OpenStack – and the Race to Connect the Clouds

Introduction The OpenStack 2015 conference in Vancouver showed that OpenStack standards for building clouds – and connecting them—are finding wider use in enterprises and cloud services datacenters. This vision of hybrid clouds linking enterprise datacenters and...

Hyperconvergence – Changing the economics of the datacenter

Not since the time PC servers began to replace mini- and mainframe servers has the economics of the datacenter had such a tectonic shift. PC servers changed the dynamics by allowing the distribution of applications of the datacenter on inexpensive servers. It also...

Transforming IT to a service provider

In order to stay relevant, IT has to transform itself from a traditional keeper of infrastructure, to a provider of software services, at a price point that is not dissimilar to SaaS.
Neuralytix believes the solutions such as Gridstore’s “Cloud-in-a-Box” to be a prime example of what can be achieved, and what enterprises should look at for the future.

Salesforce.com Power Users prefer self-help

A survey of 170 Salesforce Power Users Group members reveals that respondents prefer self-help and online resources over those involving person-to-person interaction. While this may be because of convenience and costs associated with in-person support, it is wise not to ignore the social costs of in-person support options when deciding on a mix of support options.