IT departments face a slew of new challenges, ranging from maintaining multiple user identities and devices, increased security risks, and keeping employees working from multiple remote spots connected. Some of the issues that employees and IT professionals face is a large number of login credentials needed to have employees access key … [Read more...]
What Does it Mean to Work in the eCloud?
“Working in the cloud” has become a common phrase. The term refers to a range of products, services and concepts, including tools for real-time collaboration, file sharing and platforms to run workloads. Popular public cloud platforms have come to offer cost effective solutions with “consumption”-based pricing models that free up companies to … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2003 End of Life: What It Means For Your Business
On July 14, 2015, Microsoft will no longer support Windows Server 2003 users. Released in April 2003, Windows Server 2003 still provides the infrastructure for operations in many businesses. An estimated 8 million instances of the operating system are currently in use, despite the release of a new server version in February 2008. However, with … [Read more...]
Is the Surface 3 the Best Windows Tablet for the Workplace?
In early May Microsoft announced the release of the Surface 3 as the latest addition to the Surface family. Starting at just $549 the Surface 3 is being positioned as the lighter, lower-cost alternative to the Surface Pro 3. Besides the lower price point and visibly smaller form factor, there are a few other key differentiators between the two … [Read more...]
Five Reasons Office 365 for Business Might Be Right for You
In 2011, Microsoft came out with Office 365. It was Microsoft’s answer to Google Apps. Their cloud-based productivity suite included all of the usual suspects — Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and a whole suite of collaboration tools, cloud storage and more. Microsoft was taking it all to the cloud and businesses were ready to follow … [Read more...]