As IT departments prepare their 2019 budgets, we assess how to avoid paying too much for cloud services. Infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) free business users from the constraints of IT, but without suitable oversight, costs can quickly get out of control. As initial costs are relatively low, business managers can sometimes … Read more
Having poor talent is worse than not having the talent at all, and too many enterprises lack both the skills and the talent for cloud security. A new report from McAfee highlights the skills gap when it comes to security in the cloud. The report reveals that one in four organizations using infrastructure as a service (IaaS) … Read more
In an era when ‘data is the new oil,’ protecting your business’ data is a critical element of your storage strategy. Here’s how you can keep your customers’ information – and your own business – safe and sound. The past few months have been incredibly instructive on the critical importance of keeping one’s data safe, … Read more
The cloud-based service management company has extended its reach in IT asset management to help businesses optimise cloud subscriptions. ServiceNow has agreed to acquire software as a service (SaaS) management company VendorHawk to help businesses licence software more cost-effectively. According to ServiceNow, vast amounts of a company’s IT budget is being lost due to under-utilised software. … Read more
Observing the enterprise software market today is like observing a major relationship crisis where one side is failing to listen to the other. It appears that suppliers are unrelentingly pushing their customers to move to the cloud. Their customers want to move to the cloud too, but not to rip and replace their perfectly functioning back-office systems … Read more
Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 includes several new features that let businesses migrate to a hybrid, multi-cloud model and maintain visibility, application performance and scalability. It’s been a busy hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) week for Cisco. Yesterday it announced its intent to acquire secure HCI vendor, Skyport Systems. Today it announced HyperFlex 3.0, which is the biggest update Cisco … Read more
How your business can overcome challenges associated with virtualization, cloud and shadow IT to make the most of its software investments. Software license costs account for a significant portion of the typical IT budget — as much as 30 percent — and they represent a substantial cost for businesses. It’s up to IT procurement teams to keep these … Read more
