This blog will outline the OnX suite of managed IT services and the advantages of working with a managed service provider (MSP). The advantages of OnX managed IT services OnX’s centralized controls consolidate your IT visibility into a single pane of glass and help prevent tool sprawl. Our experienced team provides IT solutions that help […]
Multi-cloud architecture is a proven method for navigating the complexities of modernizing legacy IT systems. However, industry-specific compliance mandates and data privacy regulations can prove more challenging when opting for this style of IT modernization. Read more: Application and infrastructure modernization: the key to digital transformation The benefits of multi-cloud environments Multi-cloud architecture includes multiple […]
An inadequate response to crises can adversely affect a company’s standing with customers. Today’s digital workplace demands a strong communication plan that is developed in advance of any emergencies. The customer experience now includes communications via multiple digital platforms. Landlines are just part of the mix, but customers from a cross-section of society expect the […]
End the vicious circle of security fatigue with third-party-supported cybersecurity services. Managing the totality of an organization’s cybersecurity services makes cybersecurity fatigue a fact of life for today’s IT professionals. Remote and hybrid work has brought about greater reliance on cloud services. Consequently, safeguarding digital assets now comes with additional layers of complexity. An abundance […]
Application rationalization, defined In essence, application rationalization involves reviewing every application and platform in a company’s technology ecosystem and validating their necessity. Following a standardized process allows an organization to inventory and analyze its portfolio and determine whether to remove, replace, retire, consolidate with another app, or modernize each application. The goal is to streamline […]
Why defense in depth and next-gen firewalls matter Morgan Stanley’s September 2023 wealth management report AI and Cybersecurity: A New Era stated that “cybercriminals are using AI to carry out a variety of sophisticated attacks, from data poisoning to deepfakes.” So, what’s the solution? If bad actors are always one step ahead, is it even […]
On this episode of Inside the CISO’S Office, vCISO John Bruggeman converses with Allan Hackney and Jim Studer, each a current consultant and former CIO of several large corporations, including GE, Bank of America, and Univision. They discuss the landscape of legal risk and regulatory compliance surrounding cybersecurity, and how to effectively communicate these pressures […]
Enter Marvis, the virtual network assistant (VNA) from Juniper Mist and 2023 leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant™ for networking. With Marvis, IT teams can use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to proactively alert the network admin of potential issues. Marvis is a 24×7 support “robot” that performs many tasks a Tier 1 customer […]
Many companies have already adopted some of AWS’s numerous cloud service offerings. The challenge for most organizations will be not in adoption, but in streamlining AWS to adapt to existing workflows. As an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner with 80+ unique certifications, the OnX team is profoundly qualified to ensure successful migration projects and cloud-native workloads. […]
App management services in a nutshell Outsourcing is a cost-efficient method of saving time and keeping up with competitors. However, an enterprise should seek providers with the specific expertise and understanding of customer expectations and technology vendor resources. App management services fulfill this need by providing highly scalable, available, and efficient application capabilities. While cutting […]
At first glance, application management services (AMS) might seem overly complicated, but AMS offers a practical, long-term alternative to IT staff augmentation. In contrast, application management services (AMS or managed application services) shift from the task-based, hourly model of staff augmentation to an outcome-based model. AMS firms create service-level agreements (SLAs) based on the specific […]
A third-party managed service provider does not supplant your IT department but transforms every department and adds value throughout your organization. It can also lead to a vital partnership that lets your team shift its focus to innovation. This blog will review the benefits of a managed cloud environment. 1. Cost efficiency Managed cloud saves […]
Initially, application modernization appears to be another item to add to IT’s already substantial list of projects. However, application modernization is a solution that shifts organizational priorities from putting out fires to focusing on mission-critical objectives through cloud computing. Each method of application modernization has its own benefits and quirks. Choosing the proper approach for […]
Most companies are well off in one or two of these categories, but companies must excel in all three to avoid losing data. Types of databases The silo was the predominant database model for many years. In a silo, access is only granted to members of a particular department within an organization. But the advance […]
