Atum & IT Industry Blog

After working with countless clients, and building custom virtual solutions for numerous businesses, we’ve have started to notice an alarming trend. Division of resources. It seems that a lot of companies come to us for an all-in-one solution because they’ve got their website hosted in the cloud, their CRM hosted onsite, their …

Every now and then, you come to a crossroad where you are forced to reinvent your business lest you hit a proverbial wall. You’re not the only one. Some of the biggest, most successful companies in the world are undergoing a huge reinvention in order to keep up …

Let’s face it – when you’re a small fish in a big pond, there’s often a greater chance of getting eaten before you grow into the biggest fish. Metaphorically speaking. In reality, you face a LOT of obstacles when you’re a startup or small business, so how do …

Do you keep a close eye on your servers…and is it still necessary to do so? We’ve talked to a few businesses over the course of the summer that have experienced serious downtime, outages, information loss and irreparable damage due to this summer’s significant natural disasters. Floods, power …

We’ve been discussing the impact of Cloud Computing on cutting carbon emissions since its inception – but now that cloud services are being fully embraced from individuals to business enterprise, we are really starting to see the overall financial and environmental benefits. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has …

When was the last time you took a summer vacation? If your answer is ‘with my family when I was 13’…you aren’t alone. Many people, with families or without, face a conundrum when it comes to booking vacation from work. Taking any amount of time away from your …

Think of the WORST possible hazard to your business.  Is it… Losing money? Getting beat out by your competitor? Losing customers and large accounts? Coffee machine malfunction? What about…growth? Let me explain. What happens when you outgrow your infrastructure? For example, there may come a time when you will …

This summer, many of our Atum Team members are ‘on the move’ – moving closer to the office, to a newer-flashier location or simply just for a change in scenery. In some cases the process can be exhausting and stressful, worthy of a half-hour special on HGTV. But many times, …

Recently, The Gartner report was released assessing the future of The Cloud industry. They are forecasting that by 2014, the market for Cloud services will be worth 148 Billion dollars worldwide! Increasing by 20% yearly, Cloud services is one of the fastest growing industries and there are no signs …

There is a lot of recent chatter about ‘cloud computing’ and ‘virtualization’ – but has anyone really sat down and explained how Virtualization will change your business model? Virtualization is the most cost-effective, energy efficient and scalable model for future business practices, and here 5 good reasons why! 1. …