Shamrock exists as a trusted ally to enterprise IT leaders responsible for making the most difficult and sensitive decisions related to technology procurement.
We provide comprehensive and objective analysis at no cost to our customers, helping you make the right decisions on any product from any provider at the guaranteed best price.
We are proud to announce that Shamrock has been recognized by CIO Review at one of the “20 Most Promising AWS Solution Providers” for 2019! Check out the article on how our AWS solutions are changing the game for IT decision makers around the globe.
Whether your company is premise-based, in a private cloud, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud, Shamrock has you covered. We will help you secure and easily monitor your corporate environment in real-time.
Shamrock has carefully vetted the top performing tools for public and private cloud orchestration and cost management to service deployments of any size, on any budget at guaranteed best rates.
Shamrock can reduce your public cloud spend by
40%
Whether you’re looking to migrate to AWS, better manage your current AWS environment, or expand your capabilities within AWS, Shamrock can help.
We’re top rated AWS consultants for a reason – because we’re a team of vendor-neutral, award-winning cloud experts who always act in the best interests of our clients, and we always guarantee the best price on AWS products and services.
We’ll help you maximize your Azure experience and take your business to the next level by designing, deploying and managing scalable infrastructure and application-based solutions. We’ll even facilitate your migration from your on-prem or environment or from another cloud provider to Azure, in whatever capacity you choose.
Shamrock is a Certified MS Azure Partner, offering expert consulting services at the guaranteed best price.
Google’s Partner Network is one of the most prestigious in the industry, and Shamrock is honored to be a part of it. As a Google Partner, Shamrock is your go-to resource for support in GCP. We provide free 24/7 US-based support, migration support, scalable solutions, cloud cost management and more within GCP, all for the guaranteed best price.
Shamrock is the market leader in GCP cost reduction, GCP migration services, GCP Interconnect direct connects and much more.
Whether your company is premise-based, in a private cloud, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud, Shamrock has you covered. We’ll help you secure and easily monitor your environment in real-time to ensure proactive protection of your corporate IT environment. Join our growing list of Fortune 500, Fortune 100 and Fortune 50 customers and see why Shamrock is an industry leader in corporate security.
Join our growing list of Fortune 500 and see why Shamrock is an industry leader in corporate security.
We’ve been recognized as an industry leader in data center sourcing and procurement on a global scale. We represent every major data center operator both domestically and globally, so no matter the size, scope or area of your needs, we’ve got you covered. With over 1,200 major networks, enterprises, and business partners available for interconnection and traffic exchange via direct cross connects, peering and Ethernet services
Shamrock is an industry leader in provisioning cloud direct connects from any business or data center location, anywhere in the world, at any speed (10 Mbps to 100Gbps).
We’re also the exclusive solution provider for 100G cloud direct connects into Google Cloud Interconnect and AWS Direct Connect.
Our portfolio of services includes business process outsourcing (BPO), telecommunication audit, procurement advisory, and wireless expense management. We strive to produce sustained results for your organization.
Shamrock’s mobile cost management experts can help you drastically reduce your enterprise mobility costs without any provider or contract changes. Our technology uses patented algorithms and machine learning.
The result: instant and tangible savings!
Shamrock Consulting provides Long Distance Services with cost-effective in-state, state-to-state, international and toll-free calling for businesses. International or Domestic Toll-Free Numbers, Conferencing Services, powerful cost-management options.
As industry-leading UCaaS consultants, Shamrock has negotiated direct partnerships with every major UCaaS provider to ensure that our clients receive the best possible solution at the best possible price. Guaranteed.
Dynamically manage traffic pattern changes and get high-quality, reliable voice services that leverage your existing PBX investment. Pbx Service Providers, SIP Service, Pbx Pricing, Cloud Pbx and more.
The need to future proof your network has created an unprecedented demand for fiber to the premise. Dark Fiber, Fiber Ethernet, DS3, OC-x, Fixed Wireless (Microwave, lazer, WIMAX), Ethernet over Copper (EOC), T1, NxT1, Cable, DS, Shamrock Consulting Group has all of your options in one place.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Internet Access Options!
The need to future proof your network has created an unprecedented demand for fiber to the premise. Dark Fiber, Fiber Ethernet, DS3, OC-x, Fixed Wireless (Microwave, lazer, WIMAX), Ethernet over Copper (EOC), T1, NxT1, Cable, DS, Shamrock Consulting Group has all of your options in one place.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Internet Access Options!
