VAST Perspectives
How IT Decisions Impact Your Bottom Line: Metrics That Matter
A company’s IT decisions can have a significant effect on its fiscal health. Wrong choices can affect many aspects of a business, with financial ramifications such as reduced revenue and increased operating costs. Modern companies need a way to objectively evaluate...
24/7 Monitoring: How Managed Services Boost Business Continuity
Companies partner with a reliable managed service provider (MSP) like VAST for various reasons, including streamlining operations, reducing costs, and augmenting limited IT staff. While these are all valid reasons for a company to leverage managed services, they may...
Is Your Backup Really Secure? Cloud Backup Best Practices
Organizations of all sizes have incorporated cloud backups into their data protection strategy. The benefits of cloud backup solutions are hard to ignore. Companies leveraging cloud backups eliminate the need to implement and maintain on-premises backup...
The IT Security Checklist Every Company Should Follow in 2026
The New Year presents companies with an opportunity to review their IT environment to improve its performance, efficiency, and security. While the performance and operational efficiency of its IT infrastructure are crucial for any business, robust security is...
How MSPs Help Companies Meet Compliance Requirements
Businesses that process sensitive personal or financial data must comply with regulatory requirements to protect their privacy and security. Governments and specific industries develop data-handling requirements that companies operating in certain regions or markets...
Cloud Backup Misconceptions That Put Your Data at Risk
It is crucial that cloud clients thoroughly understand how their data is backed up. Customers share the responsibility for protecting their cloud environment with their cloud service providers (CSPs). The CSP is typically responsible for backing up the infrastructure,...
Cloud Security Checklist: What to Do Before, During, and After Migration
Organizations planning a cloud migration must consider many factors associated with the move. Many moving parts need to be coordinated for a successful migration. Teams may need to adjust business operations to account for the time necessary to transfer and verify...
How To Prevent Costly Downtime With Regular Equipment Health Checks
Companies that rely on their IT environment know that downtime is expensive. Businesses can take a significant financial hit when faced with unexpected outages. Employee productivity and operational efficiency plummet when internal systems are unavailable. Customers...
Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies That Your CFO Will Love
An organization's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) often faces difficult decisions that balance the health of the IT environment with budget constraints. They must ensure that a company’s business needs are met with IT solutions that align with its financial realities....
The Role of Information Management in Enabling Digital Transformation
Companies cannot rely on traditional business methods to remain relevant in today’s ultra-competitive market. In many cases, standing still means falling behind and losing customers to competitors with a more flexible outlook. Teams cannot address the nuances of the...
