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Platinum Partner status means CleanSlate will be able to offer platinum-level advantages to our current and future clients, while continuing to provide the expertise and dedication to quality that got us here in the first place.
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Software Asset Management (SAM) is something that many companies don’t think much about. After all, so long as software is functioning properly and you don’t plan on making any big systems changes any time soon, why worry about it?
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According to a study by Gartner in 2021, 69% of director boards are wanting to accelerate digital initiatives in ...
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IBM Cloud allows IT organizations to standardize upon software-defined infrastructure that is simpler to acquire, deploy, manage and scale out as business needs grow, without sacrificing reliability and security.
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The IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) is a system created by IBM to help businesses measure and monitor software usage. While that might not sound important, it’s a critical tool for just about any company using IBM software in a complex environment.
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Two of our account executives, Ben Thomas and Brandon Montgomery, recently attended Software and Solutions Top Gun ...
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Modernization, migration, and innovation to create a product that leverages the full potential of AWS, resulting ...
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As part of IBM’s BigFix suite of products, Detect is a critical component of keeping your business safe from potentially devastating cyber attacks. It provides endpoint detection and response solutions for threat analysis, and has capabilities far beyond your typical endpoint detection and response tool.
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CSTG explains how to build a modern DevOps platform along with Agile Delivery on how we've helped companies stay ahead of market.
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Guardium is a comprehensive data protection platform that lets your IT team know what’s going on with your data no matter where it lives.
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This post by Dinesh Nirmal originally appeared in IBM on January 5, 2021.
This is the first in a series ...
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Software scans—like those performed with ILMT—are familiar to just about anybody working in Software Asset Management (SAM). They keep you compliant, help ensure there won’t be any surprises during a software audit, and are critical for giving you important details about your software inventory.
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A modern, cloud-native application is a solution that is built by leveraging the inherent strength of the underlying cloud platform.
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Companies and industries are growing and changing constantly, making the environment for your organization ...
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A holistic way to illustrate key components of proper cloud operations and business drivers for migrating to the cloud.
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With the use of application program interfaces (APIs) becoming more common in recent years, companies are ...
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It’s no mystery that IBM software licensing and audits can be complicated. Chances are good that if you’re like many of the companies I’ve worked with over the years, you don’t have the right software asset management (SAM) strategy in place.
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Software licensing compliance can get complicated quickly. And with the constant changes in rules, updates, and ...
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A migration assessment is a specific engagement with defined variables and activities that provide a 360-degree view of your organization’s readiness to migrate
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State agency that provides technology services to other state agencies. They are responsible for IT strategic direction, IT policy and delivering centralized IT products and services within the state.
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The IBM License Metric Tool is a free and invaluable software asset management solution that helps you track, measure, monitor, and manage your IBM software estate. With ILMT, you can maintain an up-to-date inventory of your IBM software assets, gather information about your hardware, and ensure the license compliance of your organization.
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When working with a globally recognized investment management company, our experts provided top-of-the-line security and risk management within a modernized cloud architecture.
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STEPHEN SAILOR
Stephen has been working for CleanSlate for a little over 3 years. His favorite part of working ...
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Ronnie Fenwick is CleanSlate’s Senior UI/UX Designer. His job consists of the planning, design, and execution of ...
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David is an AWS Technical Architect at Cleanslate TG who focuses on understanding the macro scale challenges ...
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Chris has been with CleanSlate for 3 years. He has worked with our three largest clients in the role of a DevOps lead, providing solutions for automation, containerization, standardization, and awesome-ization.
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Jason has been working for CleanSlate for over 2 1/2 years. The most recent project has been creating a new application using an angular frontend and serverless functions on the backend.
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Alec loves the amount of resources he is provided with from hardware, software, training, and beyond is available to him is he needs it. He appreciates that CleanSlate recognizes that good tools are important for good work.
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CleanSlate had the opportunity to work with PSI, a partner in the online education industry, who wanted to migrate their systems to the cloud and modernize them in the process.
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Starting in 2017, we’ve changed our name from Preferred Partner to CleanSlate. We also launched a new website to showcase our software sales and consulting services.
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Have you ever found yourself in a position on a project where you struggle to obtain answers to your questions? ...
