Cloud 101 for Insurance Agencies: Four Myths We Can All Do Without
By Adam Stern | Insurance Tech Insider Cloud migration involves placing data and applications off-premises and online, shifting the focus from locally-based technology to remote access and deployment. While some insurance brokerages are likely to continue buying hardware, the pace of cloud migration continues to accelerate as more and more a...
Infinitely Virtual 2018 Predictions: The Year XaaS Ran Out of Gas
By Adam Stern | VMBlog.com Why the 'As-A-Service' Model Works So Well For Digital Transformation Digital transformation has a way of changing not just technology, but the entire way we do business. Such is the case with the lightning-quick development of the As-a-Service (aaS) model. It seems like overnight, XaaS has changed how numerou...
Continuing its Move up the Charts, Infinitely Virtual Ranked Among Top 30 Cloud Services Providers
7th Annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 Report Identifies Premier Cloud Services Providers LOS ANGELES (Dec. 11, 2017) – Solidifying its place in the cloud computing elite, leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider Infinitely Virtual today announced that it is now among the world’s Top 30 Cloud Services Providers, according to Channel Futur...
Burying your head is not a plan: Trends in cybersecurity
Adam Stern | PIA.org Forewarned is forearmed. Ah, if only that applied to hacking. After all, if you’re not warned, it’s tough to take up arms. A recent survey conducted by a national carrier found that of 1,000 business owners nearly half (45 percent) of those who experienced phishing, hacking or other forms of cyberattacks had no idea they...
Infinitely Virtual Deploys NetApp® Next-Gen Storage Infrastructure; Four-Tier Strategy Balances Speed, Cost
IaaS Leader Begins Transition in Los Angeles Data Center, With Boston to Follow Early in 2018 LOS ANGELES (Nov. 6, 2017) – In a strategic next-gen overhaul of its storage infrastructure, leading cloud service provider Infinitely Virtual today introduced NetApp® systems that feature four unique tiers of storage, combining market-leading perfo...
Whose IT Infrastructure Is It, Anyway?
Adam Stern | Law.com The right question isn't, 'Should I go on or off premises?' The smart question is, 'What's strategically best for my legal practice?' As groups, small and midsize law firms tend to be wired for DIY. Self-reliance runs deep, and many firms still manage their own technology—servers, routers, other networked gea...
Whose IT Infrastructure Is It, Anyway?
Adam Stern | Law.com The right question isn't, 'Should I go on or off premises?' The smart question is, 'What's strategically best for my legal practice?' As groups, small and midsize law firms tend to be wired for DIY. Self-reliance runs deep, and many firms still manage their own technology—servers, routers, other networked gear. That sa...
Seeding The Cloud: Who Really Needs Infrastructure-as-a-Service?
By Adam Stern | Health IT Outcomes If you’re a small or midsize medical office – a clinic, a hospital, a medical practice – you should of course be mindful of IT. But you need to keep your mind on your patients. And that, in a nutshell, is why information technology today is far more service than product. Indeed, increasingly, s...
Seeding The Cloud: Who Really Needs Infrastructure-as-a-Service?
By Adam Stern | Health IT Outcomes If you’re a small or midsize medical office – a clinic, a hospital, a medical practice – you should of course be mindful of IT. But you need to keep your mind on your patients. And that, in a nutshell, is why information technology today is far more service than product. Indeed, increasingly, service is ...
Achieving HIPAA Compliance: IT’s Indispensable Role
By Adam Stern | Health IT Outcomes In my view, the IT vendor’s proper role is to showcase the powerful economic rationale for those in healthcare to get out of the practice of buying/maintaining hardware that is obsolete practically before the paint is dry. Vendors must also set an example through practical, customer-centric initiatives de...