Twenty-five years into the World Wide Web, networks have become indispensable. Daily life, both business and personal, now depends on the ability of providers and enterprises to manage networks effectively. But while rapid innovation has driven explosive growth in network utilization, advances in network management have not kept pace. The tools available to understand what’s […]

Many IT managers, owners, and CIOs are embracing the benefits of cloud IT. Cloud has now reached critical mass in the consciousness of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), whether they are acquiring new software-as-a-service (SaaS) capabilities or making infrastructure upgrades via infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Among companies of all sizes, 50% are currently using […]

If your company is using cloud computing services today, it’s highly likely you are already in a hybrid cloud configuration. The key question is whether you are actively managing this reality. Whether your company uses software-as-a- service (SaaS) or deploys applications to a cloud platform, there is a high likelihood those services are connecting back […]

As enterprises move more of their IT resources to the cloud, protecting against security breaches is a top concern. IT executives often cite worries over security as a reason why they are not taking greater advantage of cloud services. Yet, as a wide range of studies have demonstrated, looking at security in terms of “cloud […]

Cloud computing models offer a new approach for IT organizations to deliver business services to end users. It is a technology model that provides both flexible IT deployments and dynamic business agility. The model offers capacity on a pay-as-you-go basis. That is, it provides a method of freeing and uniting computing capacity that had been […]