Brian S. Pauls

Founder & vCTO Cloudessy

Brian S. Pauls is Founder & vCTO of Cloudessy, serving businesses as their Chief Technology Officer in a fractional capacity. With 30+ years in IT leadership, he specializes in cloud services, artificial intelligence, and enterprise technology transformations.

Blog by Brian S. Pauls

Yes, your data is safer in the cloud

09.21.2021 05:01 PM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)

Executive Summary:

Many businesses are bad at security. The chances of something catastrophic happening to your data are greater if you keep it on-prem. Play the percentages.

Occasionally, I run into a business owner who’s afraid of the cloud. They don’t have nephophobia–they just like to keep th...

HelloID: Risk management for major financial and security threats

10.06.2020 04:55 PM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)

Executive Summary:

Manual provisioning/deprovisioning, multiple sign-ons, and a lack of automation are responsible for lost time and money, as well as major security risks, at a multitude of companies–including yours, most likely. A unified identity platform like HelloID can prevent losses you can’t ...

Which cloud-based desktop service might be right for your organization?

09.04.2020 04:50 PM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)

Executive Summary:

Cloud desktops, hosted desktops, or desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) from Amazon, Microsoft, VMWare, or Citrix might be good choices if you lead a small- or medium-sized operation. At the enterprise level, economies of scale still give the edge to in-house solutions.

In March of this yea...

Azure’s hybrid cloud advantage

06.19.2020 04:42 PM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)

Executive Summary:

If you’re a Microsoft shop, one of the most compelling reasons to choose Azure as your public cloud infrastructure is its tight integration with on-premise resources, managed through Windows Admin Center.

Several months ago, I wrote about the importance of CEOs, presidents...