Having survived today, it is human nature to want to have another day just like it tomorrow. Many IT departments, in fact, are set up according to that fond illusion. Having put out the usual fires with the usual heroics, too many IT departments are surprised by the inevitable when a disaster they could have seen coming...
Published: Sep 23, 2013
One of the oft-stated promises of cloud-based applications is more up-time, more application availability than those deployed via on-premises servers. Some might take the statement at face value; others may question it. I’d like to make the argument that both sides are right.
Published: Apr 29, 2013
BIG-IQ orchestrates the deployment of BIG-IP devices across traditional and cloud infrastructures. BIG-IQ’s cloud technology allows workloads to be scaled automatically between and within clouds.
The product’s multi-tenant design utilizes role-based access control to allow tenants simple self-service application...
Published: Aug 13, 2013
Cloud-enabled services are the next wave transforming how businesses capitalize on information technology, and that in turn drives the next evolution in the processes, roles, skills, and structure of IT organizations—the evolution to IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS). Today’s CIOs must exercise extraordinary leadership...
Published: Sep 23, 2013
Microsoft is making a massive push to the cloud. As a result, Office 365 is taking off. But in its complexity, Office 365 is unlike any other cloud app.
Often this causes impactful deployment delays. Instead of relying on legacy tools Microsoft gives away, learn to remove the identity barriers for your Office 365...
Published: Nov 11, 2016
When you can satisfactorily meet the needs of both IT operations and business users, you won’t have to worry about individuals going rogue to get the results they want — not to mention the risks of governance and security breaches that go along with it.
With Dell Cloud Manager, you can achieve IT operations’...
Published: May 09, 2014
The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
The development, release,...
Published: Apr 22, 2014
An office move is the perfect chance to embrace cloud-based services, which can deliver superior performance, cost-efficiency, and reliability relative to on-premises solutions.
Additionally, InformationWeek reports that 70 percent of companies have either switched or plan to switch to unified communications....
Published: May 26, 2016
For internal and external applications, Web APIs provide flexibility and unlock the value of your data and software. However, ongoing API development, deployment and delivery require extensive domain knowledge in operating an enterprise-class infrastructure. Without this expertise, scalability, reliability, and security...
Published: Aug 01, 2013
This white paper is a business guide for customer service executives and managers who have already made the decision to deploy customer service in the cloud but need further insight into the best practices for how to do so successfully and further evolve customer service in the cloud through four phases: implementation,...
Published: Nov 13, 2013
The survey considers the importance of ROI calculations in securing internal agreement for a move to cloud-based IT services, how and in which areas of operations ROI was calculated, and the accuracy of ROI predictions.
Respondents were also asked which single area of business (from cost-savings to staff productivity...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
The sheer volume of information associated with transactions—including data about both senders and receivers—is tremendous. Western Union strives to not only support this volume; the company aims to simplify transactions from different channels and devices, help protect transactions and better understand each...
Published: Sep 10, 2014
Choose your cloud vendor, deployment model, and application wisely. SaaS and cloud applications have moved into the mainstream of enterprise IT strategy.
What started with applications in highly contained functions like sales force automation (SFA) and talent management is now spreading to a broad set of enterprise...
Published: Apr 22, 2014
Once considered a passing trend — and even famously referred to as “complete gibberish” by one Fortune 50 CEO — the cloud has certainly come a long way.
Today, it’s fundamental to the way you do business, helping reduce operational complexity, securely expand IT infrastructure, and enable...
Published: Sep 04, 2014