Category: Infrastructure

Microsoft SharePoint has gained recognition as a leading intranet solution renowned for its extensive features and seamless integration capabilities. SharePoint distinguishes itself from the competition for several compelling reasons. By seamlessly integrating with Microsoft Suite, including Office 365, Outlook, and Teams, SharePoint empowers organizations with a unified collaboration and communication ... Read More
July 20, 2023Tommi
One of the key aspects of protection is endpoint security. Endpoints, like your employee’s laptops, smartphones, and tablets, are where valuable data resides. If cyber criminals can exploit vulnerabilities, they can gain access to your company’s proprietary and confidential business data. But by implementing endpoint security measures, organizations can strengthen ... Read More
June 29, 2023Tommi
Microsoft SharePoint is an industry leading platform for quickly building web-based applications and internal websites. The primary benefit of Sharepoint is that it provides faster and easier access to company information, tools and employees, so everyone within your organization can enjoy improved productivity. Microsoft has invested heavily in cloud integration technology ... Read More
April 1, 2022Tommi
Infrastructure as a Service, or IaaS, is a cloud service that provides infrastructure components, many of which are normally found in on-premises data centers, including servers, networking hardware and storage capacity. IaaS also provides useful services such as detailed billing, log access, monitoring, security, clustering, and load balancing. Storage resiliency, ... Read More
August 1, 2021Tommi
Software-defined networking in a wide area network, better known as SD-WAN, has become a useful and functional technology for companies nationwide. It provides an easier way to manage and operate the wide area network by decoupling networking hardware from the original control mechanism. Companies are then able to improve the ... Read More
July 15, 2021Tommi
Directories are hierarchical structures that allow networks to store information about objects. Active Directory Domain Services is a directory service that provides methods for storing directory data and then making it available to network administrators and users. As an example, Active Directory is able to store information about user accounts ... Read More
July 4, 2021Tommi
When it comes to data integrity of a business, cybersecurity can never be stressed enough. Information regarding cybersecurity has become more shared and advanced and cyber criminals are constantly looking for new ways to steal data from businesses, via attacking them online. Unfortunately, they tend to be widely successful at ... Read More
May 28, 2021Tommi
One of the most popular buzzwords in tech today is the "Internet of Things" (IoT) but what exactly is it referring to? This week, we'll explain the very basics of IoT and how it will continue to transform the way we communicate and conduct business in the 21st century. The phrase ... Read More
April 25, 2021Tommi
Why is the Internet so slow? It’s a common complaint many IT departments receive on a daily basis. Especially at small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and those that have grown in a short period of time. Identifying exactly which user activities are eating up your company’s bandwidth or clogging the ... Read More
February 15, 2021Tommi
Most people have a hard time keeping up with voice technologies and its constantly changing terms and jargon; sometimes it can seem like speaking another language. Many different technologies can be incorporated into Unified Communications – and all can support business and make communication easier. What is Unified Communications? Unified communications (or ... Read More
November 30, 2020Tommi
There's a lot of buzz in IT circles, today, around the idea of "Intent Based Networking" or IBN. But what exactly is "Intent Based Networking" and how can it benefit today's modern organizations? Because of the significant advances in machine learning algorithms, intent based networking could soon be a reality in ... Read More
April 24, 2019Tommi
No matter how much a company spends on technology and equipment, those solutions are not meant to last forever and have an anticipated lifecycle. Even after significant investments in technology in your organization, you may have noticed that those solutions are no longer as effective as they once were. Competitors ... Read More
April 18, 2019Tommi
Windows 7 is quickly approaching its end of life. After January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide free security updates or support for computers running Windows 7. And although Microsoft plans to continue to provide a paid support plan for Windows 7 for another 3 years, for certain customers, ... Read More
March 7, 2019Tommi
The inventory of types of office phone systems has evolved over the last several years. There are a few well-developed options to consider. The regular phone system technology is still very much alive. They call it POTS (Plain Old Telephone System). You can buy multi-line telephones that use the same analog ... Read More
July 17, 2018Tommi
Many small companies use a 10/100 ethernet installation, which is fine if you intend to stay small. A company with an eye towards growth, however, will soon find itself hampered by this slower speed and will be looking to upgrade to a gigabit Ethernet installation. What’s a 10/100? The old 10/100 ethernet began life as simply 10. It ... Read More
July 17, 2018Tommi