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IT Transformation refers to the process of enhancing information and communication technology and drive business results through technological efficiencies. However, unlike traditional investments in technology that require heavy capital investments followed by years to gain a return on investment, today’s technology investments are seeing an immediate return on investment.

IT transformation centers on improving infrastructure to encourage efficiency in systems with reduction in the waste of resources. Because so many companies are dependent on Internet-based systems and platforms, IT Transformation tends to focus on server technologies, internet infrastructure, along with advancements

It’s been 20 years since a professor coined the term “cloud computing,” using those two words to define what he considered a new “computing paradigm where the boundaries of computing will be determined by economic rationale rather than technical limits alone.”

Fast forward to 2017: Gartner is now predicting that the public cloud computing industry will climb to $236 billion by 2020, up from its current share of $146 billion. That demand will be driven in part by the increasing number of enterprises that are embracing cloud computing as a data

Floods, tornadoes, severe storms, earthquakes and hail were among the natural disasters hitting the United States in 2016. Some regions of the country, of course, are better than others when it comes to the damaging effects of Mother Nature.

But companies globally have to deal with the increasing threats caused by cyber attacks. No one is immune. These criminal acts have impacted small companies to big names as varied as Wendy’s, the FBI, Verizon, LinkedIn, CitiBank, and the Democratic National Convention, according to The Heritage Foundation.

With threats coming from all sides,

The debate on public versus private cloud is a fierce one with advocates on both sides. Security experts, however, consistently fall in the pro-private camp. As a compliance and security expert, I have to agree.

First, let’s be clear on the definitions.

The public cloud is available to the public—in a free or pay-per-use capacity—and is accessible via the web. Some examples include Google Apps, Office 365, file sharing applications such as Box or Dropbox, and so on.

The private cloud, on the other hand, is the same service, but it sits behind

It’s been a couple years since research revealed a startling discovery: Across the board, in various industries, more data centers were sitting comatose than realized. The study, which was conducted by Stanford University and Anthesis, found that about 30 percent of servers were what they described as “comatose” — not providing computing services for at least six months.

That study confirmed what the research firm Gartner had earlier indicated — about 80 percent of IT budgets are spent to simply “keep the lights on” and only 20 percent to create new business

If we learned anything in 2016, it was this: The need to beef up cybersecurity — no matter the size or type of industry — is paramount in 2017.

It has been a painful lesson learned as institutions and businesses — from Yahoo! to the Democratic National Committee and federal agencies — were added to the long list of cyberattack victims in recent years.

According to research experts, things will get even more challenging in coming years. For example, Gartner predicts that 25 percent of cyberattacks among enterprises will involve Internet of

With 2017 upon us, now is a good time as any to take a look at the new developments that will be shaping the data center industry for years to come. Take a look at what leading researchers and experts say about the top emerging trends, including the shift away from corporate data centers and evolving job demands.

Number of data centers set to peak. According to the IDC, several factors are leading to a decline in data centers. The total number of data centers will peak at 8.6 million in

As climate change advances as a top concern globally, IT experts are pressed to discover more innovative ways to minimize the data centers’ impact on natural resources. The cooling process, which makes up 40 percent of the power consumed by data centers, is getting some of the most intense scrutiny.

According to the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, office buildings with data centers use a significantly larger amount of energy than office buildings without them — primarily because of factors like cooling, electricity, and computing demands. Also, since data centers work

According to a recent study, businesses operating in North America are more likely to be vulnerable to cyberattacks than their counterparts globally. And, even more disturbing, a significant number of those data breaches can be traced to problems related to human error, according to Kaspersky Lab.

The study revealed that 44 percent of companies in North America experienced four or more data breaches within the previous year, compared to 20 percent for companies globally. It also found that careless actions by employees contributed to 59 percent of serious data breaches.

“The key

With the demands on data centers increasing, fueled in part by the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, expectations are rising for uptime to remain consistent — at 100 percent 24/7. Yet, there is also an increasing expectation that data centers will address the equally rising demand for power.

The U.S. Department of Energy, for example, has launched a “Better Buildings Challenge” initiative that encourages commercial buildings, institutions, and multi-level housing developments to reduce energy consumption 20 percent by 2020. Within a five-year period, partners in the program have contributed