A recent report by Everbridge, a firm specializing in unified critical communications, found that the average response time to an IT incident was 27 minutes, but with some response times stretching out to almost two and a half hours. Given…

Business leaders considering migration to the cloud find all aspects of the process challenging, according to a recent survey by IDG Research. That’s despite the fact that 59 percent of respondents had already moved applications to the cloud. They recognize…

Digital transformation is moving up the agenda of both IT and business leaders in line with the rising level of customer expectations. Business leaders see digital transformation as an essential and inevitable step to success. They recognize that the application…

Collecting, analyzing and acting on data is essential, whether you’re planning a full-scale migration, moving a few applications and services, or optimizing your cloud deployment post-migration. The right analytics can help you carry out a preliminary assessment, plan a successful…

IT teams are getting more out of their data centers thanks to infrastructure automation. That’s transforming IT spending and staffing priorities, according to Computer Economics’ annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study for 2017/2018. The study found that capital expenditure…

If you’re migrating your data center to the cloud, don’t overlook the network. Cloud promises flexibility, broader access and greater productivity. And, cloud migration is integral to digital transformation. But, without the right network connections, cloud benefits could be limited.…

Your infrastructure is critical to business success. It’s complex, always on and subject to increasing demands from users for rapid delivery and 24×7 availability. Downtime is an issue that users find hard to accept and service level agreements can prove…

The term ‘digital transformation’ is becoming part of the language of IT, and it’s putting more pressure on CIOs to adapt their organization and their infrastructure to the demands of the business. The availability of cloud services and applications has…

Organizations see cloud migration as a route to achieving significant cost reduction, greater flexibility, increased mobility and scalability. However, it’s also important to recognize that there are challenges to a successful migration and concerns to overcome. Research indicates that security,…

Software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) technology is forecast to double in market size in each of the next three years. Sixty-four percent of US companies are planning to implement or expanding implementation from a traditional WAN to an SD-WAN solution in…