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 the U.S. State Department Can Overcome the Trade-Offs of its Multi-Cloud Strategy
Cloud Migration: A Race You Shouldn’t Try to Win
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…
Becoming Hybrid: The Importance of Requirements
Introduction Much of the dialog surrounding cloud these days seems centered on multi-cloud. Multi-cloud this, multi-cloud that—have we so soon forgotten about the approach that addresses the broadest set of…
How Efficiency and Security Needs Shape Agency Clouds
By Paul Parker, SolarWinds Federal & National Government Chief Technologist As more agencies adopt the cloud, here’s an applicable article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he suggests achieving…
Cloud Connectivity: Not as Simple as You Thought
Most enterprises rely on infrastructure and applications in the cloud. Whether it’s SaaS services like Office 365, IaaS in AWS, PaaS in Azure, or analytics services in Google Cloud, organizations…
The Path to Hybrid IT Success
There may still be a few skeptics out there, but cloud adoption is getting commonplace. Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, where he offers suggestions on simplifying…