Housing developer builds resiliency with DRaaS
Milhaus turned to provider Online Tech for its disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offering. Support for cross-hypervisor failover is a priority for Milhaus, which is standardized on Hyper-V.
Stories by Ann Bednarz
Life as an IT contractor
The upside of life as an IT contractor is alluring. You get to be your own boss, accept only the jobs you want, and work flexible hours. With each assignment comes the opportunity to learn new skills and gain exposure to different environments. But there are obvious sacrifices – job security and paid vacations, for starters.
Tools that increase IT efficiency pave the way for digital transformations
Inflexible IT architectures can be a barrier to organizational change. As companies embark on digital transformations aimed at improving their business, the pressure is on IT to reduce complexity and increase the efficiency of enterprise systems and applications.
Video storage a gateway to hyperconvergence for law enforcement agency
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office first chose Pivot3's converged server and SAN solutions to handle video workloads. Today, Pivot3’s HCI appliance clusters allow BCSO to combine VDI, long-term storage, and video storage arrays within a single hyperconverged platform.
Most acute storage pain points, letdowns
Things don’t always go as planned with new technologies. Two new research reports document the struggles, disappointments and false starts that enterprise storage pros wrestle with as they modernize their infrastructure for digital business.
Top storage skills to boost your salary
Tech pros with storage and networking skills garnered higher-than-average pay increases, according to the 2017 Dice Salary Survey.
Mobile, security tools among education tech favorites
IT pros from the education industry share their must-have tools for data security, mobile device management and network monitoring.
IT execs tout benefits of SD-WAN
Two early adopters of SD-WAN share some of the gains they’re realizing from the technology, including flexible deployments, simpler hardware and connectivity options, and cost savings
What makes IT pros happy? One thing ranks higher than pay
When it comes to on-the-job happiness, IT pros say the most important factor is the quality of relationships with coworkers. Compensation ranks second.
Microsoft Teams takes on Slack with enterprise bots, Office 365 tie-ins
Microsoft Teams is now live – and on by default – for Office 365 subscribers with Business Essentials, Business Premium, and Enterprise plans.
Fave Raves 2017 call for submissions
What's your favorite enterprise IT product? Send us your submission for Fave Raves, our annual roundup of the best products, as chosen by readers.
10 happiest cities for CIOs
Robert Half Technology surveyed 2,500 CIOs in 25 metropolitan areas. Respondents from 10 cities reported above-average happiness, with Miami hosting the most content IT chiefs.
13 tech jobs that pay $200k salaries
Which IT roles earn the biggest salaries? Thirteen tech jobs can pull in salaries of $200,000 or more, according to new data from IT staffing firm Mondo.
Meet me in the parking lot: Walking meetings hit their stride
Prolonged sitting is part of the job for many people in the tech world. Walking meetings can help energize people and spark creativity.
IBM scores most patents in 2016, Apple doesn’t crack Top 10
The five companies that earned the most U.S. patents last year are the same five companies that dominated the 2015 ranking of top patent recipients: IBM, Samsung, Canon, Qualcomm and Google.