One of the key responsibilities for any IT department is making sure computer systems are running at peak performance. It means that every server is updated with the latest security patches and OS upgrades as they’re released from each vendor. In environments that run operating systems from multiple vendors, this is a major undertaking fraught […]
Four Ways the Cloud Can Help Identify and Adapt to Customer Trends
It’s no longer good enough for a company to simply have a website. In fact, by 2017, the internet will play a role in 60% of all U.S. retail sales, either as direct e-commerce transactions or as part of a shopper’s research, according to a report by Forrester Research Inc. titled “U.S. Cross-Channel Retail Forecast, […]
PaaS – The Engine for Agile Innovation
The Internet is an exponential environment. With more technology choices, development strategies, and varied products available than ever before, businesses continue to seek out ways to differentiate themselves. It’s been estimated that 90% of the world’s data has been generated in the past two years and that information doubles every year and a half. With […]
Moving to the Cloud: Debunking the Illusion of Risk
Even with all of the information available today about the “Cloud,” many companies still fear migrating their mission-critical applications to the Cloud, or deploying new ones to the Cloud. In this article, we challenge three common areas of concern. Physical Access is Critical In traditional “on-premises” environments, software generally runs on a single device, or […]