It is common for businesses to work with a managed services provider (MSP) that can handle elements of their IT requirements. According to CompTIA, roughly two-thirds of U.S. organizations use some form of managed service because it is such an efficient way to deal with increasingly complex technology requirements. Finding a provider that’s a good [...]
You probably know all the obvious reasons for enlisting a managed services provider (MSP) to oversee your IT environment. MSPs not only fix things when they break, but also identify potential problems and correct them before there is a failure. They help you control costs, minimize downtime and free up internal sources for other projects. [...]
In our last post, we discussed some of the many business benefits of Voice over IP (VoIP) phone systems. The key to realizing those benefits is to plan carefully before migrating to an IP-based phone system, regardless of the deployment model. For most people, the phone remains their most valuable business communications tool. Because every [...]
IP-based telephony has been providing organizations with documented benefits for going on two decades now, but a surprisingly large number of businesses still depend on legacy copper phone lines. Nemertes Research has estimated that more than 70 percent of U.S. companies still use time-division-multiplexed (TDM) voices services running over copper, although most at least have [...]
In the previous post, we discussed how the upcoming 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard is designed to support the growing capacity requirements of wireless networks. 802.11ax increases performance, efficiency and reliability in high-density environments by opening up more available channels, supporting more simultaneous streams and providing more available bandwidth per user. While it’s relatively safe to invest [...]
The average worker has a primary computing device, usually a laptop, and at least one other mobile device, usually a smartphone. Many workers also carry tablets for collaboration, presentations, training and other uses. As the number of devices per user increases, competition for bandwidth on the wireless network increases. The problem is, most wireless networks [...]
Many business executives view cybersecurity as a technical problem to be handled by the geeks in the IT department. However, cybersecurity is very much a business problem that demands thoughtful investment and a strategic approach. Generally speaking, cybersecurity can be broken down into four major categories: prevention, education, detection and response. Prevention encompasses many of [...]
In the previous post, we discussed why IP video surveillance is replacing closed-circuit television (CCTV) analog systems. IP video surveillance footage is transmitted as data over the network, where it can be monitored in real time, compressed, encoded, directed to specific servers for processing and directed to storage environments in any geographic location. It can then [...]
The corporate network has become a crowded place as more devices and assets have been connected to the Internet. In addition to desktop computers and mobile devices, organizations are collecting data from everything from light fixtures and printers to field equipment and vehicles. As adoption of IP video surveillance continues to increase, video cameras have [...]
According to the Breach Level Index, nearly 5 million data records are stolen each day, which equates to 58 records every second. Of course, these figures only account for known and reported breaches. While high-profile incidents involving household names like Equifax and Yahoo make headlines, smaller data breaches are often kept under wraps. Also, the [...]
