

Claranet’s Virtual Data Centre resources are built on enterpriseclass hardware, which means that the virtual infrastructure will deliver a high performance, reliable and secure platform for your applications.
The new service has been designed specifically to replicate the internal IT infrastructure model, and...


ESG recently conducted an in-depth survey with IT professionals representing small, midmarket, and enterprise-class organizations to find out about their organizations’ usage of, interest in, and opinions regarding online file sharing and collaboration services and deployment model preferences.
The findings...


This paper discusses the importance of workloads when planning for your migration to the cloud. It also describes how a structured approach to cloud workload analysis can help you identify cloud initiatives that offer faster time to value, reduced migration risk and higher potential return.


Cloud-enabled services are the next wave transforming how businesses capitalize on information technology, and that in turn drives the next evolution in the processes, roles, skills, and structure of IT organizations—the evolution to IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS). Today’s CIOs must exercise extraordinary leadership...


Read this report to learn about how Claranet’s hosted desktop provides a platform for the delivery of a working, personal desktop for different user groups, regardless of location or device.
Utilising the latest technologies, the service delivers significant efficiencies and productivity gains, while reducing...


This whitepaper provides some frequently asked questions and important insights about private clouds, to help organisations discover how private clouds add value while maintaining simplicity, enabling automation and driving self-service.


As this document highlights, when firms move to reference architecture or integrated infrastructure system strategies, they gain material cost and time-to-market advantages over traditional IT. Reference architecture and integrated infrastructure system strategies offer advantages over a "build your own" approach. ...


This easy-to-read book gives you jargon-free best practices for Software-Defined Wide Area Networking. Includes a special foreword by Lee Doyle, Doyle Research. Co-authored by Dan Pitt, Open Networking Foundation.
Download the eBook and learn:
The need for SD-WAN adoption for branch networking
Benefits...


Retail cybersecurity in the age of the omnichannel customer experience requires CIOs and vice presidents of IT to take a 30,000-foot view. Supporting multiple point-of-sale (POS) solutions, an assortment of cloud-based applications, distributed networking software, customer mobile devices, and other emerging technologies...
Published: Jan 19, 2021


The wide area network (WAN) will be critical to the success of enterprise hybrid cloud strategies and initiatives. Although WAN optimization and traditional WAN services addressed a broad range of client/server requirements, other capabilities are needed in the context of the 3rd Platform.
This IDC Insight offers...


In this whitepaper, we will explore:
• The reasons behind changing traditional desktop computing strategies
• Why cloud-hosted virtual desktops are a compelling solution for many businesses
• How to leverage cloud-hosted desktops for Windows 7 migrations, mobile and departmental workers, and...


Local governments are undergoing digital transformation to increase efficiencies and reduce costs. One top goal of many counties and cities is to develop and deliver consistent security strategies, standards, and governance models across their agencies.
However, new technologies adopted for these initiatives, such...
Published: Jan 19, 2021


Cloud storage offers benefits to traditional hardware storage such as unique scaling and outsourced management capabilities. This document compares two solutions that deliver enterprise cloud-integrated storage using two distinct approaches.


Despite the growing popularity of cloud storage, tape is still a vital part of an effective back-up strategy. Depending on a single solution, may mean your back up fails when you most need it.
This whitepaper discusses why Cloud storage still requires tape as a complementary technology.