Article

Integrating Citrix Gateway Applications Within Okta

Article

Enhancing MLOps with Azure Machine Learning

Demo

Secure Service Provisioning Automation with Ansible Tower, vCenter, HashiCorp Vault, and Cisco ASA/ACI

Demo: Integrating Cisco DNA Center with ServiceNow

Podcast

Looking AHEAD Podcast with Cohesity CEO Mohit Aron – The Power of Data Management

Research & Whitepapers

Securing the Single Biggest Threat to Healthcare IT: IoHT & Connected Medical Devices

Article

AWS Connectivity Options – Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

Article

A Step-by-Step Guide to Building and Deploying Google Cloud Functions

Research & Whitepapers

Cloud @Scale Playbook

Aligning to the topics covered during our Cloud @Scale Summit, this playbook reviews best practices and frameworks to help organize your evolving cloud strategy.

Research & Whitepapers

Azure Maturity Model

Article

FireEye and SolarWinds Attacked – What it Means for You

Article

21 Enterprise Tech Predictions for 2021

Article

Cloud @ Scale Summit – Now On Demand

Article

3 AWS Programs That Unlock Cloud Cost Savings

Demo

AHEAD Healthcare Incubator: Centralized Communications and Improved Patient Care with eHuddleboards

Article

Solving for 2021’s Biggest Cloud Challenges

Demo

Track Resource Usage and Costs with Auto-Tagging in AWS

Article

Healthcare Spotlight: How Modern Applications Facilitate Engagement in a Digital-First World

Videos & Webinars

IT & App Modernization with the VMware Tanzu Portfolio

Podcast

CloudSkills.fm Podcast: Azure Networking and Security with AHEAD’s Derek Smith

Demo

Automation Hub Demo: Provisioning EKS Clusters on AWS

Videos & Webinars

Healthcare Digital Transformation in a Multicloud World Featuring Dell Technologies

Article

The Latest VMware Product Updates: vSphere, vSAN, VCF, and Tanzu

Videos & Webinars

Looking AHEAD Podcast Remix Edition

Article

VMware Tanzu Part 2: Your Application Modernization Super Center

Article

Serverless and Containers for Modern Applications – Not an Either/Or Choice

Demo

Squeeze More Efficiency from GCP with AHEAD Automation Hub

Videos & Webinars

Community Mindshare: Modernizing Applications with VMware Tanzu

Demo

Demo: Dell EMC PowerStore X User Interface

Videos & Webinars

Looking AHEAD Podcast: Episode 5 with HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet

Videos & Webinars

Unlocking The Public Cloud Operating Model with HashiCorp

Demo

Automation Hub: Environment on Demand

Videos & Webinars

Looking AHEAD Podcast: Episode 4 with VAST Data CEO Renen Hallak

Article

Solving for Today’s Most Threatening Medical Device Security Challenges

Videos & Webinars

Integrating Data Protection into ServiceNow with Dell Avamar

Videos & Webinars

Get Ready for the Next Wave of Digital with Modern Applications

Article

Modern Applications and Platforms with VMware Tanzu: Part 1, What is Tanzu?

Research & Whitepapers

The State of Modern Applications in the Enterprise

Read our 2020 report offering an assessment of where enterprises are on their journey to modern applications.

Videos & Webinars

Looking AHEAD Video Podcast: Episode 3 with VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger

Looking AHEAD with Eric Kaplan is a podcast series exploring the future of technology with today's most influential tech leaders. Our third episode features VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger.

Videos & Webinars

Delivering Multicloud Apps with Cisco Connected Experiences

Videos & Webinars

Looking AHEAD Video Podcast: Episode 2, Featuring Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins

Looking AHEAD with Eric Kaplan is a podcast series exploring the future of technology with today's most influential tech leaders. Our second episode features Cisco chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins.

Videos & Webinars

Getting the Most from Your Data with Yankees Pitcher Adam Ottavino

Videos & Webinars

Looking AHEAD Video Podcast: Episode 1, Featuring Michael Dell

Introducing our new podcast, Looking AHEAD with Eric Kaplan. In this series, Eric explores the future of technology with today's most influential tech leaders. Our first guest is Dell Technologies founder, chairman, and CEO Michael Dell.

Article

Dan Burkland talks Performance Monitoring with NetApp ONTAP

Demo

Simplified Computing Anywhere with Cisco HyperFlex & Intersight

Videos & Webinars

Tackling the Toughest Problem in Healthcare IT Security: Medical Devices

Article

Deeper Infrastructure Visibility Through AIOps with AppDynamics and ServiceNow Integration

Article

The 4 Cornerstones of an Unbreakable Intelligent Operations Foundation

Videos & Webinars

Security Automation: What’s Possible?

Infographic

Infographic: The Five Drivers of Edge Computing

Research & Whitepapers

How Do You Avoid Security Missteps and Runaway Costs Within Your Azure Environment?

