Centralization versus decentralization is an old debate in the business IT world, but running a business is hard enough without having your technology scattered across multiple vendors. Different providers for Internet access and your phone system adds a layer of complexity that makes troubleshooting and management much more difficult than it should be. Contracting with one ...
SIP trunks offer a direct connection between a provider’s network and a customer’s devices, for significant cost savings and business process improvements.
We’re all dealing with a new normal as a result of the pandemic, forcing us to rethink and reimagine the many ways we do business. Without a doubt, this crisis has created an opportunity to transform your business while saving money. With remote workforces now the norm rather than the exception, many businesses are realizing an opportunity ...
Part 5: The IBM “Immune System” Approach: a Security Chastity Belt? It has been awhile — I apologize! I have been busy attaining accreditation from the world’s largest security vendor, IBM! At IBM they speak about an “immune system” approach as opposed to “layers” and it’s a remarkable difference. According to them, many companies have ...
This week: Target Hacker Victim #s Grow; Finder’s Fee for Software Bugs?; Rogers Counting Internal Traffic Against Data Cap?; How NSA Nearly Killed the Internet; Apple, Google, Microsoft Race to Bring OS to Cars Each Monday we’ll pass on links to articles we thought were well worth reading from the previous week, for those who ...
Did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? I’m sure it’s different for everybody… some people finish school with a target trajectory firmly in mind. I suspect most people were like me, only knowing what they didn’t want. I kicked around Europe for a couple of years, doing odd jobs, occasionally ...
When Time needed a photo to illustrate its “New Frugality” cover story in late 2009, it purchased amateur Robert Lam’s image of a jar of change from stock-photo agency iStockphoto. The going rate for a Time cover had typically been $3,000 to $10,000. Lam was paid $31.50. Why the drop in price? Turns out there ...