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There’s nothing wrong with self-managing your software assets. But if you do, it’s important that your company knows what to do if you discover an over-deployment of licensed products. When that happens—and it happens to the best of us—here’s what you should do next.
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See how our experts utilize the power of modern data and the cloud to propel a financing provider into the future with optimized efficiency and superior customer experience.
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The client, headquartered in Huntingburg, Indiana, is a company that specializes in the manufacturing of furniture for the workplace, healthcare, education, hospitality, and governmental industries.
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CleanSlate integrated AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to secure things easier, work more efficiently, and provide a better-performing system with fewer points of failure.
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This company is composed of a community of financial advisors aligned to provide objective, comprehensive wealth support for their clients. They provide financial advice to help clients build better lifestyles, achieve their dreams and create long-term stewards of wealth.
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This company is an independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life.
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A diversified automotive company with several unique business units. These units focus on vehicle distribution and processing, finance and insurance, and retail vehicle sales.
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Transforming a business into a SaaS Product Mindset vs. an application mindset allowing them to leverage the Product Roadmap to think about experiences through their product.
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Financial services organization that provides student loan services to allow college students to obtain university or college level education.
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Cloud Technical Architect, Stephen Sailor, explains how he leverages AWS, DevOps, and application expertise to help clients deliver better automation.
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CleanSlate used modern DevOps to enhance the performance of the application with the existing code base to follow AWS best practices
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Southwestern based company that markets sports equipment and student achievement accessories, including spirit awards, class rings and jewelry, and yearbook products.
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You see the term microservices tossed around often on powerpoint slides, webinars, and sales glossy handouts, but ...
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Corporations implement SAM strategies to help control and lower cost—but more important, they do it to maintain compliance. Sometimes SAM seems like an impossible puzzle, especially when you’re crunched for time and resources. As a software consulting firm, CleanSlate leverages our years of experience and depth of knowledge to help our clients do just that.
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The client is a large wireless retailer that sells phones, tablets, home internet and cable services. They have locations throughout the United States.
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A key feature of any solution is security – particularly when you have a software platform that encompasses thousands of clients, teams of developers, constantly evolving features, and wide exposure across the globe.
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Earlier this year, David Gilbertson published an excellent article on Hacker Noon with the eye-catching title “I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.” While the article is noted as a fictional endeavor, the approach that is detailed is certainly something that could have a negative impact on corporations around the world.
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IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
is a comprehensive, hybrid integration platform that leverages AI
- powered automation across the integration lifecycle to unlock business data silos and assets, connect cloud, and on-prem
apps, and protect in-flight data integrity with enterprise messaging
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The Internet of Thing (IoT) is rapidly becoming more popular as services, such as home automation and health ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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March 8th is International Women's Day. The mission of IWD for Women in Tech is to celebrate digital advancement ...
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International organization which operates digital online auctions for North American and European automotive marketplaces.
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Using modern DevOps, the client had better and more reliable marketing website they could present to their customers
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In the digital world, new product offerings demand increased forms of content to attract consumers. Delivering ...
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In order to stay compliant with IBM software terms and regulations, clients must use a supported version of ILMT. ...
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Southwestern based company that markets sports equipment and student achievement accessories, including spirit awards, class rings and jewelry, and yearbook products.
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To take advantage of Sub-capacity licensing and its inherent value, IBM customers are required to:
1) Install ...
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Don’t delay in preparing for and implementing ILMT, or the upgrade of your existing ILMT platform. Whether your company is just in the exploratory phase or is starting to plan for deployment, you are not alone.
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The client currently leverages a large suite of IBM software solutions to provide the various platforms and applications required to support its internal and external applications. The IBM software solutions span across a large portion of the client’s infrastructure and are deployed across several servers within the enterprise.
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Monolith. The ominous name signifies something big, unmovable, and difficult to deal with.
And that’s exactly what ...
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If your company uses IBM products, PVU reporting is something you’re probably familiar with. But it’s easy to forget that there are licensed products outside of PVU that require proper managing and reporting, too.
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Herff Jones is a nationally recognized marketer and manufacturer of student achievement products, including yearbooks, class rings, graduation accessories, and more.
