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Almost every business today experiences growing pains associated with IT infrastructure and service costs. The truth is that most small and medium sized businesses simply don’t have the budget or focus to fully manage IT and data solutions. Using a managed service provider (MSP) to manage these parts of their business can be a cost-effective…
Why Your Managed Service Provider Should Be a Microsoft Partner of Record When you purchase Microsoft Online Services like Azure and Office 365, you can select a certified Microsoft Partner to be connected to your account – in Microsoft terminology this is called a Partner of Record (POR). A POR is a part of a…
Windows 7 support ends? It’s the end of an era. Microsoft will no longer provide support or security updates for PCs running Windows 7. Find out what to do.
Choosing the right public cloud service provider (CSP) has become a complex decision. Three players have emerged as the leaders of the cloud computing market share: Google Cloud vs AWS vs Azure, with respective market shares of 12%, 62% and 20%. Which CSP offers the best Service-to-Service capability?
If you are an Office 365 business subscriber, some of the changes rolled out by Microsoft this year may affect business operations. New product updates and features are constantly being rolled out, impacting users, support and your environment. Stay on top of Office 365 business changes in your organization with these 2019 updates.
Directory-as-a-Service is an emerging user, network and system management service that reduces the necessary costs and time by leveraging cloud computing. A cloud-based directory like Azure Active Directory can enhance security, simplify access and push smart policies with centralized managed solutions.
Azure DevOps provides tools for software development teams to be able to design, test, & deploy software faster and with higher quality on any platform. Though it may seem like another marketing exercise in rebranding, DevOps expands far beyond VSTS, with the goal of positioning Microsoft as the leader in the DevOps market.
As another year comes to close, we’re already looking ahead to what’s in store for us in 2019. The technology trends that we heard so much about in 2018 will largely continue throughout the next year and into 2020, according to multiple forecasters at Forbes, Gartner and elsewhere: subscription offerings “as a service,” security concerns…
Is public cloud really secure? With so many benefits, why are there companies who still have not taken advantage of the cloud? There are many misconceptions surrounding public cloud, most of them stem from the idea there is an increased security risk for your data and you are more susceptible to security breaches. It’s unclear…
No two companies are exactly the same, and when it comes to cloud, no single solution fits all business models. Companies must have a strategy and plan for brokering cloud services, whether that’s on premises, public or private cloud. Your cloud strategy is primarily about defining your motivations and goals for adopting cloud. Cloud computing…
Office 365 Business Essentials is Microsoft’s suite of business productivity tools for small to midsize businesses with 300 or fewer employees. You can pay $5 per user per month if you make a year-long commitment or you can pay $6 per user per month with just a monthly commitment. Each user can install Office 365…
It’s easy to decide whether you’re in the mood for a beer or a glass of wine. Not so much so when deciding what Office 365 plan will work best for you. In this post, we’ll compare Office 365 plans (there are seven of them that we’ll cover) so you can see which best fits…
Hyperscale technology looks at data, resources, and service delivery differently. In the hyperscale cloud, the network, compute, and storage software are uncoupled from the hardware. Its primary characteristics are what attracts those who massive amounts of data capacity and need it immediately. The hyperscale cloud is based on rapidity to build, rapidity to deploy, and…
Moving your workloads to the Cloud is the best way to manage the increase in size or complexity of your workloads without compromising on performance or costs. A Cloud-based infrastructure will not only enable you to launch new products (internal or external) quickly, but it will also give you the ability to innovate faster and…
Although Office 365 has been around for less than a decade, its steady updates and upgrades have made it one of the leading software and email services on the market. Businesses around the world are quickly discovering the Office 365 benefits and flexibility. As a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP), Pointivity can help you successfully…
The eternal question in the technology space seems to be “what does the future hold?” The trends in our industry have ranged from the introduction of cloud computing and hybrid cloud to the Internet of Things (IoT) and Everything as a Service (XaaS). So, what does the future look like now? There have been rumblings…
So many options are on the market when it comes to connecting to the cloud. You no longer have to take an “all or nothing” approach to cloud adoption. No need to lose the IT you know and love. Hybrid cloud architecture makes that very notion obsolete.
In this article, we’ll look at how you can leverage Azure Disaster Recovery to mitigate the effects of a disaster on your business and explore some of the steps you can take to create an effective business continuity plan that your IT team can follow.
How IoT devices have become a part of our lives By now you’ve probably heard the phrase Internet of Things (IoT), but you might not fully understand what it means. At its core, IoT is about connecting IoT devices over the internet and allowing them to talk to us, other applications, and each other. IoT…
Better safe than sorry Cyber security breaches are in the news almost daily. It’s more important than ever to guard your data. Your business is likely facing an evolving set of potential threats, from cyber security breaches to downtime from unexpected events such as a fire or flood. You might be asking questions like: Will…
Successfully getting to the Cloud requires a clear plan. Many companies today understand the benefits of migrating to the Cloud. Cost, flexibility, access, storage, and security are just a few of the advanatages. However, when it comes to actually making that migration happen, many companies don’t know where to start. Understanding the benefits and migrating…
Businesses are moving to the Cloud in droves. Soon, most companies will be at least partially in the Cloud. When business leaders see their competitors making this switch, they may want to hop on the bandwagon and implement the change for their organization. It can be risky rushing into a big decision like this without…
