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The ROI Story – A guide for IT Leaders

Disruptive IT infrastructure has been the norm over the decades, rather than the exception. Still, we have never seen a time such as now. The traditional hardware-defined datacenter model is besieged on multiple fronts. On one side is the public cloud, which continues to grow ever more popular. On the other side is software-defined infrastructure known as hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), which is also growing extremely rapidly. Seemingly sandwiched in the middle is the hybrid combination of software-defined infrastructure on-premises with multiple public cloud options – known as multi-cloud.

The goal of this book is to assist CIOs, CTOs, CFOs, IT managers, IT staff, channel partners, manufacturers, consultants, cloud providers, systems integrators, outsourcers, and anyone else interested in how to use financial analysis as a framework to optimize strategic decision-making. It is geared toward evaluating and building a corresponding business case for disruptive infrastructure technologies, and focuses on Nutanix’s HCI-based solution, what we call enterprise cloud, though the methodologies should prove helpful for analyzing any platform.

Network Automation for Everyone

Network automation is critical for supporting the increasing application and workload needs of modern, digital business. Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform provides an automation engine, a management interface, automation analytics, content management, and support—for better control over and visibility into network resources. As a result, businesses can improve infrastructure availability, staff productivity, network security, and configuration compliance.

Best practices for migrating to containerized applications

When thinking about migrating applications into containers, there are three main high-level strategies: lift and shift, augment, and rewrite.

No matter which method you choose, it is important to recognize that most software was designed and written before modern, image-based containers were invented. Even if you choose the “lift and shift” method, where you might run a monolithic application inside a single container, it is likely that your application will need to be modified. To successfully move to containers, you will need a solid migration strategy that takes into account the needs of your applications and the nature of Linux® containers.

Learn specific, technical recommendations and guidelines for migrating software into containers—from image build procedures to production best practices.

Multi cloud app delivery solution that delivers a better experience

Multi-cloud app delivery solution from Citrix delivers reliability, performance, security, and single pane of glass management for all applications, on-premises and on Google Cloud Platform.

Cloud is changing the fundamentals of how IT teams deliver applications and optimize their performance. Applications are increasingly deployed farther from users, crossing networks outside of IT’s direct control. Instead of enterprise data centers, many apps now reside in public and hybrid cloud environments. There are even new breeds of applications, built upon microservices and containers.

Today, IT needs modern solutions that:

Extend on-premises, apps and infrastructure resources to the cloud

Maintain high levels of performance, user experience, and security across all applications, including microservices based apps

Sustain operational consistency across on-premises and cloud environments

These solutions are available for apps running on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) through the alliance of Citrix and Google Cloud.

Technology is complex. Desktops-as-a-Service is not.

Technology is Complex. Desktops-as-a-Service is not.

Your Windows desktop and Microsoft productivity applications are the technology lifeblood of your business.

It’s where you run your business and how your employees get work done. From communicating with customers and processing orders to managing finances and working on your most sensitive documents—Microsoft is front and center.

eBook: Mastering Data to Drive Medical Device Innovation to 2030

In this introductory section, we discuss the current landscape of the medical device industry and the forces taking shape today that will drive growth into 2030 and beyond. From new technology to shifting patients’ experiences, we’ll explore how a wide range of issues are affecting product development and innovation, as well as the impact of digitization and data when it comes to device regulations and operations.

Ebook: Fighting financial crime – Top 5 data and analytics approaches

Financial services institutions lost over $1.45 trillion in combined revenue to financial crimes in 2018, and this is increasing ever rapidly. Today’s leading financial institutions are increasingly relying on data, analytics, machine learning, and AI technologies to capitalize on the information needed to combat financial crime—converting raw data into actionable insights. Here are the top five approaches that have the greatest impact when creating next-generation approaches to fighting financial crime.

Ebook: Connected manufacturing – Top 5 data and analytics use cases

Analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are reshaping manufacturing. The most innovative manufacturing companies are applying industrial IoT concepts, coupled with data and analytics, to transform their product development, supply chains, and manufacturing operations. Here are the top five areas where manufacturers are using the power of analytics and machine learning to drive business success.

Digital Transformation with IoT

The growing emphasis on digital transformation is encouraging more organizations to adopt initiatives driven by the Internet of Things (IoT).

While such initiatives enable enterprises to enhance customer experiences, create new business channels, or acquire new partner ecosystems, gaining the insights to realize these benefits can prove to be challenging. Enterprises intend to quickly gather and analyze data and from the devices powering their business. However, the sheer volume of data that these devices generate, the variety of data that comes in, and the velocity in which data is collected creates its own set of challenges in terms of storage, processing power, and analytics for such enterprises.

The growth of IoT adoption has been exponential across all industries, but organizations within each industry face a unique set of challenges along this journey. Enterprises leveraging all the big data generated from IoT devices in their machine learning models are able to use prescriptive and predictive analytics to make well-informed decisions.

