Why many new jobs will be created, some old jobs will become irrelevant—but every job will change at the task level.
We can see Best Practices and business processes evolve across the entire business from finance to supply chain to HR and customer experience. This is propelled by new demands by people who create...
Published: Jul 03, 2020
Oracle ERP systems are often the most critical IT applications an organization has. Any missteps in administration or hardware configuration can be very costly to a business. Given the complexity of the tasks they perform, the Oracle applications require the correct hardware configuration in addition to specialized expertise...
Published: Sep 04, 2014
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
Adopting a zero trust security model — authenticating and authorizing every request, device, and user before delivering applications or data, and monitoring application access and network activity through logging and behavioral analytics — can quickly and safely deliver enterprise applications across your network....
Published: Nov 13, 2018
In this paper we describe three broad areas that organizations need to think about when moving to the Cloud;
• Technical considerations related to specific technology challenges that Cloud Computing may raise
• External business considerations related to dealing with 3rd party Cloud providers
•...
Published: Jul 11, 2013
Ransomware isn’t new. In fact, it’s 30-years-old . What IS new is ransomware’s sudden rise as a favored attack by cyber criminals . Cyber crime has become a lucrative business and, unfortunately, ransomware has become an integral attack method that many organizations are fighting a losing battle against. ...
Published: Aug 02, 2019
This paper discusses the importance of workloads when planning for your migration to the cloud. It also describes how a structured approach to cloud workload analysis can help you identify cloud initiatives that offer faster time to value, reduced migration risk and higher potential return.
Published: Jul 14, 2014
IBM® SmartCloud™ Entry for IBM Power Systems™ is an entry-level private cloud offering from IBM for IBM POWER® processor-based systems.
The following article is my first impression of the product, albeit with limited exposure to its full potential.
Published: Jan 09, 2014
Despite the growing popularity of cloud storage, tape is still a vital part of an effective back-up strategy. Depending on a single solution, may mean your back up fails when you most need it.
This whitepaper discusses why Cloud storage still requires tape as a complementary technology.
Published: Mar 01, 2015
When read individually, each article provides a unique perspective of one company’s experience or one expert’s advice on SAP HANA. But when read as a collection, these articles provide the comprehensive roadmap you need to plan your organization’s SAP HANA journey.
Published: May 18, 2014
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
To compete in today’s world, business leaders are placing increased demands on IT. Unfortunately, many IT departments are unable to deliver future innovation with their current infrastructure, applications and processes.
IT must digitally transform the enterprise through the adoption of cloud native practices,...
Published: Jul 30, 2019
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
The corporate perimeter as you know it no longer exists. Virtual private network (VPN) vulnerabilities are pervasive, and outdated access solutions are not only cumbersome and time consuming, but also allow for unprotected access to enterprise networks and applications.
Management and IT practitioners have long recognized...
Published: Nov 13, 2018