Download AHEAD’s Azure Governance Framework

Videos & Webinars

Digital Literacy: COVID-19 Report Card

Research & Whitepapers

Cutting Costs while Driving Innovation: How ELAs Can Create Financial Clarity

Get a full financial picture for your future infrastructure needs

Videos & Webinars

Bridging the Cloud Skills Gap

Demo

Demos: Dell EMC PowerStore and PowerStore X User Interface

Article

Tips for Delivering Quality Video Meetings Every Time

Demo

Demo: Dell PowerMax Use Cases and Capabilities

Videos & Webinars

Connect AHEAD: Cloud Operational Efficiency with Automation Hub

Research & Whitepapers

Optimize Your AWS Cloud While Clearing the Hurdles of Security and Cost

Download the AHEAD AWS Security & Cost Optimization Guide

Article

PowerStore: The Future of Dell EMC Midrange Storage

Framework

Break Down Operational Barriers With a Cloud Community of Excellence

Demo

Demo: Integrating Data Protection into ServiceNow

Article

Top Features from VMware’s NSX-T 3.0 Release

Videos & Webinars

Edge Computing in Today’s Cloud World

As a strategic complement to the cloud, edge computing reduces latency and drives performance. Explore the basics of edge computing and why edge and cloud are better together.

Case Study

Revealing the Blind Spots in IT Infrastructure Spend

Article

An Intro to the New NIST Privacy Framework

Article

Break Free of Siloed IT: Tool Integration and Automation Using ServiceNow

Videos & Webinars

Connect AHEAD – Ransomware & Cyber Protection Maturity

Article

Gimme Five: The Promise of AI in Healthcare

Demo

Intelligent Ops Hub: Demo of Root Cause Analysis

Article

Prove the Business Value of IT Services with Full IT Financial Transparency

Demo

Emergency Response Management with ServiceNow

Infographic

Infographic: 6 Steps to Digital Transformation Success

Article

Tune Up Your ITSM Approach With Three Low-Cost Steps

Article

Gimme Five: An Interview with Paddy Padmanabhan on the State of Digital Transformation in Healthcare

Framework

A Framework for Enterprise Cloud Automation

Framework

A Framework for Your Digital Transformation Office

Article

It’s Time to Finally Retire Your Mainframe, Here’s Why

Demo

Demo: Introducing AHEAD Automation Hub

If your organization takes far too long to prepare dev environments, experiences inconsistent server builds, or desires an AWS or Azure-like control plane, check out this combination demo and presentation on AHEAD’s Automation Hub. 

Article

COVID-19 Vendor Response: Remote Work and End-User Computing Resources

Demo

Demo: Extending HashiCorp Vault Using Replication

Article

Remote Work IT Preparedness Checklist for Enterprises

Article

Top Takeaways From VMware’s App Modernization in a Multi-Cloud World Event

Article

By The Numbers: 9 Stats That Illustrate the Growth and Value of DevOps

Article

3 Public Cloud Lessons for Healthcare Systems

Research & Whitepapers

Emerging Technologies in Healthcare

Article

5 Key Findings From the State of Enterprise Digital Transformation 2020 Report

The top findings from AHEAD's State of Digital Transformation 2020 Study.

Research & Whitepapers

State of Enterprise Digital Transformation 2020

Download our report to see why enterprises undergo transformation, how infrastructure affects transformation, and the six drivers of a successful digital transformation.

Article

5 Things You Should Know About Enterprise Network Automation

Streamlining operations across devices, while keeping costs down, is nearly impossible without automation Learn insights to get your network automation up and running.

Research & Whitepapers

Three Steps to Healthcare IT Transformation

Article

Achieving Organizational Change Through Scaled DevOps

Tim Curless explores how devops can impact business, culture, and operations.

Case Study

Healthcare Success Story: Improving Diagnostic Accuracy and Quality of Care

Article

How to Overcome Common Setbacks on the Journey Toward Automation

Demo

Cisco Network Automation through ServiceNow and Ansible

Article

Tech We’re Watching: The Power of Dell’s PowerOne

Article

AWS re:Invent 2019: The 9 Most Impactful Announcements

Article

Gimme Five: Industry Veteran and Advisor Rick Roy on Delivering Better Software, Faster

Tech Brief

A Deeper Dive into AWS Tag Enforcement with Tagging Policies

Article

Azure Synapse Analytics: The Service Formerly Known as SQL Data Warehouse

Tech Brief

Track Your AWS Spend with Tag Enforcement: Service Control Policies and CloudFormation for Cost Reporting

Case Study

Delivering Better Customer Service with AWS WorkSpaces

Article

Gimme Five: Industry Veteran and Advisor Rick Roy on the Role of IT Innovation

Article

Data Landscape Modernization: Make Your Cloud Work Smarter, Better, Faster, Stronger

Article

Gimme Five: Industry Veteran and Advisor Rick Roy on the Role of Infrastructure in IT Success

Article

Azure Expands Management Capabilities with New Azure Arc

Article

Gimme Five: Veteran CIO and AHEAD Executive Advisor Rick Roy on Digital Transformation

Rick Roy discusses what digital transformation truly means for enterprises and how CIOs can deliver successful transformations.

Case Study

Responding to Shifting Markets with AWS

Increasing marketplace agility by migrating to AWS

Case Study

Global Connectivity and Long-Term Cost Savings with AWS WorkSpaces

Efficient, scalable service with improved agility, user experience, and service adoption

Article

Are You Overlooking These 3 Crucial Steps to Digital Transformation?

Every phase of a digital transformation is an important consideration. Make sure you're not skipping these three key steps.

Article

Automating Clean and Cost-Efficient AWS WorkSpaces Environments

Automatically terminating unused WorkSpaces can provide cost savings and keep WorkSpaces environments clean.

Article

Vanessa Williams Joins Forces with AHEAD to Celebrate Diversity and Inclusion

The first annual AHEAD in Motion event brought together three speakers to share their inspirational stories.