Key advantages of IT modernization for government Governments worldwide are realizing the advantages of IT modernization through cloud technology. Those benefits include: Cost efficiency and predictable costs. Secure backups and disaster recovery. Continuous access to state-of-the-art technology through cloud providers. High scalability. Modernizing aging legacy applications. Faster deployment of new applications and systems. Advanced security […]
Working with an IT staffing firm can ease the burden of the hiring process each step of the way. From recruiting to onboarding to managed services, specialized consultants conform to the needs of your team. OnX Canada IT Staffing and Consulting helps you bridge the talent gap by offering these services and more. With so […]
Despite organizations’ familiarity with the IBM iSeries, legacy on-premises platforms pose some significant challenges, including: When you partner with an iSeries hosting and managed service provider, you can move your iSeries systems to the cloud where they can be proactively monitored, managed, and backed up. A qualified service provider will also help you develop a […]
Moving from MPLS to SD-WAN: It’s all about the apps The tremendous rise in cloud application usage has significantly impacted the performance of traditional networks like MPLS (multiprotocol label switching). For many years, MPLS networks have proven reliable for branch offices, but they require costly onsite configuration and management. Since the adoption of cloud-based apps […]
Together, OnX Canada and VeloCloud networking experts are traveling across Canada to meet with IT leaders at CIO Summit and Executive Briefing events to discuss the advantages of SD-WAN over the conventional enterprise WAN. During these meetings, we’ve learned from CIOs about the level of expectations within their organizations, and we use our collective expertise […]
OnX UCaaS centralizes all of your collaboration tools on a managed cloud platform, to significantly improve the effectiveness of your teams.
Take the case of a large Canadian privately-owned passenger transportation company. The transportation service provider is a long-time OnX Canada client, which is why they turned to us when it came time to streamline their DR infrastructure that supports more than 4,000 employees in four operating divisions located at numerous sites across Canada. Serious challenges […]
Budget constraints Embracing new technologies and changing behavior always comes with an initial cost. Some companies are hesitant to believe that they need new technology when their old technology has served them well in the past. Therefore, they do not think they will get a positive ROI from migrating to the cloud. However, this is […]
Real-world solution OnX Canada recently aided a client, a national grocery retailer, that serves all 10 Canadian provinces’ food shopping needs. The client acquired a similar large business and needed to realign its organization while still remaining competitive in the marketplace. It was also concerned about upgrading and integrating technology between the businesses and was […]
Let’s discuss two reasons why recruiters play a key role in the IT industry that AI simply cannot match. 1) Recruiters are able to connect with people on a personal level. At its most basic, recruiting is about developing relationships. A relationship not only with the client–but with prospective IT professionals to fill that client’s […]
Because of this complexity, it makes sense that your business partner with an experienced UCaaS provider to ensure that the migration goes smoothly and that the new technology is managed properly after the UCaaS has gone online. Migrating to a UCaaS system consists of three steps: Step 1: Audit of the current communication system When […]
Every industry sector has specific IT requirements, and that means each industry is looking for specialized IT skill sets who are familiar with their ever-changing technology landscape and can meet their strategic business objectives. Acquiring technicians with years of experience can be difficult, so many companies are left with the option of hiring individuals who […]
The movement from conventional WAN to SD-WAN technology The exponential rise in cloud-based application use during the past few years has impacted the performance of the conventional enterprise WAN. With the bandwidth requirements of today’s cloud-based apps such as Microsoft Office 365, HubSpot, and Salesforce, along with a significant portion of the compute and storage […]
1. Get to know your cloud options. Choosing from the top providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft is only the first chapter of your cloud-migration story. At OnX, we recommend that Canadian agencies go with Microsoft’s Azure platform because you can store data on Canadian data centers, as required by privacy regulations. Moreover, Microsoft technology […]
Speed is another of the core attractions of the Azure cloud because operations can be standardized and you don’t have to buy and install hardware. In theory, transitioning to Azure is a speedy process. In reality, making the transition to Azure can be long and tedious if you don’t think everything through. For more information, […]