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It is about that time of the year when companies are trying to finalize their future budget cycle and financial allocations. Companies allocate roughly 5%, and even upwards of 10% for some industries, of company revenue for IT budget.
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The IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) System is a breakthrough cloud platform that helps solve petabyte and beyond storage challenges for companies worldwide. Enterprises that need to store large volumes of unstructured data must look beyond their current storage solutions and evaluate new approaches.
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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb recently recognized CleanSlate as one of Indiana’s fastest growing technology ...
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If your company uses IBM Passport Advantage, you’re probably aware of the licensing requirements. As part of your ...
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Delivering Digital Innovation for Delta Faucet CompanyOn June 24, CleanSlate partnered with Delta Faucet Company ...
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Managing hundreds or even thousands of computers across a network can get complicated quickly. You’ve got software distribution, patches, licensing issues, security threats—it’s easy to see how things can get overwhelming without the right systems management tools.
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Having the right software asset management (SAM) strategy in place for your business can save you time, money, and lots of headaches—especially if you run into an unexpected software audit. But many companies have an outdated SAM strategy—or no SAM strategy at all—which is a risk that can be easily avoided if you take the right steps.
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For many companies, software represents a significant portion of overhead. And if you aren’t managing your ...
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Centralized cloud security and compliance combined with democratized incident response can ensure that the right ...
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Cloud Engineer, Jason Karrel, explains how he leverages AWS, DevOps, Voice Skill, and application expertise to help clients deliver better automation.
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Is your IBM Hardware reaching End of Support? If so, there’s still time to protect your withdrawn equipment with an IBM Hardware Support Extension!
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The client is a global provider of workforce training programs and solutions to help people achieve success in their academic, personal, and work lives. The client has successfully delivered training in 160 countries with training content supporting over 50 languages.
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Delta Faucet is a long-time manufacturing company of hardware and are producers of the first single handle faucet.
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Voice driven computing is revolutionizing how we work, live and play in the digital world. People are interacting ...
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Midwest based construction firm that designs and builds steel structures for construction of commercial office buildings, hospitals, schools, warehouses, and other similar building constructions.
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Midwest based company promoting student spirit and achievement through digital design and published media.
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Delta Faucet Company makes residential and commercial faucets and other products for kitchen and bathrooms that improve everyday experiences with water.
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IBM’s zero-trust approach to security enables you to guard against all the different vulnerabilities your organization may have—known and unknown—and prevents bad actors from taking advantage of them.
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Everyone’s journey is going to be unique. There are many principles to apply while identifying your cloud ...
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Provider of transformational online learning and educational services for students and teachers with a focus on K-12 STEM based resources.
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The client is an international organization that operates digital online auctions for North American and European automotive marketplaces.
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See how our experts delivered a transformative solution for a digital native company using SaaS. With a business scaled for the future, success is inevitable.
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Creating cloud enabled applications has several distinct differences compared to traditional software solutions. ...
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North American provider of outsourced technology services including Call Center, Help Desk, Field Support and other related public and private sector services.
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All of us at CleanSlate are excited to announce that we’ve just received Ingram Micro’s IBM Business Unit Partner of the Year award.
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CleanSlate Technology Group & the CleanSlate team were nominated for the Service Partner of the Year Mira Award, honoring the Best in Tech in Indiana.
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Konow set to advance CleanSlate's evolution as technology consulting leaderCleanSlate Technology Group (CSTG), a ...
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CleanSlate is amongst 71 other small companies with 15-74 U.S. employees that have been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana.
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CleanSlate Technology Group, a full-service technology consultancy, announced today the appointment of Robin Fleming to its Board of Directors. Robin is a seasoned technology executive with over 35 years of experience in building and operating software technology products and platforms and serving customers.
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CleanSlate Technology Group, an Advanced Consulting Partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and a leading consultancy specializing in modernizing applications and building advanced cloud solutions for enterprise clients, recently opened a new office in the Detroit metro area to accommodate rapid growth and leverage the area’s high tech talent pool.
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CleanSlate is committed to providing AWS solutions and expertise to Public Sector Community
CleanSlate, a ...
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CleanSlate is proud to announce a new partnership with HCL, a global technology company!As of July 1, 2019, HCL ...
