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Last month, technology professionals from more than 100 countries gathered in Orlando, FL for Microsoft Ignite 2018. As is always the case with Microsoft’s annual showcase, the event wasn’t hurting for headline-grabbing news. So, with the help of our cloud and workspace team, let’s recap the week’s biggest stories and consider the impact they could […]

When Microsoft first unveiled plans for a series of Office and Windows licensing and price changes, the October 1 go-live date seemed so far away. But now? October is right around the corner and so too is that revamped price structure. Before it hits, organizations should make sure they can answer the following questions. What […]

Has your business embraced data center disruption? Normally, putting “data center” and “disruption” that close together in a sentence would be enough to set pulses racing at the thought of unplanned downtime, panicked recovery attempts and furious C-Level leaders. However, the phrase doesn’t have to be a negative. Instead, it can open the door to […]

While certainly worthwhile, the journey to Windows 10 can be daunting. We touched on this topic in a blog post we ran last year, entitled “Don’t have 6-9 months to prep for Windows 10? Don’t worry.” In the post, we cited a recommendation from research firm Gartner that businesses should invest anywhere from, as the […]

Organizations of all sizes are expecting to spend more on the cloud this year than they did in 2017. In fact, just 11% of enterprise-sized participants in RightScale’s 2018 State of the Cloud Report believe their cloud spend will hold steady or decrease while 24% of SMBs make a similar claim. There’s plenty of range regarding exactly […]

One of the most effective weapons today’s IT security professionals have at their disposal is knowledge – and there is plenty of that packed within the pages of Cisco’s 2018 Annual Cyber Security Report. This year’s report includes insights gleaned from Cisco’s own threat experts, from those of its partners, and from roughly 3600 professionals representing more […]

Businesses seem to be hearing the “call of the cloud” loud and clear if a pair of recent studies concerning Office 365 are any indication. According to research by Barracuda Networks, Inc., 63% of organizations are currently using Office 365, while 49% of those who aren’t yet doing so plan to within the next six months. Meanwhile, […]

Arraya Insights Radio Episode 5: Simplifying the Complexities of Data Center Modernization Arraya Insights Radio is back for a new year of podcasting on the topics and trends shaping today’s IT environments! In this episode, our team goes beyond the refresh cycle to explore and explain the realities of bringing data centers into the modern […]

With the cloud, often times the issue isn’t the will, it’s the way. Many businesses have long sought the benefits associated with migrating workloads to the cloud, outcomes such as increased resource flexibility and greater budgetary efficiency. In fact, interest in these solutions rose to such a degree last year that some analysts called 2017 […]

More time to innovate. While it may not lend itself to wrapping paper and bows, it’s a gift IT teams would appreciate just the same. As it stands, many IT teams are finding themselves bogged down by support tasks. Processes like onboarding new laptops and desktops must be completed, but they consume a great many […]