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In data centers around the world, CIOs and CTOs are performing the ultimate IT balancing act. They’re working to provide continuous, quality services for their business while trying to be as cost- and energy-efficient as possible. For them, going green is more than just being eco-friendly. Due to the increasing data demands, sustainability is now […]

Towards the middle of January, the Defense Information Systems Agency – a subdivision of the United States Department of Defense – released a new cloud computing security requirements guide, which we first heard talk of back in November. The primary purpose of this SRG is to make the process of acquiring commercial cloud services more […]

Almost every organization is beginning to move away from paper processes wherever possible. Everything is getting automated. So why then are there certain processes that are still done manually? Outdated manual processes only create more work and lead to the possibility of error. But some organizations and their leaders are so stuck in their ways […]

Believe it or not, IoT is, at its core, a fairly simple concept. Basically, what it boils down to is that we’re making our products smarter. We’re embedding Internet-enabled computer chips and sensors in products and devices that traditionally had little to no computing capacity – everything from watches to car engines to generators. Those […]

Despite all the hype during 2014, Big Data is set to get even bigger this year. Companies are collecting huge amounts of information in order to gain powerful, usable, and accurate insights to drive business decisions. Unfortunately, not all companies are capable of managing such complex operations on their own. Many organizations are struggling to […]

Opinion piece by Datascope Analytics Generally, there’s a lot of hubbub about trends in data and technology, often written from uninformed perspectives. We thought we’d weigh in on some of the data trends we think are important for executives to pay attention to throughout 2015, with links to background from people we trust. Trend #1:  […]

If there was any doubt that DevOps innovation was first and foremost a cultural movement (rather than one predicated primarily upon specific technologies), then the growing influence of DevOps in areas such as UX design should dispel it. The key tenets of DevOps – collaboration, breaking down organizational silos and enabling agile delivery of resources […]

Did your employer review their BYOD or employee monitoring policies with you during your onboarding process? Or, has your company’s leadership team made any changes to their policy as cellphones and other mobile devices have been allowed access to company email and files? As more mobile devices enter the workplace, employers have started extending their […]

Many organizations lack a good overview of the relation between the licenses they’ve purchased and those that are actually used. Consequently, they run the risk of incurring a substantial fine if it is found during a software license audit that more licenses are used than have been purchased. The software costs may also turn out higher […]

For over 50 years, IT organizations have performed nightly backup of all their data to tape, which has been used primarily due to low cost. The retention of most organizations is typically 12 weeks onsite and can be up to as much as seven years offsite. The average organization keeps 40 to 100 copies of […]