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Just Throw It in the Cloud! The Battle of the Clouds Series

Scenario: a mission-critical application is having performance issues during peak business hours. App developers blame the storage. The storage team blames the network. The network admin blames the infrastructure. The…

How to Configure an Office 365 Tenant

Introduction I’m going to look at the basic steps required for setting up an Office 365 tenant. There are a few ways you can purchase Office 365. There’s the good…

3 Strategies for Managing the IT Impact of Classroom Technology

Forty-eight percent of students currently use a computer in school, while 42% use a smartphone, according to a recent report by Cambridge International. These technologies provide students with the ability…

Start Automating Your Career

In a recent episode of a popular tech podcast, I heard the hosts say, “If you can’t automate, you and your career are going to get left behind.” Some form…

How Organizations Can Use APM Strategies for a Competitive Edge

Nearly every market in today’s business landscape is saturated, making it every organization’s top goal to create products and provide services rivaling competitors. To help ensure success, businesses must provide…

Worried About Protecting Your Data? CDM Is Here to Help

The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), goes a long way toward helping agencies identify and prioritize risks and secure vulnerable endpoints.…

Army Network Optimization Could Help Training

The U.S. Army is undergoing a major technology shift affecting how soldiers prepare for battle. Core to the Army’s modernization effort is the implementation of a Synthetic Training Environment (STE)…

Eyes Wide Open: Visibility is Key to Cloud Migration

Migrating to the cloud is smart but it’s not always easy. It can be a complicated process requiring a substantial investment of time and resources. Yet the benefits make the…

IT—More Than a Fancy Calculator: Moving From Cost Center to Business Value

It’s time to stop seeing IT as just a black hole to throw money towards and instead, give back to the business. Often, the lack of proper measurement and standardization…

it-sa in Germany – Recap

At the beginning of October, we attended it-sa for the second time. it-sa, which has been taking place in beautiful Nuremberg over the last ten years, has grown from a…