5 Major Reasons to Address Windows Server 2003 End-of-Life Now
Cost, Risk, Security, Strategy and Timing are Key Extended support for Windows Server 2003 will no longer be available after July 14, 2015. It’s already out of mainstream support, meaning that...
View Article5 Ways Converged Management Can Be a Game-Changer for Your IT Strategy in 2014
Build a Unified View of your Data Center Many enterprises are engaged in their strategy and planning for 2014. If your organization is one of them, no doubt you’re aware that many analysts and experts...
View ArticleTherapy for Ineffective IT: 3 Good Outcomes from the Converged Management...
How to get on the Fast Track to DCIM Benefits As we start a new year, I tend to ponder the past. I’m old enough to remember the days when the “Computer Department” could do no wrong. “Build it and...
View ArticleAre you Crawling to the Cloud?
An Entertaining View of Cloud Evolution As enterprises are deploying or planning to deploy cloud solutions, the reality of the baggage that they need to haul becomes apparent. Here is an entertaining...
View Article7 Essential Services to Build Your Successful Cloud
Should you build your own, or leverage the skills of others? I pondered this morning on the days when Information Technology was a set of hardware and software components to buy and build. Arguably,...
View Article6 Reasons to Take Out the IT Trash
Differentiating IT Trash from Valuable Assets Ben Franklin told us that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. An American politician named Ruth Ann Miner suggested that there is a third...
View Article3 Focal Points for Data Center Protection
Subtitle: Security and IT Assurance Traditional approaches to protecting the data center relied on securing and hardening the facility, network and infrastructure. As the use of public and private...
View Article5 Steps for Handling your Big Data Hoard
Decades ago, we handled our most valued data in a very manual and individual manner. The explosion of data sources has made most of us hoarders, without a plan to leverage the value. Here are 5 steps...
View ArticleRevolution! Architect the ‘Declaration of Support’ Into Your Enterprise
The ‘Declaration of Support’, a blog by Michelle Weiss, has some excellent observations. The evolved capabilities of today’s infrastructure and tools provide a level of support that CIOs should no...
View ArticleGet Cloud-Savvy and You Won’t Get Cloud Burnout
We frequently must do some difficult things to make our life simple.When I’m enjoying a hobby or craft, a cool new tool or product is appreciated to build things faster, cheaper, or better. When I...
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