Ransomware is a growing threat to organizations. In our featured infographic we highlight the staggering growth of ransomware attacks.
Being that 2018 is right around the corner companies are now solidifying their IT budgets. Gartner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast projects IT spending will grow 4.3% in 2018. The report also provides a great snapshot of changing trends. For instance, organizations are expected to spend 7% more on enterprise software. In 2018, spending on data center systems is expected to decrease by 1.6%. How can companies optimize IT costs without sacrificing security and technology updates? According to Gartner, transparency and collaboration are at the core of optimizing IT cost. The […]
AI technology is helping streamline IT. In our new infographic we share the top ten ways AI is pushing the IT industry forward.
One of the largest data breaches of 2017 involved Equifax. Equifax’s data breach exposed the information of over 143 million consumers. The data breach may cost the company close to $325 million. What caused the Equifax data breach? Wired reported that attackers entered their system through a web application vulnerability. Many think Equifax could have discovered the vulnerability sooner; a software update may have been the solution. That leaves us to wonder, if that fix was that easy why was it not corrected earlier? Innovation in technology could be the […]
If your organization is moving to the cloud it is important to know the pros and cons of each cloud infrastructure. In our new infographic we map out the differences between the public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud.
We already see how artificial intelligence is helping our daily life with Amazon Echo and Siri. So it should come as no surprise that AI will play a big role in the future of IT. Earlier this year, Gartner created a market guide to further delve into what they call AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations ). Gartner defines AIOps as platform software systems that combines big data and AI or machine learning functionality to enhance and partially replace a broad range of IT operations processes and tasks, including availability […]
When a company moves to the cloud there are a number of things to consider. In our new infographic, Decision Checklist for Migrating to the Cloud, we breakdown some of the decisions and possible choices.
Recently microservices architecture has become a hot topic. High traffic websites like Amazon, Netflix, and eBay once used monolithic but have since transitioned to microservices. If your company is growing, you may be ready to make the next step. In this article, we discuss the drawbacks and the benefits of two architectures to help you start with the decision-making process. Techtarget.com defines monolithic architecture as a traditional programming model, which means that elements of a software program are interwoven and interdependent. In the beginning, a monolithic architecture can be easy […]
In our new infographic, Benefits of Recycling IT Equipment, we share the benefits of e-waste recycling. Did you know recycling e-waste is not only good for the environment but it is also great for the economy? See our infographic below to learn about the benefits of recycling your e-waste with a trusted ITAD vendor.
The increase in big data and new innovations in media are transforming the tech landscape. These changes bring up new concerns around storage. How can we safely and efficiently store this data? Which storage system is best for my growing needs? In this post, we will breakdown the differences between block storage and object storage. Block storage, as defined by Techtarget.com, “is a type of data storage typically used in the storage-area network (SAN) environments where data is stored in volumes, also referred to as blocks.” Each block can be […]