Industry Info to Know – 06.05.20 Roundup

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WEI's Industry Info to Know Weekly Roundup 06.05

As a team of trusted advisors to your company, we put a lot of effort into perfecting our practice. We are continuously learning, testing, and expanding our expertise across all facets of the enterprise IT landscape. That being said, we have an obligation to stay ahead of trends, look forward to the future of IT and provide insights to help our customers navigate the ever-evolving IT landscape.

Given the changes impacting security, connectivity, scaling virtual infrastructure, supporting a remote workforce, shifting to the cloud, navigating supply chain constraints (the list goes on), IT leaders are looking to the future for next gen technologies with steadfast requirements of flexibility, agility, efficiency, and resiliency. Hopefully this week's roundup of insightful articles can help!

Here are some of the articles that caught our attention this week. Let's take a look...

Industry News & Insights

Veeam Data Report: Legacy Is Out, Cloud Services Are In
44% of global organizations are being hindered in their digital transformation journeys due to unreliable, legacy technologies―according to the 2020 2020 Veeam Data Protection Trends Report. Learn more about the highlights from the report in this article from SDxCentral.
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Tips for managing enterprise security at home, from patches to reboots
Managing endpoint security for hundreds, possibly thousands, of devices for your remote workforce has its challenges. Read this article from CIO Dive for some quick fixes for remote security.
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Frame Video Walkthroughs, as easy as 1-2-3
One of the go-to strategies over the past few months for enabling a remote workforce included implementing (or scaling up) VDI, DaaS or a combination of both. This blog post from Nutanix provides three helpful demo videos from the end user perspective, the Frame Administrator, and the Super Admin perspective.
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Migrate Critical Workloads with DellEMC
Enterprises have been trying to determine the right mix of on-premises and cloud based services to keep their businesses running smoothly. This blog post from DellEMC focuses on the topic of optimizing your hybrid IT infrastructure for critical workloads from end-to-end.
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Securing Connections in the Cloud and Across All Your IoT Devices
Two prevalent trends have grown in the area of network and security—cloud adoption and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). Both are seemingly two different components of digital transformation, with separate purposes and scope, however they work together. Learn six considerations for securing IoT and cloud environments in this blog post from Fortinet.
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How Blurry Will the Post-Pandemic New Normal Look?
Now that some businesses, schools, and governments are reopening, infrastructure vendors are trying to predict what the new normal will look like in terms of IT environments and everyday life. This article from SDxCentral shares insights from Nutanix and Dell Executives about what the new normal might look like.
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