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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.

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.

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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.

The Cloud Effect on Data Center Networking

Enterprise IT departments are seeking high-performance connections to data centers for mission-critical, cloud-based applications.

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The Web-Scale Effect and the Future of Networking

There’s no doubt that Internet Content Providers have fundamentally changed the way we find and consume content.

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Virtual PBX Poised to Replace Obsolete Telephone Systems

As the nature and location of work has changed over the past several years, organizations are increasingly seeking flexible communications.

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Shadow IT is a fact of enterprise life

Shadow IT is a term often used to describe IT systems and solutions that are built and/or used inside organizations without explicit approval from the IT department.

The Case for the Cloud: How to realize the potential of cloud services

While the cloud and SaaS have the potential to help hotels achieve significant improvements in their operations, many hotels will struggle with related bandwidth requirements.

The Case for the Cloud: How the cloud improves productivity and increases flexibility

In addition to eliminating time-intensive management and updating of premised-based servers and software, migrating to cloud services also eliminates the time required for equipment installation.

The Case for the Cloud: How the cloud makes smaller hotels competitive

Prior to the advent of the cloud, the high costs of traditional IT infrastructures made economies of scale difficult to achieve for smaller hotel companies.

The Case for the Cloud: How the cloud helps save hotels time and money

Cloud services eliminate the need for hoteliers to staff large IT departments to buy and manage premised-based servers and enterprise software because those servers and programs can be managed by cloud services companies.

The Case for the Cloud: Reliable data networks are critical for hotels to succeed.

Cloud computing: At first just a new buzzword for computing services delivered via the Internet, the Cloud has matured and has quickly fueled unprecedented innovation and productivity in a variety of industries.

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With more businesses – both large and small – taking advantage of digital capabilities, network and data security have become prominent features for anyone looking to avoid a major disaster.

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Finding Your Voice in the Cloud

Computing isn’t the only business function that can thrive in the cloud. Voice services from the cloud offer such a wide array of operational and cost benefits that you’ll call your friends to tell them all about it.

Enabling the Enterprise Cloud Roadmap: Strategies for CIOs

Today’s CIOs are facing an evolving set of priorities and challenges. They need to deliver strategic value to the enterprise, and often this means ensuring the organization can react quickly – at the “speed of business” – and stay relevant.

Overcoming the latency challenge

Today’s networks have a lot of ground to cover. The resources companies depend on—cloud-based applications, remote offices, and centralized data centers, to name a few—can be located a significant distance from the business.

Supporting Meaningful Use With Robust Data Networks

Healthcare providers are under constant pressure to improve care while making operations more efficient and cost-effective. Spurred in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, they are turning to information technology to enhance services, improve productivity, and be more efficient.

Ensuring Business Continuity with Ethernet

Until recently, business continuity (also known as disaster recovery) was more of an afterthought than a priority for companies. Even when there were plans in place, they were rarely updated or tested.

Build vs. Buy: 5 questions to ask about your cloud infrastructure

You’re a growing enterprise, and you are moving to the cloud. Sure, there are still questions around what applications and how aggressively you make the move, but the decision has already been made.

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5 tips for conducting a technology checkup

Many smart and forward-thinking companies, particularly small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs), will conduct a technology checkup as a means to increase their productivity and competitiveness.

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Ethernet: the power behind IT service delivery

Ethernet has been around for 40 years, and in that time has become the dominant networking technology for organizations around the world. Ethernet reliably and securely links computers, servers, storage, and other devices while minimizing the latency that doesn’t just slow down data, but can slow down business, as well.

Ethernet WAN: The new private cloud accelerator

The cloud has been one of the enablers of the Web 2.0 revolution. When web pages became more like applications around the turn of the millennium, keeping data remotely rather than locally became a much more viable option, at least in terms of the ease with which it could be accessed.

From Private to Multi to Hybrid Cloud in the Enterprise – What, Why and How

There’s no doubt that cloud computing is an important component of enterprise IT environments. But with so many different types of clouds – and lots of different ways of talking about them – it can be confusing. My colleague, James Kelly, wrote up the following article that dives deep into the subject and provides insights to help organizations plan for hybrid cloud.