Hybrid cloud management- understanding the landscape

Hybrid Cloud is defined as a multi-Cloud IT environment composed of traditional IT and multiple Private Clouds and Public Clouds in the same enterprise. The definition by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) states “A Hybrid Cloud is a combination of Public and Private Clouds bound together by either standardized or proprietary technology that enables data and application portability.”

Hybrid Cloud promises greater control and security than a pure public cloud environment  and greater flexibility than a private cloud environment through a phenomenon like cloud bursting which is possible only in a hybrid cloud environment. That’s the biggest reason it is gaining more and more momentum in the cloud world and enterprises are increasingly evaluting hybrid cloud models. (more…)

Tags: Cloud Management Services, Cloud Services, Hybrid Cloud Services, IT Infrastructure Management Services, Microland, Remote Infrastructure Management Services

	Author: Vaibhav Tewari VP & Business Head - Cloud Services
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Walking in the Cloud

Continuing the Cloud knowledge series from the “From Now to Cloud“ article where we discussed about the Cloud Service Delivery Fabric, in this blog we will focus further upon the Cloud Management aspect which is what organizations are struggling to cope up with in the changing IT scenario. (more…)

Tags: Cloud, Cloud Management, Cloud Management Services, Cloud Services, Microland, Microland Cloud Services

	Author: Sunil Sarat Sunil Sarat
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From Now To Cloud

Cloud computing is a buzzword in the minds of every technologist, IT strategist and business leader. You cannot ignore it and no one has yet mastered it. Cloud solution/service providers often claim to be the “one stop shop” for all what is required for taking you to the “Cloud”. However as you venture into the muddy waters of building, implementing or trying a “Now To Cloud” approach you realize it is far from the truth. (more…)

Tags: Cloud, Cloud service delivery fabric, Microland, Now2cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud

	Author: M S Rangaraj MSRangaraj
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Workspace Virtualization & Mobile Device Management – Are they linked to each other?

At a recent event, one of the industry analysts was presenting the drivers of Desktop Virtualization and surprisingly mentioned cost wasn’t one. In fact, according to him, the ROI on Desktop Virtualization wasn’t so great. The investments required in back-end infrastructure (data center & network) and license costs offset the savings achieved from virtualizing the desktop environment. (more…)

Tags: Cloud, Desktop Virtualization, Microland, Mobile Device Management, Mobility

I don’t know what I want, but I know that I am not getting it

I am sure you have heard this umpteen times from your customers. This has become the harsh reality for CIOs/ CTOs now with the economic crisis and the proliferation of cloud offerings.

The CIO/ CTO has the onerous task of ensuring dynamic, reliable and always-on IT infrastructure with drastically reduced CAPEX and OPEX budgets. The proliferation of solutions on offer with the claim that their solution is the most apt one is bound to confuse the most clear minded person. Should they opt for public cloud or should it be a private cloud solution? What should be moved to the cloud? What are the risks and how much is it going to save? All these are bound to throw up the above refrain. (more…)

Tags: Cloud Brokers, Cloud Service Brokers, Cloud Solutions, Microland, Private Cloud, Public Cloud

Mobility Service Desk – The Touch Point

How do I access ERP on my iPad?

I have lost my mobile during my business trip. What should I do now?

In three of the above four hypothetical calls to service desk, the devices are owned by the employees. The growing factor of concern is the under equipped service desk to handle such calls to end users’ satisfaction. (more…)

Tags: Mobile Device Management, Mobility, Mobility Service Desk

	Author: Govinda Raj Avasarala Senior Marketing Manager- Mobility Services
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VoIP – Outsource or ‘Do-it-Yourself’?

A lot of enterprises are now investing in VoIP systems for their communication needs. It has become quite evident to everyone that VoIP holds lot more benefits than the traditional TDM phone networks. Immediate benefits in the cost of calls within the organization, the cost of cabling, and advanced features around Unified Communications clearly spell out that VoIP is the way forward. We’re not here to convince you to make the move from traditional phone networks to VoIP, and we do assume that you’ve already made a decision to move phones into the IP environment. It’s the question of management of the VoIP infrastructure. (more…)

Tags: Collaboration, TDM, Telephony, Voice Infrastructure, VoIP Outsourcing

	Author: Nikhilesh Murthy Marketing Manager - Messaging and Collaboration
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Mobility and Flexibility – The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Boon

Introduction:

The modern workplace is changing. The widespread consumer adoption and embracement of mobility (smart phones and tablets), has pushed its way into the business world too. With the rise of this new technology, the office is now at home, on the train, at the airport and in the coffee shop across the road. It can be anywhere that always on, always connected workers happen to be when they’re hooked up to their mobile device. This new era of mobility can bring a wealth of benefits and raise your workforce productivity.

The iPhones and Blackberrys have liberated business travelers in terms of mail and calendars, but what if it went a step further and let them access their personal desktop “from the cloud” using a mobile device? What if they could access every one of desktop applications from anywhere anytime with any device? (more…)

Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Mobility, VDI

	Author: Sandeep Boda Services Marketing Manager - Cloud Computing
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The 10 Commandments of Transforming Enterprise Messaging Environments

Enterprises today face a transformed messaging and collaboration environment, which not so long ago was considered as a back end application. Messaging today is the pulse of the organization. Similarly messaging service SLA’s have moved into the five 9’s category and thus the design and architecture of the messaging platform and developing service management frameworks demands cutting edge skill and thorough diligence.

The global economy too has a direct impact on the organizations messaging strategy, one that translates into a distributed architecture and expansion of its messaging environment. This demands enterprises to look at “non-functional” aspects and “design goals” such as high availability, site level resiliency, and fault tolerance in their messaging platforms. The economy is also forcing the enterprise to evaluate “IT as a Service” and messaging is no exception and hence a large number of organizations are looking at “E-mail as a Service” while wanting to move towards total outsourcing of messaging platforms. (more…)

Tags: Email Migration, Exchange 2010 Migration

	Author: Murthy MLN Vice President - Solutions
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Do We Have The Killer App For Unified Communications (UC)?

The hunt for the Killer App is as old as the hunt for the eternal pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Billions of dollars are being poured in every year by Silicon Valley investors in this hunt in areas of disruptive technologies like Virtualization, Unified Communications, Data Centre(Green), Open Source and Social Networking.

Out of the above 5 technology areas, Unified Communications or UC is the most pervasive and is already invading our homes and offices in the form of Net telephony/VoIP communication that is driving telecom and collaboration costs down. It would be worthwhile to take a step back and assess if we have the Killer App driving innovation in this space.

As we well know, UC is not about hardware and software. It is about applications and just that! In this context what would be a Killer App for UC? (more…)

Tags: Federation, Unified Communication

	Author: Partho Dasgupta Parthod
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