But an inevitable challenge always arises with any mature technology: Do you have the right skill sets to support it? Today’s college graduates have not learned about sunset technologies, and when the person who maintains your older systems decides to leave or retire, what can your organization do? Many companies will try to replace that […]
Level One of Dual-Speed IT involves a continuous, steady acceleration to support the stability of the organization and operational needs of the core business. This level is internally focused – the traditional enterprise IT that companies like OnX have worked with for many years, designing systems that promote scale and provide availability for their mission […]
So after completing your research, if you decide Splunk Enterprise Security is the right solution, then you must determine how to get Splunk up and running quickly with the limited time available from your IT staff? Enter the OnX Security Intelligence Appliance. OnX has developed the appliance in partnership with Splunk and Cisco to address […]
How best to optimize your IT security patching? It can be useful to first break down patches between those that address functionality or incorrect code in an application/OS, and those which address security. The first requires an understanding of how the applications and operating systems work in concert and, therefore, what new code enhancements may […]
CREDIT UNION GOES TO MANAGED CLOUD FOR TIGHTER SECURITY AND ZERO DATA FOOTPRINT Read the Case Study I like to look at an IT disaster recovery model like the OSI model for networking. At the bottom of the model layers 1-3 would be traditional backups. The middle layers 4-5 would be storage array replication. This […]
What IS surprising? Why such mature elements, like IT disaster recovery and business continuity, that are so critical to the continuity of business operations and revenues – and in some instances the overall survival of the business – are in such a sorry state? There are not volumes written on these topics which you can […]
Deploy the application to the users Let’s start with a web application deployed on a single virtual instance. Most cloud providers will auto assign a public IP from a shared pool. Traffic to these IPs are considered unfiltered without any logical isolation of traffic. Firewalls and Filtering Depending on your cloud provider the features provided […]
2014 is a year where we saw an organizational shift—where companies moved towards being ‘always on’ to serve the connected customer. With the proliferation of mobile devices and content delivery portals, it should not be surprising the year also saw escalated efforts by companies to connect with that consumer. As the needs of businesses and […]
EMC Isilon scale-out Data Lake further extends its leadership as an ideal platform to store, manage and protect unstructured data efficiently while supporting a wide range of applications and workloads. Key advantages of EMC Isilon include: Together, OnX and EMC provide scaled-out storage, a unified analytics platform and development tools that make a massive difference […]
Set Long-term Goals for Managing and Analyzing Data in Real Time Once your organization has agreed upon the ultimate goals for transforming care under the population health management model, you’ll need to answer a few key questions about data: What data do we need? Where is this data? How should it be collected? How should […]
One of the keys to making the volume-to-value-based transition is an organization’s ability to use their data to make decisions. For years, healthcare organizations have been leveraging data warehouse technologies using structured data for retrospective decision making. The challenge now is incorporating unstructured, semi-structured, and machine generated data – like nursing and physician notes, written […]
Everything went well and I was proud that I was able to fix such a complicated gear system without having to pay an expensive expert. We had several nice days of boating during July, but on the fourth trip out the engine alarm went off due to overheating. I was dead in the water and […]
This change is also driving change in the governance structure of the IT organizations I meet with. CIO’s are looking for IT Service Management experience in their employees and partners. There’s more time spent on the relationship with a supplier instead of just commodity pricing. Governance meetings are driven by metrics and dashboards, not change […]
Disk-based backups bring new performance potential to a backup environment. Tape-based backups are not only limited by the speed of the tape, but in many ways they are limited by the capabilities of the media itself. The IT staff has had to juggle between “multiplexing” multiple jobs to a tape to reduce the backup window […]
So what can these managers do to get a handle on the situation and create an environment that not only supports the issues of today but provides for future growth and requirements? OnX has developed a process for doing just this! It is a four stage process that can transform the storage environment from what […]
“Having our data backed up and available at all times is critical to our operations,” says Ivo Mokros, Director of IT Operations and Chief Architect at Canadian Blood Services. “We can’t function if we don’t have access to the records relating to our supply. The data we store also needs to be very secure. We […]