ROYAL OAK – IT budgets look promising and are expected to grow in 2018 especially with cloud-based services continuing to be on the rise.  IT departments are hopping on the bandwagon of exciting new technology. Those include artificial intelligence, virtual reality, hyper-converged, BaaS to name a few.

Red Level’s Pat Dooley, a senior consultant, joins M2 TechCast co-hosts Matt Roush and Mike Brennan to explore the topic “What’s Next for IT in 2018…and What To Do About It.”

He explores these questions:

What are the benefits of cloud versus a physical IT infrastructure?

Why are backups important? What do I risk by not having a backup in place?

There is a lot of buzz in different industries about automation, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI). What impact will these trends have in IT moving forward?

How often should I be updating my IT infrastructure?

Why are more and more companies moving to the cloud?

To listen to his answers, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-108-red-level-networks