You are ready to migrate to Amazon Web Services, or if you are already on AWS, are you having trouble optimizing for costs? No matter which side of the fence you are on, the AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) is a game changer. The OLA helps you reduce costs on third-party licensing costs by evaluating the on-premise and cloud environments and optimizing the cloud for resource efficiency and costs.

Globally, the cloud computing market will surpass $1 trillion by 2028. If you are about to become a part of this statistic, you want to set yourself up for agility, scalability, high availability, and costs savings with cloud migration. While moving to the cloud helps you leverage technology for several benefits, migration is fraught with complexities and it must be carefully planned to take into consideration the existing infrastructure environment, complexities, and whether those workloads are architected to run the same way on Cloud. It is important to understand the estimated cost of migration, the ROI (Return on Investment) of running those workloads in the Cloud, and more importantly correctly making cost calculations with informed inputs.

For businesses in the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector, competition is stiffer than ever, customer expectations are constantly on the rise, and compliances are evolving and complex. Technology holds the answers to each of these challenges, and more specifically, with managed services, a load of building an internal team is taken out of your hands while an experienced and specialized partner assures technical expertise. A managed service is like a concierge for your enterprise, taking you forward on the path to the promised land of ‘everything-as-a-service.’ And enabling you, as a BFSI business, to focus on your business’s core competencies.

Companies thought migrating to the cloud would give them a competitive edge over others. It appears lucrative because of a promise of low operating costs and higher efficiency. While Cloud technology has unlimited potential, many organizations fail to realize the benefits. An increasing number of organizations found out that migrating to the cloud and maintaining its infrastructure is among their top operating costs. They also face visibility issues as they cannot determine where their cloud budget is going.

This white paper discusses the growth of Office 365, the cost of the platform and the benefits that it can offer to organizations of all sizes. It also discusses the optimal method of enabling security so as to maximize protection against the growing array of security threats that organizations will encounter, while minimizing the total cost of ownership for an Office 365 environment.

The title of this white paper notwithstanding, Osterman Research wants to make it clear at the outset that we believe Microsoft Office 365 to be a robust and capable platform, one that will serve most organisations well. If your organisation is using Office 365, we recommend you continue to do so. If you’re not using it, we recommend you consider it. Microsoft offers a large, varied, and growing number of features and functions in Office 365, and at a wide range of price points that will satisfy a number of different markets.

Learn about the cost savings and business benefits that companies experienced by using Windows Virtual Desktop for their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). This 2020 Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Microsoft and Intel provides a detailed analysis of the return on investment and other outcomes experienced by real customers.

The ways in which we work have changed drastically in recent years. Digital transformation and emerging technologies have brought people together across regions and time zones in ways that weren’t even imaginable a few years ago. And that’s a good thing. Because global disruptions, shifting marketplaces, and other unexpected situations have created a need for flexibility and new ways of working.

The internet is a brewing hotspot for malicious trojans, links and viruses. Users are getting more and more vulnerable as data breaches are happening so frequently, and if this data falls into the wrong hands, private and financial information could be at risk. So, for businesses and individuals alike, protecting sensitive data is critical.

The workplace has been evolving in the last few years with the rising popularity of remote work and co-working spaces, but the global pandemic has really sped the transformation of remote work. Workers need to be productive at home and in the office and everywhere in between. You now also must consider the investments you make in these areas to ensure you optimize the investments to maximize the experience for employees, while minimizing the risk that remote work may bring to your business. Market transitions, external forces like COVID or a market downturn can force you to rethink how your business must change to meet the needs of your employees, your customers, and your shareholders. Those shifts also directly impact every part of the business from HR to IT to Customer Service to your employees.