All too often, a desire for digital simplicity creates missed opportunities for small businesses.

For example, most businesses want better security, but the added complexity and financial costs that come with securing data and devices can prevent SMBs from pursuing this objective aggressively. Small and medium businesses tend to have small IT departments, and those departments often need to pick their battles.

How big of a concern? According to Verizon’s 2020 Mobile Security Index Report, 39 percent of companies admitted to having suffered a compromise that included a mobile device. It’s definitely something that should be on the minds of IT administrators.

Look at nearly any new offering from the largest names in technology — Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others — and you’re likely to find an accompanying environmental and sustainability initiative.

There’s been a growing awareness in recent years about the impact of energy use by corporate data centers, both on the environment and on organizations’ bottom lines. Public cloud hyperscalers have recognized this concern and have responded by optimizing their environments to help organizations meet their spending and sustainability goals.

As you make decisions about where to place your IT workloads, keep the following considerations in mind.

Organizations have adopted Google’s G Suite at a breakneck pace. Earlier this year, the company reported it had 4 million paid users for its collection of business productivity tools — in addition to 80 million users of its free tools for educational institutions. Organizations are implementing the applications because of the seamless productivity and collaboration…

Today’s business world is in the midst of a massive transition, with 78 percent of small businesses projected to have fully adopted cloud computing by 2020. To be sure, cloud technology has changed the way we approach business challenges, leading to new opportunities for scalability, cost efficiency and innovation. The question is, how do you…

I’ve partnered with Nutanix to bring their technology to several of my customers over the last four years. Nutanix evolves and innovates at an amazing pace — and its .NEXT Conference confirmed in a very big way that this trend will continue. I can’t help but correct folks when they refer to Nutanix as a…

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