I recently met with NetEvidence, a company that provides insights into network and application performance. It provides the service through a cloud offering, and allows areas such as the root cause of poor performance to be rapidly identified; it can then integrate into help desk […]
IT Organizations
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Though the question has been frequently discussed and debated by press and analysts, my take is that “What Is Software-Defined Networking?” isn’t the right question to ask until you answer the question of what problems IT organizations are trying to solve for which an SDN […]
In my discussions with end-user organizations around the world, the USA PATRIOT act often comes up as a concern for organizations when it comes to data security in a cloud world. The act, initially signed off by George W. Bush in 2001, is better looked […]
A little while back, I wrote a blog entry that used a Venn diagram to look at how the employee, the IT department, and the business needed to be in sync in order for BYOD to work in an organization. The use of the Venn […]
Mature companies need mature data recovery solutions. Just ask Aramex, a leading international transportation and logistics company. Aramex needed to shrink its 24-hour recovery point objective (RPO) to meet tighter disaster recovery procedures and appeal to prospective customers who demanded higher levels of business continuity. […]
innovate (ɪnəˌveɪt), verb 1. [no object] make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products: the company’s failure to diversify and innovate competitively 2. [with object] introduce (something new, especially a product):we continue to innovate new products I’ve just been at yet […]
IT budgets didn’t exist back in 1938 when Abbott & Costello’s classic baseball comedy sketch, “Who’s On First”, was first broadcast (on radio), but today’s organizations increasingly need a lineup card to figure out who’s who, and what’s what. Between the geeks — i.e. CIOs, […]
In discussions with end users, I’m often asked how they should put together a case for getting funding for a particular project. For example, in networking, I may get a question along the lines of, “Hey, I’d love to get a chance to try out […]
For a global company connecting multiple remote offices, it means overcoming wide area network (WAN) bandwidth, distance and quality challenges. This was the case for EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of precision systems for processing wafers for the semiconductor, microsystem and nanotechnology sectors. EVG […]
I was at an event recently and the vendor up on stage was trying to show how their company was taking the idea of the consumerization of IT seriously. From Quocirca’s point of view, consumerization is important — the continued growth of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) combined […]