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How the U.S. State Department Can Overcome the Trade-Offs of its Multi-Cloud Strategy
November 22, 2021
Brandon Shopp
The U.S. State Department has a global workforce of 69,000 across more than 270 diplomatic missions. To support the work of its “untethered diplomats,” State’s Bureau of Information Resource Management…
How is Cloud Adoption Changing Public School Education?
July 6, 2021
Brandon Shopp
As the past year has shown, cloud computing has proved a vital service for K–12 public schools. It’s enabled online learning during a time of critical need, and the schools…
Do You Know Where Your Cloud Is? Understanding Shadow IT
May 26, 2021
Joey D'Antoni
The public cloud has greatly increased the flexibility of businesses everywhere. Need another petabyte of storage? You’re but a few mouse clicks or a couple lines of code away from…
Outdated Calculus of Cloud Cost Containment
April 20, 2021
Patrick Hubbard
“Cost” would seem to underpin almost every decision IT teams make. Sure, business requirements drive overall operations budgets, but it’s always in tension with decades-old certainties about cost. It’s long…
Cloud Migration: A Race You Shouldn’t Try to Win
April 19, 2021
Jason Hall
The race to cloud migration can seem like a good idea for most businesses, but a common trend has been to get there as soon as possible. Much like with…
Is Your Home Built to Last? Investing in Cloud-Based ITSM for a More Secure Tomorrow
March 18, 2021
Liz Beavers
Buying a home requires thoughtful planning and takes a significant amount of time and resources. Beyond your list of must-haves, you’ve likely kept tabs on houses of interest to you,…
Further Tips on our Database Migration to the Azure Cloud Session at MS Ignite 2021
March 11, 2021
Kevin Kline
I was really stoked to deliver a session at Microsoft Ignite with my long-time friend and fellow Head Geek™, Tom LaRock, on the topic of migrating an on-premises SQL Server…
COVID-19 Pushes Schools to Their Limit, and the Cloud Shows Its Worth
November 30, 2020
Jim Hansen
For educators, students, and parents, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning has been profound. Thousands of schools across the U.S. closed their doors this spring and made the…
7 Ways Cloud-Based ITSM Solutions Can Make IT Support a Breeze
November 12, 2020
Tim Lawes
Moving to the cloud is one of the most critical trends in digital transformation. Gartner even predicts that by 2022, 90% of companies will be using cloud services. As cloud…
Cloud Native, You Keep Using Those Words
September 25, 2020
Patrick Hubbard
Ask a hundred IT pros and their managers what “cloud native” is, and you’ll get as many different definitions. In part it’s because public cloud providers (PCPs) seek to provide…
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