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Myths About the Cloud Perpetuate Among IT Pros

Is the old wive's tale that cloud solutions are less secure and more expensive fact or fiction?

December 25, 2016 Rich Freeman Leave a Comment

Large numbers of IT professionals continue to question cloud computing’s cost-effectiveness and security, according to a newly published research study by partner community and managed services tool provider Spiceworks Inc., of Austin, Texas. The survey found that 29 percent of IT workers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa believe that personal and […]

Infographic from SingleHop gives you ten questions to ask your cloud provider.

November 29, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

With the global cloud computing and hosting market estimated to be worth in excess of 94 billion dollars by 2017, the move to the cloud is no longer a far off notion for most businesses. It’s happening now. Both enterprise-level and small businesses are increasingly integrating cloud technology into their companies. Whether you are considering […]

What Is Cloudpaging and How Can It Help Universities?

Some savvy colleges and universities are embracing the technology of Cloudpaging to ease the pressure on IT staff and control the IT budget.

November 14, 2016 Nick Pandher Leave a Comment

The advancement of computers, mobile devices and technology have meant great things for education. Today’s college students have more resources at their fingertips than ever before. One downside to this ever-evolving technology environment, though, is that college and university IT departments are under constant pressure to ensure student and faculty have access to important IT […]

Does Your SMB Have a Cloud Redundancy Strategy?

Every cloud project needs a redundancy strategy, and with Google, Amazon, and Azure in the mix, now it’s affordable for SMBs.

November 9, 2016 James E. Gaskin Leave a Comment

When customers move to the cloud, one of the questions they ask almost immediately is, “How do I access my data if the internet goes down?” Customers need to know you have a strategy for redundancy for every cloud product. “The concept of having reliable and redundant access to the internet is not new,” says […]

The Importance of the Cloud for Treasury Management Systems

When it comes to changing the way they’ve always done things, financial professionals want to be shown, not told.

November 3, 2016 Mike Zack Leave a Comment

No organization should leap into major changes without thorough analysis and a clear demonstration that what’s being recommended is going to work. And when we’re talking about the critically important and highly confidential business of treasury management, such skepticism is especially appropriate. Financial data is highly sensitive, after all. If we keep all of our […]

Growing Businesses Should Keep Their Heads in the Cloud

By moving business models to the cloud, companies can improve agility, productivity, and speed of implementation and deployment.

November 1, 2016 Rachel Quetti Leave a Comment

Quick—name four wildly successful companies that are easily accessed through mobile devices. Did Facebook come to mind? What about Uber? Alibaba? Airbnb? Even if you didn’t name the aforementioned companies, it’s likely you’re familiar with or have even been a customer to these businesses at some point. These companies represent the epitomy of what other […]

Network Security Policy Management Arrives at the Speed of Cloud

Tools for NSPM offer services for organizations to help manage policies for firewalls, workflows, audits and more.

October 17, 2016 Ruvi Kitov Leave a Comment

Graduating from its unsung hero position among contending cybersecurity disciplines, network security policy management (NSPM) has shifted towards the role of team MVP. Gartner recently gave NSPM a benefit rating of ‘high’ in its most recent “Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Protection” report, as these tools have been known to not only reduce costs, but increase revenue […]

4 Signs of Cloud Security Hacks and How Safe Networks Respond

Small and medium-sized businesses need well managed network security services to guard cloud-computing capabilities from security hacks.

September 28, 2016 Ed Wynn Leave a Comment

Hackers are waiting to pounce when companies bring their internet and phone infrastructure to the cloud. Cloud security is a daunting concern for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and their in-house security resources, which are already stretched. SMBs are especially vulnerable to hacks that compromise the confidentiality, accuracy and availability of their information assets. One […]

Better Communication Can Be Found with Cloud Based Collaboration

September 6, 2016 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

At this point it’s tough to call your company collaborative if you’re not collaborative online. It’s probably tough to find a company that doesn’t have some sort of online collaborative presence as well. We’re not talking about email – everyone does that. Many companies take things a step further with some sort of instant messaging […]

10 Questions CIOs Should Ask Before Moving Operations to the Cloud

Companies are moving to the cloud, but you need to make sure that you're ready first. Here are some questions to ask before moving your operations.

August 26, 2016 Ryan Hunt Leave a Comment

Ask enterprise CIOs whether or not they will be transitioning legacy IT operations to cloud environments within the next few years and the vast majority will give you a simple answer: Absolutely yes! But ask them why they’re making the move, what their cloud architecture will look like once implemented or how those environments will […]