Back in 2000, Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU enshrined protection of personal data as a fundamental right of all EU citizens. However, each of the 28 member states has its own data protection laws to codify that right. As a result, compliance has been both complex and expensive for
Many organizations have migrated from a traditional on-premise Microsoft Office deployment to one that leverages the Microsoft Azure Cloud, which gives users access to their data and business applications anywhere, at any time. The determination of whether or not to migrate is typically made by an IT decision maker: CTO, CIO or senior executive in
The use of Office 365 across the globe is growing rapidly, driven by the intense sales focus of Microsoft and its business partners, along with a clear value proposition for organizations of all sizes. While the uptake of Exchange Online is leading the early growth charge, there are significant opportunities for organizations to leverage the
Ever since the first story about crime and the people who try to solve it, there has been that moment when somebody uncovers a piece of evidence that an insider was involved. The characters exchange shocked, wary glances as one of them says, “You mean this was an inside job?” Unfortunately, glances and questions like
Seventy percent of Fortune 500 companies purchased Office 365 in a recent 12-month window. Microsoft calls Office 365 its fastest-growing commercial product ever. However, on-premises Active Directory (AD) still plays the main role in being the authoritative source for authentication and authorization requests to Office 365. System administrators in the vast majority of organizations use
Forrester Research reveals that 60% of decision-makers at global enterprises are using or planning to use IoT-enabled applications over the next two years – but selecting an IoT platform that is the right fit for your business can be challenging. After researching, analyzing, and scoring 11 of the most significant vendors on the market, Forrester
For decades, the limitations of spinning disks have held back data center efficiency and constricted architecture decision-making. These performance bottlenecks have impacted not only storage infrastructure decisions, but also decisions involving application deployment, server, and networking configurations, and power and cooling. To meet the performance requirements of business-critical workloads, IT administrators often employed what could
The use of cloud-based services is growing rapidly in today’s 3rd Platform computing environment. Datacenters looking to craft the most cost-effective infrastructure to service legacy workloads like relational database and enterprise applications while accommodating next-generation applications in the mobile computing, social media, and big data and analytics areas are increasingly moving to hybrid cloud environments.
To the cloud, or not to the cloud? The answer may be more simple and economical than you imagine. In this white paper, we’ll be providing a quick lesson in cloud economics, based on an ESG audit of a model that compares the monthly cost of public cloud infrastructure with the monthly cost of leasing
The importance of “Big Data” to modern enterprises has drawn extensive coverage. Business leaders, technology analysts, the press, and the investment community have discussed how data is transforming business, work and society. Data has been heralded as nothing less than “the new raw material of business: an economic input almost on par with capital and