Marc Malizia

Marc Malizia

Building a High Growth IT: 5 Useful Tips

January 17, 2017

High Growth IT Building and maintaining a cloud computing platform will be much different than it has been in past years. Today’s business climate is driven by many forces constantly disrupting traditional IT culture. Digital transformation is helping companies share

Marc Malizia

Choosing IaaS or a Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting Provider?

May 30, 2016

Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting Provider We are all familiar with the old saying “That’s like comparing apples to oranges” and though we learned this lesson during our early years we somehow seem to discount this idiom when discussing the Cloud. Specifically,

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Finally, The Time For Security Information Event Management (SIEM)

March 2, 2016

The Time For SIEM Security Information Event Management (SIEM) tools have been around for a long time. My first encounter with a SIEM vendor was about twenty years ago while being courted to resell their product. To this day, I

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Securing A Mid-Sized Enterprise Online

January 25, 2016

Securing A Mid-Sized Enterprise There is no longer any subjectivity in this statement: security is at the top of list for all CIOs. Every meeting I’ve attended over the last three months has been dominated by the topic of security

Disaster

DRaaS: Can Make Providers Life Easier

December 10, 2015

DRaaS Planning Earlier in Part 1 this week we’ve touched on “What Is DRaaS?”. Now we will explore this a little further.  Disaster recovery situations are always high pressure, stressful affairs which require cool heads and excellent planning. What can

The Profound Effects Of Virtualization Software And DRaaS

December 7, 2015

Disaster Recover As A Service (DRaaS) As a technologist, I am constantly thinking about leveraging the latest software or hardware to provide solutions to problems. My latest thoughts revolve around disaster recovery and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), and

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All Enterprises Should Model Themselves After Today’s Startups

November 4, 2015

Startups Leveraging Cloud Services Never in history has it been easier to start a business and fast track growth to dominate a market. Conversely, it has never been possible to transform from market leader to market memory faster than now.

Marc

5 Things A Cloud Provider Should Offer – Part II

September 28, 2015

5 Things A Cloud Provider Should Offer Part II I recently posted an article for the CloudTweaks community on “Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting: 5 Things a Cloud Provider Should Offer” and many readers have since asked me to expand upon this

Marc Malizia

Managed Hosting: 5 Things A Provider Should Offer

August 20, 2015

Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting The IT industry moves at light speed fueled by constant change and advancement. No area of IT has been affected more by this change than the hosting and managed service space. Advancement in the cloud and its

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5 Tips For Building A High Growth IT Platform

July 17, 2015

5 Tips For Building a High Growth IT Platform Building and maintaining today’s enterprise computing platforms is a lot more challenging than it was in the past. The competitive and fast moving nature of business requires a corporate network capable

Investment

Mergers and Acquisitions market is a complex and challenging industry

June 19, 2015

Mergers and Acquisitions Market The mergers and acquisitions market is a complex and challenging industry and the last two years has seen a rise in the number of transactions. Working with companies in this space over the last 10 years,

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Four Reasons Why CIOs Must Transform IT Into ITaaS

May 13, 2015

CIOs Must Transform IT The emergence of the Cloud and its three delivery models of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) has dramatically impacted and forever changed the delivery of

Light Switch

Here Are Four Ways To Elevate IT

April 15, 2015

Here Are Four Ways To Elevate IT Prior to joining the consulting side of the industry, I worked in corporate IT for the first 7-8 years of my career. While my time in corporate IT has long come to a

Impact

5 Cloud Questions Every CIO Needs To Know How To Answer

March 9, 2015

The Hot Seat Five cloud questions every CIO needs to know how to answer The cloud is a powerful thing, but here in the CloudTweaks community, we already know that. The challenge we have is validating the value it brings

Marc Malizia

Consequences Of Combining Off Premise Storage and Corporate Data

February 5, 2015

Off Premise Corporate Data Storage Cloud storage is a broad term. It can encompass anything from on premise solutions, to file storage, disaster recovery and off premise options. To narrow the scope, I’ve dedicated the focus of today’s discussion to

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The Future of Enrollment Systems Enrollment systems play a crucial role in various industries, from higher education institutions to online courses and professional certifications. These systems streamline the enrollment process, manage student data, and contribute ...
Gary Bernstein
AI-powered identity verification Even if you don’t want to admit it, doing business online in today’s environment poses a greater risk. Criminals are constantly on the lookout for vulnerabilities to exploit, including hacking, data breaches, ...
Gilad David Maayan
What Is Object Storage? Object storage, in the simplest terms, is a data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to traditional block storage or file storage architectures. These objects include the data, ...
Steve Prentice
The Need for Experts The explosion in AI technologies has brought with it clear concern that easy answers and intelligent copywriting are now the domain of machines. This has led to the question of whether ...
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How AI Is Important for Businesses Shifting to Remote Work The Coronavirus Pandemic has taught us that organizations must have remote work choices. It is no longer possible to work in a digital environment. The ...
Ron Cadwell
Net Zero Emissions Designs Sustainability has become an increasingly frequent topic of discussion for data center operators, with many pledging to be carbon-free as soon as 2030. But are these commitments a response to the ...