10 Tips to Outsourcing IT

By George Black on October 2, 2008

Smart companies invest in business technology to increase profitability, improve key operations and gain advantages over the competition. However, most soon realize that core business activities suffer when too much time is spent dealing with technology issues. For this reason, many business owners find it makes more sense to partner ...

Building Trusting Client Relationships to Mitigate Business Risk

By 3coast on October 2, 2008

Deciding to establish new vendor relationships is risky, and even the most thorough vendor selection process doesn't mitigate all risks. One must consider… •Execution risk – The chance a vendor does not perform •Financial risk – The possibility that return on investment (ROI), for whatever reason, will be less than expected or required •Professional ...

How Accurate is Information from the Digital Oilfield?

By 3coast on September 24, 2008

In the new world of the digital oilfield, data must be timely, accurate and accessible. Field systems such as field data capture must integrate with back office applications seamlessly and transparently. If not, several issues can arise, affecting data validation, data quality and business versus operation demands. To fully realize ...

Where Can I Find a Demonstration of VMware’s Capabilities?

By on September 23, 2008

Check out this VMware video on its Infrastructure 3 solutions. It shows you how you can give people access to your virtual environment, how to provision new servers, how to protect the environment against failures and how to load balance the workload across multiple servers. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWf_WiaFedc&hl=en&fs=1]

Why Executives Should Own Business Technology Initiatives

By George Black on September 23, 2008

Have you considered who owns the IT systems in a corporate organization? Strategic system decisions are no longer the sole responsibility of the IT Department, which means IT no longer owns the systems that run a company. So, who owns them? Decisions concerning IT system selection, system design and configuration, and surrounding ...

3coast Reaches Out to Businesses Halted by Hurricane Ike

September 22, 2008

3coast began offering emergency technology support and disaster recovery services early Sunday to local businesses whose operations were halted by the storm. The company dispatched specialists to address technical issues restricting companies from resuming normal operations. Issues included server and network interruptions, power outages and colocation issues. "TriStar lost the use ...

Priming the Pipeline: Upstream Sector Grooms Next Leaders

By George Black on September 9, 2008

The future is now. The talent shortage facing the energy industry is no longer a thing of the future, it has arrived. Dubbed The Great Crew Change and The Perfect Storm, the oil and gas industry's scramble to find qualified and interested candidates to replace outgoing baby boomers is in ...

What is Virtualization? And How Does it Reduce IT Costs?

By on August 30, 2008

Virtualization technology has been around since the heyday of the mainframe era - the period of massive back-office computing rooms. However, virtualization has gained increasing popularity over the last few years as companies seek to enhance their return on investment (ROI) from computing hardware while decreasing associated costs such as ...

Outsmarting Disaster: Protect Your Business Before it Strikes

By 3coast on August 15, 2008

Unfortunately, it sometimes takes a major crisis to get decision-makers, in both the public and private sectors, to put together adequate plans to effectively prepare for, respond to and recover from natural or man-made disasters. While disaster response and recovery efforts were common prior to Sept.11, government and private organizations placed ...

Small Business…To Go – Mobile Phone Options for SMBs

By 3coast on August 5, 2008

If you had told business owners ten years ago that in 2008 they would be able to have business e-mail, contacts, calendar and tasks available on their mobile phones, your standard response would have been, “why?” Also, you would have been tossed out as some sort of IT snake oil ...

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