Here’s a pop quiz: What is Your Cloud Readiness Factor (CRF)?
Cloud computing is no doubt on the mind of IT teams at every college and university. But moving to the cloud isn’t just an IT decision. The unique culture within Higher Ed impacts how cloud buying...
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The Most Critical Skills Gap: Cybersecurity Since Target’s hack back in 2013, cybersecurity has been top of mind for organizations, especially those with sensitive information. However, the talent pool...
View ArticleMisunderstood Misfits – The T2 Instance
We are going to take a simple but often misunderstood AWS methodology / feature and drag it out into the unapologetic sunlight via my way of looking at things. I tend to deal with IT professionals from...
View ArticleVisualizing VPC Networking
Jetlag is a mind killer. Anyone who has ever had to regularly brave the US Airport Circus to make sure the checks don’t bounce at the end of the month, understands that jetlag isn’t something that only...
View ArticleWhat Do You Need to Do Next to Move to the Cloud?
Cloud migration takes more than a flip of a switch. There are many crucial first steps that are needed to ensure an effective migration and seamless transition to the cloud. Cloud risks must be...
View ArticleA Government Buyer’s Guide to Flash Storage
As costs have declined, all-flash storage has become the de facto enterprise standard for primary storage and the foundation for any cloud – internal, SaaS, or public. For the public sector, flash can...
View ArticleAutomation and Orchestration: The Keys to Cloud Computing
Nearly every agency is working with a constant lack of IT resources—staff and budget alike. At the same time, many of these agencies have been performing IT tasks manually for years, heightening the...
View ArticleU.S. Government Moves Deeper into Cloud, But Hybrid IT Brings Challenges
U.S. public sector organizations are moving further into the cloud. That’s according to a new study from DLT partner, SolarWinds. In fact, 96% of public IT practitioners, managers, and directors report...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Revit Investment Work Harder
Even if you’ve made the move to Building Information Modeling and are experiencing the benefits of BIM, have you ever thought “there’s got to be a better way to manage project team collaboration?” The...
View ArticleAWS’s New Secret Region a Game Changer for Intel Agencies
Intel agencies and other government organizations that deal with secret-level datasets, now have access to a “secret” cloud data center region – the AWS Secret Region. With the launch of this region,...
View Article[On Demand] 5 Must-See Infrastructure Classes from Autodesk University 2017
Did you make it to Autodesk University (AU) this year? There was a great deal of buzz about infrastructure and the ways in which, in the words of Autodesk’s Theo Agelopoulos, “we can develop more...
View ArticleMeltdown and Spectre: Here’s What Our Partners Are Doing to Protect You
No sooner do you have your arms around one cybersecurity vulnerability then another surfaces. This time it’s Meltdown and Spectre, both of which can cause data leak from kernel memory. These...
View ArticleNew Autodesk Platform Sees BIM Shift from “Modeling to “Information” Phase
A few years ago, Autodesk launched its cloud strategy. A commitment to bring cloud-based solutions to all of its vertical industry offerings. A core cloud offering, BIM 360 is a cloud-based design...
View ArticleBest Practices for Moving your Government Databases to the Cloud
Are you thinking of moving your databases to the cloud? Perhaps, you’re thinking about transitioning to database-as-a-service (DBaaS)? But what’s involved? What hurdles must be overcome and how do you...
View ArticleHow to Maintain End User Experience When Moving Existing Applications to the...
Just about every type of existing application is currently being migrated or considered for migration to a cloud infrastructure. While priorities vary from agency to agency based on mission priorities...
View ArticleSaaS Offering Simplifies Remote Application Access Control, Reduces Attack...
Ransomware tops today’s list of security concerns for governments, and no agency is immune. Just look at the statistics: • Cook County, Chicago was a victim of last year’s WannaCry ransomware attack. •...
View ArticleAfter Atlanta WannaCry Ransomware Attack, Learn How to Better Protect your...
Another day, another government ransomware victim. On March 22nd, 2018, the city of Atlanta found itself locked out of computers across government offices and facing a ransom demand of $51,000 or...
View Article[On Demand] 5 Must-See Infrastructure Classes from Autodesk University 2017
Did you make it to Autodesk University (AU) this year? There was a great deal of buzz about infrastructure and the ways in which, in the words of Autodesk’s Theo Agelopoulos, “we can develop more...
View ArticleMeltdown and Spectre: Here’s What Our Partners Are Doing to Protect You
No sooner do you have your arms around one cybersecurity vulnerability then another surfaces. This time it’s Meltdown and Spectre, both of which can cause data leak from kernel memory. These...
View ArticleNew Autodesk Platform Sees BIM Shift from “Modeling to “Information” Phase
A few years ago, Autodesk launched its cloud strategy. A commitment to bring cloud-based solutions to all of its vertical industry offerings. A core cloud offering, BIM 360 is a cloud-based design...
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