Public cloud services such as AWS and Microsoft Azure are becoming increasingly popular and every IT organization now has a cloud mandate that they are trying to execute on.
But the basic question about what workloads “move” and what workloads “stay” still remains unanswered. Is the public...
Published: May 23, 2017
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
Research shows that six out of 10 contact centers are projected to have cloud-based deployment by the end of 2013. This Aberdeen Analyst Insight demonstrates the top factors driving businesses to invest in a cloud-based contact center as well as the post-deployment benefits they gain through improved scalability.
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Published: Aug 16, 2013
There’s no question that network rationalization can lead to immediate cost savings, simplified management, and improved reliability and performance.
Getting rid of complexities, redundancies, and unnecessary networks and equipment that are brought on by years of accumulated technology is a commonsense way to...
Published: Mar 12, 2014
It’s no secret that Software as a Service (SaaS), and the cloud in general, offers the enterprise a tremendous opportunity. SaaS delivers the breadth, simplicity and affordability of packaged applications in a fraction of time and for a fraction of the cost of traditional models.
But SaaS also changes the dynamics...
Published: Feb 10, 2015
Considering all the hype it’s received, it’s easy to assume the cloud’s benefits are overblown. Even if you’ve seen the advantages cloud technology can offer firsthand, it’s natural to think that cloud computing is good, even great, but not a lifesaver. But recent studies have...
Published: Feb 19, 2016
The wide area network (WAN) will be critical to the success of enterprise hybrid cloud strategies and initiatives. Although WAN optimization and traditional WAN services addressed a broad range of client/server requirements, other capabilities are needed in the context of the 3rd Platform.
This IDC Insight offers...
Published: Feb 10, 2015
Most companies would rather not continue indefinitely diverting resources into software systems or adding costly IT resources.
That’s why ERP systems that use a cloud, or Software as a Service (SaaS), delivery model are great choices.
The cloud solution providers handle the maintenance and management of...
Published: Feb 26, 2014
Enterprise data center operators face a number of challenges as they try to build and maintain their business’s most important strategic asset.
Orchestrating applications, traffic and virtual machines is becoming much more difficult. Managing an increasingly complicated network takes up time that could be better...
Published: Sep 24, 2014
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
OpenStack® is a hot topic, and with good reason: This rapidly evolving open-source architecture can enable IT departments to build infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) clouds running on standard hardware.
Companies of all sizes see the possibilities, a recent IDG Quick Poll of CIOs shows. But those companies may...
Published: May 01, 2013
In today’s competitive marketplace—where world-class computing power is more affordable than ever, and self-service, personalization and instant access to technology have become the norm—we are seeing a shift in expectations regarding cloud computing.
Yesterday, the cloud was about running IT more...
Published: Nov 12, 2013