With various types of cyberattacks and physical service disruptions becoming more common, it’s no longer a matter of if but when a major incident will affect your organization. It’s a nightmare to think about, but incident response is something to plan for in order to keep your business up and running, and your customers satisfied….
While the popular Eagles hit has a hauntingly beautiful feel to it, if you’re utilizing one of the many colocation providers who are reliant upon carrier hotels—or worse, keeping your mission-critical IT on-prem, you’re probably not getting any cool trumpet solos to go with your numerous outages. It will, however, haunt you for weeks or…
As we continue to navigate this new normal, many organizations are still looking for ways to generate improved ROI from their IT business unit. The problem? Cost restraints, human capital challenges, leveraging different skill sets, technical debt, and the list goes on. Unfortunately, in many organizations, they end up “stuck” or overextended focusing on non-ROI…
The phrase, “new normal” has been tossed around so much that it’s felt as though it’s lost a little meaning. None of the last year was normal, but with the vaccine rollout, there is a renewed hope for a little more stability after a year of constant pivoting and regrouping to adjust to new rules…
Let’s be honest: owning and operating a data center on-premises is probably not aligned with your core business. If you’re one of the nearly half of all organizations that still hosts its IT on-premises, you know it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. It’s probably a drain on resources and manpower and you probably…
It’s no secret that threat actors are using more and more complex methods to steal information or even hold it for ransom—and typically cybersecurity measures are a half step behind, so it’s important to make sure you’re consistently utilizing protection methods that you may consider basic, such as multi-factor authentication. When you saw the title,…
With mounting attacks on the rise, it can be easy to feel like your team is in no man’s land, vulnerable at every turn. You already know that disaster recovery planning should be a top priority for your business, but sometimes it can feel like you’re trying to build a fortress from scratch to protect…
In many aspects of IT, compliance is table stakes, and it can be hard to know which certifications to intentionally work toward as major competitive differentiators. In the alphabet soup of IT compliance certifications, there is one that you should absolutely start caring about, as it can act as a springboard for your organization’s change…
Colocation is not a new concept but given the fact that up to 58% of businesses still elect to keep their IT on-premises, it might be time to chat about what colocation can accomplish for businesses looking to optimize their IT strategy and give their employees a few more hours back in their days. It’s…
It’s not as scary as it sounds, we promise. Edge computing can solve a wide variety of IT problems you have with your modern workloads as mobile applications and IoT devices become the norm in many organizations. Key drivers to Edge computing are everywhere. We’ve all seen case studies, read whitepapers and heard about the…