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POTS lines: How they work and modern alternatives

The essential guide to POTS The official birthday of the internet was January 1, 1983, and the world’s first smartphone was released in 1994. Since then, we’ve come a long way, building upon traditional phone systems to create the modern phone networks we know and love today. But those old phone systems have been showing their age for …

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Top 3 reasons to replace all of your POTS Lines

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Why companies depend on Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) First of all, what is POTS? Plain old telephone services, or POTS, have been around in some form since 1876. But by the mid-2010s, many businesses began taking steps to reduce dependency on POTS, partly due to the mass migration to VoIP and partly due to …

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How hackers could get into your business

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Various groups and individuals try to get employees of businesses to install spyware, adware, malware, or viruses on their computing devices, like laptops, notebooks, and desktop computers. These devices are vulnerable because they run complex operating systems that aren’t walled off like mobile devices. Here are some frequented points of entry into company networks. Network …

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Does your business need Network Access Control? 10 questions to ask

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Business networks are changing rapidly, causing new threats to emerge and creating unknown risks that network managers need to consider. Remote working is now routine, with around 45% of Americans working at home full-time or part-time. Cloud storage accounts for approximately 50% of corporate data worldwide, while the number of IoT-connected endpoints reached 12.3 billion in 2021, and projections suggest …

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Is your guest network exposing you to hackers?

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WiFi is an essential part of our everyday lives in today’s interconnected world. Offering WiFi is considered a courtesy to your customers, and in some cases, necessary for vendors or other guests who may be meeting at your office. This begs the question: should you implement guest WiFi at your office, and is it safe for …

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What is Network Access Control?

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Network access control (NAC), also known as network admission control, is the process of restricting unauthorized users and devices from gaining access to a corporate or private network. NAC ensures that only users who are authenticated and devices that are authorized and compliant with security policies can enter the network. As endpoints proliferate across an organization—typically driven …

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Is your VPN complexity slowing progress?

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With the massive adoption of remote work, a spotlight has been put on poor user experience. As users are already faced with massive stress due to unfamiliar working conditions, work-related stress is the least desirable outcome IT and business leaders want. It's time to get rid of your VPN As an IT professional, you’re probably …

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