If you're at the early stages of evaluating a storage refresh, it’s likely not your favorite project, but it holds significant weight for the future of your organization. Enterprise storage systems aren't refreshed often, and that’s understandable. However, if it’s been a few years since your last upgrade, you're likely facing a very different technology environment.
Modern IT operations require innovative solutions to keep up with application modernization, enhanced security, and the seamless management of multi-cloud environments. Enterprises are increasingly adopting hybrid cloud strategies, combining the reliability of virtualized environments with the efficiency of containerized applications. VMware’s vSphere with Tanzu leads the way in this transition, and WEI is ready to assist you in creating a forward-thinking IT infrastructure.
Migrating to the cloud is more than a technical upgrade...it's a strategic transformation. At WEI, we seek the latest insights to help our clients navigate this journey. Recently, I attended the Accelerate Your Google Cloud Migration Journey session at Google Cloud Next 2025, which delivered a wealth of practical advice, strategies, and real-world lessons for organizations considering or actively planning a move to Google Cloud. Here are my highlights and actionable takeaways from the session.
Over the last decade, the topic of cybersecurity has shifted from being a technical subject to a mainstream topic impacting every facet of the organization. As cyberattacks become increasingly more sophisticated, frequent and disruptive executive leaders now face a new complex blend of issues, including economics, business processes, and psychology.
Enterprise IT leaders face constant pressure to deliver results that matter, yet many strategies still begin with the wrong question: “What servers do we need?” before asking “What business result are we trying to achieve?” That architecture-first mindset flips priorities and often leads to rigid environments, unpredictable costs, and disconnected initiatives.
Managing firewalls used to be simple, back when you had a few physical appliances in a centralized data center. Today, you're likely juggling physical firewalls at HQ and virtual next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) in public cloud environments. With that kind of sprawl, managing your firewalls without a unified strategy is inefficient and risky.
I’m excited to share some insights from a recent conversation with Jeff Cassidy from CyberTrust Massachusetts about a topic I educate about often: the growing need for cybersecurity talent and how WEI’s Technical Apprenticeship For Diverse Candidates service is uniquely positioned to address it. At WEI, we’ve taken a different approach, focusing on practical solutions that meet the needs of both businesses and aspiring tech professionals. Let’s dive into some differentiators that make our program a game-changer for the industry.
Enterprise IT is undergoing a fundamental shift. You’re no longer simply managing centralized data centers that handle the core of your applications and operations. Instead, your infrastructure is becoming a hybrid of edge, cloud, and core, what many now call “centers of data.” This shift brings tremendous opportunity, but it also exposes outdated network and security architectures that are no longer up to the task.
Staying ahead in IT often feels like a game of chess, planning moves that secure the present and set the stage for future success. For network professionals, the Cisco Catalyst 9300 series switcheshave long been reliable options, delivering outstanding performance, security, and hardware you trust.
IT leaders steering their IT infrastructure and the personnel that support it understand that cyberattacks have become more frequent and targeted, employing automation, AI-driven techniques, and zero-day vulnerabilities. As your organization expands across cloud, hybrid, and remote environments, the challenge of securing digital infrastructure while maintaining business operations becomes a constant balancing act. Enterprises must match their pace with equally innovative solutions.
