There is a fog of uncertainty that sometimes shadows the IT world. Hardware and software failures, unexpected costs, and other unknowns can have IT executive contemplating whether or not they should bring a psychic onto the payroll, but there are … Read More »
The age of the mobile device is upon us, and with this wave of portable smart devices comes challenges that companies have never before faced: mobile security. Every day, employees go about their everyday lives with portable devices strapped to … Read More »
Why is it that companies feel they have to stick with the current storage methods they’re using? “I don’t even want to think about it,” or “What we’re using is getting us by,” are two of the most common responses, … Read More »
Many IT Departments would rather jump off a bridge than think of a storage conversion project. A 2011 study done by Bent Flyvbjerg and Alexander Budzier in the Harvard Business Review found that out of around 1,400 projects surveyed, 27% … Read More »
Big Data: two simple words that started a revolution in the IT world. Over the past few years, companies have been struggling to deal with the build-up of data that they spent millions of dollars collecting, but the fact is … Read More »
You can have the best servers and a high speed network, but they will both be for naught unless you have the processing power to back them up. An upgrade like this seems like a no-brainer, but there’s always a … Read More »
Recently, Intel conducted a Classmate PC case study in Thailand. World Vision has 32,000 humanitarian aid and development workers around the globe, offering support to poor communities. The challenge facing Intel was that data communications and IT support was inconsistent … Read More »
Recently NetApp’s Cesar Orosco published an interview with Geoffrey Moore, visionary technologist and author of Crossing the Chasm (and most recently Escape Velocity). The subject of the interview was “The evolving role of the CIO”. One key question Cesar … Read More »
Let’s face it. We live in an “on-the-go” society. The faster something is done, the better. The less devices IT professionals need to carry around, the easier it is to do their job. With hundreds of thousands of applications available, … Read More »
As enterprise virtualization becomes an increased motive for many businesses and companies, it’s important to expose some of the myths associated with it. While consolidating applications and running more efficient enterprise data centers can provide a significant increase in productivity, … Read More »