Network automation can improve the efficiency of your organization, but is it worth the investment? As businesses expand and their internal networks become more complex, sustaining manual network optimizations becomes less and less feasible. To cope with the rising workload, many organizations have turned to network automation, which offers the benefits of improved efficiency and […]
Category Archives: Network Assessment
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Jul
Jul
Frustrated by the hidden costs of your slow network? Here’s how to improve network performance. For many businesses, the hidden costs of dealing with a slow network can be like death by a thousand paper cuts. Files take longer to send, cloud applications take longer to load, calls are dropped, and everyone loses productivity waiting […]
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May
May
Loss of power, Internet, or data can be a crippling blow for many businesses. Here’s what you can do to prevent it. Many of us take modern utilities for granted. The water runs when we turn on the tap, the lights turn on when we flip a switch, and the Internet works when we fire […]
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Mar
Mar
Do you suspect something’s wrong with your computer? Here are the top warning signs of a malware infection. Malware viruses are such a frequent news headline that most of us are aware of the damage they can do to businesses if their security is compromised. And yet most of us have suffered some kind of […]
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Jan
Jan
How to create checks and balances when organizing your IT network. When many people think about IT security, the first things that come to mind are programs such as firewalls or malware detection software. However, security is as much about the organization systems and process your company has in place as anything else. Of those […]
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Nov
Nov
Your network is slow. Do you upgrade your bandwidth, or troubleshoot other solutions? As more businesses move toward distributed offices and a greater dependency on the cloud, their ability to efficiently access and transfer large amounts of data becomes ever paramount. This is true not just for businesses that have large files to share, but […]
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Mar
Mar
In information technology, best practices beat best products. Information technology is a field people often view in terms of things—hardware, software, networks, data. Organizations frequently disconnect these programs and devices from the way in which they implement them. According to this mindset, the job of the IT department is to set everything up, not determine […]
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Mar
Mar
3 ways our ever-increasing network of connected devices is changing manufacturing. In the past decade, we’ve gone from smart phones, to smart watches, to smart… well, you name it. WiFi-enabled devices have become ubiquitous in so many industries, that it’s safe to assume that most technology these days comes equipped with some level of wireless […]
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Feb
Feb
If you can’t remember the last time you did, you need to update your network. If you’re the usual small- to mid-sized business owner, you’ve probably grown your organization’s IT network gradually and organically over the past five to ten years since your last major overhaul (if you’ve ever had a major overhaul). Not only that, but […]
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Dec
Dec
How to Create an Effective IT Budget that Won’t Break the Bank You might find that the needs of your IT department don’t always align with the realities of your budget. The goal of your IT department should be to continuously improve infrastructure and processes. But many businesses struggle with striking a balance between highly […]
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