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The Key SaaS Model Benefits for Software Providers and Their Customers

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

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are many ways that identifying the right technology partner to SaaS-enable applications is beneficial to software providers and their customers. When considering the guidance a partner can offer in choosing the best technologies as well as help with mastering service-based models and the ability to off-load the heavy lifting on cloud architectures and hosting, software providers stand to gain numerous strategic and operational advantages compared to going it alone. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the primary benefits for software providers and their customers: Key Customer Benefits More modern application experience: Users value a...

Logicalis Strengthens Ability to Transition IBM Customers to the Cloud

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Jan 15, 2015 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLogicalis signed a strategic partnership agreement with IBM SoftLayer recently that expands our already-extensive cloud offerings in North America. We signed this agreement in response to rapid changes in the way the CIOs we partner with want to use the cloud to leverage new capabilities and cost savings for their organizations. We thus decided to add extended capabilities to our cloud and managed services portfolios. Mike Martin, Senior VP of Solutions and Services at Logicalis, comments on the importance of this partnership: “The way businesses look at computing is changing rapidly today. CIOs are not...

Two Key Perspectives for Software Providers Considering the Cloud

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Jan 1, 2015 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: 2 minutesTo succeed in the cloud delivery market, software providers need to transition from application-centric to a service-defined business model. The process involves a number of challenges encompassing the perspective of the software provider as well as the perspective of customers: The Software Provider Perspective: Service-based software offerings are complex, dynamic, and unlike anything the majority of software providers have experienced in the past. The long cloud adoption learning curve can introduce risk and delay time-to-market, and part of that curve involves learning from costly mistakes. Software providers moving to the cloud also find that customers expect...

Audit Confirms Logicalis Effectively Protects Healthcare Customer Data

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Dec 29, 2014 | Healthcare |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn independent security firm recently completed an assessment confirming Logicalis complies fully with HIPAA security rules and HITECH breach reporting requirements. As an early adopter in providing healthcare IT services, Logicalis started complying with the HIPAA Business Associate agreements of our clients more than a decade ago. HIPAA requires organizations engaged in handling electronic protected health information (ePHI) to implement policies to secure such information. In addition, HITECH includes provisions that require organizations storing ePHI to implement procedures to report any breach of unprotected ePHI. This most current audit assessment provides tangible documentation of our...

Why Technological Innovation Makes Santa Claus More Probable…

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Dec 19, 2014 | CIO |

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the run up to Christmas, Chris Gabriel, CTO Logicalis UK, addresses how technology proves beyond doubt that Santa Claus exists and is increasing productivity due to technological innovation. It is incumbent upon us all, especially in the IT industry to answer the big questions in life. And while during the year we all do our best to resolve some of the great challenges facing the world, and we dutifully describe how we can improve the lives of citizens, students, patients, travelers, and shoppers in all manner of innovative ways, at some point we have to...

Flash Storage: Changing the Speed of Business

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Dec 16, 2014 | Storage |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlash storage is accelerating time-to-information while also playing a key role in IT infrastructure transformations. These capabilities are key because today’s IT organizations face huge challenges—ever-increasing applications, virtualization, the cloud, and the rising value of stored information. The combined effect of these factors places pressure on IT infrastructures to increase performance and operate more efficiently while reducing costs. As an emerging technology, flash storage is helping business and technology leaders address these issues by making their IT infrastructures more operationally efficient and speeding up end-user and customer-facing business processes. In comparison to conventional spinning disks,...

The 8 EMR Challenges Hospitals Must Solve

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Dec 16, 2014 | Healthcare |

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a result of HITECH Meaningful Use incentives, healthcare providers are now scrambling to implement EMR systems. Here’s a quick rundown of eight major challenges when trying to optimize the utilization of all the data that resides in these systems: Lack of complete records: The inability to access all data, which may reside in multiple systems, means doctors must work with incomplete patient records. Missing patient images: Most picture archiving vendors do not provide a single source for all images associated with a patient. Many EMR systems thus allow doctors to look at basic information but not necessarily all...

High-Density RF – Coming to a venue near you, and already at “the Q”

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Dec 9, 2014 | Communications & Collaboration, Digital Workplace |

Reading Time: 3 minutesMike Johnson, Director of Communication & Collaboration Solutions Logicalis US, explores the benefits of high-density Radio Frequency (RF) and how it can contribute to the bottom line and user experience. Although you may not be a potential buyer for a high-density Radio Frequency (RF) system, you certainly have been or soon will be a consumer. RF, commonly known as Wi-Fi, is the packetized radio network that your mobile device connects to at home, at work, at the coffee house and now more commonly at major event venues. We all know how and when to use Wi-Fi...

How SaaS Benefits Software Providers and Customers

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Dec 1, 2014 | SaaS |

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are many ways that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications help both software providers and their customers. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the key benefits: For Customers More modern application experiences: Users value a fresh interface, and SaaS gives software providers the ability to architect user-friendly solutions that meet customer expectations—particularly those on mobile devices. Accelerated feature delivery: SaaS applications are updated more frequently than traditional on-premise software, which means customers can take advantage of new features almost as soon as they become available. Reduced support costs: SaaS reduces operational costs by shifting the responsibility for...

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The Key SaaS Model Benefits for Software Providers and Their Customers

Audit Confirms Logicalis Effectively Protects Healthcare Customer Data

Why Technological Innovation Makes Santa Claus More Probable…

Flash Storage: Changing the Speed of Business

The 8 EMR Challenges Hospitals Must Solve

High-Density RF – Coming to a venue near you, and already at “the Q”

How SaaS Benefits Software Providers and Customers

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