Technology in the Modern Workplace

  In any given week in the business world I notice technology being used every day that many would call the workplace of the future.  The networking group I’m a part of uses a large Microsoft Surface Hub for presentations. Everyone in attendance carries a smartphone answering emails and texts. As a technology salesman I regularly…

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Thriving, Not Just Surviving

Business Thriving? Mike is CEO of Agility Communications and a telecom veteran of 20 years, having worked for CenturyLink (Qwest) and as an independent telecom consultant. His industry expertise makes him adept at advising businesses on telecom strategy, helping SMBs optimize their communications, especially in the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud services. He is committed…

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3 Good technologies most businesses are unaware of

In most cases the traditional enterprise is slow to adapt to emerging trends. However more smaller more agile companies are taking advantage of technology and the enterprise now needs to react faster to emerging trends and new technologies to stay competitive. Here are 3 technologies companies should leverage into powerful business solutions:  1. GPS Location Marketing…

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Disaster Recovery on a Tight Budget

In today’s world most organizations cannot function without access to their core IT systems. CIO’s and business owners recognize the need for off-site data center protection. The challenges and costs of conventional disaster recovery can be un-realistic. Those costs include: Provisioning and operating a remote data center Maintaining dedicated remote virtual infrastructure at the protection…

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5 Steps to Connect your Branch Offices

For a growing business one location is typically not enough. As the business grows you may prefer to set up multiple offices to attract different regions of customers and to make doing business with you more convenient to your clients. Growth can create logistics complexities you never planned on. With separate offices how can your…

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What type of Internet is best for your business?

The Internet now plays a substantial role in business to the extent that most people take it for granted. For example consider how often we all access cloud-based web applications, stream Pandora, video conferencing, make phone calls or download large files from a website. Your bandwidth is taxed for all of those high demand things.…

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Communications in the Age of Star Wars

It should come as no surprise that science fiction writers have often provided early ideas for future technologies. From the advanced submarine imagined by Jules Verne in his 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to the gesture-based user interface in the 2002 Movie: Minority Report. There are countless examples of science fiction works…

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