Many organizations embracing cloud technology are exploring the possibility of outsourcing cloud infrastructure, which corresponds with expanding the availability of these services from cloud providers. When you’re anticipating a move to managed cloud infrastructure, how do you determine which provider is the best fit? Start by reviewing your business needs. Before investing in cloud infrastructure services, you need to determine what you’re hoping to achieve with this step. No public … [Read more...]
Design Principles for Virtualization Infrastructure
Virtualization infrastructure plays an important role in the transparency, flexibility, and planning if best practices are applied in its design. While you may inherit an infrastructure, rather than designing one from the beginning, it’s best to step back rather than continuing to support “good enough” policies. Therefore, initiating a plan to get back to design principles can help you form a good basis for maintenance and management in the future. You should regularly refine your plan … [Read more...]
Invest in Network Infrastructure to Support Enterprise Growth
If you tend to think of your network infrastructure the same way you think about the electricity in your house, it’s time to shift your perspective. Your growth as an enterprise depends heavily on your network investment and its function in driving elements like communication, customer experience, and connectivity. Here are a few key areas where you can invest in network infrastructure to directly affect innovation and growth: Invest in better WiFi connectivity and security: WiFi … [Read more...]
Why IT Infrastructure Is Critical for Your Success
IT infrastructure is a lot like any of the utilities in your home. You don’t give a lot of thought to running a hot shower or turning on a light switch, that is until you notice that the hot water isn't running and the light never turned on to brighten the room. IT infrastructure is not only critical to the functioning of your enterprise but also the push for innovation and competitive advantage. What is IT infrastructure? Put simply, it’s the components that support the … [Read more...]
Navigating Your Digital Transformation Successfully
No matter what sector you’re in, there is a high chance your organization is in the midst of a digital transformation. Sure, the words are a bit overused today, but for good reason – if you’re not dedicating some energy to the topic, your business is going to be left behind.Companies today are bringing on highly qualified and tech-savvy individuals and are leveraging themselves as digital operators ready to take on the competition. Strategic plans are being implemented for areas that need to be … [Read more...]
Upgrading IT Infrastructure: A Good Move for Your Budget
For many organizations, upgrading IT infrastructure lingers at the bottom of the priority list. The anticipation of going through a big process to choose, purchase, and integrate new equipment seems too daunting compared with the simple alternative of extending a maintenance contract or investing in a few smaller upgrades. Therefore, it's important to ask the hard questions and realize when it starts costing your company more to extend the usefulness of your current infrastructure rather than … [Read more...]
Does Your Enterprise Require a Managed WLAN Solution?
As wireless connectivity expands to support and include not only a lobby or a sales floor here and there, but also your entire organization, you may need to invest in a different approach to your wireless local area network (WLAN). Most enterprises need to work through several considerations before determining whether a managed WLAN or an on-premises solution will better fit their needs. As your need for broader WLAN coverage expands, so will your need for the infrastructure necessary to … [Read more...]
Improve Your Strategy for Managing Multi-Cloud Security Risks
For the financial services sector, many organizations are moving to cloud-based services. And with the move to these solutions, multi-cloud security risks are a top concern. As the digital transformation continues to move rapidly ahead, what can your business do to protect against cyber attacks? Among the reasons for shifting to cloud-based services, including public cloud and multi-cloud strategies, cost savings is high on the list. Banks, for example, can see savings of upwards of 40 … [Read more...]
Improving WiFi Performance Before Installation and With Troubleshooting
For many companies facing demand from employees and customers alike to have connectivity access at all times, prioritizing WiFi performance is critical. Complicating matters is that it’s difficult to predict the performance of WiFi because there are so many variables involved. From operating conditions to application traffic demands and settings of WiFi products, network operators often struggle to pinpoint the source when there’s a performance issue. Fortunately, from the planning stage to … [Read more...]
Why SDN and NFV Require Offloads
The use of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) was a promising solution to the stranglehold enterprises experienced related to network hardware. Rather than a vertical stack of pricey hardware, network administrators could access features and configuration settings at the software application level. Traditionally, networks have relied on a variety of often proprietary hardware solutions that involved a mix of gateways, routers, switches, load balancers … [Read more...]
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