Five Common Pitfalls of SD-WAN Adoption
Any complex IT implementation comes with its difficulties. The same is true with SD-WAN, but you can be prepared. Before you start, stop to consider if you’re making any of these common mistakes.
Translating Big Telco Back into English
Big Telco’s jargon and marketing fluff is out of control. As innovative networking approaches like SD-WAN are becoming more widely adopted, people running today’s larger WANs are looking for clear and actionable information. Unfortunately, that information is coming from Big Telco.
In this guide, we decided to examine some of the more common Big Telco messages on SD-WAN. We found real (yes, real) quotes from Big Telco, and we’ve translated and explained them for those of you that don’t naturally speak this language (which is practically everyone). Enjoy.
5 Tips for Reducing Time Waste In Your Business
Waste comes in many forms, and is epidemic in business today. Reducing waste helps MSPs to both increase margins and growth their businesses at the same time. So how do you effectively reduce waste in your organization? How do you create a sustainable infrastructure that allows you to get ahead of the game and stay there?
This e-book is designed to help you get started on the path to reducing waste. Focus on these 5 things as a starting point and you’ll be well on your way to reducing costs and minimizing waste in your MSP.
The path to cloud-native applications
For the majority of organizations, digital business means pivoting to a culture of organizational agility, where the rapid pace of demand can only be satisfied by faster and more flexible development and delivery models. As most organizations do not have the luxury of completely rebuilding their technology foundation or immediately adopting new practices and mindsets, they are embracing gradual yet fundamental shifts in culture, processes, and technology to support greater velocity and agility. Learn 8 steps to guide your journey to cloud-native application development, including Red Hat® customer success stories.
IDC – Business Value of JBoss Fuse WP
“The Business Value of Red Hat Integration Products” IDC whitepaper, six organizations discuss the benefits and value they’ve found in using Red Hat® Fuse for rapid app integration.
By integrating with Red Hat Fuse, these organizations achieved:
- An average three-year ROI of 520%.
- A payback time of six months.
- 5.5x more apps integrated per year.
- 31% better app performance.
Agile Integration for Enterprise Architecture ebook
As applications and services become more central to business strategy, and as distributed methodologies like agile and DevOps change the way teams operate, it is critical for IT leaders to find a way to integrate their backend systems, legacy systems, and teams in an agile, adaptable way. This e-book details an architecture called agile integration, consisting of three technology pillars—distributed integration, containers, and APIs—to deliver flexibility, scalability, and reusability.
How Utilities and Related Services Can Use Technology to Improve Operations and Save Money
Generally speaking, the utility industry has been somewhat sluggish in its application of technology to streamline operations and productivity. However, this attitude has been shifting in recent years as companies are becoming more attuned to the significance of meeting customer expectations. In this Playbook, you will learn:
- Why many utilities are using mobile automated workflow tools to improve processes and save money.
- About how one Monterey, Calif.-based company experienced explosive growth after adopting custom-built mobile technology.
- The latest statistics and real-world examples related to how digital tools are helping utilities reap an array of benefits.
- How one single-source provider in the energy sector recently reduced its number of employee safety incidents thanks to the implementation of digital technologies.
If your company would like to learn more about digitizing operations, download our new playbook today.
IT Glue 2018 Global MSP
2018 marks the first year of the IT Glue Global MSP Benchmark Report, and we received an absolutely fantastic response. So thank you!
This exclusive whitepaper, rich in business intelligence, represents a synthesis of your responses and our analysis. To that end, we've extracted critical insights as to what works and what doesn't in the MSP business.
In the Global MSP Benchmark Report, we introduce the concept of the Golden Quintile. In a world where only 20% of small businesses are successfully sold, it's critical that you know what a desirable acquisition looks like, in case you ever want to stop working.
Agile Integration for Enterprise Architecture ebook
As applications and services become more central to business strategy, and as distributed methodologies like agile and DevOps change the way teams operate, it is critical for IT leaders to find a way to integrate their backend systems, legacy systems, and teams in an agile, adaptable way. This e-book details an architecture called agile integration, consisting of three technology pillars—distributed integration, containers, and APIs-to deliver flexibility, scalability, and reusability.
IDC – Business Value of JBoss Fuse WP
“The Business Value of Red Hat Integration Products” IDC whitepaper, six organizations discuss the benefits and value they’ve found in using Red Hat® Fuse for rapid app integration.
By integrating with Red Hat Fuse, these organizations achieved:
- An average three-year ROI of 520%.
- A payback time of six months.
- 5.5x more apps integrated per year.
- 31% better app performance.
The path to cloud-native applications
For the majority of organizations, digital business means pivoting to a culture of organizational agility, where the rapid pace of demand can only be satisfied by faster and more flexible development and delivery models. As most organizations do not have the luxury of completely rebuilding their technology foundation or immediately adopting new practices and mindsets, they are embracing gradual yet fundamental shifts in culture, processes, and technology to support greater velocity and agility. Learn 8 steps to guide your journey to cloud-native application development, including Red Hat® customer success stories.
How to Perfect Your Sales Process
Designing a sales process before you reach out to your prospects will help you win more sales with less effort. The best sales process will make it easier for leads to make their final buying decision. Plus, the process will suit most of your customers and be scalable as your organization grows.
Why Leadmaster?
Discover how to get back to work faster, with LeadMaster’s effective and highly efficient CRM platform, designed to help you capture, track, and nurture leads, all to increase sales-conversion and client retention. LeadMaster’s highly customizable features were created with you in mind. Check out this video and learn more about what LeadMaster has to offer!
IDC – Business Value of JBoss Fuse WP
“The Business Value of Red Hat Integration Products” IDC whitepaper, six organizations discuss the benefits and value they’ve found in using Red Hat® Fuse for rapid app integration.
By integrating with Red Hat Fuse, these organizations achieved:
- An average three-year ROI of 520%.
- A payback time of six months.
- 5.5x more apps integrated per year.
- 31% better app performance.
2018 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis
The Black Duck by Synopsys Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report provides an in-depth look at the state of open source security, license compliance, and code-quality risk in commercial software. Each year, the Black Duck OnDemand audit services group conducts open source audits on thousands of applications for its customers—primarily in conjunction with merger and acquisition transactions. This year’s analysis was done by the Synopsys Center for Open Source Research & Innovation (COSRI) and examines findings from the anonymized data of over 1,100 commercial codebases audited in 2017. Industries represented in the report include the automotive, big data (predominantly artificial intelligence and business intelligence), cyber security, enterprise software, financial services, healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT), manufacturing, and mobile app markets.
The OSSRA report includes insights and recommendations intended to help organizations and security, risk, legal, development, and M&A teams better understand the open source security and license risk landscape as they strive to improve their application risk management processes.