Welcome to a new series we call Mission CrITical that is essentially a discussion among our fellow iuvonauts on topics that are really important to the community at large and need more discussion than a regular blog. It is essentially the type of...

One of the most common refrains we hear from clients - both longstanding and new - is that they’re hesitant to migrate their data to the cloud because they’re afraid it’s unsafe. We get it. Sending everything that makes your company tick into the...

Do you need to backup your systems? Absolutely. Is backup enough to support your business? Absolutely not. Disasters, no matter how you define them, are going to happen. How you prepare will determine the difference between business as usual and...

Shadow IT. It sounds nefarious. Creepy. Foreboding. Thankfully in most cases, it isn’t nearly as scary as it sounds, although if things get out of hand there can be some frightening consequences. However, it is something that every organization...

A Rundown of the New AWS EC2 T2 Unlimited Option

When we last discussed Amazon Web Services and the "t2" options, we cautioned that you might be expecting too much for the cheaper price and find yourself in a period of poor performance if you...