Once considered a passing trend — and even famously referred to as “complete gibberish” by one Fortune 50 CEO — the cloud has certainly come a long way.
Today, it’s fundamental to the way you do business, helping reduce operational complexity, securely expand IT infrastructure, and enable...
Published: Sep 04, 2014
There is a wide range of approaches to enterprise IT but new research from Logicalis shows that the fundamental challenges are starkly universal.
On the one hand, organisations must deal with creaking infrastructure and constant cost-cutting. On the other, technology is expected to contribute to growth and customer...
Published: Nov 28, 2013
After one failed (and costly) attempt to launch a system it felt could meet these requirements, Spring Dynamics feared the disruption and capital investment involved in installing another solution.
It approached a second review of potential solutions very cautiously. After a lengthy and intense analysis of possible...
Published: Jun 06, 2014
Today's businesses face unprecedented challenges and changes. Technology advances, such as cloud computing, are accelerating the pace of change, and driving many companies to transform the way they operate.
The cloud offers a way for organizations of all sizes to change the mix of IT spend so more resources are...
Published: Nov 05, 2013
The survey considers the importance of ROI calculations in securing internal agreement for a move to cloud-based IT services, how and in which areas of operations ROI was calculated, and the accuracy of ROI predictions.
Respondents were also asked which single area of business (from cost-savings to staff productivity...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
In today’s competitive marketplace—where world-class computing power is more affordable than ever, and self-service, personalization and instant access to technology have become the norm—we are seeing a shift in expectations regarding cloud computing.
Yesterday, the cloud was about running IT more...
Published: Nov 12, 2013
As clinicians go about their day, their IT needs to keep pace. By dramatically reducing the number of necessary credentials, enabling hassle-free swipe card logins and delivering consistent experiences across devices and workstations, you can help ensure IT enhances, not hinders, care delivery.
Published: Aug 29, 2014
In this interview, IBM SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery (VSR) executives Man Bui, Ben Morehead and Warren Sirota discuss today’s disaster recovery challenges and how cloud computing can help overcome them. They also share their insights on cloud’s abilities to help recover IT operations more quickly,...
Published: Oct 14, 2014
The SilverSky Silver Lining Report will equip IT professionals with an industry-wide barometer on the advancement of cloud-based services from a security lens, while also painting a high-level picture of the cloud-specific trends affecting their business goals.
Published: Apr 16, 2013
An enterprise cloud network is one that embodies the characteristics and capabilities that define public cloud services. These include being ‘elastic’ so that performance can be scaled on-demand, the option to only pay for capacity that is being used, and the power to cost effectively scale the infrastructure...
Published: Oct 01, 2014
Cloud storage offers benefits to traditional hardware storage such as unique scaling and outsourced management capabilities. This document compares two solutions that deliver enterprise cloud-integrated storage using two distinct approaches.
Published: Jul 23, 2013
Medical practices are going unpaid for 25% of the work they perform, according to the MGMA.
Complicated payer processes and constantly changing rules make it difficult for physicians to collect the full amount they are owed.
Published: Aug 13, 2013
IBM® SmartCloud™ Entry for IBM Power Systems™ is an entry-level private cloud offering from IBM for IBM POWER® processor-based systems.
The following article is my first impression of the product, albeit with limited exposure to its full potential.
Published: Jan 09, 2014