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Cloud Therapy: EP029 – O365 in the Private Cloud

Learn when Office 365 may not be the best fit for your company… and the great alternatives you might have. Rapidscale Sales Engineer, David Lagumbay, details the specifics that may rule out Office 365 for your company but then explains

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Cloud Therapy: EP 008 – Overcoming BareMetal Cloud Hurdles

  Internap‘s Director of Solutions Engineering, Paul Herrick, discusses 2 great tips on how to overcome some of the hurdles to deploying BareMetal Cloud vs. traditional Cloud VM’s. These strategies will absolutely help reduce costly deployment mistakes, prior to purchasing.

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Cloud Therapy: EP 005 – Improving your Cloud Server Implementation with Raj Palat

In this episode, Evolve IP‘s Manager of Sales Engineering, Raj Palat, outlines his insightful “Data Center Diamond” approach to cloud implementation. It’s a holistic approach to evaluating your cloud decision from every angle, which is exactly what your boss will

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Mike Smith’s Brain Episode 20: Shadow IT [Continued]

Hey you trekkies, take a look at part 2 of “Shadow IT” and find out what solution Kirk decides to implement with the help of AeroCom rep Brittany. If you happened to miss part 1, don’t fret you can take

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Mike Smith’s Brain Episode 19: Shadow IT

Hey all you trekkies…you’re definitely going to enjoy Mike Smith’s Brain E19, as we follow another IT scenario at the Enterprise Corp. in Newport, CA. Find out how Kirk and Jacques deal with Shadow IT in the office… And when

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Are Hosted Server Web Portals Really this Bad?

Are Hosted Server Web Portals Really this Bad? This Thursday morning was productive – I actually got to the gym.  Then I got back home in time to help my wife get our four kids fed, lunches packed and off

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How do I Migrate to the Cloud without Stumbling over My Contracts? – part 1

Man, this cloud thing is really complicated sometimes. Have you noticed that opening up a discussion about moving one thing to the cloud is now like opening a can of worms?  Doesn’t it sometimes feel like the stars have to

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What kind of Dedicated Server is Impossible “Spin Up?”

A couple months back, one of our hosted infrastructure as a service (“cloud computing”) providers came into our office and did an in-depth training for our staff on their dedicated server offering. For the majority of the training, the provider’s representative ran through a slide deck on the same ‘ol stuff about Gartner stats, magical quadrants, 25 nines, blah blah blah…. but then I asked him my famous big question….

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