GI Partners acquired a majority interest in Blue Stream from Twin Point Capital.

Considering the state of the world right now, I think it’s the perfect time to envision the way we want our futures to look once COVID-19 is safely behind us.

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, we find ourselves impacted in ways we have not previously considered. Dealing with new challenges has pushed everyone out of their comfort zones and forced us to reconsider what is actually essential.

When staying home is the best solution to saving lives, business leaders and investors must ramp up efforts to make working from home more collaborative and safer from a technology perspective.

On May 7 ShareGate will host Deploy, a full-day, virtual event aimed at helping cloud professionals better understand and implement Microsoft Azure governance best practices.

As a result of COVID-19, we have to broaden our definition of disaster preparedness to include events that might not impact the physical world or our facilities but that still leave us operating in a changed environment — one that requires rapid responses and flexibility.

Many organizations have a forcing function that moves them to the cloud. While a forcing function is helpful to get buy-in across teams for the move, it can result in a less than ideal transition to the cloud.

As we enter the 2020s, recent advancements in cloud technology have ushered in what may be considered the third cloud age.

Why would one want to risk security, time, and effort to source and integrate different services from various providers? The answers to these questions lie in the notion that organizations are willing to adopt best-of-breed applications rather than settle for mediocrity from a single provider in the name of uniformity.

Aircuity is continuing to innovate and has exciting new products and platform enhancements planned for release this year. A few of these items include a new mobile app, a refreshed UI analytics platform, and new and improved sensor technologies.