As above, so below: Why the right healthcare IT consulting matters Posted on September 10, 2015 by Tim Burke If you work in healthcare IT, you’re probably feeling under siege from all sides — because the role of IT in healthcare is changing. Fast. Given the current cost of healthcare in the US, it’s no surprise that IT would play a key part in what’s become a national priority: Create higher value at lower cost. But that only intensifies the pressure … Pressure comes from on high, in the form of new CMS rules (CMS, for the uninitiated, runs Medicare/Medicaid and pays some 40% of the nation’s healthcare bills). Continue reading →
Desktop Virtualization Services: More Options Than You May Realize Posted on August 20, 2015 by Tim Burke As we watch dreams of mobility coming true around us every day, the appeal of desktop virtualization is obvious. Pile on seemingly perpetual Windows end-of-life concerns, and that appeal only grows. VDI — virtual desktop infrastructure — enables enterprises to optimize costs by continuing use of legacy systems, while also running the latest applications and remotely publishing them to any device. Managing VDI is complex, however – the acquisition, care, and feeding of its infrastructure is costly and demands expertise many do not have. Enter desktop virtualization services, which take VDI either wholly or partly into the cloud. Continue reading →
The evolving benefits of DaaS Posted on August 6, 2015 by Tim Burke The traditional benefits of DaaS — an OpEx advantage trading upfront costs and endless management and maintenance hassles for predictable pay-as-you-go dynamic scalability — are gaining even more clout as DaaS solutions mature. It’s been shown that desktops in the cloud pay off – and this trend promises to continue: Continue reading →
Securing your app dev: a cloud + 6 tips Posted on July 23, 2015 by Tim Burke In my last post, I focused on the extent to which today’s cloud app development centers on mobility, IoT (the Internet of Things), and the backend integration of it all. While you were reading, you may have noticed that I didn’t mention cloud app security. That’s because I believe cloud app security —particularly the security of web, mobility, and IoT apps — deserves its own discussion. Continue reading →
When app dev reaches the clouds: are you ready? Posted on July 9, 2015 by Tim Burke In many ways, application development in 2015 has left the building. I mean that figuratively of course, because these days, much of app dev is focused on cloud-based applications — and much of cloud application development has shifted offsite. Continue reading →
Is your network management ready for the hyperconnectivity juggernaut? Posted on June 25, 2015 by Tim Burke As I noted in my last post, increases in both computing devices and IP traffic volumes put new demands on enterprise networks — and alters what’s required to manage those networks effectively. This juggernaut of hyperconnectivity is already underway: By 2018, the average person will have five network-connected devices and networks will host four times more data traffic than they do now By 2019, global per capita Internet traffic will stand at 37 gigabytes, up from 15.5 GB per capita last year Continue reading →
Get ready for the zettabyte networking era Posted on June 11, 2015 by Tim Burke Many new technologies hold promise for your business —mobile devices, cloud computing, virtualization, big data, the Internet of Things — but they also pose challenges to your enterprise network’s performance and your ability to conduct effective network performance monitoring. Often this is because many enterprise networks are based on outmoded models that result in performance bottlenecks as network traffic increases. Continue reading →
It’s 2015. How Should You Cloud? Posted on June 9, 2015 by Tim Burke Cloud computing is now pretty much everywhere — including in smaller enterprises, some 37% of which have already adopted cloud computing. This year U.S. small and midsized businesses are expected to boost what they spend on cloud computing by 28%. Still, in 2015 cloud computing remains a work in progress, and at Quest we get lots of questions from customers about how to cloud. Continue reading →
How app dev puts business at risk — and what to do about it Posted on May 21, 2015 by Tim Burke In a recent survey, 43% of IT decision makers rated mobility — which is to say, mobile-friendly apps or sites — as the top business functionality or process that’s critical for applications. These days, the line between the web and mobility has blurred to the point of invisibility. Trouble is, successfully achieving secure mobile application development and web application development is hard for a significant majority of organizations. Continue reading →
[Slideshow] 4 reasons why Windows Server 2003 End of Life matters Posted on May 20, 2015 by Tim Burke Continue reading →
