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Logicalis Ranks Among the Elite Managed Service Providers

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Mar 11, 2015 | Managed Services |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLogicalis has earned recognition on the CRN Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list as one of the MSP Elite 150—which distinguishes the top technology providers and consultants in North America. Our approach to managed services enables our customers to improve operational efficiencies, generate greater value from IT investments, and leverage technologies to achieve greater competitive advantage. Our selection as an elite MSP is based on our array of managed services that help organizations free their IT teams to focus on business outcomes rather than managing technology. We see this as a key offering because today’s...

The Importance of Compliance When Selecting a Partner for Your SaaS Solution

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 22, 2015 | SaaS |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA key factor for software vendors when choosing their SaaS platform provider is to verify the regulations for which the provider can prove compliance. After all, if your customers require HIPAA, PCI, FDIC compliance or compliance with another regulation, the engine on which your software runs must also comply. Another important aspect is compliance with SSAE 16 SOC, which verifies if sufficient controls are in place over financial information as well as compliance with professional accounting standards. To be certain, check to see if your SaaS partner has gone through an independent security audit that...

A Unique Opportunity for Software Providers Who Rely on the IBM Power Platform

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 21, 2015 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Logicalis cloud platform for SaaS, which enables software providers to leverage the cloud-delivery model, features a wide range of hardware and software technologies that continues to expand. One of the more unique capabilities we offer for software providers is the IBM Power System cloud option. This capability is key for software providers with customers who run their applications using an on-premise IBM Power System platform but are searching for a balance between the aging administrative support for legacy platforms and the over-delivery performance that newer platforms offer. They can now cost-effectively move their legacy...

Outsourcing Application Monitoring Gives You More Time to Focus on AppDev

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 20, 2015 | SaaS |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo maintain and increase market share, software providers need to focus their expertise and their resources as much as possible on application development. Making sure your application delivers sufficient business value and then expands its features is paramount for sustained, long-term success. But at the same time, keeping an eye on how your application performs for your customers is also critical. Because monitoring application performance does not require the same skill set as application development—which is likely your core competency—it usually makes business sense to outsource the monitoring process to a trusted partner. If you...

4 Key Changes in the Communication and Collaboration Landscape

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 19, 2015 | Communications & Collaboration |

Reading Time: 2 minutesUser experience is now the standard by which all technology is measured. When it comes to unified communications, the goal is secure, real-time collaboration—with any device, anywhere, any time. Making a variety of communication formats available to users in the office and across a spectrum of mobile devices is what unified communication is all about—including instant messaging, customer and employee portals, website conferencing, voice, email and video. But that’s just the beginning of four important changes as indicators for what is soon to come across the communication and collaboration landscape … Video returns to the forefront:...

6 Ways to Gauge the Scalability of Your SaaS Platform Provider

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 15, 2015 | SaaS |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe ability of SaaS platforms to scale on-demand plays a critical role in the long-term success of software providers. Scalability not only allows you to stay nimble in meeting the demands of customers, but also allows you to fulfill surges in new orders so billing can begin immediately. Every day, week or month your platform provider delays in meeting your scalability requirements creates a slice of lost revenue time you never get back. The objective of enterprise-focused cloud providers is to deliver scalable computing capacity and advanced services on-demand by leveraging enterprise-class servers, storage and...

Anthem Attack Underscores Why Security Is a Top Challenge for Healthcare CIOs

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 12, 2015 | Security |

Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Ed Simcox, Healthcare Practice Leader at Logicalis I have talked with multiple healthcare CIOs in the past few days. Information security is, once again, front-and-center for CIOs and continues to represent one of the biggest challenges they face. It seems like we learn of new healthcare data breaches every week. The recent Anthem data theft was reported widely in early February, including by Katie Dvorak of FierceHealthIT. The attack should be a new warning for the entire healthcare industry, which lags in cyber security compared to other industries. As Ms. Dvorak’s article notes, this is...

Six Tips to Help Software Providers Gauge the Scalability of Their SaaS Provider

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 10, 2015 | SaaS |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteScaling SaaS platforms on-demand is crucial for the long-term success of software providers. Scalability allows you to meet changing customer demands and to fulfill surges in new orders so billing begins immediately. Every day, week or month your platform provider delays in meeting your scalability requirements creates a slice of lost revenue you can never get back. When assessing the scalability of your SaaS platform provider, consider how they stack up across these six areas: The ability to scale to a large number of subscribers Resources that guarantee the same levels of service quality for...

High-Speed, Encrypted Flash Storage for the Cloud

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Feb 3, 2015 | Security |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLogicalis has added high-speed, encrypted storage as an option throughout our entire suite of cloud offerings. The addition of solid state disks (also known as flash storage) to our enterprise cloud, dedicated cloud and on-demand public cloud solutions gives our customers the ability to move, store and analyze data faster in a secure format. This means significant performance benefits for busy database servers as well as other applications where accelerating time-to-information is critical. Flash storage is one way to significantly increase the speed with which data can be accessed while decreasing the footprint in which...

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Logicalis Ranks Among the Elite Managed Service Providers

The Importance of Compliance When Selecting a Partner for Your SaaS Solution

Outsourcing Application Monitoring Gives You More Time to Focus on AppDev

4 Key Changes in the Communication and Collaboration Landscape

6 Ways to Gauge the Scalability of Your SaaS Platform Provider

Anthem Attack Underscores Why Security Is a Top Challenge for Healthcare CIOs

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