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Without comprehensive cloud managed services, your business is susceptible to security threats, data loss and costly downtime. Whether you have a multi-tenant or hybrid cloud environment, cloud managed service providers possess extensive knowledge to support your environment or complement your in-house team. Benefits of Cloud Managed Services Providers Thinking of outsourcing IT management to a cloud managed services provider? Here are some specific benefits: 1. Cost Savings By outsourcing your cloud managed […]
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Office 365 is beneficial to most small and mid-sized business, that is clear. But how do you minimize disruption for business critical apps such as email, productivity and collaboration? Office 365 and Cloud Migration: An evolution…not revolution. It took years to build Rome, it took 30 days to get your exchange server online. Cloud applications including Microsoft Office 365 and Exchange Online are designed from the ground up to provide revolutionary cost […]
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As a midmarket company in the cloud era….do I go with an in-house Security Operations Center or Cloud Managed Security Services? Security analyst David Strom recently analyzed why smaller and mid-sized businesses are moving away from the in-house Security Operation Center to Cloud Managed Services and associated Cloud Security offerings. The primary driver of the migration for smaller-to-mid market business is enhanced cloud security features in the public cloud such as […]
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We have spent the past few weeks analyzing the history and more recent trends of IT. Our specific focus is to help IT leaders ride the 3rd platform wave –becoming a disruptive business growth engine rather than the road-block stopping progress. It doesn’t seem like December (still quite warm here in New York City) however the end of the year and holiday season has arrived. So now let’s take a look […]
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The world of IT is migrating to the cloud. Global spending growing for years have finally hit an tipping point with Amazon Web Services becoming the dominant force following their 3rd quarter results. The cloud infrastructure market should approach $16.5 billion in 2015 spend making it the reality of IT rather than the hot buzz word of years past. Public cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services have created an tsunami which is […]
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As previously covered in this blog Amazon’s recent re:Invent conference was the coming out party announcing leaving little doubt that Amazon Web Services is the winner of the cloud war. The recent 3rd quarter earnings only backed this up showing strong revenue and profit growth in the past quarter. If you are not already convinced here are more reasons from our team why Amazon is the unstoppable force of the […]
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Our ongoing series “How to stay ahead in an world of disruptive innovation” will analyze the past 50 years of IT disruption and innovation as the history is the best indicator of how things will move in the future. Today’s part 1 analyzes how a Seattle Bookstore’s cloud washed away the human network. Part 1: Learn how to swim before the rain clouds wash you away….. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader […]
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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the United States. To improve your awareness our security analysts have outlined top cloud security threats to look out for when implementing your strategy. Read below to learn more about the top cloud security tips threats today. Implement a Cloud Security Plan How should you approach cloud security? You should understand the importance of cloud security, along with the dangers associated with it in order to […]
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Amazon’s 3rd quarter results show a shift to becoming a cloud company with a e-commerce business on the side. IT and Cloud Provider Giant Amazon (they also have an eCommerce site) recorded surprise profit for the second straight quarter with growth in Amazon Web Services leading the way. Company shares rose 11 percent on the news. Amazon has historically re-invested profits from its main consumer division into new business keeping profits relatively flat while innovating […]
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Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference puts the “IT giants” (and some small companies) on notice as HP shuts down their Helion Public Cloud…. HP announced this week that it was finally pulling the plug on the HP Helion public cloud service after close to a year of death row debate. This announcement occurred less than 2 weeks after the re:Invent conference hosted by Amazon Web Services. This year’s re:Invent took on a […]
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