Global enterprises, financial institutions, the largest networks and the Internet’s foremost content companies trust us with what matters most to them—their information assets. Shamrock Consulting Group can design wide area networks for any size, any budget, anywhere.
Let's Start With Understanding Your WAN Objectives!
We partner directly with every major Dark Fiber providers in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. We also work with cities and municipalities such as Los Angeles County, Orange County, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and elsewhere to find you the best possible solution at the guaranteed best price.
As top-rated SD WAN consultants who partner directly with every leading SD WAN provider in the industry, Shamrock is committed to helping you make well-informed procurement decisions at the guaranteed best price. We offer a free consultation to identify the best solution for your needs and budget.
As a CrowdStrike partner, the Shamrock team as a whole are big fans of the company’s cloud native endpoint protection platform. But don’t take our word for it – we’ve had hundreds of customers using CrowdStrike tell us how much they love the platform, and many of them have said that they have no idea how they ever lived without it.
Licensing discounts of up to 50 percent below market rates.
We’ve formed deep partnerships with the most trustworthy cybersecurity vendors in the industry, and we guarantee the best price from every single one of them. Black, White & Gray Box Testing, Cloud Pentesting, Mobile & Web App Pentesting, Wireless Pentesting, Physical Pentesting, Client-Side Pentesting. In addition to pentesting, we can also help you out with next-generation firewalls, endpoint protection and corporate email security. Schedule Your Free Pentest Analysis.
We take a look at some great security solutions that achieve real time visibility into all aspects of a corporate network, even reaching the most remotely deployed endpoints. If you’re interested (and you probably should be), Shamrock Consulting Group can secure these cutting-edge tools for you at the best prices.
We can offer the best prices on CrowdStrike products and can also provide a free security assessment.
How can companies be both agile and secure in these unprecedented times? For help with empowering your WFH teams with the tools and processes they need, speak to a Shamrock consultant today.
Our strategic partners are comprised of the very best in the industry from a security standpoint (Trustwave, AlertLogic, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, PaloAlto, Carbon Black, etc.).
Whether your company is premise-based, in a private cloud, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud, Shamrock has you covered. We’ll help you secure and easily monitor your environment in real-time to ensure proactive protection of your corporate IT environment.
Join our growing list of Fortune 500 and see why Shamrock is an industry leader in corporate security.
Safeguard Proprietary, Mission Critical Data
Whether its R&D for a world changing innovation or straightforward emails to accounting, Shamrock provides a comprehensive suite of security services – including Managed Firewall, Intrusion Detection/Prevention, and Vulnerability Scanning – to ensure that your organization’s data is safeguarded and kept out of the wrong hands.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Biotech Telecom Objectives!
Whether you are looking to increase network uptime, reduce operational expenses, or build a next generation global development company, Shamrock Consulting Group has turnkey solutions tailored to the needs of the Construction and Development industry at guaranteed best rates.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Telecom Objectives for Construction & Development sites!
Shamrock Consulting Group’s Financial Services practice offers customers robust custom architected network, cloud, data center, and unified communications solutions that provide the security, compliance, and uptime their organizations require to function on a day-to-day basis.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Financial Organization's Telecom Objectives!
Shamrock has cross-disciplinary knowledge of healthcare-specific IT apps. Shamrock has extensive rural network design and build experience. In addition to 100+ partners, Shamrock has experience, connections and industry tools to identify, design to, spec, procure and project manage complex multi-vendor deployments. Healthcare institutions, financial institutions, the largest networks and the Internet’s foremost content companies trust us with what matters most to them—their information assets.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Healthcare Telecom Objectives!
Whether you are looking to increase network uptime, reduce operational expenses, or build a next-generation global studio, Shamrock Consulting Group has turnkey solutions tailored to the needs of the Media and Entertainment industry at guaranteed best rates. Nobody delivers more connectivity solutions to Media and Entertainment companies than Shamrock Consulting Group!
Shamrock Consulting Group offers its retail customers the best-fit, access technologies at each of their sites to ensure complete coverage and uptime at low costs. We design solutions that provide PCI-compliant security for credit card transactions and support for data communications for key retail applications—including point-of-sale, back-office systems, training, and digital video surveillance.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Retail Business Operational Objectives!
