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…
Moving Disaster Recovery to the Cloud
Businesses are adopting cloud solutions in their IT departments at an increasing pace. In my previous article, I have discussed the obvious benefits of moving e-mail, the most mission critical…
Moving E-mail to the Cloud: The Obvious Benefits
In all my discussions about migrating your data center to the cloud, I have taken a broader view of benefits offered by the cloud. In this article, I will specifically…
Change How You Think About the Level 1 Support: No Down Payment, Immediate Returns
Everything is changing and so is the IT department. Not only the focus, but also the users. Add the constant pressure of doing more with less and understaffing (about half)…
Understanding Enterprise Support
Perhaps Erasure’s “I loved to hate you” song is written for the enterprise support. We can’t do without it and also we can’t do much with it. In order to…
CIOs: You Should Be Wondering About Shadow IT
Let me quote shadow IT from wikipedia: “shadow IT is a term that is used to describe the IT Systems or IT solutions that are built and used inside the…
CIO Perspective: What are Your Cloud Questions?
The cloud is putting too much stress on the CIOs shoulders: the “tech-talk” by the non-IT personnel (the IT is consumerized, isn’t it?), possible challenges and all the other buzz…
Where is IT Heading to: Less IT, More Business
I have presented my humble views on the future of the current IT job descriptions in my previous article titled “Cloud Jobs: Skyrocketing is an Understatement.” All of the job…
As is the case for all the hypes, there are many companies who have jumped on bandwagon: competent or not, many companies offer cloud solutions. From an IT professional’s perspective…
Windows Server 2003: Still Getting the Job Done
Microsoft is behind a number of technologies that suit the needs of home and business users in both the desktop and server environment. In general, Microsoft separates its server operating…