Our Solutions II monthly IT Executive Roundtables were excellent in the first two months of 2022. In 2013, we organized and held no-cost Executive Roundtables for IT Executives to network and exchange ideas, strategies, and best practices. Each month we host Roundtables (via web conference) for SF Bay Area CIOs, SF Bay Area CISOs, Las Vegas IT Executives, and Denver IT Executives. With the flexibility of the work due to the pandemic, we have even added members throughout the United States.
Businesses are now getting back to business. For many industries, it is time to sort through a level of uncertainty. Many companies are developing plans to reduce IT Operating Costs to cope with the uncertainty. The Solutions II Adaptable Data Center® approach to IT Cost Optimization is based upon IT Leaders developing a detailed understanding of three business dynamics that will govern their decisions:
Businesses are getting back to a "new normal." For many industries, it is time to sort through a level of uncertainty. Many companies are developing plans to reduce IT Operating Costs to cope with the uncertainty.
Organizations are getting back to a "new normal." For many industries, it is time to sort through a level of uncertainty. Many of our clients are developing plans to reduce IT Operating Costs to cope with the uncertainty. Reducing IT Operating Costs should be a carefully constructed set of actions that will maintain required service levels and also retain the capabilities necessary to help the organization take advantage of the eventual recovery.
I recently had the opportunity to host IBM's Bob Kalka, VP of Security, to discuss how the acceleration of digital transformation is impacting cybersecurity in organizations far and wide. The event was well attended and if you registered and attended, thank you. For those of you that missed the event, here is a summary of the topics discussed during the session. We addressed security strategy and transformation, managing your security program, and leveraging threat management to protect the business. These are all topics that both IBM and Solutions II have on a recurring basis with our clients during this acceleration of digital transformation. We are trying to answer the question of "how do you modernize cyber while the organization around you is going through its own transformation?"
Underneath the surface, there has always been (by my view) a tension between IT Industry Research Analysts and vendors. Some of this tension is based upon revenue as companies like Gartner, Forrester, and IDC offer independent research but also offer paid engagements/paid research for the very same vendors that are targets of the independent research. I mention those points only to emphasize the fact that recently (by my view) we have witnessed a seismic shift in the Backup/Recovery space.
Adaptability is key for survival. As Charles Darwin noted, “It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.”
A disaster recovery (DR) plan is a living business document that contains step-by-step directions detailing how to restore your IT infrastructure and get back to work after a disaster. The goal of a disaster recovery plan is to make sure you are ready to respond when your business is interrupted by an event, such as a fire, storm, or cyberattack.
Cloud computing has gone through a total evolution since the first web-based services were launched in the early 2000s. From the very beginning, cloud computing solved a tough business problem: how to use IT infrastructure capacity efficiently. Before the cloud computing infrastructure model was developed, many businesses used only 10% of their capacity.