Pushing IT resources to the cloud can help nonprofit organizations increase productivity, flexibility and efficiency. But the cloud can also introduce redundancy and confusion when (as is often the case) migrations are done in an ad hoc manner, rather than being meticulously planned out. Often, organizations adopt cloud resources almost by accident, with business units…

In an IDG survey conducted for CDW’s “The Modern IT Infrastructure Insight Report,” 58 percent of IT professionals said it’s challenging to align their departmental strategies with corporate goals. Among organizations with extensive hybrid IT environments, that perception jumps to 68 percent. IT pros have good reason to take on this challenge, because certain high-level…