Blog Archives
Evolution and Connectivity in the PNW Tech Industry
Panel discussion takeaways from regional experts representing JLL, Iovation, ScienceLogic, Opus Interactive, Infomart, and EdgeConnex. End users demand seamless connectivity. New technologies are being adopted by the enterprise to streamline delivery of workloads, products, and services in the fastest, most efficient ways possible. Innovation bridges people, places, and things by incorporating everything from edge computing, to peering networks, to hybrid cloud, to hyperscale clouds, to […]
Types of Cloud Computing Explained
There are four main types of cloud computing: private clouds, public clouds, hybrid clouds, and multi-clouds. So, what are each of these clouds, and how will they help you? Choosing a cloud type or cloud service for your business is a unique decision. No two clouds are the same (even if they’re the same type), and no two cloud services are used to solve the […]
What is Dedicated IaaS? Everything You Need to Know.
Dedicated Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a cloud delivery model that provides on-demand computing resources over the Internet, including networking, storage, and other infrastructural components. Before IaaS, businesses would have to purchase and maintain their hardware and software for their computing needs. But now, dedicated IaaS allows users to develop, grow, and scale without buying and maintaining any physical hardware. The power and flexibility […]
Guide to Multi-Cloud Strategies
Multi-cloud strategies encompasses when your data is stored across cloud platforms that meet the performance, compliance, and latency needs of your workloads, you can achieve a level of security and reliability that you hadn’t before. We’re talking about multi-cloud strategies. And while these strategies are more complex than cloud hosting with a single provider or platform, they provide so many benefits that we’d be remiss […]
Implementing a Backup Backup and Business Recovery Plan
Sometimes things can go wrong, and when they do you need to have a backup and recovery plan. If something should happen to the equipment in your facility, for example, it would be nice to know that you have that information stored elsewhere so you can pick up the work later without skipping a beat. A good backup and recovery strategy is important to ensure […]
The New Norm: 2021 Predictions for Digital Post Pandemic Demand
As the planet continues to adapt to changes in response to the global health pandemic, unprecedented change continues to unfold. How it started: COVID launched accelerated adoption of cloud-based services across all sectors. In short, as social distancing guidelines emerged in response to the pandemic cloud became the way of the world. If your business wasn’t cloud-based, you very quickly found a way to deliver […]
The New Norm: Cloud Computing Predictions for Digital Post Pandemic Demand
As the planet continues to adapt to changes in response to the global health pandemic, unprecedented change continues to unfold. How it started: COVID launched accelerated adoption of cloud-based services across all sectors. In short, as social distancing guidelines emerged in response to the pandemic cloud became the way of the world. If your business wasn’t cloud-based, you very quickly found a way to deliver […]
How IT Modernization Initiatives are Impacting Federal Agencies
Driven by modernization, cyber, cloud, and AI, Government-wide IT spending across all agencies is projected to be $90.9B for FY2021. Agencies are undergoing the largest digital transformation in history and are faced with challenges like legacy infrastructure, growing data delivery needs, and navigating the complex web of solutions with a limited pool of trusted advisors. They are accomplishing this while also navigating social distance requirements […]
Connectivity: Bridging the Digital Divide in America
This brave new digital world we’re building every day requires a high-speed broadband connection. Many rural areas in the United States are unable to take advantage of digital services and capabilities that are an everyday part of life for urban residents – from running and growing a business to completing school assignments, applying for a job, accessing high-quality health care, keeping up with the news, […]
Creating Opportunities for Women in Tech
It’s a fairly well known fact that women are underrepresented in the worlds of science, technology, engineering, and math. Some progress has definitely been made, so let’s see where the statistics stand today. Statistics show that women now hold a lower share of computer science jobs than they did in the 1980’s. New technologies are advancing rapidly and solutions to store, compute, and transfer data […]
Unlocking the Secrets of the Hybrid Cloud
Right sizing and distributing workloads across a hybrid environment makes all the difference for performance, cost, security, and scale. But not every cloud is the right cloud and not every data center is the same. The secret to unlocking the hybrid cloud is understanding how the benefits of all available options in the mix can help you to more effectively deploy assets to where they […]
