Once upon a time, tape backup was the only answer for a Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy. In many cases today, we have found this strategy incomplete and not successful. Often times, tapes are stored next to the system, stored in a closet, in the trunk of a car, or other places where they are unprotected…
Legacy Data – Legacy Code
We’ve had many conversations lately with clients regarding their need to organize, prioritize, or “do something’ with legacy data and sometimes legacy code. The origins of these conversations are varied from moving off a production technology platform, enterprise software migrations, industry regulations, to sometimes corporate bureaucracy demands. The conversations typically center around having large amounts…
Why are Small and Medium Sized Business using Managed IT Services?
Many Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMB) have turned to Managed IT Services to manage their IT infrastructure, from desktops to servers and storage. And they are doing it for the same reasons as large firms. While the scope might be different, the results are typically the same and therefore the reasons. We spend a…
Choosing a Data Center Provider for Co-location
Choosing the right data center provider to co-locate your IT infrastructure should be done with care and a lot of thought. One thing you don’t want to do is make the wrong choice up front. The cost of making a mistake can be huge. Most contracts are from 36 to 60 months in length. If…
Data Storytelling – Help Make the Data Meaningful
I was having a conversation a couple weeks ago with a client. First let me explain the client environment. This was an IT executive at a fairly large consumer products manufacturer with multiple manufacturing and distribution locations. They operate at least 3 differing systems (accounting/backoffice, manufacturing, warehouse/logistics) on 2 different server platforms, and like many,…