VMware Explore 2022 Announces the Latest Innovations for Workloads, Wherever They’re Running

VMware Explore 2022 took place during the last week of August, offering new perspectives, experiences, and communities. Throughout the four-day conference, there were a number of important and exciting announcements made that highlighted breakthrough innovations that will help organizations better manage their workloads, no matter where they are running. In case you weren’t able to […]
Arraya Insights Podcast: Application Modernization - Security Implications and Considerations

Digital transformation has become an essential step for businesses looking to advance in their industry and remain competitive. For the many businesses who are considering or have already started their migration to the cloud, the journey doesn’t stop there. The next phase, the application modernization process, is where the true benefits of digital transformation lie. […]
2022 IBM Report: Cybercrime Reaches an All-Time High

Businesses face few risks today as dangerous as cybercrime. While cybercrime is nothing new, it’s reaching unprecedented levels of damage as businesses grapple with unrelenting attacks and the rising costs associated with them. IBM Security recently released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, which is conducted by the Ponemon Institute. Now, the average […]
Cisco’s New Meraki & Catalyst Integration Capabilities Provide Streamlined Management

The future of modern business is in the cloud. Cloud-based applications provide increased flexibility, scalability, and cost-savings. To take advantage of these benefits, many businesses and enterprises heavily rely on two of Cisco’s most popular offerings: Meraki, Cisco’s cloud-management network offering, and Catalyst, Cisco’s brand of access switches to manage their environment These two offerings […]
Should You Partner with a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)?

Despite inflation and growing fears of a potential recession, the U.S. job market hasn’t cooled off. As of June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were 10.7 million job openings and employers added 528,000 jobs in July alone. The competition for talent continues, particularly in the IT market, as workers benefit […]
VMware’s New vSphere+ and vSAN+ Bring the Cloud to On-Prem Environments

Workloads are everywhere. Businesses today have workloads running in multiple clouds, both private or hosted by third parties, as well as on-premises, which can be spread out across different locations, data centers, or edge sites. These various locations create more work for IT teams as they must work in silos and lack total visibility. This […]
Cisco ThousandEyes WAN Insights: Overview and Benefits

At Cisco Live! 2022, the company announced WAN Insights, the newest innovation for the ThousandEyes platform which can provide network forecasts and SD-WAN recommendations to optimize user experience across enterprise sites. What is ThousandEyes? ThousandEyes is a network intelligence platform that was acquired by Cisco in May of 2020. The heart of the ThousandEyes platform […]
Microsoft Defender for Servers: Plan 2 is Now Available

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has many available methods to deploy and manage onboarding and configurations using Microsoft Endpoint Manager (which includes Intune), and there is no shortage of capabilities surrounding the deployment methods. However, server capabilities for non-managed servers have been primarily deferred to resources outside of MEM. The options to manage servers using Microsoft […]
Arraya Insights Podcast: Managing Cyber Security - When Does an MSSP Make Sense?

Who wouldn’t love a cyber security silver bullet? Something guaranteed to stop attackers in their tracks. Unfortunately, the reality on the ground is far more complex. What works for one organization may not work for another. This is true not only of the solutions needed to build out a cyber security posture, but of the […]
MFA & PAM: How These Security Methods Work Together to Provide Layered Protection

Providing convenient, remote access to employees is now considered status quo rather than a bonus. As the workplace continues to shift and the dust around the pandemic starts to (hopefully) settle, remote work is going to remain. Corporate IT environments have never been more complex, and the security landscape is more threatening than ever. Businesses […]