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On a scale of “We haven’t started yet” to “We’ve reached operational maturity,” how would you describe your efforts to transform into a digital workplace? Most, according to CMS Wire and DWG’s latest State of the Digital Workplace report, believe they remain in the early stages (46%). That’s the case even though almost three-quarters of […]

Dell EMC just released a software update for its Unity line of midrange storage offerings, one that promises to put an array of new features into the hands of data center admins. Far from just adding new bells and whistles, Dell EMC’s Unity 4.5 OE looks to make data storage, and data management, more efficient. […]

Global IT spend is projected to hit roughly $3.8 trillion this year, an increase of 3.2% from 2018’s total according to research conducted by Gartner. Perhaps unsurprisingly, one of the principle forces driving this growth is the cloud. Spend on enterprise software solutions, which includes cloud technology, is projected to grow by 8.5% from last […]

Modern data centers are incredibly complex organisms and they seem to only get more intricate with each passing year, quarter, or even day. Overseeing these environments – both from a hands-on and strategic perspective – requires a tremendous investment of time, energy and resources. With that in mind, we decided to use this, the third […]

Remote work is rapidly becoming the norm for many businesses. It’s a trend that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, either. In fact, a recent article on Forbes predicts it will likely only grow stronger in 2019 and beyond, as younger workers continue to establish their place in the workforce. Furthermore, research conducted by Intermedia […]

Organizations from across the business spectrum are flocking to robotic process automation (RPA). And they’re doing so with good reason. In a blog post from earlier this year, our subject matter experts detailed how RPA can help keep ballooning technology costs in check, while also offering anywhere from a 60-70% return on top of initial […]

This is the final post in our ongoing, deep dive series on the subject of segmentation. Each post has been written by a member of Arraya’s technical or tactical teams, focusing on a specific piece of this extremely broad, highly transformational, topic.  Does your network need “more” segmentation? The answer is most likely “yes.” Even if […]

This is the fourth post in an ongoing, deep dive series into the subject of segmentation. Each post will be written by a member of Arraya’s technical or tactical teams, focusing on a specific piece of this extremely broad, highly transformational, topic.  In this week’s post on segmentation, we will cover Cisco’s Identity Services Engine […]

Is VMware Cloud on AWS really worth the hype? We posed this question to members of our Data Center team in a recent post. In response, they rattled off four of the solution’s most valuable use cases. However, they cautioned us that our initial question was too broad and its answers too complex to cover […]

Technology grabbed its share of headlines during 2018. Some of those were positive. We saw the rise of a number of tools and solutions designed to make lives easier and workdays more productive. Of course, some of those headlines were decidedly negative. For too much of the year, ransomware, data breaches and privacy violations dominated […]