Cloud technology has emerged as a serious platform for service delivery for today’s businesses. I spend most my day working with clients and outlining options on how to solve real business challenges using cloud technology. As a result, I’m sure my perspective is heavily biased. However, I’ll take a stab here at being even handed […]

Almost every disaster recovery article or blog begins with some version of, “nobody wants to think about a disaster happening to their organization.” Whether you think, “This will never happen to me,” or you just don’t know where to start when setting up a disaster recovery solution, disaster recovery is one of the most important […]

Object storage has come on the scene as an efficient, cost-effective way to deal with the tidal wave of unstructured data most companies find themselves being buried under. If your company is considering making use of object storage in the cloud, a likely question is, where do I start? This blog will look at some […]

IBM i is turning 30 this year, and it’s a testament to its technology that it remains a critical part of many organizations’ IT infrastructure. Thousands of IBM i installations are running around the globe — and most of them run mission-critical data workloads. You name a critical application, and a company probably relies on […]

The cost of data storage is front of mind for many of our clients, and threatens to overrun IT budgets for many organizations. So, when something comes on the market with the potential to help out, we are always interested. HPE’s update to its 3PAR offering in mid-February, then, was really interesting. In this blog, […]

Data breaches have basically become daily news. It is not an overstatement. With the recent Equifax breach, it’s also accurate to say that data breaches have the potential to affect almost every person in the country, and beyond. Keeping your company safe from data breaches probably keeps your chief information security officer (CISO), and everyone […]

When you’re talking about IBM i, the first thing that comes to mind for almost every potential client is reliability. Many have been running their IBM i instances for years, if not decades, with very little intervention. This, of course, means some are on version 5.X and afraid to touch it. It means others are […]

The drivers that are leading healthcare organizations to look at cloud and managed service options are many of the same that drive organizations in any industry: cost savings, simplified data management, and increased flexibility and scalability. As discussed in part 1 of this series, HIPAA compliance means that healthcare companies often need a few more […]

When you think about healthcare and data, the first thing that likely comes to mind is HIPAA. Ever since it was enacted in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has had a large say in how healthcare organizations treat sensitive patient data. From the time you’re checked in, to any procedures or imaging […]