Recently we shared our report “Striking the right balance - The 2021 IT Professionals Cloud Native Engagement Report”. If you haven’t already downloaded that report, I’d encourage you to do so as...
After the year we have had who’s to say what 2021 will hold? 2020 threw up a lot of challenges in terms of supporting remote secure networking, so let’s take a look at 5 of the key enterprise...
Two of the most talked about subjects are Cloud and COVID - not to mention how intrinsically linked they are so I won’t waste time on reiterating the last 8 or 9 months of messaging and telling...
Key acquisition shows Secure Access Service Edge moving from niche concept to mainstream model. In January we predicted that Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) would become mainstream during 2020...
Earlier this year we looked at the top 5 trends redefining enterprise networking in 2020. With the rise of the perimeter-less workplace, it’s clear that a greater convergence of network and...
Recently a quick check of the internet led me to discover I fit into the category of millennials. Something which truthfully came as a little bit of a surprise; until that is, discussing the way I...
When starting with public cloud services in an organisation, the first conversations normally take place at a strategic level and are based around shifting from a CapEx to OpEx cost model. This is...
The direction of travel for IT infrastructure is undoubtedly - and quite rightly - towards automating as much as possible of deployment and maintenance. Automation is the driver towards real...
At the top of the year, Mike set out the challenges and opportunities we're all facing in 2018. More than a month in already, and I wanted to talk about the exciting ways Ideal is rising to meet...
This year's going to be an exciting one for Ideal as we expand our managed services portfolio and grow our cloud offering and expertise. We already apply best-practice security across our core...
We've looked before at how the public cloud, for all its benefits, isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. From concerns about data security and sovereignty, to my own thoughts about the challenge...