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The Pros and Cons of Moving to the Cloud

Most businesses have moved their IT infrastructure to the cloud, or have at least considered it. The cloud provides a variety of benefits that businesses hope to access, including increased opportunities for collaboration, the ability to scale services to changing needs, cost savings, energy efficiency, and automatic network and application updates. But the cloud is […]

Maintaining Data Value Through Edge Analytics

Exponentially more data is being produced now than only a few years ago. Much of this data is being created as the result of the Internet of Things (IoT), and quite a lot of it is also created by mobile users. In just three hours during the Super Bowl, for example, mobile device usage was […]

How Technology Is Changing Workplace Collaboration

Collaboration in the workplace creates a wide variety of benefits, including stimulating creativity, enabling flexibility, encouraging risk taking, and building trust, teamwork, and conflict resolution skills among employees. Collaboration can also create efficiency, and often appeals to younger employees entering the workforce. Technology is increasing the ability of organizations to implement collaboration as an organizational […]

BYOD: Productivity Dream or Security Nightmare?

Bring your own device (BYOD) programs can be incredibly valuable to businesses, but they aren’t without their security concerns. Pros and Cons of BYOD There are two primary benefits to BYOD initiatives in the workplace. The first is the immediate savings generated by not having to provide employees with devices. The second is the greater productivity […]

Backup and Disaster Recovery: What It’s for and What to Look for

Studies indicate that the annual worldwide cost of data breaches will be in excess of $2.1 trillion by the year 2019. Experts estimate the cost of even a small data loss event to be between $18,000 and $36,000. The more business a company does digitally, the more valuable the data generated can be. Add to this […]

Optimizing a Business Wireless Network in the IoT Age

In many businesses, wireless has become the predominant method of connecting network endpoints to the WLAN. This is largely due to bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives and an increased focus on worker mobility. Anticipated growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is also likely to increase rather than mitigate the strain on corporate wireless […]

Managing a Multiple Cloud System: Go It Alone or Get a Partner?

It has been a while since the only major factor in choosing a cloud services provider was the application or development environment that would be implemented. For most modern businesses, running multiple implementations of multiple applications–often across multiple clouds–has become the norm. This can actually lead to increased levels of complexity, rather than the simplification […]

5 Benefits of Data Center Virtualization

Virtualizing data center network operations can yield a variety of advantages, including lower costs, increased efficiency, better scalability, and enhanced security. Often, however, IT departments must first justify the investment that will be required and the data center changes that will result. Network virtualization (NV) adds a software-based virtual network element to the existing physical network […]

Leveraging VoIP for Budgetary Advantages

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems have been in the market for a significant time now and continue to grow in popularity for business use. Companies from startups to massive enterprises can reap the benefits of this flexible technology, especially when it comes to the bottom line of the budget. Advantage Over Mobile Phones Smaller companies […]