General Computing Executive Commentary
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The Latest Phone Systems For Businesses – VoIP
10/11/2021
Businesses today face numerous challenges. Missing calls from clients and the public shouldn’t be one of them. Many have switched to VoIP (voice over internet protocol) from traditional landlines to lower their phone costs, experience the many features and benefits of VoIP phone systems, can work from anywhere, and still use your office phone number.
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Benefits Of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) In A Hybrid Enterprise Work Environment
5/13/2021
Over the past year, we have seen a fundamental shift in the way people across the globe work and run their businesses. With large corporations like Microsoft, Facebook, and Spotify opening up work-from-home (WFH) options, organizations are forced to come up with cost-effective, powerful, and reliable remote solutions. In today's world, businesses are forced to consider a much more dynamic “office” with WFH users in separate geographic locations all over the country or world, and on varying networks.
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What You Need To Know About Edge Computing
5/22/2020
Brian L. Kelly manages the Network Architecture Research team as part of Panduit’s Corporate Research and Development department. The team develops Reference Architecture content for the Data Center, Enterprise, and Industrial Automation businesses. To date, Kelly has written well over 20 technical papers that have been published on the Panduit website, as well as partner websites such as Cisco, Juniper, and Rockwell Automation. Kelly took the time to speak with VAR Insights about all things Edge Computing.
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Why We Must Leave Windows 7 Behind
1/13/2020
Ignoring the Windows 7 end of support is easy right now, but no savings gained in the short term outweighs the risk to yourself and your business in the long term. A few thousand dollars spent now is better than tens or hundreds of thousands demanded by ransomware and the loss of confidence your clients in the future. Don’t let the deadline pass you by. The time to upgrade is now.
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10 Tips for Adding Security And Compliance To Your Services Stack
10/18/2019
Managing data privacy and protection, storage and transfer — as well as compliance with state, federal and international laws and guidelines — is too complex for clients of all sizes to manage internally. It's natural that they look to their IT partners to help them solve this issue. It's your opportunity to be ready with a plan when they do. Even better, bring the solution to them before they even start searching. Here’s how.
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Tech Leaders Talk National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
10/16/2019
In honor of celebrating the 16th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, leading tech industry experts have provided the comments below showcasing the importance of this holiday.
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Black Hat 2019 — A Value Added Reseller’s Playground
9/3/2019
Forget for a moment the chatter about Black Hat becoming commercialized or selling out to the security market and venture capitalists. Instead, let us take an inside view of the benefits that Black Hat provides for VARs that focus on security solutions.
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Onboarding New Technology In The Digital Age: How VARs Can Stand Out
3/21/2019
Businesses today are under greater pressure and scrutiny than ever before. With increased restrictions on storing, accessing and protecting customer data, there are very serious repercussions for those that fail to do it correctly. Of course, IT security isn’t a core competency for many businesses. They need help. And that’s just one place where solutions providers can play an important role.
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So, You Want To Start An MSP
2/12/2019
Over the last year or so I've noticed a sharp increase in the number of questions being posted to MSP forums that relate to starting an MSP or moving from a break-fix model to an MSP model. This is to be expected as the model becomes more well known and more entrepreneurs start MSPs, but some of the questions that are posted send a chill down my spine.
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Backup And Disaster Recovery Bring Big Opportunity To CSPs With Cybersecurity Offerings
1/24/2019
Cloud service providers are on tap and ready to help companies stay ahead of cybersecurity threats, which is one of the biggest growth opportunities for 2019. Following are key areas to consider as you launch your growth strategy and prepare for the year ahead.