Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): #4 Managing the Revolution
Quoting straight from Wikipedia, Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) is “the set of people, processes and technology focused on managing the increasing array of mobile devices, wireless networks, and related services…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): #3 The Corporate Face
Bring Your Own Device essentially became the companies’ way of shifting mobile device costs from the corporate budget to the employees (the other heavy burden on the employees is the…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): #2 The Swift Revolution
The BYOD revolution was swift, it started and finished instantly. It did not leave any time for the corporate IT to respond or implement policies or take measures. Corporate IT…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): #1 The Web of Things
Somewhere back in time, personal digital assistants (PDA) and mobile phones were different devices. We were keeping our calendar, tasks, e-mails on our PDAs and making phone calls and sending…
3 Steps to Cloud SLA: #3 Compensation
If we quickly review the first two articles, I have discussed that in the Service Level Agreement (SLA) the service and its availability is defined as well as the clauses…
3 Steps to Cloud SLA: #2 Exceptions and Limitations
The section that the cloud customers should very carefully analyze is the service level agreement’s (SLA) “exceptions” or “limitations” section. The title may vary from one contract to the other;…
3 Steps to Cloud SLA: #1 Availability
One of the primary reasons why businesses migrate from the traditional IT infrastructure to the cloud infrastructure is availability. In some cases, such as Office 365 and Google Apps, this…
Most Common Unrealized Data Center Mistakes: #3 Lack of Proper Business Mind
I am always amazed that the IT people operate in a very disciplined, task-oriented manner but fail to understand how people think and work, let alone working in harmony with…
Most Common Unrealized Data Center Mistakes: #2 Lack of Proper Operations
I have spoken about the most common mistakes in the planning phase in my previous article. Although there are companies that have correctly passed through the planning phase, they make…
Most Common Unrealized Data Center Mistakes: #1 Lack of Proper Planning
When I visit my clients’ data centers, I often see the same mistakes repeated over and over. When I find the time to speak with the IT managers – or…
Is the Cloud Really a Threat to the IT Department?
The cloud, being one of the major IT transformations for the past couple of years, has been a big bandwagon for the merchants to jump on. You see marketing materials…
Issues to Consider When Moving Your Disaster Recovery to the Cloud
In my previous article, I have extensively discussed moving your disaster recovery to the cloud. I have said that the cloud is a viable option to host your disaster recovery…