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Technology trends, insights, success stories and other helpful resources.
IT and Business, Closer Cooperation on Decision-Making
Technology investment decisions are increasingly shared between IT and business decision makers, according to the 2017 State of the CIO report. Business decisions now account for some 46 percent of IT investments, an increase of 3 percent on the previous…
Continue ReadingCloud Business, What's Your 2018 Resolution?
Is cloud migration high on your agenda for 2018? Recent findings by Microsoft indicate that the proportion of small and medium businesses using cloud-based applications is set to grow from a benchmark 37 percent in 2016 to an estimated 78…
Continue ReadingJanuary Newsletter 2018
Welcome to the January issue of the VTG Newsletter. Happy New Year to all our readers. We hope you had a great holiday and are looking forward to the opportunities and challenges of 2018…
Continue ReadingMainframe in the Cloud – Time to Migrate?
Have mainframes had their day? Certainly, they represent old technology compared to today’s on-premise or cloud infrastructures. But, for many organizations that run large-scale mission-critical applications or process huge amounts of data, mainframes remain an important resource. In Gartner’s concept…
Continue ReadingWhat Shaped Migration in 2017?
The 2017 State of Resilience Report by Vision Solutions shared some interesting insights into trends and issues in migration over the past year. The report’s findings were based on a survey of more than 400 IT professionals. Migration Goals Vary…
Continue ReadingDelivering IT Resilience
The terminology surrounding business continuity is changing. It began with ‘disaster recovery’ and evolved to ‘business continuity.’ Now, experts are focusing on ‘business resilience.’ Taking out an insurance policy against one-time catastrophic events is no longer sufficient. Today, the emphasis…
Continue ReadingWhat Makes a Successful Migration?
A successful migration delivers positive business and operational benefits with minimal downtime. It can reduce costs and help the business become more agile. These are strong benefits and, as a recent IDG Enterprise Research Services survey found, around 78 percent…
Continue ReadingWhat’s Driving Efficient Data Migration
Managing data growth is one of the top IT priorities, according to a recent survey by the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). Rapid data growth, spiraling hardware and staff costs are driving storage to the cloud and that puts the emphasis…
Continue ReadingDiscovery – Get a Complete Up-to-Date Picture
How efficient is your discovery process? Can you maintain an up-to-date picture when the pace of change is so rapid, and can you get a single view when you’ve got assets in multiple locations? That level of efficiency is essential…
Continue ReadingHow Many Clouds Can You Manage?
A recent report by s – the IDC MaturityScape for Multicloud Management – found that 90 percent of enterprises surveyed plan to make use of multiple clouds. Their strategy is to match specific workloads and their dependencies to the cost,…
Continue ReadingVirtual Tech Gurus Received DELL/EMC Best Customer Experience Award
On October 19, 2017 Virtual Tech Gurus (VTG) had the distinct honor of being recognized and awarded the coveted 2017 Dell Best Customer Experience Award for our expertise and relationship building prowess.
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