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What is Application Performance Monitoring in the Cloud Era?

Performance management of applications today is not just about what is going on in the code, nor is that what customers care about.

Positioning in the BI Marketspace: A Herd Mentality?

A majority of vendors in the business intelligence (BI) marketspace position themselves around "insights." Since that offers little differentiation, why would they do that?

Whose Job is it Anyway? Assigning SSH Key Management for Stronger Security

Though it is strongly advised, there is no on-boarding and off-boarding of SSH key access at most companies.

Five Best Practices for Developing a Company Smartphone Usage Policy

As reliance on smartphones and other mobile devices continues to grow, so do telecom expenses. Here are five best practices for developing a company smartphone usage policy.

Cloud-Based VDI Changes the Focus from “I” to “D”

Because of the cloud, a focus on the “D” in VDI has returned. Now you can have VDI delivered simply and efficiently as a service, at last fulfilling the promises that legacy solutions could never deliver.

How to Analyze Your Competitors and Reverse-Engineer Their Sales Process

You don’t need to completely reinvent the wheel in order to disrupt your chosen industry; you simply need to provide value to your target customers in a way that your competitors don’t.

By |2022-06-21T11:44:08-04:00March 21st, 2018|Blog Posts|

The State of the Software-Defined Storage Market: What You Need to Know

The SDS market is still in a “wild and woolly” phase in which there is no set of uniform standards, and many SDS companies are making claims that can't be backed up. Use these recommendations to avoid buyer’s remorse.

Why Your Cloud and Mobile Applications are Slow (And How to Fix Them)

Application problems are increasingly difficult to diagnose in today’s cloud and mobile environments. Combat slow mobile and cloud apps through better visibility from the end-user/device perspective.

By |2022-06-21T11:45:15-04:00March 19th, 2018|Blog Posts|