According to RightScale’s most recent State of the Cloud survey, 96 percent of organizations now use the cloud in some form or fashion. However, most also remain fully committed to keeping some mission-critical workloads on-premises. That’s why hybrid cloud is widely...
Managed Services
Cloud Governance Is Key to Reducing Waste, Risk and Costs
According to RightScale’s 2018 State of the Cloud Survey, 85 percent of enterprise organizations now have a multi-cloud strategy, with companies reporting that they use nearly five different clouds on average. While the multi-cloud strategy has undeniable benefits,...
Mainframes Are Alive and Well – But What about Disaster Recovery?
The first mainframe was introduced in 1943, weighed about five tons and filled an entire room. Not many computer technologies can match the staying power of mainframes, which have evolved quite a bit but continue to power many of the world’s largest organizations...
The State (Noise) of Our DR Industry
Throughout my 25 years in the Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery industry, I have never heard so much noise. Talk about an information overload. It seems that in the recent past, it was much easier to steer customers toward strategies and solutions that met their...
What Happened to Service?
When was the last time you truly received excellent service? I’m referring to the type of service that made you stand up and actually take notice of what the word excellence really means. We live in a world where, I believe, mediocre service has become the norm. ...