Article

How to Clear the Top 3 Security Hurdles to Successful Cloud Adoption

Learn how to reap the benefits of the cloud while staying secure.

Case Study

Filling a DR Gap with VMC on AWS

A scalable DR solution with a single pane view and unified management capabilities

Videos & Webinars

How Public Cloud is Advancing Digital Transformation in Healthcare

The healthcare field is now at the forefront of public cloud adoption

Article

Three Pillars of Enterprise Monitoring

Monitoring is not a single catch-all; it breaks down into three distinct areas. Read about them here.

Article

Gimme Five: The State of Containers with Tim Curless

Solutions Principal Tim Curless gives his take on the current and future state of containers.

Demo

Autoscaling with AppDynamics, ServiceNow, and vRA

A demonstration of how to proactively handle spikes in load without user intervention

Research & Whitepapers

VMware Cloud on AWS Guide

Check out our seven-chapter technical guide on how to successfully adopt VMC on AWS.

Article

Serverless Deployment of VMware Cloud on AWS

AHEAD Solutions Principal Eric Shanks walks through the design and decision-making process for using automation to provision VMC in our lab.

Research & Whitepapers

A Guide to Integrated Security

Learn how to take a holistic approach to securing all aspects of your IT environment using an Integrated Security Lifecycle.

Case Study

Facilitating Growth by Migrating to AWS

International insurance brokerage is positioned for quicker market growth

Article

Gimme Five: Bridging the Cloud Skills Gap With John Cole

AHEAD's John Cole responded to five questions on the cloud skills gap organizations are facing. Here's his take in AHEAD's newest series, "Gimme Five."

Article

How Public Cloud is Advancing Digital Transformation in Healthcare

Read how healthcare business management and care delivery needs are driving public cloud adoption in healthcare I.T.

Research & Whitepapers

A Guide to Relentless Automation

Learn how automation can be deployed across key zones in your environment to improve speed, cost, and efficiency.

Research & Whitepapers

A Guide to Scaled DevOps

Get a detailed look at the use cases, outcomes, and keys to success when instituting DevOps across the enterprise.

Research & Whitepapers

A Guide to Intelligent Operations

Learn about the challenges of monitoring today's digital environment and the impact that Intelligent Operations can make.

Demo

HashiCorp Consul Demo

Explore service discovery with HashiCorp's Consul with a three-tier application example

Demo

Commvault Command Center Demo

A review of the CommVault Command Center HTML5 client for administration and reporting on your CommVault environment

Research & Whitepapers

Securing the Public Cloud

Learn best practices for securing an IaaS public cloud

Article

Sharpen Your Business Intelligence Blade

Managing and monitoring your digital infrastructure doesn't have to painful. There are steps you can take to give your operational intelligence an edge.

Demo

vRA and ServiceNow Integration

A demonstration of new capabilities between the vRealize Automation 7.5 ITSM 5.0 Plugin and ServiceNow

Demo

VxRail 4.7.100 Update

A demo of the new VxRail vCenter plugin and how you can now manage VxRail directly through VMware vCenter

Demo

AHEAD CoPilot Overview and Demo

An overview and demonstration of AHEAD CoPilot, our cloud optimization and governance platform

Demo

S.O.A.R. with Carbon Black Defense, Splunk, and ServiceNow

Security Orchestration and Automated Response Demo

Videos & Webinars

HashiCorp Vault Operational Intelligence

A showcase of how insightful data can help show the business value of HashiCorp Vault

Videos & Webinars

Designing High Availability for HashiCorp Vault in AWS

Learn how to design high availability for Vault in an AWS environment

Videos & Webinars

Staying DRY Using Terraform Workspaces with GitLab-CI

A CI/CD workflow featuring Terraform Workspaces and GitLab-CI

Videos & Webinars

Simplifying Secrets Management in the Public Cloud

Learn how to manage multi-cloud security with one centralized secrets management tool

Article

The Risks of Multi-Cloud Outweigh the Benefits

Why it's best to get just one cloud up and optimized before thinking about multi-cloud

Tech Brief

VMware Cloud on AWS: Configuring HCX on NSX-T SDDC With Direct Connect

A demonstration of how to configure HCX on VMC NSX-T SDDC with Direct Connect

Research & Whitepapers

Software Defined Networking with VMware NSX

A platform overview, use cases, and how it can benefit your business

Tech Brief

Using HashiCorp Terraform with AWS and Chef

How using HashiCorp Terraform with AWS and Chef can help you streamline and standardize your infrastructure

Videos & Webinars

HashiCorp Vault Engineering Training

A training on HashiCorp Vault from a technical perspective and an overview of the use cases

Research & Whitepapers

Accelerate Your Business With DevOps

Learn about what constitutes a modern DevOps practice and how to implement one in your business

Tech Brief

VMware Cloud on AWS: Add-On Capabilities

An in-depth discussion of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

Tech Brief

HashiCorp Consul + Puppet: Better Together

HashiCorp and Puppet can provide a better experience through multiple means

Tech Brief

Developing Custom Dashboards in Azure

Learn the ins and outs of Azure Dashboard templates, as well as helpful features

Tech Brief

VMware Cloud on AWS: Interoperability With AWS

Learn about the use cases that are best suited for VMware Cloud on AWS or native AWS Services

Article

AHEAD’s 2019 Tech Predictions

2019 could shape up to be a turning point for enterprises in accelerating their digital transformation efforts

Article

AHEAD’s 2018 Year in Tech Review

2018 was a game-changing year for enterprise IT and was chock-full of tech surprises—both good and bad

Research & Whitepapers

Predictive IT: Use AI to Deliver Exceptional Experiences

Predict outages, protect business revenue and deliver exceptional customer experiences

Videos & Webinars

When is VMware Cloud on AWS Right for You?

