The connected campus can have a number of benefits for colleges and universities, ranging from improved security to enhanced collaboration — and, of course, it can create a competitive edge in student and faculty recruitment. But to enable effective end-user solutions, institutions must first invest in the networking and data center infrastructure necessary to power them.

Colleges and universities looking to provide students and faculty with a robust connected-campus experience should explore the following infrastructure solutions and practices.

When I talk with IT professionals about next-generation backup technologies, I try to focus less on what these solutions are and more on what they help organizations do. The term encompasses a wide range of solutions that can help IT teams solve their pressing data center and business problems. As I talk with clients about…

Roughly three out of four organizations either use cloud Backup as a Service (BaaS) or have plans to, according to an IDC survey. It’s not hard to see why. Managed services can be 40 percent cheaper than buying and supporting hardware and software. That’s a major reason why enterprises are moving everything from desktops to…

Microsoft Azure adoption grew nearly 35 percent over the past year, to 58 percent of the enterprises surveyed in the “RightScale 2018 State of the Cloud Report.” That’s good news for companies considering whether and how to migrate to Azure. They have plenty of opportunities to learn from real-world examples. At CDW, the most common…

A lot can go wrong with your data: ransomware, accidental deletions, a burst pipe, tornados — to name just a few of the problems that can arise. These kinds of issues can compromise not only your operations, but also your regulatory compliance, your profitability and your reputation. Backup and data recovery solutions from vendors like…

In a world of automation and set it and forget it IT resources, there is something quaint about physically handling a piece of equipment nightly, especially equipment based on technology that was invented nearly 70 years ago, back in 1951. What equipment am I talking about? Nope, I’m not talking about the phone system or…