Previously published on VMblog.com. It’s hard to look too far into the future right now. The pandemic is dominating work, home, and everything in between. We’re all thinking about managing risk, watching the news for the next shoe to drop. Still, it’s easy to see that some elements of the pandemic will stay with us far into the future. From our […]
read more »It’s November 2020. The election is over (or over-adjacent), Washington State is heading back into COVID-19 lockdown, and on top of all the practical realities that this will entail for me and my family (from childcare and educational uncertainties to our canceled Thanksgiving plans), my mind is being pulled in a hundred directions at once; […]
read more »Digital transformation is a serious buzzword. System integrators use it to win lucrative contracts. But it can bring real benefits to businesses. Done right and done well, digital transformation updates systems from disparate applications in disconnected “silos” to connected, well-integrated modular systems that function as a cohesive whole to address business needs. It’s not easy. […]
read more »Updated November 5, 2020: This blog post was published years ago, but people are still finding and reading it, so we’ll keep it here. Although Norton Ghost is now gone, the main idea holds true for the other disk-cloning systems that replace it—namely, these cloning solutions may be just what you need for backup, but […]
read more »What is the Metaverse? In Neil Stephenson‘s seminal 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash, it was a virtual space in which human-controlled avatars interacted online for every conceivable purpose—work, play, entertainment, commerce, friendship, dating, criminality, vice, and espionage—essentially all of the same purposes that the current internet is used for. A virtual reality (VR) extension of […]
read more »Before choosing an imaging and deployment solution, you might want to take a peek under the hood. File-based imaging and sector-based imaging both have their uses. Understanding the differences can help you use the tools most efficiently.
read more »The coming year poses a matrix of complex challenges. The pandemic combined with expected instability around the elections headed into the new year underscore the complexity. In short, technology leadership should plan for the strange times that are certain to have strange outcomes. COVID Management Clearly the pandemic is the foremost consideration across business leadership. […]
read more »I have a reliable habit of looking at innovative electronics as a new device and thinking, “Nice! But not for me.” That’s how I reacted to the BB-8 toy – essentially a real-life version of a movie robot, minus the strong general AI. I’m glad it exists! I think I played with one in a […]
read more »And it’s September. What is there to talk about? The kids are starting to head back to school (depending on your location, perhaps they won’t be), and as Aaron noted in his most recent Enterprise Dish episode (embedded below), we’re nearing the start of a mad rush to get things done before the holidays and […]
read more »As remote work has increased with COVID-19 mandates, flexibility and reliability are top priorities for IT solutions. Since March, I’ve made it a goal to discuss how the landscape is changing for our customers and even our internal IT team here at SmartDeploy. Here’s what I’ve found. Each company has their own unique story about […]
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