How Can We Ensure Our Infrastructure Stays Ready For Future Demands? In today’s cloud-reliant world, businesses rely heavily on platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to power their operations. These providers offer scale, speed, and innovation, but they’re not immune to failure. In October 2025, AWS (Amazon) experienced a 15-hour outage due to a DNS race condition, where multiple processes attempted to access the …
In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations rely heavily on IT systems to function. These systems are the backbone of operations and the engine driving productivity, making it imperative to have a strong, resilient IT infrastructure that operates seamlessly. Unfortunately, interruptions causing unplanned downtime can be frequent. 82% of companies have experienced at least one unplanned …
You’ve been tasked with finding ways to cut your IT operations budget for 2025 — where do you start? IT budget planners are grappling with how to stretch already tight budgets, and the added financial demands of AI readiness and cybersecurity resilience don’t help. To make cutting costs even harder, almost everything is more expensive …
Why You Need to Fund New Cybersecurity Protections in Your 2025 IT Budget It is time to start preparing business budgets for 2025! As you begin the IT budgeting process, it’s important to look at current trends regarding cybersecurity to ensure you protect your business from cyberattacks and data breaches. The global annual cost of …
Most CEOs are bullish on AI. Is yours? According to the Gartner CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, 87 percent of CEOs surveyed agree that AI’s benefits outweigh its risks. In addition: Three times more CEOs believe this year than last that AI will impact their industries more than any other technology. Half of CEOs …
You’re probably ready to integrate Generative AI (GenAI) in 2025 if you haven’t already — who wants to get left behind? Most midmarket companies need to modernize their IT environments before they can truly leverage AI’s potential. But what does it take to modernize? This table outlines the top-line differences between a traditional IT environment with …
Is your business getting ready for a healthy and vibrant 2025? In today’s world, that includes developing a strategic IT operations budget that aligns your IT roadmap with your business goals and takes into account the current economy and the most relevant changes in the technology landscape. For mid-market companies, generative AI (GenAI), cybersecurity, and …
At Leapfrog, nearly all of the business leaders we speak to are taking more control over their IT operations budget. We recently had a conversation with our chief technology officer, Emmett “Trey” Hawkins, about why U.S. companies are tightening their operations and how they can do it effectively. The reasons why can be summarized quickly. …
If your company’s IT ecosystem has evolved piecemeal over the years, you’re not alone. Many companies integrate new vendors to satisfy the needs of the moment or take advantage of a good deal. Eventually, however, you end up with a complex patchwork of multiple vendors providing overlapping services. This diverse IT vendor landscape is not …
If you’ve been looking to hire tech talent, you’ve likely come up short. Like so many other things, human resources are harder to find and more expensive than they were pre-pandemic. While the tech talent shortage isn’t new — it’s been going on for years — the related salary increases are impacting IT budgets and …