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Head in the Sand About Cloud: Part 1
January 30, 2019
Leon Adato
A recent argument on Twitter (“What?!” I can hear you exclaim, “People disagree on Twitter? This cannot be true!”) highlighted for me just how persistent people can be in holding…
Improving IT Security in a World Filled With Hackers
January 29, 2019
Michael Mazyar
With hacker attacks taking place every thirty-nine seconds, ensuring your IT strategy has a bulletproof plan for IT security is crucial.
Why Move to the Cloud? Benefits of the Ever-Onward Advancement of Hybrid IT
January 29, 2019
Ruairi McBride

There is no getting away from it: the word “cloud” is a buzzword in the IT industry. and it’s growing in meaning constantly.

What Is Concurrency in a Database?
January 28, 2019
Baron Schwartz
Databases are confusing! Not only are they complicated bits of software, but database jargon is really complicated. Part of this comes from the number of words with multiple meanings: depending…
Are You “Flying Blind?”
January 28, 2019
Kathleen Walker
Would you travel on an airplane if the flight crew were “flying blind?” What does it mean to be “flying blind?” Freedictionary.com defines it as “to do something based on…
Public Cloud – To Migrate or Not: That is the Question
January 28, 2019
Ather Beg
Public clouds provide enormous scale and elasticity. Combined with a consumption-based model and instant deployment methodologies, they provide a platform that is extremely agile and avoids locking of precious capital.…
Real World Experiences of Hybrid IT
January 25, 2019
Jason Benedicic
Over the coming weeks, I will be writing a series of posts on my varied experiences with hybrid IT. These experiences come from working on countless projects over the last…
How Business Leaders Can Put the “Dev” Back in DevOps
January 25, 2019
Joe Kim
The trouble with troubleshooting? When it’s the No. 1 activity on which tech professionals spend their time, there’s little of it left for development and innovation. As business and technology…
IT Operations: Coping with Cloud
January 24, 2019
Michael Stump

You’ll find no shortage of blog posts and thought pieces about how cloud computing has forever changed the IT landscape. The topic is usually addressed in an “adapt or die” argument: cloud is coming for your on-prem applications, and without applications in your data center, there’s no need for IT operations.

Transforming Traditional ITIL Into Agile ITIL
January 24, 2019
Matt Cox
Keeping your ITSM efforts in front of the rapid changes, both within and outside of your organization can be even more challenging if you steadfastly hang on to rigid frameworks.
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