Think through your approach to application transition, operational inconsistencies and incongruent networks and gain insights

Tech Brief

6 Use Cases for VMware Cloud on AWS

The benefits of VMware Cloud on AWS and how it can help your enterprise bridge the gap between data center and cloud

Tech Brief

Simplifying Your AWS Network Architecture with Transit Gateway

AWS Transit Gateway will dramatically simplify cloud operating models

Tech Brief

Using AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection

Implementing AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection as part of your AWS Operations will make it even more powerful.

Tech Brief

How to Leverage HashiCorp Terraform Remote State

Terraform can play an important role in the actual provisioning of your resources

Research & Whitepapers

AI for IT: Preventing Outages With Predictive Analytics

AI and machine learning can transform your IT operations

Research & Whitepapers

The 5 Stages of DevOps Evolution: A Guide for CIOs

The stages and recommendations for how to set your teams on the right path

Article

HashiCorp + Puppet: Better Together

These enterprise-ready tools actually complement–and not replace–one another

Tech Brief

How to Upgrade to vRA 7.5

A quick rundown on the upgrade process from 7.4 to 7.5

Videos & Webinars

Three Ways to Jump Start Your DevOps Practice

AHEAD Senior DevOps Engineer Tim Curless discusses cloud-first DevOps strategies and tools

Research & Whitepapers

Who Can Benefit from VMC on AWS? And How?

This guide identifies the best business cases for VMC on AWS in order to save money and simplify operations

Article

Four Critical KPIs for Securing Your IT Environment

Four KPIs to help navigate cybersecurity and reduce the anxiety of possible of cyber attacks

Article

Ignite 2018: Highlights From Microsoft’s Flagship Conference

An overview of an AHEADian's Ignite experience and highlights

Tech Brief

HashiCorp Vault Hardening and Compliance Using Chef InSpec

Look at an example InSpec profile for Vault that mimics common controls

Demo

CoPilot Security and Compliance

A walkthrough of the Security and Compliance features of CoPilot

Demo

CoPilot Cost and Inventory Management

A walkthrough of the Cost and Inventory Management features of CoPilot

Case Study

Improved Day 2 Operations on AWS

Creating a More Predictable, Secure, and Responsive Public Cloud

Case Study

Digital Transformation on Azure

Delivering a standardized, secure, and scalable analytics offering using Azure.

Demo

Managing Risks and Controls in Your Environment with ServiceNow

A demonstration of governance, risk, and compliance in the ServiceNow platform

Tech Brief

Designing High Availability for HashiCorp Vault in AWS

HashiCorp Vault can help strengthen security and compliance posture for your public cloud

Research & Whitepapers

Are You Getting The Most Out of AppDynamics?

Download AHEAD’s APM Maturity Model

Videos & Webinars

Introducing The AHEAD Security Practice

Watch this brief video describing AHEAD's Security & Risk Practice

Demo

Vulnerability Response with ServiceNow

A demonstration of threat intelligence management on the ServiceNow platform

Research & Whitepapers

2018 State of DevOps Report

The State of DevOps Report is the longest standing, most widely referenced and largest body of DevOps research

Demo

Security Incident Response with ServiceNow

A demonstration of security incident and vulnerability response on the ServiceNow Platform

Tech Brief

From Zero to Cloud in Minutes: Let’s Take a Vote

It can be easier than you may realize to get from zero to the cloud

Article

5 Critical Success Factors for the Journey to the Public Cloud

AHEAD CTO Eric Kaplan shares his tips for cloud migration success

Research & Whitepapers

Cloud Adoption White Paper

It is clear that the cloud model is not about just one cloud but the ability to embrace multiple clouds

Article

Nutanix AHV: From Trojan Horse to Flagship Feature

An overview of Nutanix AHV's features, ecosystem, and its edge in the marketplace

Research & Whitepapers

Autonomous Digital Operations

This white paper introduces Big Panda's Autonomous Digital Operations

Demo

ServiceNow & Azure Integration

AHEAD Solutions Principal, Nick Colyer, demonstrates how to stitch together Azure and ServiceNow in support of an Enterprise cloud

Videos & Webinars

AHEAD’s Cloud Optimization Platform, CoPilot

Engage with AHEAD CoPilot to create a more predictable, secure, responsive public cloud

Tech Brief

Using AWS CodeDeploy to Push New Versions of Your Application

Manage your software version and rollbacks consistently to update across multiple instances

Tech Brief

HashiCorp Vault Storage Backend Decision Tree

Simplify the storage backend decision process for a HashiCorp Vault deployment with this decision tree

Tech Brief

Should I Use a Transit VPC in AWS?

Consider these questions to ask yourself before deciding whether to use a Transit VPC

Research & Whitepapers

Which Cloud Management Platform is Right for You?

