The Arraya Blog

Microsoft’s annual conference, Microsoft Ignite, took place in mid-October. This event gathered industry experts, tech professionals, and enthusiasts for technical training, breakout sessions, keynotes, and more. The event was held both in person in Seattle, Washington, and virtually with more than 200,000 people tuning in. Microsoft has compiled all the Microsoft Ignite 2022 news into […]

Digital transformation is now an essential investment in the future of your organization. Those already taking advantage of the cloud, multi-cloud, and cloud-native applications are experiencing increased scalability, higher performance, and reduced costs.   However, the cloud is complex. And while this is nothing new, the growing complexity of managing multi-cloud environments is getting more challenging. […]

The Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework is Microsoft’s set of guiding principles in maintaining and improving a customer’s workload quality in the Azure Cloud. To ensure easy adoption of the framework, there exists what are called the “five pillars of architectural excellence.” These pillars consist of Reliability, Security, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, and Performance Efficiency. If an […]

The approach to security has changed over the years. Our relationship with technology has grown closer and cyber threats have evolved, becoming more frequent and severe. While we previously focused on a preventative approach to security, we’re now forced to take a more pragmatic, proactive approach.   Today, as businesses continue their digital transformation, security should […]

Microsoft solutions and services are a staple of productivity for businesses of all sizes and industries. However, due to the broad scope of options available, Microsoft licensing has long been a complicated and convoluted affair.   As a result, many businesses aren’t handling their licensing as efficiently as they could be and find themselves with a […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]