Pole Vaulting the Chasm: Backup Software’s New Cloud Race

Cloud backup isn’t just about finding an offsite repository for on-premises backups. Backup software vendors know that increasingly you will need to backup data that is...

Modernize the Network – Phase 3: Communicate and Execute the Plan

This phase of the blueprint, Modernize the Network, will help you implement the plan by preparing to pitch the project to executives and reaching out to vendors.

Containers and the “End” of Server Virtualization

Just as hypervisors and server virtualization appear triumphant in the data center, you may be hearing that virtual machines (VMs) will give way to containers. But the...

Jumbo Shrimp, Semi-Boneless Ham, and Bare Metal Cloud

When it comes to great oxymorons, bare metal cloud has to rank right up there. After all, isn't abstraction and software fundamental to cloud computing? Here is how bare...

Puzzle Solving for Hybrid-Cloud, Multi-Cloud, and Containers in a Virtual World

With the advent of containers in the emerging technology space and accompanying market excitement, there is much confusion over how to manage applications in legacy...

Is Oracle Finally Poised to Catch up in the Cloud?

Oracle has been late to arrive to the “cloud wars” where Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM), and Google (GOOG) have dominated both on the balance sheet and in...

Network Modernization Technology Assessment Tool

Use this tool to assess emerging technologies and decide whether or not to include them in your network modernization solution.

Backup the “Hard” Way: Appliance vs. Software

In an increasingly abstracted and software-defined infrastructure, many organizations are paradoxically looking to hardware appliances for backup and data availability...

Microsoft 365 Capability Assessment

The capability assessment can be used to map desired and existing capabilities of the different SKUs available for purchase.

Water Tanks, Wine Cellars, and Digital Transformation

According to a recent survey by data backup and management company Commvault, IT departments are not ready to lead digital transformation. I think a major impediment is...
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