Choosing the right CMP for your organization can be confusing — and time consuming

Videos & Webinars

Introducing The AHEAD Enterprise Service Management Practice

Watch this brief video describing AHEAD's ServiceNow capabilities

Tech Brief

Improve Subscription Management with Azure Management Groups

The more Azure Subscriptions, the more difficult it becomes to manage

Research & Whitepapers

Charting a Course for the Enterprise

In this whitepaper, experts take an in-depth look at the evolution and opportunities of DevOps

Videos & Webinars

Modern Hybrid Cloud Backup with Rubrik and Microsoft Azure

An overview of what’s required in a modern data protection solution using Azure

Tech Brief

VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) Vault Integration

How to configure vRO with HashiCorp Vault for reading secrets

Demo

Deploying Azure Infrastructure Using HashiCorp Terraform

Stop using manual, error-prone processes—and start creating reliable, automated deployments

Article

Cisco Live 2018: Cisco Returns to Its Roots With the “New” Network

A recap of Cisco Live! 2018

Research & Whitepapers

vSphere 5.5 End of Service is Here. What To Do?

Approach your upgrade to 6.5 the right way

Videos & Webinars

Introducing The AHEAD Data Center Practice

Watch this brief video describing AHEAD's Data Center Infrastructure Practice

Demo

Vault Secrets Engines Demonstration

AHEAD's Senior Solution Architect, Bryan Krausen, demonstrates Vault's secrets engines

Demo

Use Hashicorp’s Vault to Dynamically Create MySQL Credentials

Read about which strategies make sense for your secrets management

Demo

Vault Authentication Demonstration

AHEAD's Senior Solution Architect, Bryan Krausen, demonstrates Vault's different authentication methods

Demo

Mastering Arm Templates, Episode 3: Deployment

Part 3 in the series on all things ARM templates

Demo

Vault Key/Value Demonstration

AHEAD Senior Solution Architect, Bryan Krausen, demonstrates Vault's key/value functionality

Research & Whitepapers

Application Delivery with HashiCorp

HashiCorp describes the application delivery lifecycle and their approach to modern application delivery

Article

How to Market IT Modernization to Your Business

Communicating the value of what you're doing in IT is sometimes as important as the work itself

Tech Brief

AWS IAM Indecision

Identity and Access Management can be a confusing topic for people that are new to AWS

Demo

Protecting AWS Settings with AWS Config

Watch a walk through of protecting your AWS settings with AWS Config

Videos & Webinars

Vault Overview

AHEAD's Senior Solution Architect, Bryan Krausen, gives a high level overview of Vault by HashiCorp

Videos & Webinars

Introducing The AHEAD Cloud Practice

Watch this brief video describing AHEAD's Public Cloud and DevOps capabilities

Article

Observations From ServiceNow’s Knowledge Conference

Check out our most important takeaways from Knowledge18

Tech Brief

Connecting Your Enterprise to the Cloud

AHEAD recognized as a launch partner capable of integrating AWS and ServiceNow

Article

3 Predictions for ServiceNow’s Knowledge18 Conference

ServiceNow has seen explosive growth over the years because they listen to their users

Research & Whitepapers

The Total Economic Impact™ of AppDynamics Application Performance Monitoring with Cisco

Gain insights into the quantitative benefits you can expect from AppDynamics APM

Tech Brief

Mastering ARM Templates, Episode 2: Development

Part 2 of 3 in an everything-ARM blog series

Demo

How to Plan Your vSphere 6.5 Upgrade Before It’s Too Late

Learn all things vSphere 6.5, including why upgrade, what to plan for, and how to execute

Tech Brief

AWS Reserved Instance Considerations

Learn the essentials about Reserved Instances

Research & Whitepapers

Is Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Right for You?

Choose the right approach for your software defined data center strategy

Tech Brief

Mastering ARM Templates, Episode 1: The Basics

Read part 1 of 3 in an everything-ARM blog series

Article

In the Cloud World, It’s Cheaper to Upgrade

Hardware refresh cycles aren't quite dead just because you’re in the public cloud

Article

Resolving Blind Spots in Your Infrastructure Spend

A maintenance bill is not a holistic view of your overall infrastructure spend

Case Study

Creating a Platform for Innovation

Law firm BGD creates a platform to support world class client service

Case Study

Improving Utilization with Converged Infrastructure

Vollrath achieves 90 percent server utilization and provides a more unified IT backbone

Case Study

Using Automation to Reduce Provisioning Time

Rockwell reduces provisioning from eight weeks to 30 minutes

Case Study

Architecting the Hybrid Cloud

Consumers Energy applies VMware tools along with Puppet and GitHub to reduce costs and speed delivery

Case Study

Embracing Enterprise Service Management

University of Chicago Medicine improves the performance of shared services using ServiceNow

Article

Q&A: AHEAD’s Dan Wittenberg Talks All Things Puppet

What's next on the horizon from Puppet?

Videos & Webinars

Understanding Next-Generation Antivirus

Check out this whiteboard tutorial from our lead Security Solutions Principal, Steven Aiello

Videos & Webinars

Revealing the Blind Spots in Your IT Infrastructure Spend

What if you could take supposedly sunken costs and repurpose them to fuel company-wide innovation?

