Click to learn more about author Zach Dunn. Before the pandemic, many organizations pushed back on remote work because they feared productivity would plummet if workers had the freedom to dictate where and when they worked. You can see the vestiges of this thinking during Goldman Sachs’ recent mandate that employees return to the office by June […]
How Has the Pandemic Impacted Global Expansion and Talent Strategies?
Click to learn more about author Bob Cahill. One year ago, domestic and global business planning was thrown into confusion virtually overnight as lockdown, remote working, and a growing public health crisis took hold. Today, as vaccination programs gather pace, company leaders are taking stock and beginning to look ahead, many with growing optimism and […]
From Minutes to Microseconds: How Can Businesses Speed up Real-Time Analytics?
Click to learn more about author Eric Raab. For many enterprises, conversations regarding data strategies have shifted from discussing big data to fast data. The ability to understand and act on real-time data insights – often adding the context from historical data – has become a critical differentiator for firms in almost every industry sector […]
Protect Data Against Foreign Adversaries
Click to learn more about author James Carder. Recent, high-profile cybersecurity hacks have put a massive spotlight on an imperative security measure: defense against foreign threat actors. The SolarWinds attack and attempts on Pfizer have now set the rules of engagement, and organizations need to be cognizant of the fact that numerous foreign governments possess […]
The Data Challenges of a Return to Service
Click to learn more about author Kaycee Lai. COVID has been particularly rough on companies that provide in-person entertainment experiences–theme parks, cruise lines, movie theatres, casinos, concert promoters, resorts, etc. With summer approaching, we’re seeing signs that some of these companies may be opening up operations again. Disneyland, for instance, just announced it is reopening […]
The Cloud Managed Services Market is Growing — and That’s Good for MSPs
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Lately, we have been talking to quite a few providers of cloud managed services that play in both the private and public cloud spaces. These conversations have centered around how cloud management needs are evolving as enterprises’ hybrid and multi-cloud needs have accelerated. Most refer to this […]
Three Steps to Building a Successful Data Migration and Protection Strategy
Click to learn more about author Steve Leeper. Today’s data-hungry organizations face a growing range of management and migration challenges as their use of on-prem storage evolves and their consumption of cloud services continues to climb. Public cloud providers are rapidly increasing the capabilities of their file storage options in addition to their object storage […]
Technology Leaders Reflect on the Technological Impact of One Year of Remote Work
Click to learn more about author Richard Cassidy. Throughout the past year, COVID-19 showcased IT’s ability to not only fight the virus but also drive innovation to keep businesses up and running while protecting them from cyber-adversaries. Innovations in communications technology has ensured that nearly 60% of people working from home due to COVID-19 are […]
The Role of Big Data in Business Development
Click to learn more about author Mehul Rajput. With the huge amount of online data available today, it comes as no surprise that “big data” is still a buzzword. As the name suggests, business owners around the world now have a high volume and variety of information at their fingertips. But big data is more […]
Top Three Ways to De-Risk Your IT Infrastructure
Click to learn more about author Ken Steinhardt. Enterprise organizations continue to operate in unchartered territory of uncertainty, accelerated digital transformation, and precarious human intervention into IT systems – all exacerbated by the ongoing COVID pandemic. These factors significantly increase risk for enterprises and make capacity planning, performance planning, and core maintenance uncomfortably unpredictable. The […]