Whether you are looking to increase network uptime, reduce operational expenses, or build a next generation global Software as a Service Platform, Shamrock Consulting Group has turnkey solutions tailored to the needs of the SaaS Industry at guaranteed best rates. Low, Mid, and High-density data center options with robust connectivity options to extend service coverage all over the globe.
Let's Start With Understanding Your SAAS Objectives!
Shamrock exists as a trusted ally to enterprise IT leaders responsible for making the most difficult and sensitive decisions related to technology procurement.
We provide comprehensive and objective analysis at no cost to our customers, helping you make the right decisions on any product from any provider at the guaranteed best price.
We are proud to announce that Shamrock has been recognized by CIO Review at one of the “20 Most Promising AWS Solution Providers” for 2019! Check out the article on how our AWS solutions are changing the game for IT decision makers around the globe.
Whether your company is premise-based, in a private cloud, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud, Shamrock has you covered. We will help you secure and easily monitor your corporate environment in real-time.
Shamrock has carefully vetted the top performing tools for public and private cloud orchestration and cost management to service deployments of any size, on any budget at guaranteed best rates.
Shamrock can reduce your public cloud spend by
40%
Whether you’re looking to migrate to AWS, better manage your current AWS environment, or expand your capabilities within AWS, Shamrock can help.
We’re top rated AWS consultants for a reason – because we’re a team of vendor-neutral, award-winning cloud experts who always act in the best interests of our clients, and we always guarantee the best price on AWS products and services.
We’ll help you maximize your Azure experience and take your business to the next level by designing, deploying and managing scalable infrastructure and application-based solutions. We’ll even facilitate your migration from your on-prem or environment or from another cloud provider to Azure, in whatever capacity you choose.
Shamrock is a Certified MS Azure Partner, offering expert consulting services at the guaranteed best price.
Google’s Partner Network is one of the most prestigious in the industry, and Shamrock is honored to be a part of it. As a Google Partner, Shamrock is your go-to resource for support in GCP. We provide free 24/7 US-based support, migration support, scalable solutions, cloud cost management and more within GCP, all for the guaranteed best price.
Shamrock is the market leader in GCP cost reduction, GCP migration services, GCP Interconnect direct connects and much more.
Whether your company is premise-based, in a private cloud, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud, Shamrock has you covered. We’ll help you secure and easily monitor your environment in real-time to ensure proactive protection of your corporate IT environment. Join our growing list of Fortune 500, Fortune 100 and Fortune 50 customers and see why Shamrock is an industry leader in corporate security.
Join our growing list of Fortune 500 and see why Shamrock is an industry leader in corporate security.
We’ve been recognized as an industry leader in data center sourcing and procurement on a global scale. We represent every major data center operator both domestically and globally, so no matter the size, scope or area of your needs, we’ve got you covered. With over 1,200 major networks, enterprises, and business partners available for interconnection and traffic exchange via direct cross connects, peering and Ethernet services
Shamrock is an industry leader in provisioning cloud direct connects from any business or data center location, anywhere in the world, at any speed (10 Mbps to 100Gbps).
We’re also the exclusive solution provider for 100G cloud direct connects into Google Cloud Interconnect and AWS Direct Connect.
Our portfolio of services includes business process outsourcing (BPO), telecommunication audit, procurement advisory, and wireless expense management. We strive to produce sustained results for your organization.
Shamrock’s mobile cost management experts can help you drastically reduce your enterprise mobility costs without any provider or contract changes. Our technology uses patented algorithms and machine learning.
The result: instant and tangible savings!
Shamrock Consulting provides Long Distance Services with cost-effective in-state, state-to-state, international and toll-free calling for businesses. International or Domestic Toll-Free Numbers, Conferencing Services, powerful cost-management options.
As industry-leading UCaaS consultants, Shamrock has negotiated direct partnerships with every major UCaaS provider to ensure that our clients receive the best possible solution at the best possible price. Guaranteed.
Dynamically manage traffic pattern changes and get high-quality, reliable voice services that leverage your existing PBX investment. Pbx Service Providers, SIP Service, Pbx Pricing, Cloud Pbx and more.
