Technology Insights Blog: Cloud Services

Cloud service and storage providers offer valuable IT solutions for businesses of all sizes. Originally thought of as more for personal use, cloud storage for business is following in the footsteps of many personal technologies adapted for business purposes. As Clay Ostlund, Marc…

Cloud computing is a rapidly growing solution for issues related to data storage and collaboration. The "cloud" itself is simply a virtualization of resources — such as data storage, applications, servers and networks all working in unison to allow access to information on-demand…

With so many managed IT providers offering access and easy migration to cloud computing, it can be difficult to determine which company is the best to partner with on this journey. As you compare the services and technologies offered by a provider, remember that any good cloud co…

Public clouds, private clouds, hybrid clouds. What do they all mean? Where does one end and the other begin? How do they overlap? Which one is best? So many questions, I know. So, I’ll try and spell it all out for you as plainly as possible, beginning with the public cloud and it…

The cloud can be so much more than just a place to store files. Storage is often the first need companies identify that brings them to cloud storage, but the additional benefits of cloud computing extend far beyond simply storing data.

Change is hard. No doubt about it. It’s not as easy as flipping a switch to alter your behavior. Change is a multi-stage process as researched and developed by renowned psychologist James Prochaska, who identified five distinct steps that lead toward successful personal change:

Common as it may be, the cloud tends to be a gray area for many business owners. Cloud computing is defined as the practice of using a network of remote servers, accessible via the Internet, to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. So …

Before diving right into the heart of this piece, let’s do a fast pass over what a “Public Cloud” is and what the benefits are to businesses worldwide. The public cloud is defined as computing services offered by third-party providers over the public Internet, making them availab…

Work is no longer a place we go—it’s a thing we do. We can do work… …on the road. …at home. …in the office. …on vacation. …on the airplane. …in the waiting room. …ANYWHERE.

If you're looking for the future of business technology, look to the cloud. Businesses that migrate to the cloud have an easier time with A LOT of today's technology-related frustrations, like accessibility, scalability, performance, management and staying up-to-date. But a decis…