As cloud and IT-as-a-Service-based solutions continue to command mainstream adoption, we are gaining insight into what goes into an effective cloud strategy. In the past, the term cloud strategy was, at best, ambiguous. No one knew what it meant, what went into a cloud strategy or how it would fit into their organization’s strategic vision.

You have deployed some virtual machines into Azure, AWS, Google, Rackspace — or all of the above. Your email and a growing number of applications are being hosted not just in your data center, but also in the cloud. The tools you have been using to monitor and manage these platforms don’t work so well…

In disaster recovery, one size doesn’t fit every company, every budget, or even every IT workload that you need to safeguard.  Flexibility is the key.  But research indicates that nearly half of all companies don’t have a disaster recovery solution in place at all.  That is surprising because the stakes are higher than most people…

Today’s organized criminals are focused on cybercrimes.  For them, it’s pretty easy to download a program and start up a nice crypto-ransomware business or send out a few million phishing emails to crack a user’s credentials (account ID and password) and begin their nefarious activities. It’s pretty simple to find the tools for these endeavors.  See…

“The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards – and even then I have my doubts.”- Security Expert Gene Spafford, 1989

Organizations are constantly looking for ways to reduce cost and improve their data center efficiencies. With the advent of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and on-demand cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, new virtualization strategies have emerged.

Cloud Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is taking enterprises by storm this year. The global UCaaS market is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 23.4 percent from 2014 to 2022, hitting $37.85 billion.

“You say you want a revolution?” the Beatles once asked the world.  In the world of desktop computing, the answer is “Yes, we want a virtual revolution.”

Managed Security Services can mean contrasting things to various organizations. 

“I need a phone line installation – is that something you handle?” “My company wants a multi-vendor, international solution for voice, data, and cloud; can you help me with that?” “Is it possible for us to add some public cloud for usage spikes? Most hyper-scale providers have redefined cloud computing as a self-service product. You…