The need to future proof your network has created an unprecedented demand for fiber to the premise. Dark Fiber, Fiber Ethernet, DS3, OC-x, Fixed Wireless (Microwave, lazer, WIMAX), Ethernet over Copper (EOC), T1, NxT1, Cable, DS, Shamrock Consulting Group has all of your options in one place.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Internet Access Options!
The need to future proof your network has created an unprecedented demand for fiber to the premise. Dark Fiber, Fiber Ethernet, DS3, OC-x, Fixed Wireless (Microwave, lazer, WIMAX), Ethernet over Copper (EOC), T1, NxT1, Cable, DS, Shamrock Consulting Group has all of your options in one place.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Internet Access Options!
Global enterprises, financial institutions, the largest networks and the Internet’s foremost content companies trust us with what matters most to them—their information assets. Shamrock Consulting Group can design wide area networks for any size, any budget, anywhere.
Let's Start With Understanding Your WAN Objectives!
We partner directly with every major Dark Fiber providers in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. We also work with cities and municipalities such as Los Angeles County, Orange County, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and elsewhere to find you the best possible solution at the guaranteed best price.
As top-rated SD WAN consultants who partner directly with every leading SD WAN provider in the industry, Shamrock is committed to helping you make well-informed procurement decisions at the guaranteed best price. We offer a free consultation to identify the best solution for your needs and budget.
As a CrowdStrike partner, the Shamrock team as a whole are big fans of the company’s cloud native endpoint protection platform. But don’t take our word for it – we’ve had hundreds of customers using CrowdStrike tell us how much they love the platform, and many of them have said that they have no idea how they ever lived without it.
Licensing discounts of up to 50 percent below market rates.
We’ve formed deep partnerships with the most trustworthy cybersecurity vendors in the industry, and we guarantee the best price from every single one of them. Black, White & Gray Box Testing, Cloud Pentesting, Mobile & Web App Pentesting, Wireless Pentesting, Physical Pentesting, Client-Side Pentesting. In addition to pentesting, we can also help you out with next-generation firewalls, endpoint protection and corporate email security. Schedule Your Free Pentest Analysis.
We take a look at some great security solutions that achieve real time visibility into all aspects of a corporate network, even reaching the most remotely deployed endpoints. If you’re interested (and you probably should be), Shamrock Consulting Group can secure these cutting-edge tools for you at the best prices.
We can offer the best prices on CrowdStrike products and can also provide a free security assessment.
How can companies be both agile and secure in these unprecedented times? For help with empowering your WFH teams with the tools and processes they need, speak to a Shamrock consultant today.
Our strategic partners are comprised of the very best in the industry from a security standpoint (Trustwave, AlertLogic, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, PaloAlto, Carbon Black, etc.).
Whether your company is premise-based, in a private cloud, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud, Shamrock has you covered. We’ll help you secure and easily monitor your environment in real-time to ensure proactive protection of your corporate IT environment.
Join our growing list of Fortune 500 and see why Shamrock is an industry leader in corporate security.
Safeguard Proprietary, Mission Critical Data
Whether its R&D for a world changing innovation or straightforward emails to accounting, Shamrock provides a comprehensive suite of security services – including Managed Firewall, Intrusion Detection/Prevention, and Vulnerability Scanning – to ensure that your organization’s data is safeguarded and kept out of the wrong hands.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Biotech Telecom Objectives!
Whether you are looking to increase network uptime, reduce operational expenses, or build a next generation global development company, Shamrock Consulting Group has turnkey solutions tailored to the needs of the Construction and Development industry at guaranteed best rates.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Telecom Objectives for Construction & Development sites!
Shamrock Consulting Group’s Financial Services practice offers customers robust custom architected network, cloud, data center, and unified communications solutions that provide the security, compliance, and uptime their organizations require to function on a day-to-day basis.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Financial Organization's Telecom Objectives!
Shamrock has cross-disciplinary knowledge of healthcare-specific IT apps. Shamrock has extensive rural network design and build experience. In addition to 100+ partners, Shamrock has experience, connections and industry tools to identify, design to, spec, procure and project manage complex multi-vendor deployments. Healthcare institutions, financial institutions, the largest networks and the Internet’s foremost content companies trust us with what matters most to them—their information assets.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Healthcare Telecom Objectives!
Whether you are looking to increase network uptime, reduce operational expenses, or build a next-generation global studio, Shamrock Consulting Group has turnkey solutions tailored to the needs of the Media and Entertainment industry at guaranteed best rates. Nobody delivers more connectivity solutions to Media and Entertainment companies than Shamrock Consulting Group!
