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How to Market IT Modernization to Your Business
- May 24, 2018
- Posted by: Tom Pohlmann
- Category: C-Suite, CIO, Digital Transformation, Innovation, IT Strategy, Thought Leadership
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While the rationale for modernizing IT is often apparent, sometimes the messaging and positioning on the part of the IT group is just as important. IT leaders often struggle to balance cloud-fueled business demands for more innovation and speed with enterprise realities like security, compliance, and cost-cutting. While the need for IT modernization in order
AWS IAM Indecision
- May 21, 2018
- Posted by: Eric Shanks
- Category: AWS, Cloud Management, Hybrid Cloud, IAM, Identity and Access Management, Microsoft Azure, Security, Tools
Identity and Access Management (IAM) can be a confusing topic for people that are new to Amazon Web Services. There are IAM Users that could be used for authentication or solutions considered part of the AWS Directory Services, such as Microsoft AD, Simple AD, or AD Connector. If none of these sound appealing, there is
Key Trends and Takeaways from ServiceNow’s Knowledge18 Conference
- May 15, 2018
- Posted by: AHEAD
- Category: ITOM, ITSM, Knowledge18, Partners, Security, ServiceNow, User Conference
Each year, ServiceNow’s Knowledge conference garners thousands of attendees who are looking to stay up-to-date on the tech industry and enhance their ServiceNow proficiency. The four-day event includes keynote speakers, demos, product training, workshops, and even games and entertainment. Last week, over 19,000 guests and 200 exhibitors and sponsors made their way to fabulous Las Vegas
Connecting Your Enterprise to the Cloud
- May 7, 2018
- Posted by: AHEAD
- Category: Architecture, AWS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Delivery Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Management, Enterprise IT, Hybrid Cloud, Public Cloud, Strategy and Design
At AHEAD, our superpower is stitching together our enterprise clients’ environments to drive digital transformation. This not only allows our enterprise clients to transform at light speed, but also grants them the ability to do so with the enterprise guardrails required to securely run an environment. This is no easy feat, which is why we’re
Tech Trends: 3 Predictions for ServiceNow’s Knowledge18 Conference
- May 3, 2018
- Posted by: Erin Luther
- Category: Automation and Orchestration, DevOps, Knowledge18, Partners, ServiceNow, User Conference
Knowledge18 is kicking off in Sin City next week and I’m beyond excited to head out to ServiceNow’s flagship conference for the third year in a row. While I don’t anticipate any major product releases (like Service Portal in years’ past), ServiceNow has always been on the cutting edge of technology, so I wouldn’t put
Mastering ARM Templates, Episode 2: Development
- April 26, 2018
- Posted by: Cooper Lutz
- Category: AHEAD, ARM Templates, Automation and Orchestration, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Enterprise IT, Microsoft Azure, Migration, Public Cloud
(This blog post originally appeared on Cooper’s Cloud.) In the previous episode, we looked at the ARM template schema, some of the tools that will help get you started in your ARM template journey, and deployed our first template. In this installation, we’ll take a deeper dive into some of the development methods and strategies. Define Template
AWS Reserved Instance Considerations
- April 18, 2018
- Posted by: Eric Shanks
- Category: Architecture, AWS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Delivery Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Management, Enterprise IT, Hybrid Cloud, Public Cloud, Strategy and Design
(This blog post originally appeared on The IT Hollow.) Reserved Instances are often used to reduce the price of Amazon EC2 instance on-demand pricing. If you’re not familiar with Reserved Instances, then you’re missing out. Reserved Instances, or RIs, are a billing construct used in conjunction with Amazon EC2 instances (virtual machines). The default usage
Mastering ARM Templates, Episode 1: The Basics
- April 13, 2018
- Posted by: Cooper Lutz
- Category: AHEAD, ARM Templates, Automation and Orchestration, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Enterprise IT, Microsoft Azure, Migration, Public Cloud
(This blog post originally appeared on Cooper’s Cloud.) Getting Started with ARM Templates I’ve spent a considerable amount of time developing ARM Templates and have been working to put together a series of posts to help you master ARM Templates, whether you’re just getting started with Azure or have been developing ARM Templates since their inception.
In the Cloud World, It’s Cheaper to Upgrade
- March 28, 2018
- Posted by: Eric Shanks
- Category: Architecture, AWS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Delivery Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Management, Enterprise IT, Hybrid Cloud, Public Cloud, Strategy and Design
(This blog post originally appeared on The IT Hollow.) If you’ve been in technology for a while, you’ve probably had to go through a hardware refresh cycle at some point. These cycles typically meant taking existing hardware, performing some capacity planning exercises, and setting out to buy new hardware that is supported by the vendors.
5 Blind Spots in Your IT Infrastructure Spend (And What to Do About Them)
- March 20, 2018
- Posted by: John Cole
- Category: AHEAD, Data center, ELA, TCO
IT leaders are faced with a difficult problem. On the one hand, enterprise businesses are looking at their IT departments to help drive growth and digital transformation; while on the other hand, IT budgets are stretched thin, making it burdensome to keep pace with these demands. The road to digital transformation is riddled with blind