Brian Day

Tips for Developing Apps In a Cloud Environment

February 19, 2020

DevOps and the Cloud Unless you’ve just started a brand-new organization, your IT environment is currently running a diverse collection of last-generation and older applications that were deployed with the one-application-per-server approach that unleashed the server sprawl that most organizations

Automation and the IT Service Management Strategy

September 5, 2014

IT Service Management Strategy It’s true. The full potential of automation cannot be fully realized until it is informed and supported by an effective IT service management strategy (ITSM) that encompasses your entire IT environment, as well as business objectives,

Four Key Steps To Prepare Your IT Staff For Automation

August 8, 2014

Prepare Your IT Staff For Automation Mind the gap between the vision of automation and the reality Automation of IT procedures and services holds the promise of bringing tremendous efficiencies to the organization. Being able to deploy automatically, update, and

Of Rogues, Fear and Chicanery: The Colonial Pipeline Dilemma and CISO/CSO Priorities

The Colonial Pipeline Dilemma The Colonial Pipeline is one of a number of essential energy and infrastructure assets that have been recently targeted by the global ransomware group DarkSide, and other aspiring non-state actors, with ...

Speeding the Cloud On-Ramp and Protecting Performance

Cloud On-Ramp and Protecting Performance The expansion of remote work and the massive growth in usage of cloud-based applications have stressed existing infrastructure and put a keen focus on the performance of everyone’s network environment ...

How CISOs get multicloud security right with CIEM

More CISOs will have to deliver revenue growth to protect their budgets and grow their careers in 2023 and beyond, and a core part of that will be getting multicloud security right. It’s the most common infrastructure strategy for ...

OPEX is the new battleground of cloud for listed companies

OPEX is the new battleground I recently wrote in CloudTweaks about how cloud is forcing CIOs to work more closely with their C-suite colleagues to sell the benefits and its role as a business driver ...

Tips for Conducting Migrations after Support for Microsoft Office 2013 Ends

Migrating Microsoft Office 2013 As of April 11, 2023, Microsoft will stop supporting Office 2013. The decision to end support for Office 2013 should come as no surprise. Over the past several years, Microsoft has ...

Network Security in the Public Cloud: 2023 Guide

Network Security in the Public Cloud What is Network Security? Network security is a strategic approach to securing an organization’s resources and data across the corporate network. It helps protect organizations of all sizes, industries, ...

Why Organizations Should Stop Focusing on Cloud Adoption and Start Focusing on Cloud Maturity

Stop Focusing on Cloud Adoption and Start Focusing on Cloud Maturity For the past several years, most organizations have made it their priority to shift much of their applications and data from on-premises to the ...

Who Has Time for Higher Education

Higher Education A big challenge for professionals of all ages is time. Balancing the responsibilities of work and life leave little time for self-improvement in the form of education. But ongoing education is more than ...