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CleanSlate is thrilled to have been selected as a finalist for the Powderkeg 2020 National Tech Culture Awards. ...
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Every year, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce chooses 100 companies throughout Indiana for their distinguished Best ...
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We’re happy to report that CleanSlate is now a partner with MuleSoft and its family of products. Our team is ...
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Financial services organization that provides student loan services to allow college students to obtain university or college level education.
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Designation of AWS SDP verifies Partners deep knowledge and expertise of achieved serviceCleanSlate, a ...
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[Carmel, Indiana - June 8, 2021]: CleanSlate Technology Group today announced that they have attained the Amazon ...
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CLEANSLATE AND RED HAT PARTNERSHIPCleanSlate Technology Group (CSTG, Inc.) is an IT partner who is always by your ...
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At CleanSlate, we pride ourselves in being a leader in digital transformation. We work with cloud platforms such ...
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Perhaps the most important aspect of fully utilizing IBM’s ILMT (or Big Fix Inventory) tool is to be able to ...
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The client is a market-leading provider of specialized finance solutions for the automotive remarketing industry.
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The electronic age has certainly made life simpler.
Even before we found the need to be connected, electronic ...
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Founded in 2012, our client is a leading provider of enforcement, asset tracking and business process automation software to modern governments and operations. Municipalities, universities, operators, healthcare campuses, and transportation hubs can now leverage the combined technology solutions of their parent company since joining forces with the team in 2020.
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CleanSlate enabled the modernization of the smart faucet by implementing a robust DevOps platform.
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A leading sports equipment and student achievement accessory company. Based in the southwest with a diverse portfolio of products including spirit awards, class rings, jewelry and yearbook products.
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The Client is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of residential and commercial consumer goods. It is a division of a larger corporation and manufactures three wellknown brands. The company invests in ways to manufacture innovative solutions that increase functionality, while also utilizing improved manufacturing processes to reduce their ecological footprint
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As IBM licensing experts, CleanSlate is here to help you at every step of your IBM License Metric Tool journey. With CleanSlate, you get the best of both worlds – expertise in navigating the complexities of IBM licensing coupled with deep experience in proper ILMT deployment and reporting.
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Migrating to the cloud isn’t just porting applications to a new, physical location. It is an evolution of thought and technology. Let’s take a look at what is involved in a Cloud Readiness Assessment.
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Implementing a fully automated AWS infrastructure and introducing modern, streamlined CI/CD processes that provided Herff Jones increased productivity, improved development ramp-up time, and accelerated speed to delivery.
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You’ve analyzed the benefits of a SaaS model to your business. Your interest is piqued. What can you expect as you migrate from a traditional application mindset to SaaS?
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It wasn't until a couple years later that I started seeing RESTful APIs at client engagements. All of them seemed to follow the standard RESTful API design, making it easy to build client applications against the back-end API services built upon REST.
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Vanessa Avila
Salesforce Sales Specialist
Vanessa has been in the IT Industry for over 6 years and in the ...
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Liz Watson
Financial Analyst
Liz has been at CleanSlate for about three years. She began in a part-time capacity ...
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John Harrison
Business Development Manager
John has been in IT consulting for the majority of his successful ...
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Branden Voegerl
Senior Account Executive
Branden is in his 14th year with CleanSlate. He started as an Account ...
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Anna Pullman-Rainbolt
IT Operations engineer
Anna has been with CleanSlate for 6 years. Her role has really ...
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Whether you have a new idea or want to modernize and expand your existing application, there are many reasons you may want to build it as a SaaS application.
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These days, it doesn't matter if you're a non-technical founder or a full stack developer, you'd have to be living ...
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So, you may start by asking yourself….What is the value of starting with an assessment? Why not jump right into your cloud migration journey?
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With the cloud, it’s vital to consider HOW you set up the cloud resources needed to support your system. What happens if it isn’t set up correctly?
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From expertise & guidance to partner benefits and funding programs - learn why you should be partnering on your cloud journey.
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Your planning journey doesn’t stop with your IBM Planning Analytics implementation. CleanSlate helps you beyond the technology phase of your planning journey into the business side.
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