Today’s mobile workforce demands instant, ubiquitous access to information. Gone are the days when IT teams can restrict access to sensitive information based on physical presence in an office. The challenge today is enabling anytime, anywhere access to information without compromising on security considerations. At the RSA Conference 2018 in San Francisco last month, mobile…

When people talk about a paradigm shift, it’s often an exaggeration. But intent-based networking is one of those rare exceptions that actually represents a departure from the past. Intent-based networking leverages software-defined networking (SDN), artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a fundamentally different — and better — way to provision, manage, scale and secure…

When I talk about security with small business customers, ransomware is almost always the first topic that comes up. I can’t remember the last time I spoke to a customer who wasn’t struggling to deal with these attacks, and most face multiple instances of ransomware each year — events that can cost a company hundreds…

I read a comic today about a data center support technician who was going to put a fog machine in his lab, and when people walked in he could declare, “Welcome to the cloud!” He laughed, his friends laughed and I died a little inside as I read it. The cloud is still viewed as…

Twenty-five percent of diners consider a restaurant’s technology when deciding where to eat, according to the National Restaurant Association. Among millennials (ages 18-34), it’s even higher: 32 percent, when they’re choosing among quick-service restaurants. One of those technologies is pay-at-the-table, which 63 percent of all customers surveyed say they’re willing to use, up from 48…

FirstNet. 4K. 5G. Drones. These are just a few examples of the numerous emerging technologies that every public safety agency will have to consider in the coming years. As the business lead for strategic markets at CDW, I work with fire, police, emergency medical services and other agencies to help them understand their options, which…

There’s an old maxim in business that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT) offer immense promise to improve our ability to measure a variety of factors in everything we do. With this comes a greater ability to manage operations, which can spark innovation and unlock new…

Last week, Nutanix held its annual conference Nutanix .NEXT. As always with Nutanix, there was a tremendous amount of buzz and energy around the company and announcements at the event. For those who were unable to attend, I wanted to write a little bit about my thoughts and reactions to some of the major items…

Across industries, organizations are moving workloads between on-premises data centers and the public cloud, creating a hybrid computing environment that combines the efficiencies of on-premises equipment with the agility and scalability of the cloud. While this approach delivers an optimized, flexible computing environment, it also creates headaches for IT professionals responsible for coordinating backups across…

No doubt you’ve heard that the amount of data being generated and stored is growing. And everywhere we look, we are continually reminded of the value of our data. But as the amount of data grows, are IT organizations realizing the value and unlocking its full potential? Software vendors in the data protection space are…