Due to the changes we have seen since COVID, small businesses are facing different technology challenges. Before COVID, about 22% of small businesses had aspects of a remote workforce. Quickly thereafter, that number doubled. Some businesses will return part or all of their operations back to standard working environments. However, the needs for working remotely and incorporating hybrid business models will not change. Currently, we are looking at 70% of businesses operating with a hybrid … [Read more...]
Economic Recovery Awakens Need for IT Services
As our economy continues to recover, the need for IT services is back on the rise. Global market deals increased by 11% from last year, per ISG's most recent report. As a service functions are where the majority of the increase is stemming, versus traditional managed services. There is a huge amount of growth over in Europe, up 7% from last year's numbers. Are you noticing an increase in your customers' needs for IT services as the year continues? Or, is movement happening at a steady pace, … [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...]
Five Steps for Multi-Cloud Efficiency
With more employees working from home, enterprises are either accelerating their cloud strategies or rushing to begin embracing cloud solutions. The result, as cloud investments expand, is the implementation of multi-cloud environments. While multi-cloud can provide for efficient workload placement and prevent vendor lock-in, it also carries the danger of uncontrolled cloud sprawl. The endless options related to infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and platform as … [Read more...]