Hybrid Cloud Security: How to secure your Hybrid Cloud For businesses moving their systems to the cloud, they need to overcome one major challenge: securing them in their new environment. The merging of public and private clouds into a hybrid cloud...
Becoming technology enabled with cloud In our previous blog, we looked at the tensions between ‘keeping the lights on’ and ‘enablement’, where IT budgets are still largely given over to ensuring business as usual as opposed to...
Becoming technology enabled On the journey to digital transformation, there is a world of difference between organisations that are technology-dependent and those that are technology enabled. Where an organisation is heavily...
8 benefits of using a cloud service provider Cloud enables you to meet the dynamic needs of your organisation, allowing you to scale resources whilst giving you a known and controlled spend. You need your resources and systems to be reliable,...
What is a managed service provider? A managed service provider (MSP) is a company that manages a range of IT services and infrastructure on behalf of an organisation. These services typically include network, cloud, security and...
5 tips to manage hybrid cloud for success If you are using cloud computing, the chances are that your solution is made up of a hybrid or multi-cloud approach. Hybrid cloud is one of the leading approaches used by many enterprise organisations...
Aligning your cloud strategy with your business objectives The organisational advantages of cloud are clear through its inherent scalability, resilience and security. However, some organisations are at risk of not achieving the full potential and value of...
Remote working tips for keeping a connected workforce It’s fair to say that Covid-19 is probably the biggest stressor to hit business and society in peacetime. But whereas a decade ago the widespread call to work from home would have resulted in...
Public cloud connectivity – securing access to AWS and Azure We can say that the time for “moving to the cloud” has now passed with 88% of UK businesses using public cloud services in 2018, but yet security still remains as a major worry. With such a large...
Top 10 benefits of using managed IT services Businesses can benefit from using managed IT services. Our tips look at a few of these benefits. 1. Future proof services, using best-of-breed technology Leading Managed Service Providers...
Shared vs dedicated IaaS Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provides the ability to run many customer servers on the same physical server hardware through the use of server virtualisation. The concept is a repeat of the...
Common problems with onsite data backup Many companies are still using traditional backup methods which can cause issues and be ineffective in comparison to online data backup solutions. We look at common issues come with traditional onsite...