John Rubin

John Rubin is an executive technology strategist for CDW, focused on data centers and cloud-based services crossing private infrastructure and multiple public cloud service providers. Prior to joining CDW, John oversaw the designing and engineering of solutions for private organizations and managed infrastructure for the federal government.

Executive Technology Strategist

Need a Hybrid Cloud Expert? These 5 Steps Can Help Bridge the Skills Gap

Follow these tips to ensure your organization can support an effective, efficient IT architecture.

By John Rubin

January 20, 2020

Cloud, Services

[sayit]Hybrid cloud is often seen as a “best of both worlds” approach, giving businesses the scalability and agility of the public cloud while also allowing them to host some workloads in their own data centers for cost, security or other reasons. But managing the complexity introduced by a hybrid cloud requires specific skills, many of…

By embracing automation tools, data center administrators can get the most out of their infrastructure — and their IT staff.

By John Rubin

July 1, 2019

Data Center, Software

When I talk with customers, many tell me that their data center teams spend around 80 percent of their time “keeping the lights on,” performing routine management and support tasks. There are a number of problems with this situation. First, an employee who spends 80 percent of working hours on rote tasks will be able…