VAST Perspectives
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...
What Every CIO Should Know About Storage Management in the Era of Big Data
Modern enterprises create, collect, and store tremendous volumes of data. Companies generate and ingest data from a wide range of internal and external sources, including Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, social media, advanced analytics applications, and customer...
Top 5 Cloud Migration Missteps (And How to Avoid Them in 2026)
Companies make a significant decision when they commit to migrating some or all of their IT environment to the cloud. Organizations may want to modernize legacy infrastructure, leverage new technologies, reduce costs, or increase flexibility. They have typically...
The Role of Information Governance in Modern IT Operations
Information governance is an organization’s framework for managing its data. At one time, information or data governance was seen primarily as a compliance function, with little utility for IT operations. Back-office teams were responsible for governance, which was...
Securing Your Microsoft 365 Environment: Tips and Strategies for 2026
Microsoft 365 (M365) is an incredibly popular and stable cloud platform with over 400 million paid users. Many companies rely heavily on Microsoft 365 to run critical business processes. The subscription software suite has become the go-to solution for organizations...
The ROI of Managed Backup: Why Data Protection Is a Business Investment
Your company’s data resources are its most valuable asset, with the exception of its people. Today’s data-centric business landscape emphasizes an organization’s ability to monetize its information and drive competitiveness in its market sector. Businesses must...
Five Signs Your Business Is Ready to Move to a Hybrid Cloud Environment
Many modern organizations support their businesses with a legacy, on-premises IT environment. They have typically implemented systems that address the needs of their customers and employees over several years. At one time, these solutions were precisely what was...
Why Run a FortiGate Firewall in AWS Instead of AWS WAF?
Companies that have migrated business-critical workloads to AWS can utilize the AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) and AWS Security Groups to protect their cloud environment. The level of protection afforded by these native security solutions is typically only...
How to Integrate Resilience Into Your Cybersecurity Blueprint
Most IT professionals are well aware of the need to protect their computing environment from threat actors and various types of data loss scenarios. A company’s IT resources are continuously under attack from malicious entities attempting to introduce ransomware or...
