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Preparing Your “Home” for Healthcare Analytics

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Sep 10, 2015 | Healthcare |

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Ed Simcox, Healthcare Practice Leader at Logicalis Healthcare Solutions In my last blog post, I defined healthcare analytics as the access, manipulation, reporting and examination of data to drive business performance and decision-making. In this post, I want to focus on important steps in preparing a healthcare organization for an analytics initiative. No matter how much time and money is spent building a house, the end result will be sub-standard, unfit for use, and possibly unsafe without a proper foundation. Building a healthcare analytics solution is a lot like building a house. The foundation must...

Not all Cloud Providers are the Same, There is no “One Size Fits All”

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Sep 8, 2015 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to recognizing what it takes to prepare your IT infrastructure to make the most of the cloud, we have given it quite a bit of thought. Early on, Logicalis’ cloud experts identified what we call the IT Transformation Journey, a literal blueprint for IT transformation that can help organizations prepare to implement cloud computing in a way that benefits them to the fullest. And we’ve been honored to once again be named among the top 100 Cloud Service Providers in Penton’s fifth annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 report for our focus and thought leadership....

Using Network Segmentation to Keep Your Critical Data Safe

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Sep 2, 2015 | Security |

Reading Time: 2 minutesLegitimate users have reasons for accessing data on your corporate networks. Employees need to get their work done, customers need to research your offerings and interact with your brand, and partners need to share relevant data so they can work efficiently with your organization. Not everyone needs access to all your data, however. And that’s the key to network segmentation. The first step in implementing network segmentation is identifying the assets and data that are critical to running your business and then isolating them on separate networks so only people with the correct authority, and best...

Four often overlooked security considerations that can protect your critical assets and even save you money

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Aug 27, 2015 | Security |

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs we’ve said in an earlier post, it’s not about if, but when. You will get hacked. These statistics from Cisco tell the story: 60 percent of data is stolen within hours 54 percent of breaches remain undiscovered for months 100 percent of companies are connected to domains that host malicious files or services Endpoints, networks, email, virtual environments, clouds and data centers. Every device and every interface in your IT environment is an access point for attack. The prospect of the Internet of Things scattering millions of hackable devices across the IT landscape adds a...

Five Steps CIOs can Use to Assess Data Vulnerability in the Cloud

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Aug 25, 2015 | Disaster Recovery as a Service |

Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite all the advantages the cloud offers, it’s important to realize that not all cloud services are created equal. There is a growing misperception that data that resides in the cloud is automatically protected just because it’s in the cloud, something which is absolutely not the case. Not all cloud providers are built to accommodate enterprise-level IT needs. Cloud providers buy the same servers as their customers – just more of them. This means, the same issues a CIO might face in a corporate data center regarding backup, disaster recovery and data retention can be amplified...

5 Points to Consider as You Develop a Cloud Strategy

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Aug 19, 2015 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe buzz around the cloud is very real—delivering considerable business agility, greater cost efficiencies and service improvements for IT. What the buzz doesn’t tell you is that getting to the point where the cloud brings these benefits to your organization isn’t easy. So the real question is…what do you need to keep in mind when integrating cloud computing into an IT strategy? To help you get started, here are five key considerations when developing a cloud strategy for your company: Classify your apps to create business requirements: rank how important each apps is to your company...

Three Essential Steps to Identify, Thwart and Prevent Data Loss

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Aug 18, 2015 | Security |

Reading Time: 2 minutesBusinesses that think their data is secure should think again. Every day, new organizations—including prominent retailers and government agencies—join the ranks of an ever-growing list of top-name enterprises whose infrastructures have been breached. No security solution can unequivocally provide protection across an entire infrastructure. Hackers go around them and through the spaces in between. The only effective approach to security is a holistic, architectural methodology that is manageable, adaptable, resilient and responsive. The essentials of an architectural approach include solutions driven by the need for system-wide visibility. The solutions you deploy should also focus on detecting,...

ITSM Strategies: Go Agile With Your Continual Service Improvement Practice

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Aug 14, 2015 | ITSM |

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Chris Gordon, ITSM Managing Consultant, Logicalis US This is another installment in a series of blogs that gives IT leaders a better understanding into the realm of possibilities enabled by an effective IT Service Management (ITSM) strategy. Each of these blogs offers ITSM best practices that can help you innovate and improve your IT processes and strategies so they align to the needs of the business. The true value found inside an organization that provides a service to customers is in how effectively and how efficiently the organization functions in order to deliver the highest...

The Value of the Cloud and Getting Past the Common Roadblocks

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Aug 10, 2015 | Cloud Solutions |

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs many business leaders know, the cloud provides increased agility to support the speed at which their businesses consume IT services and to lower infrastructure costs by removing CapEx costs. This combination drives more efficient and effective use of infrastructure resources. And the total value of a virtualized cloud infrastructure—when combined with fully-automated and scheduled provisioning processes as well as security assurances—results in several additional benefits: Lower maintenance costs Acceleration of new application platforms Reduced carbon footprints Increased business responsiveness Reduced complexity during company acquisitions Efficient IT resource usage Effective handling of new workloads Simplified IT...

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Preparing Your “Home” for Healthcare Analytics

Using Network Segmentation to Keep Your Critical Data Safe

Four often overlooked security considerations that can protect your critical assets and even save you money

Three Essential Steps to Identify, Thwart and Prevent Data Loss

ITSM Strategies: Go Agile With Your Continual Service Improvement Practice

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