IT Insights

IT spending grew to an impressive $3.8 trillion in 2019. With 2020 giving enterprises a reality check on remote working, the spending on digital transformation is expected to grow even further. It goes without saying that IT is an integral part of any company, big or small. 

When the stakes are so high, there’s very little room for mistakes. However, we’re all humans and do make mistakes. While every faulty judgment or hasty decision has an underlying lesson, IT professionals should try their best to avoid such pitfalls. Even a small mistake can cause millions worth of damage. 

In recent times, particularly during the pandemic, working remotely has become the new normal. Not only is it a need of the time, but employers have also started acknowledging the benefits of a remote workforce. Some of these include cost elimination of renting a workspace, access to a wider talent pool, and increased productivity.

Furthermore, a better work-life balance also relates to higher employee satisfaction, loyalty and retention. Considering all these advantages, it’s not a surprise that many organizations are volunteering to go remote. However, managing a remote team, particularly a support team, has its own set of challenges. 

The year 2020 can be seen as a major win for cloud infrastructure, even though it has been a tough year socioeconomically. Even before the pandemic, experts predicted that 83 percent of workloads of enterprises would be residing in the cloud by 2020. Now, as more enterprises are going full cloud, they are considering multi-cloud. 

As more people work from home, cloud computing is becoming more of a necessity. For a decade now, companies have been using the cloud for daily activities and communication. As cloud technology evolved over the years, addressing the issues that arose over time, it gave birth to the idea of multi-cloud.  

No one can deny the importance of a proper monitoring system for the effective management of IT infrastructure. You need the most efficient solutions and monitoring tools to optimize performance, make the most out of your resources, and be able to deal with errors and failure conditions. 

While the traditional way of IT monitoring involves the use of reports, it does have certain limitations. Reports are only capable of showing what has already happened, and by the time you analyze, identify trends, and predict any instance of failure, it may be too late to make the right fix. 

This critical gap between the time to report and time to take action can cost you a lot of money. Real-time monitoring helps fill this gap by giving you real-time data, alerts, and notifications so you can take the timely discourse to deal with any issue.