Common challenges a FinOps team will solve

When organizations begin making the transition from on-premises IT infrastructure to public cloud, their financial IT operations change as fundamentally as their infrastructure does. The largest conceptual paradigm shift is that from large, infrequent capital outlays for IT infrastructure procurement to hourly operational expenses. In the former case, most organizations have a structured procurement process that requires various levels of …

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pCloud review 2021 | ITProPortal

pCloud, a Swiss-based cloud storage provider, offers top-notch security and comprehensive backup capabilities, both of which provide you with peace of mind. pCloud review: Snapshot When we tested the service, we found it easy to use and speedier than its competitors in terms of uploading and downloading. pCloud’s pricing plans are also incredibly affordable, albeit slightly complicated. Furthermore, there are …

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Q&A: Embracing industry disruption to get the most from your data

Why is a data-driven culture of business necessary for surviving the next major disruption, be it political, regulatory, new technology, or the next pandemic?  Large-scale change and transformation programs often fail when data management is an afterthought. Outdated IT strategies are preventing organizations from embracing industry disruption and taking advantage of the opportunities that technology presents, particularly in terms of …

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Pets vs. Cattle 2.0: An analogy and approach for modern infrastructures

Pets vs. cattle is an analogy with modest beginnings that has grown into an industry staple. A simple Google search will spawn more than four million results and a myriad of developer memes.  The actual, original quote was “cattle, not pets.” Microsoft Engineer Bill Baker used it during a discussion about SQL deployments to explain how server treatment changed over …

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Cyberattacks on UK councils surge during pandemic

As UK councils sent most of their employees to work from home during the pandemic, the number of cyberattacks against the institutions spiked, a new report has claimed. Technology solutions provider Insight sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to 47 councils in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, discovering an average rise in cyberattacks of 213 percent in the …

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AI could be your next great recruitment tool

As the gig economy grows, and remote workers become the norm, finding and hiring the right candidates becomes an infinitely more complex task, new research has claimed.  With a global talent pool to choose from, and rising competition among potential workers, recruiters and HR departments will need all the help they can get to get the job done. To make …

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DreamHost review 2021 | ITProPortal

LA-based DreamHost has been offering web hosting for 25 years and serves over 1.5 million websites. It offers quite a gamut of web hosting services, from inexpensive shared hosting to high-end dedicated servers. DreamHost review: Snapshot DreamHost’s pricing is highly competitive. Performance is good, too, and plans are straightforward to understand and packed with value-adding features. Above all, DreamHost has …

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Nextcloud review 2021 | ITProPortal

Nextcloud is an interesting open-source alternative to commercial cloud storage providers like Dropbox and Mega. The service grants businesses a great deal of control, allowing them to self-host their cloud on their own servers situated in their premises. Users who prefer something right out of the box could sign up instead for a pre-configured solution for a quicker and less …

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UK businesses are being hit hard by a lack of endpoint visibility

UK businesses have an acute lack of visibility into their endpoints, and it’s seriously hurting their bottom line.  This is according to endpoint management firm Tanium, whose new report, based on an analysis of 132 large organizations across EMEA, says UK organizations could save an estimate of more than $1.3 million, in just the first year of running quality endpoint …

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