In my last post, I opened a can of worms by taking the stand that cloud isn’t a panacea for companies’ infrastructure challenges. I’d like to expand on this a bit and discuss how we view the physical IT infrastructure world today. Being in this business a lot longer...
Once purely the domain of IT and infrastructure organizations, service level agreements (SLAs) have become strategic business tools throughout the enterprise. The proliferation of as-a-service (aaS) offerings places newfound interest and importance in what SLAs should...
We’re getting into more and more discussions with our customers about Big Data: what it is, what it’s good for, and the problems it solves. Big Data systems are made up of 6-7 classes of software that evolved to deal with the difficulty (and cost) of...
A consistent question with inconsistent answers.The holiday season is usually a time for reflection. A time to focus on the year that was. If you’re lucky, and your hectic holiday schedule permits, you may even get to spend a bit of quiet time contemplating what is to...
In our 18+ years in the technology infrastructure space, we’ve seen several major iterations in how companies use service providers for their compute, storage and network needs. From shared hosting to dedicated servers, colocation, and now cloud, the key for...
