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If enterprises are going to execute exceptional workload performance and IT services in today’s rapidly evolving landscape, there is a growing need to refresh legacy data center infrastructure used to run virtual machines (VMs).

GUEST OPINION: Ask any IT manager or CIO to name their top workplace concerns, and it’s highly likely one will center around complexity.

GUEST OPINION by Leon Adato, Head Geek, SolarWinds: Although they can be seen as one of the most change-adverse industries known to man, the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector has adapted surprisingly well to the pandemic. As things worsened last year, some of the larger banks took decisive measures to provide devices and remote work arrangements, to safeguard employees and retain operational capability.

Once upon a time, a remote worker was a small number of people, most likely sales, who primarily operated on the road instead of one of your company offices. Today, remote working is a convenient and productive option - even a necessary one during a pandemic - for individual workers and the wider business. Yet, building a high-performing cohesive team is more challenging in this environment. Here are some options to tackle it.

GUEST OPINION by Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Architect at ThousandEyes:  Over the past year, we’ve seen a sharp rise in the number of high-profile Australian CEOs promoting their digital and IT teams’ work.

Best practices for security have not kept pace with IT teams still treating mobile security separately to overall enterprise security practices, according to US wireless provider Verizon, which warns that mobile devices are the biggest enterprise security threat, but have not been prioritised by the IT teams.

Cloud visibility and analytics provider Gigamon has announced its latest Gigamon Hawk technical integration with the intelligence-led security company FireEye.

GUEST OPINION by Kathryn Ramanathan, ANZ Channel and Distribution Manager, Cohesity:  As Australian organisations recover from the disruptions of the past 12 months and make fresh plans for the year ahead, many are seeking ways to improve the performance and flexibility of their IT departments.

SPONSORED NEWS. As IT environments become increasingly complex, a growing number of enterprises are turning to artificial intelligence to enable autonomous operations, boost innovation, and offer new modes of customer engagement.