In this eBook, we will discuss the challenges of implementing data-driven IoT, and solutions for addressing the challenges across multiple industries.

eBook: Microsoft 365 Identity and Security Assessment

In today’s world, there is a plethora of IT solutions that overlap in functionalities. Some of these solutions are not being utilized to their fullest, while others are duplications.

Concerning overall data security environments, more often than not, organizations have unforeseen gaps from an IT infrastructure perspective. While mobile devices and cloud applications have accelerated workplace productivity, they also create new opportunities for security vulnerabilities due to access and permissions. Managing around those vulnerabilities can be operationally difficult.

Download our e-book to learn how to implement a more holistic approach to securing your organization’s data, enabling remote productivity, and reducing costs in these times of shift and change.

Ensure your organization’s data and IT infrastructure are secure
Enable mobility and remote productivity without compromising on security
Streamline solutions to gain efficiency and reduce costs
Leverage the power, flexibility, and security of Microsoft 365

eBook – Prescription for Disruption

Healthcare organizations across the care continuum, from hospitals and health systems, to health insurers, to life sciences companies, must digitally transform in order to address legislative and market disruption.

Driving digital transformation in healthcare requires connectivity across an ever-increasing number of applications, data and devices. Because of this, connectivity has emerged as a bottleneck that slows the development of new applications and the adoption of new technologies.

In response, leading healthcare organizations have adopted API-led connectivity, which eliminates this connectivity bottleneck and enables 2-5X IT project delivery.

Download this eBook to learn:

How leading healthcare organizations like Sutter Health, Premera Blue Cross and Hologic are leveraging API-led connectivity to accelerate IT project delivery speed

How APIs can be used to address the unique business and IT challenges faced by health systems, health insurers and life sciences companies

How MuleSoft’s out-of-the-box API designs, implementations and connectors can accelerate the adoption of API-led connectivity

eBook – Transform your digital retail experience

The world of retail is changing dramatically. Retailers used to have anonymous, transactional relationships with their customers; but now both retailers and customers want a deeper relationship. The retailers that win today are the ones that use technology to build those personal customer experiences and transform their digital retail experience. However, it isn’t always easy to implement new solutions with existing systems.

Read this eBook to discover:

Why existing approaches are not sufficient for the pace of digital transformation that retail demands

How to drive technology change in your organization, creating a greater capability to innovate and transforming the digital retail experience for your customers

How to adopt an API-led approach to integration that packages underlying connectivity and orchestration services as easily discoverable and reusable building blocks

eBook – Building the Connected Retail Experience

“Today’s shoppers expect more than a transactional relationship with retailers; they want a seamless and personalized journey that reflects the context of how they shop across devices and channels. The key to success lies in connecting in-store software with online systems so retailers can provide an uninterrupted experience wherever customers shop.” - Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft

Driving digital transformation in retail requires connectivity across an ever-increasing number of applications, data and devices. Because of this, connectivity has emerged as a bottleneck that slows the development of new applications and the adoption of new technologies to meet customer demands.

In response, leading retail and CPG companies have adopted API-led connectivity, which eliminates this connectivity bottleneck and enables a 2-5x faster IT project delivery across the value chain.

Download this eBook to learn:

How leading retailers like Buffalo Wild Wings, TAL Apparel and PetSmart are leveraging API-led connectivity to accelerate IT project delivery speed

How APIs can be used to address the unique business and IT challenges faced by retailers

How MuleSoft’s out-of-the-box API designs, implementations and connectors can accelerate the adoption of API-led connectivity

Comprehensive Office 365 Backup

Many organizations are adopting Microsoft’s highly successful Office 365 productivity and collaboration suite of tools in the cloud. But not all of them realize the inherent data risks that must be addressed to ensure ongoing end-user productivity and to safeguard intellectual property.

Further, data protection responsibility for Office 365 falls squarely on the customer’s shoulders, as stated by Microsoft in their Services Agreement, “We recommend that you regularly backup your content and data that you store on the services or store using third-party apps and services”.

Because of Microsoft’s shared responsibility model, the most prudent course of action for organizations is to protect their Office 365 data by using a dedicated third-party solution.

Download the eBook and learn more how to Protect your workforce productivity and IP — address critical data protection gaps in Office 365.

Five Reasons why Endpoints With OneDrive Need Third-Party Data Protection

With the expansion of remote workforces, protecting your organization’s endpoint data has become a key IT priority. However relying solely on Microsoft OneDrive for endpoint backup and restore capabilities is likely insufficient. It’s time to consider a third-party cloud data protection solution that is purpose-built to reliably protect your organization’s data, ensuring that it’s always on and always safe.

Read this eBook to learn how to:

Prepare for departing employees and prevent insider threats.
Safeguard data from device loss, theft, and corruption.
Recover accidentally lost intellectual property.
Prevent ransomware attacks.