Shamrock Consulting Group offers its retail customers the best-fit, access technologies at each of their sites to ensure complete coverage and uptime at low costs. We design solutions that provide PCI-compliant security for credit card transactions and support for data communications for key retail applications—including point-of-sale, back-office systems, training, and digital video surveillance.
Let's Start With Understanding Your Retail Business Operational Objectives!
Whether you are looking to increase network uptime, reduce operational expenses, or build a next generation global Software as a Service Platform, Shamrock Consulting Group has turnkey solutions tailored to the needs of the SaaS Industry at guaranteed best rates. Low, Mid, and High-density data center options with robust connectivity options to extend service coverage all over the globe.
Let's Start With Understanding Your SAAS Objectives!
In this post, we will delve deeper into the most common types of cyber security threats with relevant examples so you can easily identify the most common types of attack.
Cybersecurity threats can virtually come from anywhere with basic level threats, such as, generic phishing emails, to highly sophisticated and targeted attacks that may use cutting edge technologies, such as AI and ML.
We are proud to announce that Shamrock Consulting Group has been assigned an A rating from Security Scorecard. The rating serves as recognition for companies that are leading the way in keeping data, infrastructure, and people safe in the wake of a growing spate of attacks from cybercriminals.
Cybersecurity experts alarmingly believe that the worst is yet to come in the form of attacks utilizing the latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning. And, without cybersecurity protocols, the average business needs to protect themselves.
SageMaker & Amazon Machine Learning are available to the masses as completely Amazon-hosted ML platforms with similar structures yet a varied range of specific applications, suited for different user bases and overall usage.
The TPN’s goal is to raise security awareness, preparedness, and capabilities within the industry, primarily focusing on the growing number of third-party vendors now involved in the content production process.
The CPRA is an addendum to the existing CCPA law that expands upon its provisions, clears up ambiguous passages, adds technical regulations for all web traffic, and puts up new securities for all consumers throughout their digital journeys in California.
Businesses are starting to understand that an investment in AI to ensure great customer service not only benefits the overall customer experience, but also holds immense potential for business intelligence and streamlining processes.
Without FireEye discovering that its defenses had been breached and launching an investigation, the SolarWinds global intrusion attack may have continued undetected for weeks, if not months, more.
Are you looking to increase the efficiency of your data center management? At Shamrock, we are award-winning data center consultants who can provide you with unbiased analysis and industry-leading design.
Microsoft Teams is the most integrated, highly comprehensive bundle of MS Office apps to date. Find everything about Microsoft Teams with licensing basics, key features, how to choose the right vendor & more!
The WFH revolution has forced many companies to rethink their security posture. With this in mind, we take a look at some timely security solutions which can achieve real-time visibility into all aspects of any corporate network, even reaching the most remotely deployed endpoints.
A high-level breakdown of our most recent webinar on 2020 Enterprise IT Budgets. We highlight the primary challenges faced by IT & Finance leaders trying to maintain control over IT expenditures, and offer immediately actionable strategies for tactical cost reduction.
Getting on top of (and staying on top of) IT expenditures is a widespread challenge for many businesses big and small. In this article, we’ll look at the most common issues surrounding IT cost management and also delve into how best to overcome these issues to tactfully reduce your IT costs.
With remote operations now in full swing across the globe, IT leaders are finding out just how much of a security risk end users (and their endpoint devices) are to their enterprise networks. But don’t worry – we found the perfect endpoint protection solution: CrowdStrike. Read on and see why so many businesses are smitten…
UCaaS and CCaaS platforms are everywhere these days, poised to take advantage of a now-remote working world. But with hundreds of vendors and thousands of features and configurations to choose from, how does one decipher what’s best for their business? We created a handy guide to help.
With the majority of the global workforce now remote, endpoints have become the new front lines in the battle between good and evil. We’ll detail new methodologies that hackers are using to target your network, plus the weapons that enterprise IT teams can use to protect against them.
Find out why pentesting is far more effective than vulnerability scans, how often you should be pentesting (and why right now is a great time), and how to choose the best partner to carry out the evaluation process.
“Tactical cost reduction” is a favorite concept for any CFO, but the road to ROI starts with your IT team. We’ll explain how just a few changes to your network architecture can help your company transition from a CapEx model to OpEx and save a ton of money in the process.
