The industry inundates customers with this concept of Cloud Maturity and/or Cloud Readiness. But what does this really mean? Many “cloud enabled” companies believe being cloud mature means a customer is using their software package but in another compute...
While at Microsoft, I spent time supporting several Windows versions and the management tools available to deploy and manage the desktop. At one point, I was even certified in MS System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) which today is the most widely used tool to...
“Don’t be Kodak!” This is a phrase I’ve used in many cloud presentations for years. The meaning is that at one point Kodak was the main player in the camera/film industry but once digital came along, they did not move fast enough to keep up with the market. By the...
People often ask me, “What question are you asked most frequently?” Aside from, “Are you related to the Bob Ballard that found the Titanic?” that one question keeps resurfacing regardless of the technology and platform. It has a few forms, but they all translate back...
Unlike commercial or education customers, government customers have certain certifications such as CJIS and IRS1075 that need to be adhered to in order to be in compliance with the federal government data mandates. For many government IT organizations fear,...
