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For all of cloud computing’s potential, business leaders need to keep their feet firmly on the ground and recognize the sheer complexity of cloud migration. Research indicates that one in three cloud migrations fail and only 25% of businesses meet their migration deadlines. To compound this further, 90% of CIOs have experienced failed or disrupted […]

Enterprise IT teams everywhere struggle to manage the massive amounts of unstructured data stored across multiple platforms. This presents IT teams with a data management problem: the value of unstructured data may not be accessible or even known. The focus historically has been on finding the lowest-cost data storage solution and not on unlocking value. […]

Today’s consumers want communication that is relevant to them and tailored to their specific requirements. Highly competitive businesses are set up to offer this advantage.  Consider how Netflix suggests what to watch based on what you’ve already watched, or how Amazon recommends goods to buy based on your previous searches and purchases. These algorithms are […]

When considering the merits of moving application workloads to an edge computing deployment, it’s necessary to look not just at technical considerations but also overall business drivers and benefits  – particularly how those apply to a given organization, application, and user base. At its simplest level, the business decision around where to place application workloads […]

Identity security is in the spotlight these days, and it’s easy to see why. The most recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that 61% of all breaches involve credential data. Whether those credentials were stolen from endpoints, obtained using social engineering, or purchased on the dark web, the message is the same: Infiltrating a […]

Security continues to be an evolving challenge for organizations around the world, and new threats and vulnerabilities are putting increased pressure on vendors to improve their cybersecurity profiles. Customers, governments, and organizations are more likely to inquire about the security of a company’s products and processes than ever before.  And while no single tactic, practice, […]

When thinking of the largest carbon emitters, many think of highways full of trucks or manufacturing plants with large plumes of smoke trailing above them. Rarely do we think of IT. Yet IT services, including data centers, cloud, networking, and end-user devices account for an estimated 2% of U.S. carbon emissions, similar to the aviation […]

Companies are churning out vast volumes of data, yet many are unaware that their hidden data is costing them millions and putting them at greater risk for cybersecurity threats. Businesses believe that retaining all their data will help mitigate potential risks, but the opposite is true. The more unaccounted-for data a company has, the higher […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a world where remote work, virtual communications, and on-demand service offerings are here to stay. For some, it hasn’t been all positive. People have become increasingly stressed, isolated, and emotionally drained. With this growing complexity in people’s emotional well-being, what can organizations do to increase their awareness of people’s […]

Log4j is causing a logjam of concern among cybersecurity professionals, but it should also be a wake-up call to improve their organization’s overall cloud security posture. By now, we’re all busy addressing threats that exploit vulnerabilities found in the Apache Log4j library, which is an open source software that’s used to communicate diagnostic messages to […]