At a small business like Bay State, one of our greatest assets is involving people of all skill levels to work on projects that actually contribute to the bottom line. I am one of the “rising techies” that Patricia referred to in her latest post. As a new initiative, I am charged with deploying Bay [...]
One great interest of mine is to build a high tech lab that allows our “techies” a sandbox to play in. The sandbox would only be limited by the imagination of the individual. Well although, it is not yet a state of the art lab, we are building our very first lab environment. Our rising [...]
Due to today’s current economic difficulties, business and technology executives are under increasing pressure to deliver innovative products and applications with fewer resources that not only operate our business, but deliver products and applications that create greater inherent business value. Consolidation, virtualization, convergence and application management strategies are initiatives that can significantly optimize an organization’s [...]
The consensus on how to approach optimization of an organization is as diverse as our authors and their experiences. There truly is no cookie cutter formula in getting it right. The best approach to ensuring an optimum outcome is to consider incorporating the following steps in making your decision. 1. Educate yourself with available options [...]
“To Cloud or not to Cloud… that is the question.” – I’m not a naysayer, though I’m generally a devil’s advocate when vetting most any change. Generally, I agree that the cloud will allow organizations to expect a substantial reduction of in-house Information Technology (IT) expenses as well as more efficient and more dynamic resource [...]
We are excited to soon post our next SME blog entry. Our first post from Larry has given us some insight on security as it concerns the cloud. An interesting highlight is the security risks from the administrator’s role. This is something that we will keep our eyes on and watch very closely.
So, now [...]
With all of the attention now focused on cloud technology, we thought we would open up some discussion on cloud planning as it relates to security.
Do you know how secure your cloud is? Not many packages exist that can reach across all of the layers and provide a comprehensive view of the security status [...]
We are excited to launch our blog as we begin an expedition through the world of technology! This blog is for those with an interest in innovative thinking as it relates to optimizing the consolidation of an IT infrastructure. Bay State is a professional services firm and leading provider of IT and consulting services. We are [...]
