid cloud from the perspective of high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR), and provides some practical suggestions for avoiding potential pitfalls.

The Hybrid Cloud For High Availability

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Cloud vs On-Premise....Striking A Balance On Security

The balance between on-premise and cloud infrastructure should be tailored to an organization's needs at any given time. It should mirror an organisation’s risk appetite and its business imperative. Furthermore, better standards for encryption and engineering are needed on a universal scale that are underpinned by the latest legislation.

Cloud vs On-Premise...Striking A Balance On Security

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The Top 3 Roadblocks Facing IoT In Manufacturing

I would be among the first to acknowledge the potential of the IoT to upend the manufacturing process. However, a degree of caution is warranted as major challenges to the effective implementation of IoT-enabled devices remain. These potential pitfalls largely fall into three areas: legacy machines, security and regulatory concerns and the availability of lower-cost options to improve efficiency.

The Top 3 Roadblocks Facing IoT In Manufacturing

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3 Imperatives For Network Management Success In The Hybrid World

Networks today are a mixed bag, comprised of what can be a tangled mess of physical, virtualized, and cloud infrastructure. In order to compete today, businesses are pursuing digital transformation initiatives such as SD-WAN, Network Function Virtualization, and edge computing for a competitive edge. While these technologies offer great benefits, they also add great complexity. The race for a competitive edge inevitably creates interoperability hurdles amongst IT systems. Today businesses must wade through wired and wireless networks, multi-platform, multi-vendor, as well as multi-cloud – each with their own set of complexities.

This article arms you with a strategy to address your network management and monitoring needs in today’s complex network environment.

3 Imperatives For Network Management Success In The Hybrid World

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6 Ways Industrial IoT Can Benefit Modern Operations

The use of IIoT is still early, with some industries further along than others. However, the fourth industrial revolution is approaching fast, and IIoT will only have a larger role to play, which means now is the time to invest.   To understand why there are such high expectations for IIoT, let’s take a look at how some of the top industries will benefit.

6 Ways Industrial IoT Can Benefit Modern Operations

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IOT....The Foundations For Smart Buildings

Insights, practical tips, and innovative use cases for smart buildings....with specific case examples highlighting commercial construction, hotel development, and hospital environments.

Buildings represent one of the largest capital expenses for businesses, second only to salaries paid to employees. It is therefore no surprise that property owners and managers are constantly seeking new ways to make buildings more efficient, sustainable, safer and more comfortable. However, as technology has become more advanced and consumer demand more acute, we’re seeing a much more considered coming together of buildings and technology, commonly known as smart buildings.

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IOT....The Foundations For Smart Building

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How To Select The Best Network Monitoring Technology

Experts agree that monitoring is essential for maintaining overall network performance, health, and security. But exactly which features should a network monitoring tool offer, and how should the technology be used to achieve maximum effectiveness? As both networks and network management goals advance and evolve, these questions are becoming increasingly difficult to answer, making it challenging to locate and deploy a monitoring technology that covers all of the essential bases.  Read this article for insights and practical advice: How To Select The Best Network Monitoring Technology

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