Gary Gauthier

Cloud computing can quickly become a double-edged sword. Cloud services are so easy to scale that they can become unwieldy, with IT staff lacking the visibility and structure to manage their cloud environments effectively. Frequently, we find that organizations are overprovisioned, paying for more than they need. In some cases, they have idle resources, often…

[sayit]Almost every customer that we talk to wants a disaster recovery (DR) strategy. Many organizations will push their backup and recovery solutions to the brink but never really achieve the ability to run applications in production in the event of a disaster. This is likely because of cost and complexity. Learn how CDW can assist…

“Shut the h*ll up and listen.” I don’t know if it was because it was provocative or because it was yelled at me, but the above phrase was the first piece of advice from a mentor that I can remember that actually sunk in. At the time, I was a 23-year-old recent college grad with…

— by Gary Gauthier and Chris Bishop Moving a data center to the cloud generally delivers benefits in performance, time to market for new services, cost and other key areas. However, a successful migration requires strategy and discipline. In fact, organizations that fail to meet their responsibilities before, during and after a transition tend to…

Many people in IT take what the tech analyst firm Gartner has to say about anything very seriously. As a technologist, I am no different. Recently, Gartner put together a short one-hour presentation on their “Top 10 Cloud Myths.” I had to tune in. While I agreed with all of Gartners top 10 cloud myths…

In my last post, I wrote an email to a CIO from an IT director. While the communication was fictitious, the scenario was real-life. The following is my response from the CIO. Dear Mr. IT Director, Thank you for your note and your concerns. There isn’t another coworker that I feel deserves a vacation more…

In the following blog post, the people are make-believe, but their situation is real. Dear Mr. CIO, As you know, I have worked for ABC Company for the last 14 years. In this time, I have given my blood sweat and tears to this company with very little vacation time. Besides a day off here…

A global conference for virtualization and cloud computing hosted by VMware, VMworld kicked off yesterday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. With over 22,000 attendees representing 85 countries, it was no surprise that VMware took the opportunity to make some major announcements. The theme of the week is No Limits! and CEO Pat Gelsinger…