Tony Pagano

Small Technology Providers (STPs) — VARs, ISVs, Integrators

September 14, 2015

Small Technology Providers (STPs) Continuation from last weeks article. See the article here Here’s the opportunity for little / middle guy. It’s funny, I’m a big networker and I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had with IT folk

Who’s Ready For The Cloud, And Can Deliver!

September 8, 2015

Cloud Ready In my article last month, I discussed how the managed service provider (MSP) industry has been continuously urged to embrace the cloud, but in the end, could they? I answered the questions by describing several impediments and challenges

Managed Services Providers (MSPs) – Urged To Embrace The Cloud

August 4, 2015

Managed Services Providers (MSPs) If you’ve been observant of the managed services providers MSP industry over the last two years, you’ve no doubt noticed that it has had significant difficulty expanding its service capabilities and growing its revenue stream around

Enabling Business Strategies – The Cloud Paradigm

July 6, 2015

The Cloud Paradigm The cloud is not really the final destination: It’s mid-2015, and it’s clear that the cloud paradigm is here to stay. Its services are growing exponentially and, at this time, it’s a fluid model with no steady

Transforming Traditional DevOps To A Modern Cloud-Centric Operation

June 9, 2015

Transforming Traditional DevOps Over the last year, I’ve been hearing about more and more instances of companies asking the question that the title suggests – how do you transform a DevOps process into a more cloud-centric operation? To start, we

Four Ways to Improve Cybersecurity and Ensure Business Continuity

Four Ways to Improve Cybersecurity (Updated: December 9th, 2022 ) Cyber-attacks on businesses have become common place. In fact, it’s estimated that a cyber-attack occurs every 39 seconds. Who are the targets of these attacks? ...

Get Smarter – The Era of Microlearning

The Era of Microlearning Becoming employable and then staying employable requires ongoing, up to date knowledge, and this can become something of a dilemma. Many of us grew up with a traditional understanding of the ...

Modern Auth and Exchange Online Migrations: What IT Professionals Should Know

Modern Auth and Exchange Online Migrations Microsoft has phased out Basic Authentication (Basic Auth), replacing it with Modern Authentication (Modern Auth) to provide increased protection and user security. Through this, Microsoft has turned off Basic ...

What Is SASE and Why It is Critical for Cloud Security

What is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)? SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is a term coined by Gartner to refer to a new architecture for networking and security that combines both functions into a single, ...

Security Breach 10 Useful Cloud Security Tools

Useful Cloud Security Tools For Your Business

Cloud Security Tools Cloud providing vendors need to embed cloud security tools within their infrastructure. They should not emphasize keeping high uptime at the expense of security. Cloud computing has become a business solution for ...

The Cloud is Heading to an Entirely New Formation in 2023

Trouble is Brewing Cloud Paradise - 2023 Will Determine Company's Long-Term Plans for Cloud Use The relationship between developers and the cloud was practically love at first sight. For years, migration to the cloud in ...

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 ...

Overcoming the impact of a major disaster on their IT infrastructure

Overcoming IT Infrastructure Disaster (Updated: 03.24.2023) One of the least considered benefits of cloud computing in the average small or mid-sized business manager’s mind is the aspect of disaster recovery. Part of the reason for ...