Not all cloud service propositions are the same, warns one Irish provider, which means businesses need to be clear about the options they choose. – Ian Campbell reports When the Hibernia Evros Technology Group took the decision to launch Digital Planet as a separate division, it made clear its belief that the emerging cloud market […]
With so many providers offering the “most reliable”, “cheapest” and “best service” around, it’s a pretty competitive market, right? In reality it’s not. Online Backup services require minimal capital (less than €1,000) to get up and running as a white label reseller, and I suspect that there are a fair few seat-of-the-pants operations going on. […]
What is SIEM and why do I need it? SIEM stands for Security Incident and Event Management. SIEM technology provides real-time collection, analysis and alerting against logs generated by hardware and applications. Digital Planet combines this with configuration and asset collection on devices providing alerting and reporting on security events and policy violations including records […]
In recent years we have borne witness to many huge advancements in technology; from the growth of the internet, e-commerce and social media, to the advent and adoption of cloud computing. Along with this we have seen the veritable explosion of various ‘cloud services’ on offer to both business and home users. In the next […]
Brian Larkin recently gave his take on emerging trends at the Demystifying The Cloud Conference in the RDS. The topic at hand was “Is widespread adoption of cloud architectures accelerating the end of Managed Services”. Rather than viewing it as the end of the line, he offered that “the next 5-10 years will see the […]
Brian Larkin will be speaking at the upcoming Managed Services Ireland event – Demystifying the cloud: – From Hype to Reality. The conference is FREE to attend and will be held at the RDS in Dublin on 5 & 6 November 2013. Information The worlds of outsourcing, hosting, managed services and cloud continue to converge, bringing […]
10 Reasons to look at Cloud Computing Reason 1: Performance Performance of critical systems is a key concern for any IT manager or director and perceived performance can be affected by actual system performance and also by connectivity. We can guarantee server performance levels through reservations of compute resources (or even through provision of dedicated […]
Digital Planet’s operations director Brian Larkin on why Cloud Computing needs to be better understood.
It’s just over 3 years now since Cloud Computing became the most popular topic of conversation in the IT, and to a certain extent the business world. The promise that Cloud Computing offered in the early days of freedom from the traditional IT room is now recognised by the market as being correct and […]
“Which Cloud is right for you?” TechFire, the second of ComputerScope’s new focused briefings for IT professionals, was held on 19 June in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin. It was sponsored by Evros Technology Group in partnership with Interxion. The topic of Cloud continues to gain traction in media, however the discussion increasingly moves further up the priority list […]
Following on from our previous post, “Concerning Cloud Security“, We asked our consultants a number of questions, to address some of the concerns there might be in regards to using a cloud hosting solution. If you have additional questions you want addressed, please feel free to post a comment below, contact us on 1890 911 211 or […]
With the cloud expanding rapidly, in Ireland and abroad, it starts to become interesting to see what current and potential cloud users consider as being the prohibiting factors for moving company data into a cloud or hosting environment. For the sake of eliminating confusion, I’m for the purpose of this topic, merging cloud and hosting […]
Moving to a cloud solution – Cloud Eligibility Assessment Digital Planet will offer a free cloud eligibility assessment of your environment for a Cloud Solution. Our key differentiator at Digital Planet is that we are technology consultants first. Once we have assessed that your environment meets best practice Cloud criteria and we conclude that your […]
Meet our services series: Cloud Consulting To be fully effective, Cloud Computing should be fully integrated into your company’s overall IT Strategy. At Digital Planet our 6-step approach mirrors industry-proven best practice, as shown below: Digital Planet, with its large pool of Cloud Services Consultants will be with you at every step of your journey into […]
Understanding IT At its core, Cloud Computing is a simple concept that is made up of many existing technologies and approaches that are probably already familiar to you. Unlike other significant advances in computing, Cloud is not concerned with providing new and specialised technology, but in providing a new way for you to access and […]
It can at times be difficult for IT departments and CIOs to keep up with new technologies, as they have to consider budgets, user impact and timelines. It is simply not realistic to keep upgrading hardware and software constantly. In an ideal World, moving at the same pace as technology would make sure that the […]
Experience Our parent Company, Evros Technology Group has been designing, implementing and supporting enterprise computing solutions since 1988. We are following their proud tradition of business focused technical innovation and you can be sure that we only introduce services that we are confident will deliver real benefits to our customers. Expert Staff Digital Planet, as […]
