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Mike Smith’s Brain E1: Hosted VOIP providers and APM tool
Welcome to our latest video series, @MikeSmithsBrain, an up to date stream of telecom and Cloud info shared with you by our president Mike Smith. Believe it or not, this video blog is directed and powered by YOU. Want to…
Mike Smith’s Brain E2: best Hosted VOIP Providers
Welcome to E2 of @mikesmithsbrain. Today, Mike will discuss some of the best providers for hosted VoIP along with some of the most important features to look for. As always, these videos are for YOU. Please hit us up on twitter…
Cloud SAN: new Tech of the Month for January
We’re bringing in the New Year with another great technology of the month: Cloud Storage Area Network or SAN. Stay tuned for features and know-how coming at you this month. In the meantime, check out this brief infographic. Click…
The Best of White Elephant Gifts
Inevitably, the White Elephant Party will have its debut each and every year. It’s one of those parties you really don’t look forward to, until your there. What makes the White Elephant party so great… are the gifts! Whether you are a planner or a procrastinator, one of these will work for you!
Cloud Antivirus: Infrastructure Security Primer
When looking for a good cloud antivirus (AV), remember that it’s only one part of the entire security setup. Before even browsing various AVs, make sure that you have a robust and coherent security system in place to detect and deter all threats on your system. The four major components of security are explained below.
Is it Safer to Use Two AnitVirus Programs?
Our main objective is to stay safe and protected. Is it possible that we may be causing more harm than good? Is it okay to run more than one antivirus on a machine? Here’s the deal…
How to Break Down Hosted VoIP Providers Like Run DMC
While looking for Hosted VoIP providers, it helps to know which questions to ask yourself about your company in order to start narrowing the field. Here are the first three questions that will at least cut the field to maybe 20-30 providers.
Invent like the Wright Brothers
Innovation is critical to every aspect of your success. From designing the latest product to brainstorming on new ways to market, being creative and collaborative is the name of the game.
What kind of Dedicated Server is Impossible “Spin Up?”
A couple months back, one of our hosted infrastructure as a service (“cloud computing”) providers came into our office and did an in-depth training for our staff on their dedicated server offering. For the majority of the training, the provider’s representative ran through a slide deck on the same ‘ol stuff about Gartner stats, magical quadrants, 25 nines, blah blah blah…. but then I asked him my famous big question….
Mid Size Companies Must have Video Phones
I don’t know everything about your company but I know that if you have more than 100 employees, I’m 99.9% sure you should have at least a few video-enabled phones.