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Work. Life. Balance is a Strong Predictor of Happiness
According to the 2017 World Happiness Report, Work. Life. Balance is now one of the strongest predictors of happiness. Work-life balance and flexible work options have stepped in to improve job satisfaction and the overall happiness and health of employees.
Third Octet Achieves Microsoft Gold Level in Cloud Platform Competency
VAUGHAN, ON–October 23, 2018 Third Octet, technology experts in delivering Cloud for Work. Life. Balance, is pleased to announce it has achieved Microsoft Gold Level status in Cloud Platform Competency for Microsoft Azure.
Exploring Cloud: Getting Started with Hybrid Cloud
The journey to hybrid cloud rarely follows a beaten path as each business faces unique demands and challenges. However, what we can tell you in the final post of our Exploring Cloud blog series and based on our experience in hybrid cloud transformation, is how to get started.
Exploring Cloud: The Hybrid Cloud
Now that we’ve set the framework for hybrid cloud, it’s important to outline the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. Read on to learn about some of the challenges businesses can face on their cloud journey and how to close the gaps to ensure successful execution immediately and over the life of hybrid cloud.
Success Through Business Alignment with Citrix
At Citrix Summit 2018, our CTO was asked to share his thoughts on third Octet’s relationship and partnership with Citrix and why it is so important and successful. Check out the video, now used worldwide for Citrix marketing.
Successful Partnerships: Third Octet and Citrix
More of our CTO discussing why our relationship and partnership with Citrix is so important and successful.
Exploring Cloud: Best of Both Worlds
In this installment of our Exploring Cloud blog series, we discover hybrid cloud – the best of both cloud worlds, private and public.
Exploring Cloud: Back to the Good and Bad
While public cloud can fall short in the areas of control, placement, and choice, there are several key benefits of public cloud including scalability and reliability that are difficult, if not impossible, to achieve in private cloud. Read on to discover more of the benefits and challenges of these cloud models in our fifth installment of the Exploring Cloud blog series.
Exploring Cloud: A Brief on Cloud Security
Did you know that Microsoft continues to invest more than $1 billion USD per year on cyber security research and development efforts? Businesses expect security. Read on to learn more about how it exists in cloud.
Exploring Cloud: The Good, the Bad, and the Hybrid
Nothing is perfect, and that certainly holds true of private and public cloud, and hybrid for that matter. Each cloud model has its own advantages and disadvantages, and in this post we weigh the pros and cons that will play a pivotal role in architecting your service delivery.