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Are you ready for IT-as-a-Service? 5 Benefits of ITaaS.

By Shane Garrett | Dec 25, 2018

Information Technology as a Service (ITaaS) represents a change in paradigm when it comes to managing IT. When you treat IT as a service provider, you can ensure that your enterprise has exactly the right amount of hardware, software and support to fit the unique and changing needs of your business. You'll find that you are more agile and able to deal with whatever comes up. And, you'll find that, under an ITaaS model, you'll save time and money, dramatically improving your bottom line.

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Overcoming the Top 10 Multicloud Challenges

By Greg LaBrie | Dec 13, 2018

Last week, we published the first blog in this series, titled, “What’s Your Multicloud Strategy?” We looked into key terminology surrounding the topic and then explored multicloud strategy benefits. Some of the benefits discussed included:

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Are you Ready for the Intelligent Edge? (Part 2)

By Greg LaBrie | Dec 04, 2018

One of the reasons why IoT is so vulnerable to attacks is the lack of visibility in what is truly happening in your environment. This is where edge computing comes in. Edge computing is about keeping compute proximal to the physical environment where it is collected in the first place, rather than forwarding everything to the cloud (particularly processing and storage). In the same way that the client/server computing model replaced the mainframe, enterprises are beginning to realize the benefit of a distributed computing model when it comes to IoT. Client/server architecture put processing power in physical proximity of the end user. Edge computing provides a local segmented processing network for IoT devices.

IoT, IT Strategy, Networking, IT infrastructure, HPE Aruba Networking, Cisco, Edge Networking | 0 Comments Read More

9 Things To Know About Nimble Storage

By Greg LaBrie | Nov 22, 2018

Flash or solid-state drive technology is seen commonly in devices such as smartphones, laptops, and servers, but it has also revolutionized the storage array landscape. Flash storage has increased in adoption due to its operational and economic benefits. Nimble Storage is a market leader in the storage space. Nimble Storage is built around reducing risk, improving reliability, and maximizing the productivity of your infrastructure and IT teams, while also giving your enterprise a competitive edge and making employees’ jobs easier.

IT infrastructure, flash storage, enterprise storage, Nimble Storage, HPE Infosight | 0 Comments Read More

Cisco ACI: An SDN Solution for Digital Transformation

By Greg LaBrie | Nov 20, 2018

Companies live in an environment today in which the “time to value” is diminishing constantly. In order to attain continuous profitability, IT managers and their staffs must focus on strategic value added projects rather than dissipate their time with routine maintenance of the existing infrastructure. Multiple studies point out that routine maintenance is currently consuming as much as 80% of IT budgets. Simply put, IT Managers must find a new paradigm that can deliver their organization to the promised land.

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Aruba ClearPass – Profiles, Health checks, Segmentation, and more

By Victor Fabian | Nov 15, 2018

Recently I was talking to the network manager of a school district in Georgia. The district had just experienced a large scale malware attack. It started in the transportation department, which had refused to let go of some outdated machines that were susceptible to the EternalBlue windows vulnerability, made famous by the WannaCry and NotPetya malware encryption attacks last summer.

security strategy, enterprise mobility, wireless networking, HPE Aruba Networking, Aruba ClearPass, mobile security, Network Access Control | 0 Comments Read More

Defend Your Enterprise Network with Micro-Segmentation

By Greg LaBrie | Oct 30, 2018

Data center architectures have continually evolved to meet the needs of mobile, social, big data, and cloud applications--and enterprise security solutions have evolved as well to support the new security needs of these applications in distributed data centers.

SDN, enterprise security, Cisco ACI, microsegmentation, IT Security, network security, VMware NSX, Illumio | 0 Comments Read More

Secure the Edge: 5 FAQs About Aruba ClearPass

By Victor Fabian | Oct 25, 2018

Today’s workers are experiencing more freedom thanks to the explosive adoption of mobile devices in the enterprise. However, with an increasing amount of devices connecting to the network, IT administrators now have an overwhelming amount of information to monitor, and most of the time there are gaps in visibility to all of the devices trying to connect to the network. Aruba Clearpass offers your IT department a way to protect your data while allowing authorized users the ability to access information on the go or in the office.

wireless networking, HPE Aruba Networking, network security, Aruba ClearPass, mobile security, Network Access Control | 0 Comments Read More

Protecting Flash Environments with HPE Nimble Storage

By Jay Cardin | Oct 09, 2018

The face of data storage in enterprise data centers has changed in the past few years with the rise to prominence of solid-state, or flash, storage. This advancement of storage technology has now become so widespread among enterprise IT infrastructures around the world that 49% of organizations surveyed by the Enterprise Strategy Group indicated they already use flash technology, and another 38% have made plans to or are currently investigating the technology.

backup and recovery, data security, HPE, flash storage, enterprise storage, Nimble Storage | 0 Comments Read More

How Do VMware NSX and Fortinet FortiGate Work Together?

By Greg LaBrie | Sep 18, 2018

With an increasing number of enterprises investing in digital transformation and the software defined data center (SDDC), IT leaders are getting accustomed to managing overwhelming large volumes of data and business applications. With this shift, network security is proving to be a foundational (and required) layer when it comes to building the data center needed to drive business of today.

SDN, enterprise security, SDDC, microsegmentation, IT Security, Fortinet, network security | 0 Comments Read More

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