Once upon a time — and not all that long ago — the data center was the only place for IT workloads to run. If an organization needed to process large amounts of data, that’s where it happened. But the emergence of the cloud, coupled with the rise of digital transformation and the Internet of…
Part of my role as a wireless technical architect at CDW is keeping in touch with what’s going on in the wireless industry. This means attending industry conferences such as Aruba Atmosphere and Cisco Live, where I get to absorb technical content, hear what’s coming next, talk with our customers and partners, and frequently meet…
Using data to improve operations seems like a simple idea. But many organizations struggle to achieve this goal because they have trouble clearly understanding how operations perform when their data is scattered across multiple systems. Even when these systems have reporting built into them, their closed and static nature makes it difficult to find the…
Healthcare data is an especially attractive target for cybercriminals. Information that can be readily changed, such as a credit card number, is not as valuable as data such as Social Security numbers, birthdates, current and past addresses or next of kin, which are often found in medical records. Because this data is permanent, it can…
It happens almost by accident. An organization adopts a cloud collaboration suite, giving employees the ability to share files, exchange messages, manage their calendars and set up voice and video calls — all on a single platform. But then the company merges with another organization, which is using a similar platform from another vendor. Meanwhile,…
In my earlier blog post about migrating to Microsoft Teams, I covered the variety of coexistence modes available to organizations as they consider their migration to this communication and collaborations platform. With many organizations needing to maintain both Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams for a period of time, it’s important to have some insight…
