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Gain Business Agility with Professional IT Services

Professional IT Services

Whether organizations have in-house technical expertise, outsourced IT providers, or a combination of the two, many still turn to professional IT services to help deploy and manage their solutions. A main attraction to professional IT services is that IT providers can act as an extended IT arm for your internal staff. IT providers are able …

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Cyber Security Solution Providers + 3 Data Security Protocols to Consider

Cyber Security Solution Provider

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the IT industry grows and hackers become smarter, there is a growing threat to businesses and their most critical asset, their data. Our goal is to break down some of these threats and 3 of the top protocols that industry experts follow to mitigate their exposure to these threats. Protected Mobile Devices The number …

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Dell EMC Isilon Node Migration

[vc_row][vc_column][rs_section_heading big_heading=”Dell EMC Isilon Node Migration”][vc_column_text]If you’re in the process, or will in the future need to upgrade Isilon nodes, we’re breaking down some steps for you to follow. It’s important to note that all environments are different so this document should only act as a guide for walking you through that process. Whether you …

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IT Support and Security Protocols for Law Firms

Legal IT Services

Approximately 80 percent of companies of all sizes reported encountering cybersecurity-related incidents in 2018, and cost businesses roughly $3.62 million per breach. In 2017 alone, about one in three of the 540 cybersecurity incidents and the 132 breaches occurred because of internal threats or employee errors; four percent of people opened phishing emails and clicked …

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DELL EMC IDPA – Mitigate Impact of Cyber-Threats

Dell EMC IDPA

Cyber threats are occurring at an increasing rate and are also making it more challenging to protect your organization from. The most recent attack occurred in Texas and affected 23 towns; when the governor issues a level 2 escalated response, it’s time to start paying attention and taking your data protection goals more seriously if …

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The Significance of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Solution

Virtual Desktop as a Service Offering

For many years, medium and large businesses have been implementing the use of virtual machines (VMs) in various flavors.  Almost every one of them have most of their servers virtualized, but many others are still adopting virtualization for use with desktops. A Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution has grown at a rapid rate. The goal is …

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VMware ESXi 6.7 Upgrade

VMware ESXi 6.7 Upgrade

VMware recently announced the end of support for ESXi v6.0 and vCenter 6.0 coming in March of 2020.  Since many customers are still using v6.0 now and the end of life is less than one year away, now would be a good time to start preparing for a VMware ESXi 6.7 upgrade.  In many cases, …

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Dell MX7000 Ready For The Future

About a month ago we attended the Dell EMC MX7000 training in Austin, TX and gave an overview of some of our takeaways. Today let’s spend a little more time discussing the product and the features that come along with it. To recap, the Dell MX7000 is not an upgrade from the M1000E Chassis but …

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