A hybrid cloud operating model can provide significant benefits for traditional and modernized IT. However, inconsistencies in operations management tools and processes put enterprises at risk. With VMware Cloud Foundation™, organizations build consistency across all layers of their infrastructure with a consistent...
Published: Jan 14, 2021
The role of IT infrastructure and operations leaders has dramatically changed, and cloud evolution continues to accelerate. Learn how you can keep up by adopting an intelligent cloud management solution without compromising your current activities.
Cloud management software helps you accelerate innovation, gain...
Published: Jan 14, 2021
It’s time for a clear look at capabilities, considerations and questions to ask your network vendor when evaluating hardware for your SDN journey. And yes, it’s time that journey began. Why is that?
Published: Jun 03, 2013
At this point, everyone should be aware that security management is essential for everyone. Whether you are operating a home system, overseeing a small startup, or performing security governance for an enterprise, everyone can benefit from paying attention to security
Note: Most of the tools I recommend are Windows...
Published: Apr 08, 2014
Smartphones have joined laptops as de facto network endpoints in corporations, academic institutions and government entities. In managing security for these mobile devices, IT must be aware of the differences, as well as similarities, between laptop and smartphone platforms. With these distinctions in mind, IT can apply...
Published: Aug 04, 2014
FACT: With data dispersed across the enterprise, IT organizations struggle to manage, analyze, and secure their networks. A Visibility Fabric can provide pervasive visibility across the network.
Published: Oct 11, 2013
This paper will explore a number of enterprise trends that we have observed over the previous twelve months. After a brief UCaaS market overview and review of the value propositions of today’s cloud providers, the paper will explore the key trends within the enterprise that are proving successful for realizing actual...
Published: Jan 20, 2014
Application delivery controllers are essential to network uptime and performance. This whitepaper explores how to reduce TCO and improve efficiency by deploying ADCs in active-active clusters, and what appliances are best to support this activity.
Published: Oct 01, 2014
The first wave of virtualization has delivered dramatic benefits to organizations through consolidation, improved utilization, reduced total cost of ownership, efficient energy consumption and more effective use of physical space.
But organizations have only scratched the surface of virtualization’s potential....
Published: Oct 08, 2013
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a technical cornerstone of the Internet, but it faces significant challenges in growth and security. The Internet depends on DNS; when it doesn't work, neither does the Internet. Today's organizations depend not only on the Internet DNS, but their own DNS as well, and when their...
Published: Aug 15, 2013
Trends such as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), virtualization and cloud are rendering application deployment and delivery more challenging than ever for IT departments. Applications have moved further away from the employees who rely on them, introducing the potential for latency, security and availability issues. Still,...
Published: Oct 24, 2013
Support for Windows XP ends on 8 April 2014. Those still using XP have three options; do nothing, purchase custom support, or migrate to Windows 7 or 8. Here we consider the three options and their implications.
Published: Aug 13, 2013
We should state, right up front, that products based on the upcoming IEEE 802.11ac wireless-LAN (WLAN) standard are indeed going to dominate the enterprise wireless local-area network landscape.
But as is often the case with new technologies, the hype surrounding the initial availability of .11ac products is...
Published: May 21, 2013
Information technology organizations are in the midst of a major transition. As they move from being cost centers to integrated, strategic parts of the business, IT administrators, managers, and executives are keenly aware of the challenges they face.
As IT organizations shift to providing services through an elastic,...
Published: Apr 08, 2013