Case Study

Modernizing Aging Infrastructure

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center upgrades its aging and costly infrastructure

Videos & Webinars

Locked Down: Building a Full-Scale IT Security Strategy

Learn how to balance a more effective and efficient security and compliance program

Article

The ‘Mad Men’ Approach to Pitching DevOps

Read if you’re in the market of adopting (and selling) the DevOps methodology to the powers that be

Research & Whitepapers

The 2018 DZone Guide to DevOps – Culture and Process

See how your organization stacks up with the 2018 DZone Guide to DevOps survey results

Videos & Webinars

Recalibrating Your Public Cloud Journey

Take a holistic view focus across culture, technology, and process when moving your organization to the cloud

Research & Whitepapers

The Total Economic Impact™ of ServiceNow Security Operations

A January 2018 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of ServiceNow

Case Study

Improving Efficiency with Enterprise Service Management

Mercy Health modernizes their system with ServiceNow

Case Study

Integrating a New Cisco ACI Data Center Network

Johnsonville recognizes benefits of Cisco ACI in simplified, flexible data center

Case Study

Expanding the Data Center Network

JLL extends its Cisco data center to better leverage technology

Case Study

Modernizing an End-User Computing Environment

Hagerty updates their EUC to improve performance

Case Study

Strategizing for a Successful Hybrid Cloud

Discover Financial Services develops a hybrid cloud infrastructure across entire corporation

Case Study

Deploying vRealize Operations 6

CUNA successfully designs and deploys product for operations management

Article

Data [In]security: Lessons Learned from Intel’s CPU Design Flaw

An overview of two major security threats

Case Study

Building a Better Infrastructure

Amway develops the proper framework for their growing business

Case Study

Reducing Costs while Increasing Security with EUC Strategy

Advocate Health Care updates EUC services to optimize staff utilization

Videos & Webinars

8 Lessons to Consider for Your Public Cloud Journey

AHEAD's CTO shares the lessons learned when moving to the cloud

Research & Whitepapers

The Modern NOC: IT Ops Predictions for 2018

Grounded in the latest market research, this new report features 9 key predictions for the industry

Article

A re:Wind of re:Invent 2017

Check out our insights into the key trends and takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2017

Article

An 11-Point Health Check for Your Public Cloud

Use the following questions to begin the process of setting the right cloud foundation

Research & Whitepapers

State of Security Incident Response Infographic

It’s time for organizations to consider a new approach to security incident response

Article

Observations from ServiceNow’s NowForum 2017 in Chicago

AHEAD's takeaways from the ServiceNow Forum in Chicago

Videos & Webinars

Harvest to Invest

Uncover your committed costs for both the current year and those elusive future years, then formulate a plan to harvest significant savings

Videos & Webinars

Where Service Management and Security Converge

ServiceNow can be used for real-time monitoring while automating security incident response

Article

The 5 Essentials of Enterprise SecOps

What, exactly, is SecOps and how does it compare with DevOps?

Article

5 Cloud Management Platforms for the Enterprise

Read about the drivers and key players in cloud management platforms

Article

Maximize the Value of your VMware Enterprise License Agreement

How do you ensure you are deriving the maximum value from your new or existing ELA?

Article

To Those Affected by the Equifax Breach, This is What to Do Now

Who was affected, and how; and what can learn from this large breach?

Article

IT Security KPIs: 4 Effective Measurements for your Organization – pt. 2

How to measure the effectiveness of your security program

Article

AHEAD Approved: An Introduction to Dell EMC Isilon F800

Published September 2017

Research & Whitepapers

The Total Economic Impact™ of the Dell EMC All-Flash Storage Portfolio

A September 2017 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting

Article

IT Security KPIs: 4 Effective Measurements for your Organization – pt. 1

Common cyber attacker strategies, and their patterns after gaining access

Research & Whitepapers

A Practical Guide to Efficient Security Response

Discover the seven security operations capabilities you need to decrease that time and reduce your risk of exposure

Article

Do It Yourself: vRA + NSX Hands-On-Lab

Published July 2017

Article

Compliance in the Age of Cloud: Security Matters. Know what you are Doing.

Understanding AWS Security methodologies and protocols

Article

NVMe and its Impact on Enterprise Storage

Published July 2017

Videos & Webinars

VMware vRealize Automation and Puppet Enterprise: More Closely Linked in vRA 7.3

Using VMware and Puppet as a stack is more effortless for the end-user

Article

Cisco HyperFlex: 1 Year Later

Published July 2017

Article

Enterprise Cloud Acceleration: Transformational License Agreements

EMC offers two types of agreements, a holistic TLA, and an ELA

Article

Simplifying Identity Management in a SaaS World

The proliferation of cloud-based applications poses an identity management challenge to many IT organizations

Videos & Webinars

Data Driven and Operational Security Insights Leveraging Splunk and ServiceNow

AHEAD’s Security Practice Leader provides an overview of their security-focused offering

Videos & Webinars

2017 AHEAD Update

The AHEAD Update session from Looking AHEAD 2017.

Videos & Webinars

How to Build a DevOps Culture

Adam Jacobs, CTO of Chef, discusses what a DevOps Culture is, highlighting important concepts through examples and stories

Videos & Webinars

Cisco’s Vision for Data, a Fireside Chat with Thomas Wyatt

The AppDynamics/Cisco session from Looking AHEAD 2017.

Videos & Webinars

Startup Challenge with CloudGenix

The Startup Challenge session with CloudGenix from Looking AHEAD 2017.

Videos & Webinars

A Perspective on the Future of Dell Technologies

The DellEMC session from Looking AHEAD 2017.

Videos & Webinars

Connecting Applications to Outcomes with Cisco’s AppDynamics

United Airlines reflect on its drivers for evaluating and deploying Cisco’s AppDynamics

Videos & Webinars

Startup Challenge with HashiCorp

The Startup Challenge session with HashiCorp from Looking AHEAD 2017.

