We have seen how effective and cost-saving remote working has become. For these reasons, prepare yourself and your business for cloud services in our workforce. Unified Communications as a Service, or UCaaS, is allowing more freedom to many companies. For example, the ability to accommodate workers that can connect with each other and the cloud is changing the world. What else can UCaaS do for our companies? Maintaining efficiency while lowering overhead costs are some of the most impactful new … [Read more...]
Optimization Needs for Cloud Spending = Opportunity
As businesses move more of their applications and other tools to be cloud-based, the need for cloud expertise is expanding. This creates opportunity and challenge in many ways due to the newly fundamental need for companies to start or continue working from the cloud. Currently, virtual and remote workers are the biggest cause of the IT industry's need towards an optimization of cloud spending. However, the re-allocation of existing budgets has to be taken into account for these new … [Read more...]
External IT Expertise: Needs Are On The Rise
As we move further into the cloud, the need for speed in the deployment of applications and services is ramping up. Most customer want these to be up and running practically immediately, increasing the opportunity for those who can assist. With security and compliance a huge concern for almost all companies, additional external IT expertise is becoming a necessary aspect in the success of a digital transformation. These external resources must be prepared to show how they rise above the … [Read more...]
Commonly Missed Costs in Cloud Mapping
For many enterprises, the sudden need to prioritize work-from-home policies has caused some upheaval in cloud mapping plans. Those that didn’t intend to shift their communications to the cloud anytime soon may have found their timeline significantly sped up. While there are a variety of benefits to cloud communications, including scalability, reliability, and cost savings, many enterprises find the migration process to be full of hidden costs or unanticipated fees. Take a look at some of the … [Read more...]
Hybrid Cloud Storage Solves the “Cloud Versus Colocation” Question
Since cloud storage solutions have become more common, there has been a general thought among colocation providers that they represented an alternative to the cloud. It was generally believed that enterprises would either choose cloud or colocation, but not usually both. Hybrid cloud storage is changing all of that. Initially, this was a reasonable set of options. It created some competition between colocation data centers and public cloud providers to provide the most competitive and … [Read more...]
The Benefits and Challenges of a Multicloud Environment
Enterprises are moving beyond single cloud and hybrid cloud environments in favor of a multicloud solution that offers a high level of flexibility and agility. A report from Cisco finds that 29% of IT leaders say they will be networking across on-premise, hybrid, and multicloud platforms in the next two years. A multicloud solution comes with important benefits. Enterprises are able to better distribute workloads for potentially improved uptime and performance. It also provides the redundancy … [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...]
Three Steps for Securing a Multi-Cloud Environment
Security in a multi-cloud environment cannot be adequately addressed by traditional approaches. A perimeter established by firewalls doesn't secure the cloud or the movement of data to and from cloud applications. The security plane is expanded significantly by one cloud migration, so a multi-cloud solution further complicates security. An adequate solution should be able to accommodate growth, but also protect data as a single workload may be housed in more than one cloud solution. Expanding … [Read more...]
How Mobility Is Powering Project Management
Enterprises are beginning to choose project management solutions that are outside the firewall, tapping into the benefits of the cloud. While reduced costs and scalability make these solutions attractive, the most disruptive force for project management is the focus that cloud solutions place on mobility. Take a look at how prioritizing mobility can revolutionize how your organization, and more specifically, your project management team, handles business processes: Fewer meetings: All … [Read more...]
Be Proactive With Your Cloud Security Strategy
Despite organizations in just about every industry diving head first into cloud-based solutions, cloud security issues remain a concern. Multi-tenant solutions are being used, and at a cost savings, but these concerns are what keep some organizations from fully embracing cloud technology. There are a number of service models in use today, as well as different types of deployments. Organizations can seek out the best options for their unique needs. Keeping context in mind is important, as not … [Read more...]