We investigated the attempted hacks on WHO and HHS to uncover who might be responsible, how hackers are changing their methods during COVID-19, and what other businesses can learn from these attempts to better protect themselves from intrusion.
For IT leaders and company stakeholders looking to restore some order and maintain a productive WFH workforce, the best way to achieve this is to implement employee monitoring software. We’ll detail all the benefits of such software, including which vendor does it best.
If you’re an IT leader and you’re not implementing a zero trust network to secure your remote users AND your network as a whole, you’re in for a world of hurt. Find out what zero trust is, why it works and which one you should get.
Remember when working from home was an employee option, not a company mandate? That’s the new reality for millions of global workers amid the chaos of COVID-19. Here’s how distributed cloud-based security can keep your company’s network both agile and secure in these uncertain times.
Think you can save money by simply mirroring all features & functionalities of a cloud-based UC system via an on-prem deployment? Don’t. We’ll reveal why a misunderstanding of such magnitude is bound to cost you.
Considering an on-prem PBX for your business? Here’s how the potential pitfalls could outweigh the benefits and why a Hosted or UCaaS solution might make more sense.
We are proud to announce that Shamrock has been recognized by CIO Review at one of the “20 Most Promising AWS Solution Providers” for 2019! Check out the article on how our AWS solutions are changing the game for IT decision makers around the globe.
Establishing an airtight security posture is one of – if not the most important thing an IT leader can do, and it all starts with knowing what kind of threats to look out for. Here are five of the most common ways cybercriminals navigate around or through company defenses and into their networks, and also…
As IoT, Agile DevOps, enterprise SaaS and the mobile workforce all continue to grow in size and utilization, there is an increasing need for ways to process data quickly, with low latency, at the edge of the cloud. How can this be achieved? Through SASE, of course. Find out what SASE is, how it works,…
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect on January 1st, 2020. Is your business doing all the right things to ensure compliance? Find out in our Complete Guide for CCPA Compliance.
Few business owners think about endpoint security as often as they should. We’ll show you how to improve your company’s endpoint security posture (an absolute must) by illustrating the types of threats that could be lurking outside your network, looking for a way in.
Join us as we dive into how data lakes differ from other data repositories (i.e. data warehouses), what challenges threat hunters currently face and how the next-gen SIEM, together with data lakes, is advancing the field as a whole.
SD-WAN can help future-fit your network and offer aggressive cost efficiencies via reduced transport costs, but not all providers are created equal. Before you make any decisions regarding SD-WAN, be sure to read this article on SD-WAN security and the dangers that lurk beneath standalone management and SSL decryption promises.
On the battlefield of the Great Cloud Wars, every warrior needs a weapon of choice. Azure’s choice is retail industry, and with the recent additions of Kroger, Albertsons and Walgreens, they’ve continued to build one heck of a weaponized machine. Join us as we break down Azure’s latest moves.
Shamrock is humbled and honored to be recognized by CIO Review as one of the top 20 Cloud Solution Providers for the second year in a row! Check out CIO Review’s article on how our new Shamrock Cloud Cost tool will revolutionize the way companies manage their costs in the cloud.
Microsoft Azure is attempting to reinvent the way retail companies do business, and they’ve created an impressive list of retail-specific tools to make it happen. Shamrock executive Ben Ferguson breaks down the factors behind this Microsoft’s mutual affinity with retailers, plus why Azure isn’t necessarily a no-brainer for the latter.
There’s a lot of talk about Amazon and Google taking over the cloud computing scene with AWS and GCP, respectively, but it’s time to give Microsoft Azure a little love, too. Join us as we take a look some of the unique strengths that Azure can bring to your business.
Don’t want to end up with a deadbeat data center? A bad one can suck the life out of your business, and that just sucks. Don’t worry, we’ll help you pick one that’s perfect for your business.
Considering a cloud migration for your business? Very savvy move, Kemosabe. But be careful: it’s a complex process and the devil is in the details. Shamrock’s migration playbook will help ensure you don’t miss any important during your voyage to the cloud.
While there’s no definitive answer to the question, “How long will my cloud migration take?”, the experts at Shamrock give you real-world examples to help define your expectations as well as some key rules of thumb and critical factors to help make your company’s cloud migration a seamlessly successful process.
