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Managed Services
Managed Services: Managed services is the practice of transferring day-to-day related management responsibility as a strategic method for improved effective and efficient operations inclusive of Production Support and lifecycle build/maintenance activities. The person or organization who owns or has direct oversight of the organization or system being managed is referred to as the offer-er, client, or customer. The person or organization that accepts and provides the managed service is regarded as the service provider. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasingly moving their IT hosting off-site to professional data centre facilities. Motivated by benefits that include reduced business risk and lower costs, those who have sought greater security and performance from a trusted third party aren’t generally broadcasting this migration to their competitors.
This white paper discusses what your competitors would rather you didn't know about managed hosting and covers: read more
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If you are a business manager and are wondering whether server virtualization savings can be applied in your organisation, then this document will assist you.
Server virtualization is proven to reduce server-related IT costs by more than 30%. Business and IT Managers from small to large enterprises are reaping significant cost benefits through the magic of server virtualization.
This document will help facilitate an informed decision on w ... read more
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Cloud computing risk factors, both real and imagined, continue to lurk around every corner. But rather than running in the opposite direction as fast as one possibly can, the more appropriate response is to acknowledge that there are risk factors in the cloud, as there are with any other business computing model; to weigh those risks against potential rewards, and to exercise due diligence and best practices in mitigating those risks.
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The risks and rewards of the cloud have long been analysed, and cloud has moved beyond the "proof of concept" stage to become a viable business model within the enterprise. But as a business model, cloud is disruptive. It changes key processes, alters strategies and brings abo ... read more
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Having a solid plan - and in so doing, avoiding common mistakes - is the first step.
The key question is whether to roll out that virtualisation plan with an on-premise, in-the-cloud, or hybrid strategy, and the answer is seldom obvious.
The four key elements of a virtualisation strategy include:
1. Assess your data centre. It is very likely that if you are only just s ... read more
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Compliance of any sort tends to send CIOs shaking in their boots, and CFOs reaching for the corporate cheque book. PCI-DSS, the international payment card industry standard for security, was meant to create an environment in which customer data is kept private. And to the credit of the creators of PCI-DSS, the stated measures that must be taken are mostly common sense items that merchants and other co ... read more
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