When the pressure is on IT teams to deliver new services and features faster, and maintain the highest levels of availability, infrastructure management may prove to be the weak link. Part of the problem is the siloed nature of traditional…

Storage Optimization – Infrastructure Assessment is Vital The previous article in this series explained why storage optimization is vital to competitive advantage, user and customer experience, and operational efficiency. But, before taking measures to optimize storage, it’s essential to carry…

Are you ready for Yottabytes? That’s a question storage experts are asking. We’ve already passed Exabytes and Zetabytes as denominations, and that just leaves one more measure of storage capacity. The question reflects the continuing boom in data growth, and…

Recent surveys from leading analysts highlight the continuing uptake of software-defined WAN (SD-WAN). Gartner, for example, forecasts SD-WAN to grow at 59 percent CAGR through 2021, while IDC predicts the size of the SD-WAN market to be $8.05B by 2021. The continuing…

Overview Virtual Tech Gurus (VTG) helped a major credit card company refresh its data storage and migrate to new technologies. VTG developed a phased approach that enabled a fast seamless migration against an extremely tight deadline with no allowance for…

Overview Virtual Tech Gurus (VTG) helped a major insurance company transform multiple datacenters to improve support of 900 different applications and meet the needs of the business more effectively. VTG carried out an independent review and developed a phased approach…

A recent article by McKinsey & Company, ‘Cloud adoption to accelerate IT modernization’, posed the question – is migration to the cloud a means, not an end in itself? The firm points out that many organizations are struggling to get…

Calculating the Real Benefits of Cloud Migration Moving workloads to the cloud is rarely an ad-hoc decision. Organizations put together a business case to justify their decision. But, what are the real measures of cloud migration and how should organizations…

Businesses increasing their adoption and dependence on cloud applications and services must ensure a seamless end-to-end journey between users and their applications. However, a recent study by Forrester Research – ‘Make Edge Services an Integral Part of Your Cloud Strategy’…

How Efficient is Your Infrastructure? Businesses considering a move to the cloud take many factors into consideration. They may want to make their operations more agile, reduce their costs, increase scalability or improve mobile and remote access to applications and…

Digital transformation continues to be a hot topic in the boardroom and the IT department. Transformation promises a better experience for customers and staff, greater agility to meet changing business conditions and stronger competitive advantage. That has led to a…