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Microsoft Delivers Small Business ERP from the Cloud
Microsoft’s latest release of its ERP system is scheduled for 2nd April. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, which has been trialed under the codename ‘Tenerife’, is the latest version of the company’s long-established ERP solution, Microsoft Dynamics NAV. This release…
Continue ReadingHow Vendors Can Accelerate Digital Transformation
In Forrester Research’s ‘Predictions 2018’, the firm reported that more than 60 percent of executives believe they are lagging behind in their digital transformations. Earlier studies by Forrester found that most businesses are actively developing digital capabilities, but have not…
Continue ReadingCloud Migration – Manage People As Well As Applications
Migration to the cloud may seem like a project that only involves the IT team, but a successful migration depends on communication and collaboration with a wider group of people to ensure acceptance and uptake. Involve Users and Executives Department…
Continue ReadingBetween Cloud and Premise – What's the Next Move?
While the initial period of hype for the cloud is long over, cloud migration continues at a rapid pace. Around 20 percent of businesses now host more than half of their applications in the cloud, according to F5 Network’s 2017…
Continue ReadingWhy Converged Infrastructure can Improve Availability in the Data Center
With continuing pressure on data center managers to maintain the highest levels of responsiveness and availability, converged infrastructure is emerging as a solution that reduces costs and operational complexity, and increases efficiency. The simplified, scalable infrastructure can be centrally managed…
Continue ReadingLegacy Enterprise Systems – Upgrade or Migrate?
For many organizations, the future development of their enterprise systems is at a crossroads. Should they continue to maintain legacy systems on premise or migrate to the cloud? And, if they are considering the cloud, what type of infrastructure will…
Continue ReadingFebruary Newsletter 2018
Welcome to the February issue of the VTG newsletter. Emerging technologies continue to have an impact on both legacy and more recent solutions in the data center. Artificial intelligence and machine learning, for example, can help accelerate infrastructure automation. And,…
Continue ReadingMigration – Still Room for Improvement
The 2018 State of Resilience study provides valuable insight into the challenges IT professionals face when undertaking a migration. The study found that a worrying number of migrations fail and many are delayed or postponed because of fears of downtime.…
Continue ReadingMachine Learning – the Next Step in Infrastructure Automation
Infrastructure automation has already made an impact on data center productivity and efficiency. Now, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are adding a new dimension that promises to improve these factors even further. The aim is to create a self-learning…
Continue ReadingVirtual Tech Gurus Received DELL/EMC Best Customer Experience Award
Austin, Texas – Dell EMC recognized Virtual Tech Gurus, Inc (VTG) with the coveted 2017 Best Customer Experience Award for its leadership in intelligent data mobility (IDM) area and expertise in relationship-building prowess at a meeting of Dell’s Services partners…
Continue ReadingLegacy or Cloud – Can Hybrid IT Strike the Right Balance?
CIOs are under pressure to modernize the data center to create a more agile infrastructure and meet business demands. Modernization is a priority, and, for many organizations, migration to the cloud appears to meet the changing demands on IT. However,…
Continue ReadingSD-WAN – The Right Network for the Cloud
As business and IT leaders seek to make their organizations more agile, they are investing millions in infrastructure to ensure the data center can support the speed, scalability and flexibility required. According to ZK Research, that has resulted in infrastructure…
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