Address gaps in data protection before you fail

Address gaps in data protection before you fail

Source: EMC Pulse Product & Technology Blog, Author Chris Ratcliffe.        Data Protection is one of the least glamorous yet important disciplines in the data center.  In many respects it’s like being the goalkeeper in a soccer game – when you do your...
Good management goes a long way in the hybrid cloud

Good management goes a long way in the hybrid cloud

Source: VMware blogs, Author: Morgan OLeary.   You’re a fast-growing vSphere shop with a thriving private cloud. As your company’s IT demands increase, you take the next logical step and start to deploy certain workloads off-prem in the public cloud. Everything runs...
Are data services like water or electricity?

Are data services like water or electricity?

Source: CIO.com, Author Matt Watts. I know it sounds strange to many in the IT world, but your customers are starting to think of your service as a utility. Yes, that kind of utility: gas, water, electricity. Something they turn on with the press of a button or the...