Switch Communications
Reducing IT fire-fighting and improving business agility
Too much time spent fighting fires of maintenance and support and not enough time solving the underlying issues
Good leadership, excellent process/automation and solid training essential to reduce risk
If the tech don’t fit, you must convict
Too many vendors make claims that they don’t need to make -- claims which are wrong or at best, a bit of a reach, writes Mark Thiele of Switch Communications.
Open source IT vs commercial IT: What’s your call?
Should an organization pursue a “crowd sourced” solution or use a service or buy a packaged solution? Mark Thiele looks at the pitfalls, risks and rewards of both paths.
Challenges ahead for Malaysia's data center aspirations
Malaysia is in a position to take advantage of significant opportunities in the data center arena, but these opportunities also come with much risk, says Mark Thiele, senior vice president of Data Centre Tech at Switch Communications.