22 Jun
Closing the IT Skills Gap with Cloud Managed Services
Closing the IT Skills Gap with Cloud Managed Services! Cloud computing underpins nearly every major business technology initiative today, from DevOps and team collaboration to supply chain management and edge computing. However, a widening IT skills gap is making it
18 May
Data Center Environmental Monitoring Helps Protect Equipment and Increase Efficiency
Numerous factors affect the performance and availability of the data center. Higher-quality equipment is more reliable than lower-quality equipment. Generally, newer equipment will perform better because performance degrades over time. Highly automated data centers have greater availability because machines are
04 May
How to Overcome the IT Skills Gap and Get the Talent You Need
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused organizations of all sizes to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives. Organizations are digitizing business processes, consolidating systems and data, and adopting cloud services to facilitate work-from-home models. One major obstacle is the limited supply of
04 Mar
Analysis: The Data Center Is Becoming an Ecosystem of Services and Partnerships
When the cloud started taking off, industry analysts predicted that IT teams would become “brokers” of technology services rather than “caretakers” of IT infrastructure. It hasn’t turned out that way. While many applications and services moved to the cloud, some
29 Oct
Cloud or Colo? Why not both?
Every organization seeks to derive maximum value from its data, whether it’s to enhance the customer experience, improve decision-making or create competitive advantages. At the same time, there is a cost to storing and managing data, a cost that only
02 Jul
The Rahi Approach to Data Center Migration
There are a number of reasons why an organization might need to relocate data center equipment. As IT demands increase an organization may run out of data center space and need to move to a larger facility. Conversely, consolidation projects
11 Jun
Day 1 in the Data Center: Prepare for Constant Change
Maybe you’ve just completed a data center buildout and moved all of your racks, cabinets and IT equipment into the facility. Or maybe you’ve moved your data center from one facility to another, or expanded into additional space. Congratulations! You’ve
26 Feb
Do You Have the Data You Need to Prove the Value of Your IT Investments?
By Marc Eisenberg Technology investments can create value for the organization by reducing costs, increasing productivity, enhancing customer service, or supporting growth. But many IT leaders are hard-pressed to prove that value and therefore justify their expenditures. IT teams typically
09 Oct
Data Migration Requires Careful Planning and Execution
A U.K.-based bank recently discovered the risks and challenges associated with data migration. When it was acquired by a Spanish banking group, the bank was faced with transferring customer data from one system to another. Many things went awry, resulting
30 Jul
How to Streamline the Deployment and Management of Your POP Sites
In our last post, we discussed why many organizations are building out their own Internet points of presence (POPs). Rapidly increasing IP traffic volumes are creating bottlenecks in the POP sites of traditional ISPs. In addition, most ISP POP sites
