To the companies who’ve practiced remote work for years or are solely online, congrats! You’re probably thriving in this environment. But as IT practitioners we need to acknowledge, while remote…
The Harsh Realities of Working From Home
Supporting a Mobile Workforce Across the Public Sector
Over five million people work in the U.K. public sector, representing over 16% of all people in paid work, according to government figures. And mobile working is a reality of…
Distributed Computing – When Everyone Is Working From Home
We’ve officially made it past day 100 in quarantine. I hope you’ve found your groove, perfected your at-home office/workspace, learned a new language, tested six new bread recipes, and launched…
Hunting and Gathering in the Age of COVID
Collecting knowledge is a large part of everyday conversations. Contributing knowledge to a conversation keeps it going and allows individuals to learn new information, debate their current knowledge, and even…
4 Ways to Improve Your Change Management Practices
Okay, good. You have a change management practice in place. You know how to define it, its benefits, how to get the process started, and how to measure its success.…
Agile Practices: Agility in the Unknown
What Does Agile Mean in Today’s World? Agility requires a certain mentality. One must constantly evaluate and adapt, and we are currently witnessing that on a global scale with the…
I Can Do That, Dave: Exploring AIOps
The movies are filthy with examples of artificial intelligence. Some, like the first Terminator, are evil. Some, like the Star Wars droids, work for the good guys. And so many…
Suggested Cloud Monitoring Strategies for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
From the Cloud First policy established in 2010 to last year’s Cloud Smart update, it’s clear the government is driving federal agencies toward cloud computing. The strategy makes sense, but…
Becoming Hybrid: Operating Your Cloud Environment
It’s a day for celebration! Our migration is complete, and our applications are now running in the cloud environment best suited to their needs. The rest of our application inventory,…
Surviving IT in Snap Downturns
The global effect of and challenges to business in 2020 is the very definition of “unprecedented.” While large enterprises enjoy the advantage of scale to redistribute focus and sustain demand…