Whitepaper Archives | TierPoint, LLC Power Your Digital Breakaway. We are security-focused, cloud-forward, and data center-strong, a champion for untangling the hybrid complexity of modern IT, so you can free up resources to innovate, exceed customer expectations, and drive revenue. Wed, 08 May 2024 22:24:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.tierpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-TierPoint_Logo-1-150x150.png Whitepaper Archives | TierPoint, LLC 32 32 Avoiding Ransomware Attacks: Tips to Prevent, Detect and Recover https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/avoiding-ransomware-attacks/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:22:06 +0000 https://tierpointdev.wpengine.com/blog/resources/avoiding-ransomware-attacks-tips-toprevent-detect-and-recover/ Being underprepared for a ransomware attack is a costly proposition. Cyber criminals were able to extort over $1 billion from companies in 2023. Blindsided organizations are forced to pay ransom demands to get their data back, as well as taking an irreparable hit to their operations and reputation. 

To avoid ransomware attacks, you must understand your vulnerabilities and how ransomware might exploit them. Along with outmaneuvering would-be attackers, it is essential to put a detection and recovery plan in place, giving you a contingency in the event ransomware breaches your infrastructure.  

Get this whitepaper and learn how you can take the necessary precautions today to protect your organization from cyber-attacks. 

Highlights: 

  • What Data Is Most Likely to Be Held Hostage? 
  • Machine Learning: Taking a Bigger Step to Stop Ransomware 
  • Limiting the Reach of a Ransomware Infection 
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Business Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/business-applications-of-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:11:34 +0000 https://www.tierpoint.com/?post_type=resource&p=23399 AI has the power to accelerate the growth of your business. But businesses looking to hop on the AI trend should be careful of adopting too quickly. First, you need to understand where and how AI fits into your business.

A well-researched AI implementation will help deliver the maximum impact to your business. It can lead to applicable process innovations, efficiencies that benefit your IT team, and improvements to your user experience.  

Get your copy of this whitepaper to gain a comprehensive understanding of how AI and ML can transform your business

Highlights:

  • Why businesses are adopting AI at a rapid rate
  • How AI is benefitting businesses
  • Top use cases for AI
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Prove ROI with a Cloud Cost Optimization Strategy https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/cloud-roi-whitepaper/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:41:14 +0000 https://www.tierpoint.com/?post_type=resource&p=15565 Recent economic volatility has led to IT teams feeling pressure from leadership to cut their cloud costs. IT leaders now face the daunting task of reducing cloud spend without compromising their cloud value.

By utilizing proven cloud cost optimization strategies, IT teams can cut wasted cloud spend, maximize cloud performance, and make leadership happy.

Download this whitepaper to learn how to implement an optimization strategy that will get you the greatest return on your cloud dollar.

Highlights:

  • How Cloud Optimization Drives ROI
  • 4 Key Areas of Cloud Financial Management
  • How to Optimize for Costs in the Public Cloud
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Eliminating Cloud Sprawl and Rescuing Your IT Budget https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/eliminating-cloud-sprawl/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:54:11 +0000 https://www.tierpoint.com/?post_type=resource&p=14170 If leadership is reexamining your IT budget, it’s important to understand the driving forces behind their decisions. IT is often seen as a cost center at a business, associated with unfettered spend. As leaders look to maintain or cut budgets organization-wide, IT teams need to be smarter about where they are spending and learn to defend their budgets. When the outside view of your department is “spend, spend, spend,” how can you work to recoup costs?

Download this whitepaper to get insights on:

  • What is causing cloud sprawl.
  • What policies should you build into your cloud management strategy.
  • How to find the right tools to help reduce sprawl
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ESG Whitepaper Cloud Adoption Done Right https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/esg-whitepaper-cloud-adoption-done-right/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:17:08 +0000 https://www.tierpoint.com/?post_type=resource&p=11764 Organizations have made the public cloud a main part of their overall cloud strategy to ignite innovation and accelerate IT transformation.

The public cloud offers businesses the potential to uncover new ways to drive future growth and deliver better customer experiences, deeper insights, increased uptime, and reliability by leveraging scalable and as-a-service economic models.

However, the benefits of the cloud can be overshadowed by its complexity and ever-changing technologies, often making these outcomes hard to achieve.

Many companies have been multi-cloud by mistake and now must take an active, strategic approach to ensure the right workload is on the correct cloud. Add to this that the cloud often requires new skills, tools, processes, and a keen understanding of application dependencies.

This whitepaper examines the biggest challenges to a cloud-ready infrastructure and explores several approaches organizations can take to design and implement cloud strategies to better take advantage of the right cloud environments.

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Why Adopt DRaaS? 5 Considerations to Maximize Business Benefits https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/why-adopt-draas/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:15:59 +0000 https://tierpointdev.wpengine.com/blog/resources/why-adopt-draas/ Organizations In All Industries Are Adopting DRaaS In Their IT Infrastructure. Should You?

