War In The Cloud: Where Do You Fit?
So there was some pretty big Cloud news coming out of Microsoft last week. This move from the folks in Redmond was widely expected and considered required by many analysts and technologists, and one we...
View ArticleWhen to Bundle the Network in Cloud Services
So we recently surveyed our enterprise customers and found that when it comes to advice about implementing the cloud, they want to hear from 1. Third party consultants 2. Systems integrators 3....
View ArticleConnecting with Level 3 and Amazon Web Services
In a previous blog post I talked about the role of the network in supporting cloud applications. In that message, I touched upon Saas desktop productivity software and some options for pairing the...
View ArticleHowdy Partner: Introducing Strategic Alliances
By way of a quick intro, my name is Justin Cooper or as my 11 plus years at Level 3 has afforded me: Coop. I am part of our strategic alliances team that works on developing and delivering “best of...
View ArticleThe Healthcare Cloud Confusion: 3 Reasons Why You Should or Shouldn’t Adopt...
I am very much a list person. I love just about any Yahoo or Forbes Top 10 article and Trip Advisor is my favorite travel planning website (which if you don’t use it you really should!). So while doing...
View ArticleGartner IT Expo: Cloud Brokers, Cloud Fatigue and Rethinking IT
Reimagine IT is the theme for Gartner IT Expo down here in Orlando. It’s good timing for the new Level 3, and the Gartner sessions are interesting both from being a tech company trying to understand...
View ArticleEnhance Your Cloud Fu With Self-Bootstrapping Deployments
Is Cloud Fu strong with you and your development teams? Do you and your development teams have Cloud Fu skills worthy to defend your app when moving to the cloud? Historically server/environment...
View ArticleAre We Back to the Dumb Terminal Days?
I’m writing this in Microsoft Word on an iPad. I have a Bluetooth keyboard and am using Word 2010. You might be asking how I’m doing that. Welcome to the Cloud. Without realizing it I’ve got to a place...
View ArticleThe Call Center Blues
Have you ever had a frustrating experiencing when calling your local pharmacy, bank, pizza delivery or home improvement store? I have. Just yesterday, I called my local pharmacy to find out if they...
View ArticleVoice in the Clouds
Don’t tell Mark Taylor, but I enjoy watching linear TV. Call me a creature of habit, but I relish the ritual and simple pleasure of having a set date and time to watch my shows. Thursday nights it’s...
View ArticleConcrete Clouds
I recently read a thought-provoking article written by Carol Wilson about the concerns enterprises face in adopting cloud services. One of the key takeaways: “IT execs fear moving their critical apps...
View ArticleWhy Invest in the Video Cloud?
The pace of change and innovation in the content delivery business is fast. We continue to invest in this area, even as some of our competitors have started signaling that it is not a strategic...
View ArticleThe Cloud is as the Network Does
My first web-based email account was Hotmail back in the late 1990s – not that that’s something to brag about. I downloaded my first song about that time, too. Remember those annoying queues and how...
View ArticleThe Network is the Cloud
You’re probably familiar with the John Gage remark, “The network is the computer.” At Level 3 we often say, “The network is the cloud,” extending Gage’s metaphor by about 30 years. Considering what...
View ArticleWhat does the Biathlon have to do with Content Delivery? And Other Analogies...
With Friday’s Opening Ceremonies, the 22nd Winter Games officially began in Sochi, Russia. If you ignore the various media reports of yellow drinking water, side-by-side toilets, malfunctioning...
View ArticleThe Cloud: Grey Skies Never Looked So Good
It seems with any new technology, there is no shortage of opinions about the best solution for any given challenge. The Cloud is no different. Some purists insist the IT environment can and should...
View ArticleThe Cloud: Where Do We Go From Here?
After years of talking about the Cloud, there finally seems to be a major shift toward Cloud adoption. Previous conversations focused on “if” or “when” a business would move to the Cloud and then...
View ArticleHow Cloud is Transforming the Insurance Industry
In a survey of over 800 CFOs in the US and Europe, Google found that 81 percent of U.S. respondents believe that implementing Cloud technology will improve employee productivity and 71 percent felt...
View ArticleFeeling Insecure About your Cloud Strategy?
The way I see it, the novelty of Cloud computing has given way to practicality. Cloud seems to have taken over the world, from news headlines to IT meetings to the recent introduction of iCloud Drive....
View ArticleAre Enterprises Embracing the Cloud? Results from our 2014 Cloud Adoption Survey
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, the novelty of the Cloud is giving way to practicality. We are seeing more and more customers moving past the hype and begin a more thorough investigation of the...
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