Enterprises pursuing ideal customer experiences know that they must prioritize areas like innovation, agility, and cost reduction. In order to respond quickly to changes in the market and to customer preferences, enterprises are choosing a hybrid cloud environment. A recent IDC white paper notes that enterprises are still struggling to […]
Considerations for Your Cloud Strategy
Enterprises are no longer asking whether they will utilize cloud solutions to meet their goals. Instead, they’re asking more complex questions about the best cloud strategy for placing workloads in the right environments and supporting disaster recovery plans. Many are implementing hybrid cloud and multi-cloud solutions to optimize their cost […]
Creating Customizable, Agile Network Security
For decades, the possibilities for network security were hemmed in by the dueling priorities of customizability and agility. At odds with one another by nature, each carries ties to the ability to protect the network from cyber attacks. In the past, enterprises have been forced to choose between agility and […]
Evaluating Cloud Solutions for a Better Communications Migration
When evaluating cloud solutions for a migration, enterprises often hear that either public or private cloud is superior, with little room for a more nuanced interpretation of the benefits and drawbacks of each. In many cases, one of these options will be more appealing in terms of the specific needs […]
Making Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Manageable for Developers
Enterprises are moving to hybrid and multi-cloud environments, counting on a variety of benefits including scalability, cost reduction, and improved agility. While these are just a few of the potential advantages of migrating to the cloud, there’s also an expectation of less complexity. Moving workloads to the cloud from legacy, […]
Building an Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Security Strategy
For years, it was expected that as enterprises discovered the benefits of cloud technology, they would quickly invest in private cloud solutions and then add public cloud only when necessary. This prediction has proven incorrect, as many enterprises are instead implementing a hybrid cloud environment. A hybrid cloud plan can […]
The Perfect Fit of Hybrid Cloud Solutions for Enterprise IT
There’s so much buzz around cloud computing, cloud storage and cloud networking that many business leaders may assume that everything that can possibly be migrated to the cloud should be, and quickly. As enterprises begin shifting to the cloud, they often find there are a few reasons why private cloud […]
Debunking Common Cloud Myths
Technological advances bring forth new software, programs, and systems. There is much to learn about these innovations and how to integrate them into daily life. Today, many services and software rely on the cloud in order to execute tasks. This makes it possible for anyone to access data or information […]
The Evolving Nature of Unified Communications
When unified communications was first introduced, it was as a technology that would combine voice calls, email, and applications into one. It promised to streamline communications and improve productivity, representing a rare instance in which all the promises of a coming technology were fulfilled. Enterprises embracing unified communications immediately saw […]
Using Hybrid Cloud to Optimize Enterprise Performance
More and more enterprises are investing in the cloud, finding that migration often results in better system performance, an enhanced customer experience and reduced costs. For many, a gradual cloud integration was preferred, and many have opted instead for a hybrid cloud environment, because it often results in better performance […]