DRaaS is a cloud-based replication & recovery solution used by businesses of all sizes and has seen solid growth over the past few years, especially in industries like financial services and telecommunications.

But, why should your organization make the leap to DRaaS from your traditional backup or Backup as a Service solution, or adopt DRaaS along with your existing solution? Learn more in our new white paper, where we explain:

  • Disaster Recovery plan benefits with DRaaS
  • The maturity of the technology & the ability to match needs different org sizes
  • The ability to right-size the DRaaS solution for the best RTO and RPO for your infrastructure
  • How DRaaS creates a predictable and inclusive cost model
  • Steps to deploy DRaaS in your IT infrastructure

Read our whitepaper today. Fill out the form to get a free copy.

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The Strategic Guide to IT Security 2021 Edition https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/it-security-strategic-guide/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:47:07 +0000 https://www.tierpoint.com/?post_type=resource&p=9106 From data security fundamentals to the latest cybersecurity trends, you depend on IT security to safeguard data and keep your business running.

But your IT security perimeter is dynamic, and cybersecurity expertise is limited. A failure of IT security could result in a data breach or downtime. The success of your business depends on your IT security plan. You can minimize costly breaches and downtime with a well-designed IT security program.

In this whitepaper we explore:

  • What is IT Security?
  • What is Cybercrime?
  • What is a Data Breach, and What Gets Stolen in One?
  • Types of Security Attacks
  • Cybersecurity Framework
  • Choosing the Best Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)
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Cloud Security: Top Threats & Key Defenses https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/cloud-security-top-threats-key-defenses/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 19:24:36 +0000 https://www.tierpoint.com/?post_type=resource&p=9112 The volume of cybercrime has been growing steadily over the last several years and there seems to be no end in sight. According to the Ponemon Institute’s 2022 Cost of a Data Breach, the average cost of a data breach has reached a record high of $4.35 million worldwide. Businesses need to address these threats and protect their vital customer data and business applications.

But how can you maintain protection for your business from Ransomware, DDoS attacks, Cloud API vulnerabilities, and countless other threats? In this whitepaper, we explain:

  • The cybercrime economy and drivers of rising cloud security threats
  • The top threats to cloud security
  • The best defenses to protect businesses from those top threats and prevent new threats

Download our complimentary whitepaper today. Fill in the form and get your copy.

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Executive’s Guide to Edge Computing https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/executives-guide-to-edge-computing/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:57:03 +0000 https://www.tierpoint.com/?post_type=resource&p=9121 Enterprise and automotive IoT endpoint devices will increase by 1 billion in 2020 (up 21% from 2019) to 5.8 billion.*

IoT is being deployed in some capacity across many industries and organizations as part of digital transformation initiatives; however, there are still some hurdles that need to be addressed, like latency and security.

The explosion of IoT devices is driving organizations to establish and refine an edge computing strategy. Edge computing is a model where information processing (data and computing) is physically located close to the things and people that produce or consume it. Edge computing can revolutionize the way businesses store and process their data and can contribute to reduced costs and improved customer experience. In the ‘Executive’s Guide to Edge Computing’ white paper, we’ll explain why. We’ll also cover:

  • The benefits of Edge Computing
  • Why businesses are adopting this model and the biggest use cases
  • Industries that benefit the most from the edge
  • How to secure an infrastructure that uses Edge Computing
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Executive’s Guide to Using SAP S/4HANA to Transform ERP https://www.tierpoint.com/knowledge-center/executives-guide-to-using-sap-s4hana-to-transform-erp-sap/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:28:45 +0000 https://tierpointdev.wpengine.com/blog/resources/executives-guide-to-using-sap-s-4hana-to-transform-erp/ How to Build your Business Case, Mitigate the Risks, and Manage the Complexity

SAP has extended its plans to support ECC through 2027. At higher maintenance rates (+2%), SAP has said that it will even provide support until 2030. This schedule gives users at least six years to migrate to the new system. While this may seem like a lot of time, experienced SAP administrators know the clock is ticking. Migrating to a new version of SAP can be a multi-year proposition. To go live before support ends, they will need to kick off a migration planning project soon.

In this white paper, we’ll look at why the latest release of S/4HANA is so compelling for enterprises focused on digital transformation. Then, we’ll explore how Managed SAP S/4HANA can help enterprises mitigate migration risks, whether moving from a previous version of SAP or another ERP platform.

Whitepaper Highlights:

  • Building a Business Case for Migration to SAP S/4HANA
  • Main Challenges of Migrating to S/4HANA
  • Migration Types- Brownfield vs. Greenfield?
  • How to Mitigate your Migration Risks
  • How a Partner Can Help You Avoid Pitfalls
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