Videos & Webinars

Startup Challenge with BigPanda

The Startup Challenge session with BigPanda from Looking AHEAD 2017.

Videos & Webinars

Startup Challenge with Carbon Black

The Startup Challenge session with CarbonBlack from Looking AHEAD 2017.

Videos & Webinars

New Technology, Same Culture – Inspire Your Talent to Become Change Agents

The Silicon Valley Bank session from Looking AHEAD 2017

Videos & Webinars

Client Cloud Roundtable

Panel discussion of two organizations’ cloud journeys, including lessons learned and what they are focusing on next

Demo

vRealize Automation & Azure – Together at Last!

Published June 2017

Article

The Evolving NAS Market

Unstructured data continues to see rapid growth coupled with evolving use cases and access patterns in AHEAD's customer base

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Adopting SD-WAN in the Enterprise | Overdue Transformation for the Wide Area Network – Pt. 1

Software-defined solutions have matured to become the de facto standard

Demo

User Onboarding with Amazon WorkSpaces via ServiceNow

Published May 2017

Demo

Security Operations and Governance, Risk, and Compliance with ServiceNow

A set of user stories around SecOps and the intersection with GRC

Demo

Multi-Endpoint Cloud Provisioning with ServiceNow

How to leverage custom-built workflows in ServiceNow to deploy Amazon WorkSpaces via a self-service portal

Article

Dell EMC World 2017: XtremIO Announcement Overview

Published May 2017

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Dell EMC World 2017: Dell HCI Overview

Published May 2017

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Dell EMC World 2017: Major Product Announcements

Published May 2017

Article

Knowledge17 Recap: We Came | We Saw | We Wore our Red Shoes

Published May 2017

Videos & Webinars

Enabling IaaS in Your Enterprise Cloud

How to take AWS services and make them enterprise-ready

Demo

Auto-Scaling with AppDynamics, ServiceNow and Cisco UCS-Director

Published April 2017

Article

ScaleIO Tech Overview and Concepts – SDS-SAN vs SDS-Array

Published April 2017

Article

Converged Infrastructure is Dead? Say It Ain’t So! (Hint: It Ain’t So!)

Published March 2017

Article

Enterprise Cloud Acceleration: The Value of Enterprise License Agreements

Published March 2017

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Cloud Field Day 1: A Review of Scality – Scalable Enterprise Object Storage

Published March 2017

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Uncovering Dell EMC’s Strategy in the CI, HCI, and Reference Architecture Spaces

Published March 2017

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AWS Service Disruption: Lessons Learned

Published March 2017

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GRC Automation Brings Change Management and CMDB into Focus

Published March 2017

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An Introduction to Enterprise Mobility Management

Published February 2017

Article

Amazon Enhances Elastic Block Storage with Elastic Volumes

Published February 2017

10 Years: Thank You

Published February 2017

Article

Rubrik Continues to Mature: The 3.1 Release

Published February 2017

Article

Amazon WorkSpaces Gets Performance Boost with SSD Volumes

Published February 2017

Article

Building Infrastructure as Code with Packer

Published February 2017

Article

Using AWS IoT as a Running Buddy

Published January 2017

Article

Citrix Makes Strong Moves to Stake Its Claim in EUC Space

Published January 2017

Article

Cisco Acquires AppDynamics: How This Could Impact Cisco’s Cloud Strategy

Published January 2017

Article

What I Learned at AWS re:Invent 2016: The Top 10 Things Customers are Asking About WorkSpaces

Published January 2017

Article

AWS VPN CloudHub and Cisco DMVPN: What to Consider When Evaluating VPN Solutions Part Two

Published January 2017

Demo

A Serverless Big Data Demo Using Small Data on AWS

Published January 2017

Article

Visual Orchestration in AWS

Published January 2017

Article

What I Learned at AWS re:Invent 2016: DevOps and Microservices in the Enterprise

Published January 2017

Demo

Blue-Green Deployments on Amazon Web Services

Standard DevOps approach where users promote a production change into a running application

Demo

Re-Architecting Your App for the Cloud

We show the different deployment models on AWS

Article

What I Learned at AWS re:Invent 2016: Hybrid Cloud Connectivity

Published December 2016

Demo

Desktop Migration with Amazon WorkSpaces

We show you how to migrate existing settings into Amazon WorkSpaces using third-party solutions

Article

Amazon WorkSpaces vs. VDI: Weighing the Costs to Decide Which is Right for You

Published December 2016

Article

What I Learned at AWS re:Invent 2016: VMware and AWS Together

Published December 2016

Article

What I Learned at AWS re:Invent 2016: Then and Now

Published December 2016

Videos & Webinars

Two New Pluralsight Courses from AHEAD’s Automation Experts

Published December 2016

Article

AWS VPN CloudHub and Cisco DMVPN: What to Consider When Evaluating VPN Solutions

Published December 2016

Article

Deploying Coded Infrastructure with Your Cloud Management Portal

Published November 2016

Article

Announcing the ServiceNow Assessment Service to Help You Optimize Your ServiceNow Platform

Gain a clear understanding of the current state of your platform and a route for optimization.

