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The benefits of Backup as a Service

What is Backup as a Service (BaaS) and why should your company be using it? Backup as a service (BaaS) is an approach to backing up data that involves purchasing backup and recovery services from an online data backup provider. Instead of performing backup with a centralized, on-premise IT department, BaaS connects systems to a [...]

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Achieving password protection

Thought Leadership / Security Posture

Password Protection Tips Cybersecurity experts continually suggest the use of strong and unique passwords as one of their top recommendations to keep hackers out of your system. However, this is also one of the least followed recommendations by users. Some suggest this is because it's difficult for users to remember these strong and unique passwords

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Why switching to SD-WAN is good for business

Thought Leadership / Network

Reasons to make the switch to SD-WAN Software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) represents a simplified, cost-effective, and flexible alternative to traditional wide area network (WAN) solutions. Forward-thinking businesses are quickly realizing the benefits that SD-WAN can offer and switching from their traditional WAN solutions. Let’s explore the benefits of SD-WAN and how it is helping businesses

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What’s driving IT budgets in 2019?

Thought Leadership / Business Strategy, The Cloud

IT Budgets are Growing. Why? Spiceworks, a professional network for the IT industry, surveyed 780 technology leaders and found that 89% of respondents expect their IT budgets in 2019 to either increase or stay the same, with 64% of respondents feeling the need for IT to upgrade their outdated infrastructure. Most importantly, companies of all

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What every CEO needs to know about the Cloud

Thought Leadership / The Cloud

Moving to the cloud? What to know before the move More and more businesses are moving to the cloud for the promise of agility, efficiency, innovation and cost reduction. The cloud can be extremely transformative for your business. However, migrating applications to the cloud doesn’t happen overnight. Before making the move to the cloud, it

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Common digital transformation mistakes

Thought Leadership / Business Strategy

Dooming Digital Transformation Digital transformation is defined as the acceleration of business activities, processes, and models to fully leverage the opportunities and impact of new digital technologies a strategic way. Essentially, digital transformation is business transformation. There is a lot at stake - the ability to strengthen customer relationships, create new revenue opportunities, and streamline

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Protecting your business on Cyber Monday

Thought Leadership / Security Posture

Ensure a Scam-Free Cyber Monday Cyber Monday is just around the corner, and according to the National Retail Federation, it’s the biggest shopping day of the year - even exceeding Black Friday. Last year 81 million U.S. residents shopped online on Cyber Monday. Much of this shopping will happen at work on company owned devices.

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Cloud Adoption Drivers

Thought Leadership / The Cloud

Moving to the Cloud? Here are four business drivers for Cloud adoption According to Forbes, 83% of enterprise workloads will be in the cloud by 2020. Whether you’ve already started adopting cloud technology, are in the middle of planning to do so, or can’t quite fathom the change just yet, it is inevitable your organization

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Business and people: why relationships are essential for a successful business

COmmunIT, Community / Business Strategy

October COmmunIT Breakfast It is undeniable that technology is continuing to grow and shape the business world. Technology encourages innovation within the workplace and is constantly evolving how organization's operate if they choose to embrace it. This constant change also comes along with a significant cost change; a cost that can be overwhelming for many

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Aligning your organizational goals

Thought Leadership / Business Strategy, Culture

The Importance of Aligning Your IT and Executive Teams There are many departments within an organization dedicated to specific tasks, prioritizing certain initiatives, and specializing in specific areas. It is not an easy task to have all of your teams on the same page all the time. However, there is an incredible power in company-wide

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