For those of you who were around in the late 90s, the Managed Service Provider (MSP) concept was in its infancy. While the concept was simple–create and act as a centralized IT environment and offer it to multiple companies to leverage on a consumption basis–trusting the model, and therefore adoption, took time. Fast forward to today, and MSPs have become second nature. MSPs are in a unique situation, able… Read More
“Is anybody out there??? ….”
Originally posted on LinkedIn by DataEndure Chief Marketing Officer Kirstin Burke. Tech and security vendors galore hype AI … their “holy grail” message focusing on the transformational benefits of automation. Well, yes and no. In my experience at DataEndure, when Murphy’s law strikes – and it will – in the form of a data breach, ransomware or outage … our clients aren’t reassured because they have automation in place –… Read More
Considering an upgrade to VMware vSphere 7?
Originally posted on LinkedIn by DataEndure Sr. Solutions Engineer, Raj Patel. The growing demand for rapid delivery of innovative applications is driving the need for organizations to modernize how they develop and manage not only applications, but also the infrastructure they run on. This has led many to explore an upgrade to VMware vSphere 7 for the scalability, increased built-in security, high performance and rapid self-service access. Another important datapoint, technical guidance… Read More
Considerations of the Modern Network
Originally posted on LinkedIn by DataEndure Network Architect, Ross Rehart. The past two years have seen radical changes in the way we use the network. Seemingly, in the blink of an eye, we have gone from an in-office, centralized and controlled network to a fully or near-fully distributed model. The pandemic revealed the practicality, problems, and needs of a remote workforce. We also learned that the workforce largely prefers the remote model… Read More
3 Ways to Maintain Security in Economic Uncertainty
There are indicators that the economy might be in for a bumpy ride for the foreseeable future. Many businesses are already starting to plan for this uncertainty, plot strategies for reduced cash flow and decreased demand, and propose operational changes to be in the best position to weather the storm. Critical to these conversations are prioritizing areas of the business that can’t be dialed back. Security is absolutely one of… Read More
5 Ways SaaS Backup Can Boost Your Cloud Data Protection
Are you Safeguarding Your Key SaaS Apps? Many organizations assume SaaS vendors backup their cloud data. That’s a risky bet – and one you are guaranteed to lose every time. In fact, Gartner estimates that, by 2022, 70% of organizations will have suffered disruption due to unrecoverable data loss in a SaaS application. A lack of understanding around cloud vulnerabilities can be an organization’s downfall when moving operations to these dynamic environments. Consider… Read More
VDI Complexities
Originally posted on LinkedIn by DataEndure Cloud and Data Science Practice Manager, Scott Stephenson. One of the trends the pandemic has helped popularize is the use of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). The centralized management and control of the workstation environment at a time when more users are working away from the corporate office has long been appealing. Additionally, with VDI in the cloud, organizations can reduce their dependence on premises… Read More
Migrate to Exchange Online as if your Data Depends on It … (It Could!)
Originally posted by DataEndure Director Of Technical Operations, Joseph Dickens, on linkedin.com Microsoft on-premise Exchange in the crosshairs Earlier in the year, we saw multiple zero-day exploits being used to attack tens of thousands of US organizations with on-premises Exchange servers, giving attackers full access to user emails and passwords on the affected servers, administrator privileges on the server, and access to connected devices on the same network. And the attacks… Read More
Is the cloud in your future?
Originally posted by DataEndure Director Of Technical Operations, Joseph Dickens, on linkedin.com While cloud adoption was expanding rapidly even before the COVID-19, the urgent changes to business operations and procedures caused these plans and adoption to increase at an even greater rate. Companies are adopting multi-cloud strategies and putting more workloads and data in the cloud – from productivity suites like Office 365 to Customer Relationship Management suites like Salesforce.com and… Read More
VDI Could be Exactly What your Organization Needs Right Now
Original blog posted by DataEndure Infrastructure Practice Manager, Bryan Chun on linkedin.com The changes to accommodate remote work have put many IT organizations at a disadvantage. Companies were caught off guard, having put off low priority remote access projects for a later time that are now critical to business operations. The global pandemic forced shelter-in-place for many and will continue to affect where and how people work for the foreseeable… Read More