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AI and Data Analytics in Business Innovation: A Complete Guide

By Idea 11 Consulting / December 12, 2024

The pace of change in business today is relentless. Decisions that once took months now need to be made in weeks-or even days. Meanwhile, the volume of data streaming in from every direction-customer interactions, market trends, operational metrics-seems endless. It’s overwhelming to say the least. For many business leaders, it can…

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The Best DevOps Tools to Automate Your Cloud Infrastructure: Pros, Cons, and Use Cases

By Idea 11 Consulting / November 25, 2024

Managing cloud infrastructure is no small feat. DevOps teams often find themselves balancing rapid deployments, infrastructure scaling, and seamless team collaboration-all while maintaining uptime and delivering reliable services. The complexity of applications and infrastructure in modern environments makes automation tools indispensable for any organisation striving to stay ahead. Whether you’re building…

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The Complete Guide to TechOps Managed IT Services

By Idea 11 Consulting / November 14, 2024

Turning IT from a Source of Frustration to a Foundation for Growth For many businesses, IT has become a daily juggling act, where issues emerge without warning, users face frustration, deadlines stretch, and teams scramble to resolve disruptions. This constant firefighting overshadows long-term goals and slows down progress. TechOps managed services…

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How do Data & Analytics trends inform our Consulting Services?

By Idea 11 Consulting / February 8, 2024

As we called out in our 2024 trends article, Australian businesses are at the forefront of a data revolution, marked by innovative advancements like Augmented Analytics, Edge Analytics, and Data Observability. As your trusted Databricks Consulting Partners, Idea 11 is dedicated to guiding you through these trends, ensuring you harness their…

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Digital Transformation in Australia: 2024 Trends to Watch

By Idea 11 Consulting / December 13, 2023

Covering Cloud Software Development, Data & Analytics Consulting Services, TechOps Managed Services, and DevOps Looking back on 2023, it’s been a stellar year for digital transformation at Idea 11! We’ve been busy all year with innovative projects, delivering fantastic results, and welcoming lots of new customers looking to push the envelope…

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How Idea 11 doubled a council’s mobile app user base with cloud software development 

By Idea 11 Consulting / October 5, 2023

In today’s tech-driven world, moving to the cloud isn’t the final destination; it’s where the real journey begins for organisations. It’s the starting point for a transformation that unlocks possibilities previously hindered by outdated systems and in-house limitations. At the heart of this transformation is cloud software development, a rising trend…

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Why AWS? Insights from a leading AWS partner 

By Idea 11 Consulting / June 30, 2023

The cloud market has become a hotbed of creativity thanks to increased global adoption, innovation from industry leaders, and competition.   Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a driving force in this transformational shift. With an estimated 32% of the market share, they’re constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility and pioneering industry-leading changes…

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From implementation to optimisation: How DevOps consulting services are evolving in 2023  

By Idea 11 Consulting / April 19, 2023

Over the past decade, DevOps, which combines software development and IT operations, has dramatically changed from a developer-led trend to a top strategic priority. Faster releases are no longer the only goal; agility, resilience, and optimum business performance are equally important While there’s talk of DevOps losing relevance, the signs are…

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Transforming your modern workplace with a Microsoft 365 partner

By Idea 11 Consulting / March 1, 2023

The modern workplace is evolving. For most businesses, it’s not enough to stay in touch; you also need a space to share content and communicate with others in a non-linear fashion – one where everyone is connected to each other at all times. Enter cloud collaboration – the ability to work…

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Leading cloud consultants share AWS cloud security best practices 

By Idea 11 Consulting / February 1, 2023

“Our world is way more online these days. Twenty years ago, you could live perfectly well without a computer or mobile phone,” says Sergey Kozhevnikov, Solutions Architect at Idea 11. While many companies have enjoyed the obvious benefits of rapid digitisation, driven in part by the Covid-19 pandemic, hackers and bad…

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Cloud managed services: How businesses are harnessing the full power of the cloud with TechOps

By Idea 11 Consulting / December 20, 2022

Businesses are buying into the benefits of cloud transformation in huge numbers as they look to reshape business models for the better, harness data to produce lucrative new commercial opportunities, and automate processes to redefine customer service. As more organisations make the switch, finding a reliable way to manage their cloud…

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How cloud software development is transforming the tools of business 

By Idea 11 Consulting / November 10, 2022

As cloud drives digital transformation, it’s become crucial to all aspects of business. However, central to cloud’s importance is the role of software applications. Cloud is a flexible, scalable and cost-efficient platform to house applications. But it’s the applications themselves that empower business. Applications are essential tools: whether to share ideas,…

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Idea 11: Your data analytics consulting services partner

By Idea 11 Consulting / October 4, 2022

“If you don’t know what’s happening with your organisation or customers, it’s hard to improve performance.” This comment by Teangi Shoesmith, Senior Consulting Developer at Idea 11, is all the more relevant now as business data grows exponentially. For many SMBs, huge amounts of essential data often sits idle and untapped…

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Load Balancing Exchange ActiveSync with Client Certificates

By Idea 11 Consulting / November 4, 2015

We were setting up a NetScaler to load balance the Exchange 2013 CAS protocols a few weeks ago and we had an interesting dilemma.  The client had mandated the use of Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) when accessing Exchange ActiveSync from mobile devices and wanted to leverage their NetScaler appliances to provide high…

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Upgrading to Windows 10

By Idea 11 Consulting / July 30, 2015

With the release of Windows 10 hitting – it is time to show you how easy the upgrade process is! Let’s get started!

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What Does the End of Mainstream Support for Exchange Server 2010 Mean for You?

By Idea 11 Consulting / January 15, 2015

What does the end of mainstream support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 mean for your organization?

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AHBL Shutdown Causes Spam False Positives and Email Delivery Problems

By Idea 11 Consulting / January 7, 2015

The shutdown of the AHBL service has caused spam false positives and email delivery issues for email systems that are configured to use the service.

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Using PowerShell to Launch an Amazon Web Services EC2 Windows Instance

By Idea 11 Consulting / December 4, 2014

Now that we’ve looked at how to get started with the AWS PowerShell tools lets take a look at a simple scenario of launching an EC2 instance to run a basic web server. The steps involved are: Create an Amazon EC2 key pair Create a Security Group (ie, a firewall rules)…

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Getting Started with AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

By Idea 11 Consulting / December 3, 2014

Admins who run Windows on their desktop or laptop computer can use the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell to perform their Amazon Web Services administration. Installing the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell The pre-requisites for the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell are minimal. Windows XP or later, with PowerShell 2.0 or…

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PowerShell Script to Install the Amazon Web Services Tools for Windows PowerShell

By Idea 11 Consulting / December 3, 2014

This PowerShell script has been written to streamline the process of downloading and installing the Amazon Web Services Tools for Windows PowerShell to a Windows computer. The general workflow of the script is: Validate the download path exists, and create if necessary Download the file from AWS using Invoke-WebRequest Run the…

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