To achieve a successful cloud migration for your business, there are a list of important steps that you need to take. We’ll walk you through every step so you can be confident that you’re following the correct pathway to the cloud.
This article looks at four different types of SOC, how you can identify them and whether you are likely to thrive there. These offer a way to simplify your choice when it comes to whether to respond to a job advertisement.
Join Shamrock as we review the four most useful AWS management tools that every admin should know and take advantage of in order to maximize the benefits of AWS.
Bandwidth Capacity Planning should be a central part of any business strategy. This isn’t a guide to convince you to buy more than you need; this is a guide to help you buy and plan efficiently without wasting money.
In the following guide, we’ll walk you through the entire process of configuring your application and setting up an environment on AWS so you can quickly and easily get your creation in front of the people who want to use it.
How do companies successfully switch from centralized MPLS to distributed SD WAN? Shamrock explores why companies are making the move, how to choose the right SD WAN vendor, proper security setup and more.
With Microsoft continuing to push the development of its Teams platform, there has been a lot of interest in what features the 2019 update for Skype for Business (SfB) Server would include. This article highlights key features released by SfB in 2019.
Not sure how to use AWS IAM yet? No sweat. We’ll walk you through the entire process of securing access to your AWS account with IAM – including defining key terms, authorization vs. authentication, federating users and more.
Still trying to decide which cloud provider is best for your business? AWS is a great place to start because it’s the easiest cloud to adopt and grow with. Join us as we detail all the important benefits that AWS provides.
For any enterprise business, the decision to go cloud native can be daunting. This is especially true for established companies with a lot of legacy applications. In this guide, we’ll outline the strategies and steps that IT leaders can take to ensure that the process of going cloud native is a successful one.
Shamrock’s top cloud solutions architect walks you through the entire process of configuring a Google Cloud VPN (via GCP Dedicated Interconnect) from your office to any location in the world.
We’ll walk you through the entire process step-by-step, from setting up and provisioning an ExpressRoute circuit to configuring Microsoft and/or private peering. This article will focus on using the Azure portal.
We explore what microservices are, why big businesses are adopting them, and what advantages switching to a microservices architecture brings to your business. When big players such as Amazon, Netflix, Ebay, Twitter and PayPal start making radical changes to their technology infrastructure, it’s worth wondering: What the heck do they know that we don’t?
To help CTOs, CIOs, and CEOs zero in on the best providers, CIOReview assembled a distinguished panel to select an exclusive list of cloud solution providers that best demonstrate innovation in the cloud space. Shamrock Consulting Group has been recognized by CIO Review as one of the Top 20 Most Promising Cloud Solution Providers of…
As things stand today, Amazon’s AWS platform is the overall market leader for public cloud services, however Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform are both growing fast, offering more services and expanding their regions as they seek to gain – or keep – their precious traction. As the differences between these three services continue to…
Venice, CA (June 26, 2018) – In anticipation of this afternoon’s Google event announcing the arrival of its long-awaited Los Angeles data center, Shamrock Consulting Group partnered with Google to host a breakfast event highlighting the many benefits for migrating to the cloud with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
On June 26th, Google will be unveiling their new cloud region in Los Angeles, and the Shamrock team will be showing up in force to celebrate. Be sure to ping your point of contact at Shamrock Or, register now. We’d love to see you there!
