A disconcerting fact about big data adoption is that 55% of the projects never reach the completion stage! Even when those projects see completion, a large percentage of them fail to realize the benefits they were expected to produce. Multiple estimates and researches indicate that nearly 75% of all medium to large scale enterprises, worldwide,…

Tags:  Analytics, Big data, HDS, Hitachi Data Systems, Pentaho, 

Cloud migration has become one of the essential tenets of digital transformation for enterprises across the world. Cloud services allow organizations to be more agile, flexible, and more competitive in their industry. However, the benefits offered by cloud services can be cost-effective only when the enterprises use them optimally. Poorly designed or executed cloud migrations,…

Tags:  Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Provision, Puppet Enterprise, 

The biggest challenge with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployment is the effective provisioning of resources, so that the users do not face any hiccups with regards to desktop performance. That’s far easier said than done! Even when businesses manage to consider the needs of all their users and create the infrastructure to meet their needs,…

Tags:  Azure, azure cloud, Citrix, Cloud, Microsoft, VDI, 

It is estimated that roughly 70 to 80 percent of annual IT budgets are spent on just running and maintaining the existing IT systems. The expense is not only in terms of hardware costs, but also in terms of the number of hours spent by the skilled IT talent on those systems. That’s a tremendous…

Tags:  Hyperconverge, Hyperconvergence, Lenovo, Nutanix, 

Cloud migration is a critical component of every organization’s digital transformation strategy. However, a number of limitations and challenges inherent to the cloud at the present prevent it from being the one-stop-solution for all data storage needs of organizations. Under these circumstances, enterprises are forced to follow a more conservative strategy, wherein businesses utilize both…

Tags:  Cloud, Data Management, Hybrid cloud, Multi cloud, Veritas, Veritas 360, 

Enterprise Mobility is a novel approach to digitise your workforce and empower them with the right set of tools, technology, and devices to dramatically increase their productivity, while simultaneously providing them a secure platform for accessing and sharing sensitive corporate data. According to Richard Esposito, GM Mobility Services, IBM Global Technology Services, the global mobile…

Tags:  Cloud, Collaboration, HCP Anywhere, Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere, Hitachi Vantara, Mobility, 

Organizations of all sizes have to defend themselves against over 250,000 new malicious programs every day, according to the AV-TEST Institute, and their success rate is much lower than many would like to admit. In 2017, the Ponemon Institute surveyed 665 security and IT leaders to evaluate the largest threats and the true cost of…

Tags:  AEP, Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Endpoint Protection, Palo Alto Networks, Security, 

With the advent of cloud computing, the era of on-premise, physical IT infrastructure is closing towards an end. Cloud computing combines the advantages offered by in-house IT infrastructure and the internet to create a compelling solution that is more reliable, flexible, and cutting edge. It allows the businesses to upgrade their digital infrastructure to the…

Tags:  Azure, azure cloud, Azure Stack, Hybrid cloud, Microsoft, microsoft azure hybrid cloud, microsoft azure stack, 

There is a general agreement among IT professionals across all industries that the cloud is the future of IT. In fact, according to a recent Intel Security report, more than 93% of the 1400+ IT professionals it surveyed revealed that their organization was already using one or more cloud services. This growing trend is true…

Tags:  Amazon, Amazon Web Services, AWS, Cloud, DBS Bank, IT Infrastructure, Land Transport Authority, LTA, Zalora, 

What is Azure Stack? To put it simply, Azure Stack brings Azure Cloud from Microsoft into the datacenter of your organization. Under the hood, the Azure Stack extension runs Windows, Hyper V, and Microsoft’s storage and networking capabilities to achieve a full engineered hybrid cloud. Azure Stack was made to compete with a wide array…

Tags:  Azure, azure cloud, Azure Stack, Hybrid cloud, Microsoft, microsoft azure hybrid cloud, microsoft azure stack,