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The Magnificent Seven: Benefits of Private PaaS
Enterprises are often disappointed when they move to the cloud. They expect efficiency, flexibility, and productivity gains from virtualization, and it doesn’t happen. They still run into the same IT roadblocks. That’s why they come to us. Private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is a critical component for companies wanting a complete cloud solution and to fully extract ...
Run Your Enterprise Like a Startup (Or Die Not Trying)
C-level executives hear the whispers: “Innovate…or die.” Um, or…not. The company’s profitable! Full steam ahead! Stifling the voices in one’s head is easier than change! For most enterprises, the “killjoy” mandates of governance, compliance, risk management, and the like can stifle ingenuity. Creativity threatens the comfortable, “steady-as-she-goes” mentality found in even the strongest companies. Some C-levelers ...
Something You Won’t Hear From Amazon: Insourcing is Safer, Cheaper and Better
It’s not something Amazon broadcasts. “It” is the dirty little secret of cloud computing: For the real-world enterprise, a public cloud isn’t as secure, cost-effective or flexible as a private cloud. Period. Some enterprises have learned it the hard way, but now the secret’s out. Insourcing is the way to go for organizations that have ...