SHAMROCK @ GOOGLE A morning of Cloud Computing, Process Automation, Machine Learning, IOPS, GPU's and more! Friday, June 22, 2018 340 Main St, Venice, CA 9029 From 9am-12pm (Breakfast Served)
Once upon a time, virtualized containers came on the scene and completely changed the compute game. Flash forward to 2018, and serverless computing is the new kid on the block. Haven’t been brought up to speed yet on the new hotness that is containers and serverless computing? No worries. We’re here to lay it all…
While the outside world may see telecom as a rapidly changing and evolving industry, Shamrock Consulting Group can’t help but notice how slowly many elements of the industry are moving. The extremely high barriers to entry have hindered new providers’ ability to come in and compete with the big players. On the contrary, though, new…
So you’ve made it to the cloud – bravo! If you’re reading this blog (thanks, by the way), chances are that you’ve probably decided on Azure as your gateway to the cloud. Whether it was the reduced cloud/licensing bundles that got you, the comfort of the Microsoft ecosystem, their overall aggressive pricing, or just a…
Succeeding in today’s rapidly evolving channel increasingly requires thinking outside the box, and going above and beyond the norm. During the Channel Partners Conference & Expo, April 17-20, in Las Vegas, three winners of the 2018 Channel Partners 360° Business Value Awards – Infinit Consulting, LanYap Networks and Shamrock Consulting Group – will provide an inside look at the projects that earned them…
A first-of-its-kind partnership for financing Cloud Reserved Instances El Segundo, CA, May 9, 2018– Shamrock Consulting Group is thrilled to announce a first-of-its-kind partnership with Blue Street Capital, a market leader in technology financing. The partnership will provide financing for Cloud Reserved Instances, giving medium and large enterprises incredible financial flexibility with regards to migrating…
There is simply no getting around it. Change is upon us. The great cloud migration is here. The costs of maintaining on-premise computing infrastructure is becoming increasingly difficult for businesses to justify and, by 2019, it’s expected that 50% of enterprises will be in the cloud. But such migrations come with plenty of complications. Migrating…
Shamrock Consulting Group launches groundbreaking campaign with Blue Street Capital to help clients finance large Reserved Instance (RI) purchases on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure Unless you’re Rip Van Winkle and have been sleeping for the last 20 years, I’m about to tell you something you already know – companies of all sizes are…
Cisco. Hewlett-Packard. Rackspace. Verizon. CenturyLink. AT&T. VMware. One-by-one, Amazon Web Services has systematically snuffed out the hosted hyperscale compute competition in recent years, carving out its place at the head of the proverbial public cloud table. After their swift defeat, the laundry list of companies mentioned above went back to their core businesses, and many…
As businesses continue to compile vast amounts of data from a myriad of different sources such as in-house employees, third party apps, software programs, point-of-sale machines and connected devices, one of their primary tasks has been finding the best way to make sense of all the numbers. Until recently, most companies have treated analytics data…
Call center businesses all over the world are catching on to the huge benefits available when they switch from their current on-premise or cloud call center environment to a fully-fledged UCaaS platform. With all telecom services (VoIP, business SMS, video, fax, email and more) combined into one system, efficiency is immediately increased. However, apart from…
Have you ever wondered how services, workloads and resources from disparate private and public cloud environments can be harmonized effectively to create a functioning hybrid cloud environment? It’s all a result of the special job done by sophisticated orchestration software. This article will explain what orchestration software is, how it is deployed, and how it…
If you have recently implemented a Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD WAN), or are still considering your migration options, the concept of network function virtualization (NVF) may still be a new one for you. And with so many networking hardware components now able to be switched out for virtualized alternatives, it can be difficult…
Microsoft Azure, and cloud computing in general, has revolutionized the way developers and organizations utilize software and IT architecture. It has given users unprecendented access to virtually unlimited computing power and storage, on an as-needed basis. Although cloud resources are more affordable than in-house built alternatives, it doesn't guarantee that you are making economical use…
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1. What resources will all applications require for optimal performance?
2. What is the value of your data assets?
3. How are you currently protecting and securing each of your data assets?
4. Which data assets will need to be accessed by which applications?
5. Who are the business users and how are they grouped together?
6. Which devices are used by each user or user group (e.g. desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets, smartphones, etc.)
7. Which of your user groups require access to which applications?
8. How many of your users will be accessing each application from a dedicated desktop computer?
9. How many of your users will be accessing each application from an internal mobile device? How about from an external mobile device?
10. How many of your users will be accessing each application from a shared and publicly-accessible location?
11. Which networks are currently used to connect user devices to applications? Be sure to include both wired and wireless networks.
12. Which public wide area networks (e.g. 4G) are currently used to connect remote devices to applications?
13. Are mobile device users fully aware of how to secure their devices when accessing applications in the cloud?
14. Which applications are you planning to bring with you into the cloud and which will stay in-house?
15. Of the applications you plan to move into the cloud, which will require modification first?
16. Where will your data assets be stored in the cloud?
17. What storage capacity will be provisioned to store each of your data assets?
18. Onto which specific cloud resource will each application be mapped?
19. Have you done any initial work in matching various cloud service providers? Have you found the most cost-effective solution which provides the performance and functionality you will need?
20. How will your sensitive data be protected and secured both during transit and while in storage?
