Many enterprises interested in cloud technology make their first move in the area of disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS). It is an attractive alternative to the capital investment that comes with a physical disaster recovery site. As the benefits of cloud solutions are appreciated, enterprises begin to consider a bigger move with infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Before making that shift, consider these four lessons that come from using DRaaS: Assess Your Needs: When you embark on a … [Read more...]
Cybersecurity: Important Considerations for Remote Workers
There have been many business changes since the Pandemic occurred and some of them are here to stay. Working from home, or at least not going to the office every day, has become the new normal for over 2/3 of the American working population. This introduces many new, and old, challenges for the realm of Cybersecurity. Culture vs. Best Practice Our cultural laziness, due to the perceived protection of privacy while we are surfing the web at home, bleeds into working from this same … [Read more...]
Threat Modeling Anticipates Cyber Attacks
As enterprises struggle to keep up with various forms of cyber attacks, many are discovering the benefits of threat modeling. This process is a structured way to identify threats and vulnerabilities to enterprise security and rank the risk and potential damage of each so that mitigation efforts can be prioritized. While this is a broad definition, the key to threat modeling that differentiates the technique from more general security efforts is that it is highly structured and systematic. Its … [Read more...]
Taking Precautions to Avoid a Data Breach
When asked what their top concerns are, the vast majority of IT leaders will list a data breach quite high. That’s not new news, but what might be shocking is that these same leaders aren’t always setting a great example. According to Egress, a data security solutions company, its global survey found that 78% of IT leaders believe that their employees have put data at risk within 12 months prior to the survey. The reason this is troublesome is because many data breaches are the result of … [Read more...]
How Machine Learning Is Powering Data Management
For a long time, artificial intelligence and machine learning seemed like elusive technologies that may never emerge with measurable benefits for enterprises. Now, machine learning is equipping data management to produce new levels of productivity, better analysis, and improved efficiency. Here are a few of the areas machine learning is better equipping data management: Taking Over Table Structures: Business decisions, no matter how great the data, require human analysis, so it’s helpful when … [Read more...]
The Benefits and Challenges of Migrating to SD-WAN
With enterprises juggling complex cloud environments running bandwidth-hungry applications, many are finding that software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) provides the solution for several pain points. Migrating to SD-WAN allows for better network management while also introducing scalability and cost savings. In order to stay competitive, companies need to be able to spin up new applications that support a highly personalized customer experience. Implementing a virtualized network that … [Read more...]
Why You Should Outsource Identity Management to AaaS
Logging on to any computer, accessing a cloud application, or even just pulling up your apps on your phone requires you to enter authentication information. For companies managing dozens, or even hundreds, of cloud applications, identity management can become a time-consuming, costly burden. Every cloud application requires registration and authentication in order to identify users as unique from others. This serves to allow the user to save their work, but it also allows web applications to … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Choosing a VoIP Solution for the Small Business
With phone contracts expiring and many enterprises looking for ways to reduce pricing, streamline communications, and integrate with other technology, many are looking at Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for small business solutions. There are many options on the market, so how does a small business know which to choose? Here are five steps to an informed decision: Evaluate Your Needs. You need a detailed set of requirements that you’re pursuing in a VoIP system. Determine which priorities … [Read more...]
Five Benefits of Enterprise VPNs
When you read in the headlines that some of the biggest enterprises are victims of hackers infiltrating their networks to steal data, you may wonder how your enterprise could ever stand a chance. The answer, for enterprises of all sizes, is virtual private networks (VPNs). A VPN allows you to create a secure connection to another network through the internet. It serves a variety of purposes, but most enterprises value its ability to shield and protect data as it is in transfer to another … [Read more...]
The Evolution of the Private Cloud
Enterprises are pushing for cloud migration, and it may seem as if private cloud is being left behind for the faster-paced, more economical public cloud. According to the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report produced by Flexera, 84% of enterprises are pursuing a multi-cloud strategy. Among the enterprises included in that 84%, 9% indicate that they are using multiple private clouds, while 17% use multiple public clouds and 58% have implemented a hybrid cloud solution. Only 3% of … [Read more...]
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