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Once Again, Logicalis Ranks Among Top 100 Cloud Providers

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Nov 26, 2014 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Penton Media fourth-annual “Talkin’ Cloud 100” report has once again ranked Logicalis among the world’s Top 100 Cloud Service Providers. The report also illustrates just how rapidly the cloud market is growing—service providers in the Top 100 generated more than $23.4 billion in combined cloud services revenues in 2013, nearly 44 percent higher than 2012. The Talkin’ Cloud 100 report is based on data from an online survey. The report recognizes top cloud service providers based on metrics such as annual cloud services revenue growth, both in actual dollars and in percentage growth rates....

A Chance to Talk with a Renowned Cloud Expert

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Nov 18, 2014 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr. Timothy Chou has been a leader in bringing enterprises to the cloud since 1999 when he returned to Oracle to work for Larry Ellison as the President of Oracle On Demand. During Dr. Chou’s tenure, many businesses chose to deliver their enterprise applications as a cloud service. After leaving Oracle, Dr. Chou returned to Stanford University and started the first class on cloud computing. He has also appeared in various publications including Forbes, Business Week, The Economist, and the New York Times as well as on CNBC and NPR. Dr. Chou has also authored...

Compressing Time-to-Value Is Key for Software Providers

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Nov 5, 2014 | SaaS |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter initial success in migrating from an on-premise delivery model to the SaaS delivery model, a key aspect for software providers to assess is the time-to-value that SaaS delivers. While SaaS inherently accelerates the process significantly compared to an on-premise solution, compressing time-to-value as much as possible remains critical in generating positive cash flows. When measuring time-to-value, consider these two critical perspectives: How quickly does your app deliver value to your customers, and do you set their expectations accordingly? This requires a deep understanding into your customer ROI timelines and communicating that information clearly. Your...

New Cloud Tools for Creating and Managing a Service-Defined IT Strategy

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Oct 28, 2014 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe acceptance of the cloud—coupled with CIOs wanting to run more efficient service-led operations— has led to unprecedented change in the way IT services are consumed and delivered. Logicalis is meeting this need with an increasing competitive array of offerings that help CIOs and other IT pros create and manage a service-defined enterprise. Here’s a quick overview on two of our newest offerings: Cloud Storage for Backup integrates cloud storage into existing backup installations. This allows businesses to quickly back up mission-critical data to the cloud where it is not only safely protected and stored...

CRN Names Logicalis as a Cloud Industry Leader

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Oct 27, 2014 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe editors of CRN recently identified Logicalis as a technology provider that offers robust cloud programs for the IT channel. We were selected to the inaugural CRN Cloud Partner Program Guide, a list of the leading technology vendors with cloud-related partner programs that benefit members of the indirect IT channel and their cloud initiatives. The guide offers solution providers a valuable resource for locating and exploring the IT industry’s top cloud technologies. The guide also serves as a way to connect with the organizations making these cloud technologies and partner programs available specifically through the...

Five Tips for Creating an Environment That’s Ready for a Converged Infrastructure

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Oct 2, 2014 | Converged Infrastructure |

Reading Time: 2 minutesConverged infrastructures—where servers, storage, networks, applications and management all converged into a single entity—make it possible to turn IT into a service provider rather than a cost center. While making the transition requires several technology considerations, businesses also need to change their mindset, which is another major transition. Here are five tips for creating an environment that helps your business buy into the converged infrastructure concept: Define A Realistic Process: There needs to be a realistic process that enables IT to transform the company’s current heterogeneous, often haphazard IT environment into a well-mannered converged infrastructure—as time and budget will actually allow. Give Change a Chance: Don’t be sold on moving the enterprise to a new infrastructure architecture without fully understanding the risks and the rewards. Break Down the Walls: Before linking the company’s infrastructure together, IT has to break through system silos from the top down. Get the entire organization to understand the benefits of the “shared use” model. Don’t Let the Company’s Legacy Become Its Legacy: The time to address legacy systems and establish realistic milestones to replace them is now, before they cause problems. Time to Take Out the Trash: Show the business how migration day is a great way to get rid of those things that just seem to be taking up space—the old hardware, apps and data that no longer serve a purpose....

Have You Reached the Storage Fork in the Road?

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Sep 29, 2014 | Storage |

Reading Time: 2 minutesBecause legacy storage systems aren’t designed for today’s uses, many businesses discover systemic gaps that leave them exposed to unpredictable workloads and unrestrained data growth. With mobility, social media, the cloud, big data, and software-defined data centers all impacting legacy architectures, now is likely the time to finally take that fork in the road to a new storage architecture. When designing storage solutions, businesses must contend with a shifting focus on defining return-on-investment, which includes a reduction in complexity, the consolidation of workloads, and the discovery of hidden value inside existing data sets. But there’s something even more important: the ability to deliver storage that scales from entry-level to high-end while sharing common data services across physical storage and software-defined storage. To help you answer to these challenges, here’s quick rundown on the benefits delivered by four HP midrange solutions. They collectively represent the new single-platform-strategy, which marries data storage and information mining with an upgrade path that uses identical command sets to eliminate learning curves. StoreServ 7000 Midrange 3PAR: Moves tier 1 storage capabilities to the midrange, offering support for all applications and data types across physical, virtual and cloud resources. StoreAll: A customized, scalable data analytics and retention platform that allows you to archive and search big data content repositories that include millions of files, billions of objects and petabytes of data. Also lets you...

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