In my previous post, I mentioned the potential situation of zombies within your organization. That is, paying for servers and not using them. Ok, now we know there is a challenge, so what is the solution? When confronted with a zombie server situation, you have two main options for addressing it. You can either drop…
Collaboration means different things to different people, but everyone has to work with others some time. For many of us, this is more of a challenge than it has to be. Our collaboration often involves speaking with a colleague or a partner on the telephone, then following up via email. Later, if a colleague is…
Once you’ve made the decision that a hybrid cloud is the right environment for your company, more choices await. Most important, which solutions will be the most complementary and allow you to achieve the intended benefits? It’s worth noting that when it comes to data center servers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) consistently ranks as the…
One of the main responsibilities in my job as an architect is to look at what’s happening in the industry, discuss with people closest to the sources and then experience the innovations for myself to help set direction for CDW and provide recommendations to our customers. When I first saw the Surface Hub, I didn’t…
The power of Platform as a Service lies in its ability to bolster profitability and productivity. Microsoft Azure’s PaaS and App Service offerings, in particular, give organizations a wealth of options that can help make enterprise IT more competitive. In an earlier blog, I explained the three P’s of PaaS: people, process and platform. In…
CDW recently participated in a Microsoft four-day hackathon to create a proof-of-concept solution that would provide a more customized workspace and solve the problem of an overburdened IT department that uses ServiceNow as its customer relationship management (CRM) platform. How It Came Together CDW’s idea for a solution was twofold: First, we aimed to decrease…
