Vendor Management for Higher Education
Many higher education institutions work with third-party vendors to fulfill needed services and expand their technologies; however, choosing the wrong vendors can cause security risks that expose sensitive student and employee information.
Read MoreStrategic Staffing for Higher Education
Higher education institutions are facing unprecedented challenges. With rising tuition costs, changing educational environments and a rapidly changing professional landscape, it is harder than ever for colleges and universities to keep up with trends and provide a high-quality experience to their students and faculty.
Read More10 Trends Affecting Digital Infrastructure & Operations: Edge Computing
Throughout history, Infrastructure and Operations was centered around building and managing self-contained data centers. During this time, however, new challenges became apparent as I&O leaders began to feel the need to leverage modern cloud services and external data centers to keep up with customer demands or internal needs.
Read More10 Trends Affecting Digital Infrastructure & Operations: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
In 2018, business analyst firm Gartner estimated that the actual business value of artificial intelligence (AI) will reach $4 trillion by 2022. And, by their estimations, the primary source of business value for AI
Read MoreWhat is the Cost of Poor Contract Management?
Contracts are unavoidable if you want to maintain a successful business. From purchasing needed products to selling your completed products or services, formal contracts that have been written out will generally be used for any agreements that you make.
Read MoreImpacts of Poor Contract Management
Poor contract management is one of the leading areas of loss for many businesses, often equating to as much as 9% of their total income. Because it is such an important facet of any business, mitigating the problems that come with mismanaged or neglected contracts is important.
Read More10 Trends Affecting Digital Infrastructure & Operations: Network Agility
Network agility is often defined as the speed at which networks can adapt to changes while still maintaining a high level of security, management simplicity and resiliency.
Read More10 Trends Affecting Digital Infrastructure and Operations: The Redefinition of the Data Center
In the past, any time a business would request new applications or services, IT organizations would have to determine how they would be able to build the application to fit into their existing architecture.
Read More10 Trends Affecting Digital Infrastructure and Operations – New Roles for I&O
For most organizations, IT is often organized horizontally at the top, but the skills and traditional support constructs like applications, architectures, storage, servers, networks and desktops may be organized vertically.
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