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BPO Company Uses CaaS Solution To Host Secure Portal, Saves 35 Percent On Cost

Intelenet, a global contact-center providing services to global Fortune 500 companies, needed a secure, high-capacity, flexible and scalable computing environment for a high-priority project.  It used the Computing-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution to create a new computing environment without the need to invest in dedicated hardware and software. The solution enabled Intelenet to cost-efficiently scale up its technology infrastructure in just hours and to make key applications available to the project team within just five days while providing savings of about 35 percent versus building the infrastructure on its own. The company also enjoys Daily billing, integrated security, automated provisioning and integrated storage and backup services to support business continuity.

Effectively Manage Infrastructure Capacity, Availability and Performance Using CaaS

Companies are under constant pressure to maintain if not improve the availability, security and performance of their applications and IT infrastructure. Computing as a Service (CaaS) is an on-demand infrastructure delivery platform that allows customers to quickly turn up or turn down the server, storage, and network resources required to meet rapidly changing business needs. This combined with the efficiencies and benefits that stem from automation, shared resources and an infrastructure that has been designed for high availability make CaaS a transformational solution that will change how enterprises manage IT resources.

This whitepaper helps to address several common business challenges that companies face, including underutilized resources that drive up costs, rapid provisioning of capacity on demand,  maintain service levels and control costs and cost management and charge back.

ERM: Moving Beyond Software To Transformative Decision Making

All enterprises are susceptible to losses from uncontrolled risk. However, those risks can be managed effectively in order to exploit new opportunities and reduce negative impacts. More and more, businesses are recognizing the importance of managing all forms of risk-and their interactions-in a structured way across the organization. To achieve better risk management, organizations must do more than rely on better information management and stronger analytics capability.

This white paper shows how a business can establish clear lines of accountability and incorporate training and incentives into the overall risk management process using Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).

Cloud computing: Marketing hype or sound business strategy?

In a recent CIO.com survey of IT leaders, 58 percent of those surveyed believe that cloud computing will trigger a profound shift in information technology. Yet 36 percent believe that current offerings are not yet appropriate for their business. Security heads the list of concerns, with six out of 10 respondents stating that vendors have not adequately addressed security around cloud offerings. Other top concerns include availability and control of data.

This paper explores the business benefits of cloud computing and addresses the three primary concerns of security, availability, and control. The variety of cloud computing solutions in the marketplace today present different levels of service that can fit a wide range of computing requirements. Understanding the elements of each service offering, and how it can serve your operations, is critical to making an informed decision.

Best Practices To Strike A Balance Between Risk And Opportunity

Given that an estimated 80 percent of the enterprise data growth in the next five years will be unstructured data, security risks can no longer be ignored. It's essential to stay on top of current security trends and best practices to meet and beat the latest challenges that continue to evolve. At the same time, it's important to separate the real risks from the theoretical. This is not always easy and IT leaders should seek help from experts.

This whitepaper shows how companies can successfully embrace new business trends  in ways that benefit the business, while balancing the additional risks that might be introduced. Also read on how security risks can be continuously assessed to understand new risks and  collaborate on security strategies while making advances technology and adapting to changing business needs.

Start Packing. You’re Moving to the Cloud—and We Can Help.

You understand the benefits of a cloud-based environment, but you're not sure how to get there. You're ready to leverage your underutilized computing capacity and enable more effective management of your IT resources-but are concerned about the expertise and resources required to manage the transition. Moving into the cloud requires a well constructed plan-a roadmap, and an investment of time, attention, and resources. With the right help, that transitional roadmap and initial investment can pay off again and again.

Exponential Growth Challenged Modevity’s IT Capacity

As a leading managed security services and IT Solutions provider, Verizon can help address the stringent security and data protection issues that often lead an enterprise to build and maintain a cloud environment. As of June 1, 2009, the Verizon CaaS environment has had its security controls, policies, and procedures examined, measured, and validated against a stringent set of information security standards, becoming Verizon Cybertrust Security Certified. Finally, our comprehensive security measures-from the physical security of our data center,security of customer portal access, and logical security of individual environment -offer youpeace of mind that your data is well protected in its journey to and from the cloud.

Verizon Business Computing as a Service (CaaS)

Computing as a Service (CaaS) is an on-demand infrastructure delivery platform that allows customers to quickly turn up or turn down the server, storage, and network resources required to meet rapidly changing business needs. CaaS is a unique Verizon proprietary solution designed from the ground up for the enterprise delivering a highly secure and resilient on-demand computing infrastructure with the flexibility to meet complex enterprise needs. This combined with the efficiencies and benefits that stem from automation, shared resources and an infrastructure that has been designed for high availability make CaaS a transformational solution that will change how customers manage IT resources.

The case for cloud computing is becoming more clear.

Cloud computing has been a hot topic lately, and for good reason. With it, companies can gain potential
competitive advantages that could make a real difference: shorter time to market, services that can be quickly turned up or down, and reduced upfront IT costs-just to name a few.

Yet despite its continued evolution, concerns remain. Is cloud computing secure? Will it provide reliable availability? Can an organization maintain control over business-critical systems and data that exist in the cloud? In short, is it an enterprise-ready solution that can deliver on all the hype?

Verizon Business Computing as a Service (CaaS) addresses the issues that have been holding organizations back from exploiting the full potential of cloud computing, making it a viable option that is ready for the enterprise.

Parting the Clouds: Demystifying Cloud Computing Options

All over the world, in organizations large and small, CEOs are looking at IT in a new way.They've heard about the capabilities of "the cloud": inherently flexible, on-demand IT services that are cost-efficient, reliable and secure. And they're wondering why their infrastructure isn't that flexible and why it's taking up so much capital expense.