Cloud and managed services enable companies to focus scarce IT resources on business outcomes. According to Gartner, the “market size for cloud is growing exponentially, and cloud is projected to be a $317 billion industry by 2022.” Managed service providers (MSPs) leverage the power of software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) to offer higher quality services […]
COVID-19: Don’t Sacrifice DevOps
Like everyone else, I’ve been following COVID-19/Coronavirus issues. My focus is more on the IT impact of the disease and its status as a pandemic. Let’s start by saying it isn’t the end of the world. Yes, it’s serious. Yes, it will be disruptive. Yes, those impacted by the worst aspects of the disease will […]
Can DevOps and MSPs Work Together?
DevOps and the adoption of MSP-based IT operations are both surging trends in the IT industry today. They are also trends that contradict each other in some key respects. Here’s a look at what MSPs mean for DevOps, and vice versa. DevOps and MSPs: A Primer MSPs, or managed service providers, are companies that provide […]