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An Engaged Patient is a Healthier Patient: Connecting Providers and Patients with New Technologies – Part 3

Video has been around much longer than patient portal web sites, healthcare apps and consumable wearables. But, as with “how-to” videos online, video has become an important format for educating patients

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Challenges and Trends Impacting America’s Top CIOs

There were several key takeaways from the NCS Madison CIO Strategy Meeting in Chicago, including popularity of cloud infrastructure.

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WiFi Analytics: How It Helps Target a Customer Base

There’s a wealth of valuable consumer information readily available for retailers who install WiFi networks with sophisticated data capture and analytics capabilities.

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The Evolution of Network Services

Enterprises are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of their networks—how what used to be considered a tactical necessity has evolved into a strategic asset. They now recognize that high-performance services are core to their business strategy—that is, their ability to quickly share data internally, distribute data externally and collaborate globally.

The next-gen traveler has arrived. Are you ready to host?

Like virtually everything in our contemporary lifestyles, the travel and hospitality industry has been radically disrupted by digital technology and the Internet.

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The Strategic CIO: Proud, Accomplished and Burdened with Choices

While today’s CIOs typically enjoy a highly strategic role within the enterprise and a prized position on the CEOs’ executive teams, that distinction comes with a price. You must deliver a high quality customer and employee experience, allocate capital to maximize productivity, and realize the advantages of new technology – all while optimizing a budget with no to low-single-digit growth.

Software Defined Networking: Beyond the Hype

Software defined networking (SDN) is in the news just about every day. Is that much happening with SDN, or is all the news mostly hype?

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An Engaged Patient is a Healthier Patient: Connecting Providers and Patients with New Technologies – Part 2

Today, we are seeing an explosion of personal, wearable, or otherwise easily accessible devices and apps used to track activity and fitness levels, monitor health problems and even diagnose disease.

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Cloud Services: What every restaurant owner needs to know – Part 2

The cloud’s low barrier to entry and “pay as you go” pricing structure enable smaller restaurants to realize similar economies of scale with minimal ramp up time and no capital outlay.

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[Infographic] Which Voice Solution? Up to You

When it comes to choosing a phone solution, there are many different options available for your business.

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7 Ways Cloud Computing Makes You Better at Your Job

Cloud computing is changing the way people do business. A company that has rapid access to data is one that can react quickly to changes and new opportunities. By giving the business teams access to data fast, they can adjust business strategies and approaches.

7 Tactics to Reduce your Data Center’s Power Draw

Our never-ending hunger for more data and bandwidth has resulted in an unintended consequence – a substantial increase in global energy consumption.

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Expanding small businesses need latest technologies

Many small or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) just starting to expand into additional locations give little thought to technology. They install whatever phone system, Internet connection and data-storage servers are readily available without researching new technology options.

How Advanced Voice Enables Greater Staff Mobility

When you think of the phones at a hotel, you may think of them as a secondary, even tertiary priority for your average hotel guest.

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Hosted Voice: Partner for voice and for the future

The best hosted voice providers aren’t just vendors for your business—they’re like business partners.

An Engaged Patient is a Healthier Patient: Connecting Providers and Patients with New Technologies – Part 1

The age of digital technologies has had a major impact on a variety of industries –healthcare in particular.

Cloud Services: What every restaurant owner needs to know – Part 1

Cloud services are having a big impact on the way many businesses function, and restaurants are not missing out on the opportunity to streamline day-to-day operations.

How Staff Mobility Helps Hotels Improve their Guest Experience

There is no doubt that technology is very important to the average hotel guest.

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Hosted Voice: Bundle Up

Given the advantages of cloud-based voice, its growing popularity among businesses is easy to understand.

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8 Ways the Cloud Has Made Network Traffic More Unpredictable

The world's obsession with digital information shows no signs of abating. As users create, share, and consume content, network traffic volume goes up, growing an average of 30-50% annually.