The Simplification Effect: 4 Cases

by PTPstaff | Aug 7, 2018 | Cloud Engineering & Staffing, Cloud Migration, Networking

It’s no secret that in the past several years there has been a huge push to “cloud-based services.” These services provide corporations with the promise of reduced operational costs, CPU/memory and OSs on demand to combat having underutilized equipment, storage as...

The Cloud is Ending IT Careers. Do You Have a Plan?

by PTPstaff | Jun 6, 2018 | Cloud Management & Optimization, Cloud Migration

I’ve worked with hundreds of I.T. Directors and VPs in the past 20 years. I call myself a friend to many Network, Server, and Storage Admins. I respect all of you and I hope you’re all doing well. Most of you have heard from me in the last 12 months. Some have even...

The Five Levels of Cloud “Maturity”: Answer 15 Questions and Find Out Where Your Organization Ranks

by PTPstaff | May 17, 2018 | Cloud, Cloud Migration, Cloud Security, News

Cloud is recognized by just about every CIO in the world as a key enabler of digital transformation (and, consequently, better business outcomes, like increased revenue and more strategic allocation of IT budget). But, while cloud adoption continues to grow,...

The Evolution (or Extinction) of the “Traditional” VAR

by PTPstaff | May 16, 2018 | Cloud Migration

In biology, evolution is described as the “change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organization, including the levels of species,...

More Users. More Apps. More Devices. Can Your WAN Keep Up?

by PTPstaff | Mar 29, 2018 | Cloud Migration, Networking, SD-WAN

Welcome to the digital era. Businesses are built on cloud-based applications. Mobility is the norm. And everything connects to the network. All of these demands are impacting existing wide area networks across all industries. The need to increase bandwidth, optimize...

The Olympics are Going for the Cloud Gold

by PTPstaff | Feb 27, 2018 | Cloud, Cloud Migration, Managed Network, Managed Services, Networking

It’s remarkable the changes in both equipment and performance in the Winter Olympics over the last 20-30 years. The skis, the sleds, the improvement in skating difficultly, and the numerous new events just to name a few. Juxtapose that with the classic Olympics events...