VAST Perspectives
5 Reasons You Need Cloud for Digital Transformation
If all you want to get out of cloud is to lower your IT costs and reduce the workload on your support team, you're thinking too small. The better reason to use cloud is to drive your digital transformation project. Here's how using cloud can help you reinvent your...
Don’t Take Dangerous Shortcuts When Migrating to Cloud
Getting cloud migration right is the key to making sure you get value from using cloud. Taking shortcuts can short-circuit the bigger project of using cloud to transform your business. Be sure to evaluate these potential shortcuts carefully as you plan your migration:...
How Much of Your Data Sits Hidden in Silos and Unused in Secondary Storage?
There isn't enough data and yet there's too much. Companies are still trying to collect all the data they need for artificial intelligence, analytics, and big data projects to return value, but the data's challenging to store and manage. The new problem companies are...
Manage Cloud Spending to Avoid Sticker Shock
Getting bills in the mail is never fun. This is true whether it's your own credit card or your company's. Even when you buy at a discount, costs have a way of mounting up. That's true for cloud spending, too. Surveys show that many companies are experiencing "sticker...
Build Your Business on Cloud to Achieve True Digital Transformation
Cloud has revolutionized the way we develop, deliver, and manage information technology (IT) services. To truly complete your digital transformation and achieve the agility and competitiveness needed for success today, you need to understand how to utilize cloud...
Simplify Backup and Disaster Recovery with Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Complexity is the enemy. Complexity in data centers leads to infrastructure that can't be understood and can't be managed effectively. Unfortunately, eliminating complexity can itself be complex. If you're overwhelmed by the complexity in your data center, consider...
How to Decide Between Public and Private Cloud
You have many options for your technology choices. Today, let's take a look at two of your cloud choices: public versus private cloud. Cloud Definitions Both public and private cloud provide highly virtualized environments where virtual machines can be created on...
Simplify Desktop Support with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Desktops have short lifespans, and in that short lifespan they require an enormous amount maintenance in the form of patches and other support. Every desktop is also a potential point of data loss. Virtualizing desktops, like virtualizing servers, can reduce the costs...
Enterprise Cloud Trends for 2019
In 2018, nearly 40% of enterprise IT decision-makers identified public cloud as their top priority. Yet, the perception persists that public cloud adoption among enterprises is still not happening as quickly as many experts have anticipated, particularly for...
The Two Big Cloud Security Misconceptions
There are two big misconceptions about cloud security. The first misconception is that cloud isn't secure. The second, more important misconception is that cloud security isn't your responsibility. Cloud Is Secure The misconception that the cloud isn't secure has...
