Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Self-provisioning – compelling and scary Many of what are considered the attributes of cloud technology are both compelling and scary. Self-service provisioning, for example, is compelling because it enables IT and designated users to spin up capacity as needed. It is the cloud feature most directly linked to providing the Holy Grail of business agility….
[Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a six-part series that looks at the primary considerations as well as the process of self-discovery that is required in the definition, development and implementation of private cloud computing. The articles were prepared by cloud experts at Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology…
Incidence response Your incidence response policy covers what to do when your SIEM tool says, “Hey! We’ve got suspicious activity going on here. Do something.” Exactly what to do is outlined in detail in the incidence response policy. As a general rule of thumb, the more lax a company is on security, the better and…
[Editor’s note: This is the third article in a six-part series that looks at the primary considerations as well as the process of self-discovery that is required in the definition, development and implementation of private cloud computing. The articles were prepared by cloud experts at Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology…
Cloud and the data center Don’t overlook the demands that cloud computing can make on your data center. You’ll want to invite your data center operations team to sit down with your IT operations team to ensure that your cloud strategy works on the ground. Implementing a private cloud can have serious impacts on a…
[Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a six-part series that looks at the primary considerations as well as the process of self-discovery that is required in the definition, development and implementation of private cloud computing. The articles were prepared by cloud experts at Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology…
One of the more tech-geeky Cloud debates centers on what exactly Cloud computing is and whether or not “private Clouds” are a contradiction. Technically, perhaps, they are, but Cloud purists are already being drowned out by pragmatists. Early Cloud leader, Amazon, isn’t worrying about definitions. They recently released the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service,…