As of January 2022, iland is now 11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider at the forefront of cloud, connectivity, and security. As a legacy iland.com blog post, this article likely contains information that is no longer relevant. For the most up-to-date product information and resources, or if you have further questions, please refer to…
Date: October 24, 2017 Author: Pete Benoit Editor’s Note: As of January 2022, iland is now 11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider at the forefront of cloud, connectivity, and security. As a legacy iland.com blog post, this article likely contains information that is no longer relevant. For the most up-to-date product information and resources,…
It often comes as a shock to new hires at iland that we do not, as a rule, welcome a lot of puns about.. well.. islands. No palm tree graphics. No “iland in the stream” references. It’s sort of sad – because initially, that’s all your brain produces: island puns. But, with more than a…
To continue with my hard-learned lessons that not all clouds are the same, I’m back to report on another feature that I was shocked to find absent in Microsoft’s Azure cloud: remote console access. As in my prior blog post about Azure’s lack of large disk support, this post follows the adventures of a friend of…
Not so long ago it seemed that the discussion of cloud within the walls of the IT department at many an organization was a big “don’t go there”. Cloud was a menacing ogre that once it got its wart-ridden hands into your IT world, your job was going bye-bye. When it came to conversations about…
When most people think about the cloud, they initially think of reducing cost and shortening their time-to-market. More experienced buyers layer on other criteria like performance, security, compliance, workload segmentation, and how to integrate the cloud into their existing environment. The shape of your global cloud footprint; however, is an equally important consideration. Below are…
