Solution Set

Make an apples-to-apples comparison of European co-location providers to select the most appropriate option for the organization's current and future needs.

Tool

Identify leading candidates in the European Co-location/Managed Services market using the Info-Tech European Co-location/Managed Services Vendor Shortlist Tool to generate a customized shortlist of vendors based on your key priorities.

The cloud market has seen tremendous growth in the last year and can offer great value to IT organizations. Info-Tech's research will help your organization navigate through the waters of cloud storage.

Solution Set

The Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) market is still in its nascent form with a large and diverse set of vendors. This size ensures that there is an IaaS option for all sizes and types of enterprise.

Solution Set

IT leaders must create a strategy and assess the options presented when bringing the global network infrastructure into a working state.

Tool

A complete assessment and evaluation of all management model options should be conducted before deploying the global network to ensure it is done right the first time. Examine in-house, and hosted options to determine the best fit for the enterprise.

Video

There is real and growing interest in cloud computing despite the overuse and overhype of the term cloud. One of the fastest growing areas of the cloud is cloud-based development. Enterprises of all sizes are evalutating the potential of...

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There is real and growing interest in cloud computing despite the overuse and overhype of the term cloud. One of the fastest growing areas of the cloud is cloud-based development. Enterprises of all sizes are evalutating the potential of...

Template/Policy

This template will help you build a business plan for the enterprise as well as document business justifications and cautions for developing in the cloud.

Tool

A key advantage of the cloud is that there are no up front capital costs. There is also a significant time savings, as there is no need to acquire, configure, test, and deploy servers. However, be aware that the cumulative TCO will approach (and...

(16-Feb-10) Vancouver-based infrastructure services provider Peer 1 is launching its flagship data centre in Toronto later this spring and will be the first of the company's global facilities to offer co-location, managed hosting and dedicated...

Video

Many organizations are assessing the business case for outsourcing their data centers. This videocast explores the various drivers including building costs, outsourcing costs, and strategic implications.

Video

Email has become an essential service within the IT portfolio. To date, however, there has been a dearth of benchmarks for determining where to target your total monthly spend per user. This videocast will provide guidance for how to optimize...

11-Sep-09 Nothing is perfect. Much as we like to tout the robust hardware and rampant failover measures implemented in data centers, systems go down occasionally. That's why the industry measures reliability in "nines" rather than making absurd...

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The “E-Mail TCO Worksheet” helps IT leaders peer into existing e-mail infrastructure and provisioning costs. IT leaders will gather expense information for 19 specific cost components in four categories: 1. Security 2. Delivery 3....

The convergence of mature messaging platforms (especially in core e-mail and IM functions) and hosting/outsourcer maturity suggests that now is the time to evaluate hosted e-mail solutions. Build a comprehensive TCO for on-premises operations...

Enterprises facing an Exchange upgrade often make the mistake of assuming an in-house upgrade path is the only option. Let the possibility of transferred risk, service gains, and cost savings steer the enterprise toward a hosted solution.