Discover the Advantages of IP Video Surveillance IP video surveillance solution is the smart way to protect your employees and equipment. Video surveillance has been around for decades, providing an invaluable tool for protecting facilities, equipment, stock and people. The latest generation of the technology—IP video surveillance—however, has significant advantages over previous iterations, both in…
Make True Collaboration a Reality with UCC The “office” is getting smaller, and the “workplace” is growing virtually limitless. Employers need to find a way to keep their teams connected. Offices don’t need to accommodate as many people as they did 10 years ago. The Workplace of the Future: a global market research report from…
Secure Mobility—the new must for IT infrastructures The realities of today’s BYOD environment and the dramatic increase in worker mobility are having a huge impact on corporate IT—forcing organizations to figure out how best to support it all efficiently and cost effectively. Companies have made a huge investment in network and security infrastructures to provide…
The value of a virtual CIO service Employers today, in all industries, know that good employees are hard to find. This is especially true in corporate IT. Qualified, experienced IT managers are in demand, and they can be expensive to hire. That’s why many companies have opted to go the virtual CIO (vCIO) route—and have…
Managed security services—partnering for network security Security is probably the single biggest concern of IT today. With threats continuing to evolve, as cybercriminals become more and more sophisticated with their tactics, companies and organizations of all sizes need to be concerned about protecting their valuable assets. The situation is complicated by the growing complexity of…
Evaluating unified communication systems Investing in unified communications may help improve productivity and efficiency in your organization—and may actually end up reducing your IT costs. The integration of voice, video and data communications around a shared IP-based infrastructure makes it easy for your users to make a call, send an email or instant message, or…
Cisco HyperFlex and the benefits of Hyperconverged Infrastructure Hyperconverged infrastructure is a growing trend in IT, and those organizations that have implemented it are realizing significant benefits—including improved operational efficiency and scalability, not to mention cost savings. A hyperconverged infrastructure has a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates computer, storage, network and virtualization resources in a…
Preventing CryptoLocker with Cisco AMP and OpenDNS There’s been a recent wave of media coverage about ransomware attacks—and the havoc they’re wreaking. Ransomware like CryptoLocker involves a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a ransom is paid. The victim receives an email with a file purporting to be…
The Benefits of Cisco OpenDNS In August of last year, Cisco completed its acquisition of OpenDNS, and this was big news in the industry. More than 65 million users, including thousands of companies ranging from small businesses to the Fortune 500, count on OpenDNS for a safer and faster Internet. It’s not only the world’s…
The Importance of Web Filtering IDC published a whitepaper in September 2015 that sheds considerable light on how cybersecurity issues are impacting IT infrastructure. http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/security/web-security-appliance/white-paper-IDC-tech-spotlight9-2015.pdf With cybercriminals becoming increasingly sophisticated, security is an ongoing concern and top priority for enterprises of all sizes. Web-born attacks remain the primary means by which criminals gain access to…