If you’re considering a digital transformation strategy, data security in the cloud is likely to be one of your major areas of concern. While cloud providers take extensive steps to protect your data both in storage and in transit, that doesn’t lessen your responsibility to protect your data assets. There […]
Network Monitoring: The Crucial Function You’re Overlooking
Network monitoring represents a vital function, one that not everyone is actively putting to work. There’s no doubt that, when it comes to everyday operations, a network that’s up to snuff is about as vital as it gets. Every day, the network controls a host of indispensable functions, from collaboration […]
Ensuring a Secure Transition to the Cloud
With a growing number of businesses realizing the advantages of the cloud, it’s unlikely that cloud adoption will let up anytime soon. A recent IDG survey foundthat 70% of respondents already have at least one application deployed in the cloud. Meanwhile, 56% of respondents are still vetting IT operations for […]
Hosted VoIP: The Ups and Downs of a Major Communications Platform
Hosted voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), like most any other communications technology, brings a wide variety of valuable points with it in terms of providing new services at potentially lower costs, and more besides. Yet also, there are some down sides to a hosted VoIP system that need to be […]
The Makings of an Effective Disaster Recovery Plan
A severe thunderstorm isn’t the only way that disaster can befall a company. Outages can come from the most unlikely of scenarios, whether from a broken water pipe that floods expensive equipment or a failed A/C unit that makes it impossible to work. No matter the incident, it’s important to […]
What MSPs Must Do to Create Greater Business Value
Jake Sorofman, research director at Gartner, recently noted that customer experience is the new competitive battlefield in today’s IT market. As a result, most managed services providers (MSPs) are placing less emphasis on product and service differentiation and more on customer retention and ongoing business growth. The hypercompetitive IT arena […]
Mission Possible: Making Cloud Connections Mission-Critical Ready
A growing number of businesses are embracing the cloud when it comes to vital business applications. But one of the most important concerns that many businesses have is ensuring their cloud connection can fully support their mission-critical applications and workloads. Fortunately, there are a number of ways in which organizations […]
4 Tips for Successful Sales of Ethernet Services
Ethernet services are in such high demand that selling it is not the challenge. The prime challenge for those in Ethernet sales is this: appropriately managing customer expectations so that clients are satisfied with the services for which they’ve signed on. The Allure of Ethernet As more demands are placed […]