Enterprise Cloud Suite

October 31, 2016

DATA CENTER

Reduce Risk with Subscription

1 min read

The software market has changed radically over the last three or four years.  So have software license models.  Big Data, cloud and mobile have forced changes.  One of the most significant is the sun setting of the standard – the perpetual license. Perpetual licenses redirect scarce resources to negotiate pricing.  For both you and the […]

October 24, 2016

DATA CENTER

Monday Morning Sure Looks Fine

1 min read

You’re the head of IT facing the start of another week.   Another set of challenges.  Application teams going around IT.   Business teams expecting near-instant service.  Your company is growing fast.  Way beyond your ability to plan — let alone respond. You may think this is far-fetched.  I speak with a lot of customers and this […]

September 22, 2016

DATA CENTER

Transform Your Business Engine

1 min read

IT is caught in a perfect storm of far-reaching changes.  It’s all about the user experience.  It is NOT about IT technology. Getting out of this storm takes transformation.  Transformation requires automation.  You can fight it and risk falling behind.  Or begin your automation journey.  Studies[1] indicate adopting automation delivers value back to the organization.   […]

August 2, 2016

TECHWISETV

CliQr: Have Your Cake and Eat it Too.

2 min read

The idea of ‘one size fits all’ never worked for me. And it certainly does not work for picking a cloud vendor. CliQr has become Cisco CloudCenter and you will love how easy this is making things.

July 25, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco Simplifies Business Transformation

1 min read

There has been a revolutionary change in the conversation over IT’s role within your business.  Once centered on reducing costs, today’s conversation centers on how IT can move with greater speed and flexibility.  Why the change? The answer is simple– the digitization of business.   You don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to notice that […]

July 20, 2016

DATA CENTER

Up Close with Cisco CloudCenter (CliQr)

1 min read

Cloud platforms are increasingly a viable option for a growing set of enterprise applications and workloads.   Application teams are uncompromising in their desire to build and deploy new applications into public cloud environments that deliver speed and choice. Industry analysts tell us that almost 50% of enterprise organizations are starting to build private clouds which […]

April 21, 2016

DATA CENTER

Hybrid IT: It’s a Strategy Not Something You Build

2 min read

What do you think when you hear Hybrid IT?   Does your mind go to a 3rd kind of not quite private, not quite public cloud that your team needs to build? Fear not.  Hybrid IT is not another type of cloud but rather a strategy for your organization to quickly and cost-effectively deploy technology across multiple […]

March 30, 2016

CLOUD

Organizational Dexterity Achieved with Private Cloud

2 min read

The heart of automation is about reducing the intricacies of deploying and managing complex services and applications. Its about translating manual processes into automated workflows that deliver significant value to your business while allowing your staff to focus on more strategic projects. LightEdge is an enterprise-grade service provider and consulting company that is focused on […]

February 22, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco Private Cloud Transforms Your Business

1 min read

Digital technology has become pervasive in our lives.   As a result tech savvy employees and customers have new expectations for interacting with your business. The problem is how do you meet these new expectations while at the same time meet your objectives of cost reduction, delivering business innovation and increasing profit? Translate your manual provisioning […]