Article

VMware’s Newest Announcement from VMworld 2016 Europe: The Introduction of vSphere 6.5

Published October 2016

Article

An American Tourist in London: AHEAD’s Newest Amazon WorkSpaces Client Story

Article

Cloud Field Day 1: A Review of Druva Software

Published September 2016

Article

Announcing AHEADStart for Orchestration – vRealize Orchestrator Edition

Rapidly deploy vRO to improve efficiency, reduce delivery time, and enhance the quality of services

Videos & Webinars

How to Empower End-Users with DaaS and Amazon WorkSpaces

Published September 2016

Videos & Webinars

Standardizing Configuration Management in Your Hybrid Cloud with Puppet

Published September 2016

Article

Inside the AHEAD Lab: Avere Systems’s FXT Edge Filers

Published September 2016

Article

Accelerate the Adoption of Your Cloud-Based Service Management Platform with the AHEADStart for ServiceNow Express

Service offering to get organizations ramped up quickly and affordably on ServiceNow

Article

VMworld 2016 Recap: Sessions You Might’ve Missed

Published September 2016

Article

An Epic Announcement for VMware Horizon

Published September 2016

Article

AWS Announces Hourly Billing for Amazon WorkSpaces

Published August 2016

Article

AWS Transit Network VPC: The Cloud Networking Glue

Published August 2016

Article

Making the Most of What the AHEAD Lab and Briefing Center Has to Offer

Published August 2016

Article

Love Where You Work: The Fun, Passionate, and Validating Truth About Working at AHEAD

Published August 2016

Research & Whitepapers

Using the Pipeline Plugin to Accelerate Continuous Delivery

Jenkins has a large plugin ecosystem around it, providing tremendous extensibility

Article

Taking Network Virtualization One Step Further with Cisco ACI

Published July 2016

Article

Taking Care of Basics: Network Virtualization, Automation, and Security with NSX

Published July 2016

Videos & Webinars

The Journey to a Hybrid Cloud – A Real World Example Featuring Consumers Energy

The Consumer's Energy session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Videos & Webinars

Disrupt Your Data Center with Transformative CI & HCI Technologies

The industry leader roundtable session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Videos & Webinars

Delivering Desktops as a Service with Amazon WorkSpaces

AHEAD's end-user computing session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Videos & Webinars

The New Way to Operate IT – Building a Cloud Delivery Platform with AHEAD

AHEAD's update session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Videos & Webinars

How to Completely, Totally, Absolutely Screw Up Your Company’s Corporate Culture

The keynote session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Videos & Webinars

Putting Your Cloud on Autopilot

AHEAD's Cloud session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Videos & Webinars

The Future of Hyperscale Computing – Technologies That Will Disrupt the Data Center

The Intel session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Videos & Webinars

Where Infrastructure is Heading – Outlooks from Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists

The industry leader panel session from Looking AHEAD 2016.

Article

Cloud Management Tools: Using vRealize Code Stream to Facilitate CI/CD

Published June 2016

Article

Introducing AHEAD’s Software-Defined Networking Strategy and Roadmap Service

Service designed for organizations looking to understand how to transform their data center with SDN

Article

Why Public and Private Cloud are Making ELA a Four-Letter Word

Published May 2016

Article

VxRail: New Hyperconverged Infrastructure from Established Market Leaders

Published May 2016

Article

Equip Your Cloud Management Platform: Integrating UCS Director with ServiceNow

Published May 2016

Article

An Introduction to Unity: EMC’s New Midrange Storage System

Published May 2016

Videos & Webinars

Automating IPAM in your Hybrid Cloud with Infoblox

Published April 2016

Article

VCE’s Vblock: Market-Leading Converged Infrastructure Technology

Published April 2016

Article

AHEAD Automation Team Develops v2 of vRO Workflows for Tintri

Published April 2016

Article

Nutanix Acropolis v4.6: A Technical Review from Your Everyday Architect

Published April 2016

Article

Using Citrix to Host Your Cloud

Published March 2016

Article

Is the DevOps Movement Making Change Management Obsolete?

Published March 2016

Videos & Webinars

Building a Hybrid Cloud with Tintri

Published March 2016

Research & Whitepapers

Five IT Help Desk Challenges

Make these common help desk issues a thing of the past with ITSM

Article

Modern Day End-User Computing Trends

Published March 2016

Article

IT Governance in the Cloud

Article

Cisco HyperFlex: The Next Big Player in the Hyperconverged Space?

Published March 2016

Article

Better Billing Through Metadata: Tracking Amazon WorkSpaces

Published March 2016

Article

[Near] Real-time Analytics in Nearly No Time: Developing Your Strategy Using AWS Tools

Published February 2016

Article

Extending UCS Director with the Northbound API

Published February 2016

What’s New in the AHEAD Lab and Briefing Center

Published February 2016

Article

Announcing Consolidated Billing for Amazon Web Services

Published February 2016

Article

Real World Hybrid Cloud from the Trenches

Published February 2016

Article

Enabling DevOps in Your Organization and the Fundamental Change in IT

Published February 2016

Article

Azure Stack: Microsoft’s Answer to Hybrid Cloud

Published January 2016

Article

Automation vs. Orchestration: What’s the difference and how to pick the right tool

Published January 2016

Article

No Two Clouds are the Same

Published January 2016

Article

Getting Started with REST APIs on XtremIO

Published December 2015

Article

The Present and Future of Configuration Management

Published December 2015

Article

AHEAD Architect Builds Open Source vRealize Orchestrator Plugin for Veeam

Published December 2015

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