Networking & General Computing Supplier Insights

1. SD-WAN In Action: How One MSP Improved Efficiency And Customer Satisfaction 1/26/2021

   The Cloud has fundamentally changed how SMB and mid-sized enterprises think about their internet connection. Internet continuity is now a critical component to daily operations, employee productivity and customer experience. Yet these businesses still suffer daily frustrations like dropped VoIP calls, grainy video conferencing and unresponsive applications— all caused by underperforming internet connectivity. 

2. SD-WAN Gives ITC The Visibility It Needs To Build Proactive Solutions For A Reactive Marketplace 1/26/2021

   When a company’s VoIP call quality decreases or its video conferencing system experiences a lag, the most common remedy is to recommend installing a bigger and more expensive Internet connection. But bumping up bandwidth is rarely the fix. The problems persist, and the complaints continue.

3. Improving UCaaS With Purpose-Built SD-WAN 1/5/2021

   Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is changing the way that companies connect to the world. It’s also changing how they have to think about their Internet connectivity. Every UCaaS application has its own performance requirements, and those requirements are often at odds with broadband Internet connections that constantly suffer from performance issues and outages. This can lead to UCaaS application performance problems, like dropped calls, choppy voice and video, and echoing, that frustrate users and reduce productivity.

4. Building An Optimized Network 12/9/2020

   Modern VoIP and video communication tools have become the foundation of today’s business operations. Since user performance expectations for these applications are high and problems often surface in real time, they can unfortunately also be effective network diagnostic tools—revealing internet performance issues that would otherwise go unnoticed. 

5. The No Sweat Guide To Managing Network Switches 9/21/2020

   How to optimize the gateway to IT services.

6. Synthetic Backup Vs. Full Backup 9/17/2018

   The Schrödinger’s backup is such a backup, that was not yet tested for a recovery. Having a full backup is essential for making sure you can recover everything, especially if you have a widespread system failure, compromised data, or even an employee error that leads to loss of a substantial part of your information. While traditional full backup methods used to be the only option for having a complete copy of your data, synthetic full backup is providing a new alternative.

7. Securing Users And Devices Across All Stages Of A Malware Attack 9/4/2018

   Educating users is an undeniably effective way to protect them from phishing and other malware, but it takes much more than that to stop attacks. There are many risks to networks that user education can’t reduce—from malicious sites mistakenly categorized as benign to watering-hole attacks that infect trusted sites. To combat these challenges, businesses need well-designed antimalware that protects across a variety of attack vectors and infection stages. That’s where multi-vector protection comes in.

8. 10 Reasons MSP Success Relies Upon Multi-Vector Security Solutions 9/4/2018

   “With 7.5 million new malware variants introduced each month,” organizations need to prepare for an all-out war on cyberattacks. Cyber threats are attacking users from multiple angles—or “vectors.” And what’s worse, their attacks can hit in multiple stages. As an MSP, you must leverage solutions that keep users and devices infectionfree across all endpoints. Unfortunately, two-thirds of MSPs are short on qualified IT professionals who can help them ramp up their security offerings. Thankfully, Webroot multi- vector protection can help.

9. 3 MSP Best Practices For Protecting Users 6/20/2018

   Cyberattacks are on the rise, with UK firms being hit, on average, by over 230,000 attacksin 2017. Managed service providers (MSPs) need to make security a priority, or they will risk souring their relationships with clients. By following 3 simple MSP best practices consisting of user education, backup and recovery, and patch management, your MSP can enhance security, mitigate overall client risk, and grow revenue.

10. Security Awareness Training: The ROI For End User Education 5/14/2018

    While any business that wants to stay afloat must regularly balance monetary costs against benefits, it is especially important for smaller businesses with more limited budgets to thoroughly vet their return on investment (ROI) before purchasing a new product or service. And, depending on budget constraints, many decisions must be made with potential risk in mind. For example, if the likelihood that a business would need a very specific type of costly insurance is extremely low, then there’s no point in wasting time or resources on that insurance, right?