A recent study by Cybersecurity ventures tells us that cybercrime damages will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021. (Source: Cybersecurity Ventures). Not only that, cyber attacks are becoming much more sophisticated and costly when it comes to lost revenue and damage to the corporate brand. In the era of the dark web, many viruses now can even lay…
SIP trunking or hosted PBX? That is the VoIP implementation debate. Both are viable approaches when looking for a VoIP solution, which is the only problem. It’s up to you to decide which makes the most sense for your business. As is true for any business technology decision, it’s important to know both sides of the story—the pros and cons…
While the public cloud has gotten a lot of attention over the last several years, many believe the private and hybrid cloud computing markets are best positioned to take over the top spot. Hybrid cloud computing environments use a mix of on-premises and cloud services (both public and private cloud instances), with orchestration between the two platforms. Together the hybrid…
The concept of Software Defined Networking (SDN) has attracted a lot of attention over the past several years. First, because of its promise to deliver a more agile and programmable network infrastructure. And second, because of its ability to support network virtualization. Most analysts agree SDN has been confined largely to the data center (cloud service and telecom space) because…
Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) experience some unique organizational challenges that position them to be prime candidates for the benefits of a solid Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) solution. Smaller companies tend to have more flexible, less defined employee roles than their larger, enterprise counterparts. As such, employees often wear many hats and are required to manage multiple, often disparate,…
With the promise of delivering more network agility at a much lower cost than multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) bandwidth, it’s not surprising that the SD-WAN market is estimated to grow 33% (CAGR) over the next five years. In fact, the market is expected to reach $1.3 billion, according to analysts (Source: SDX Central). While SD-WAN has the momentum and potential…
By 2020, mobile devices will be so pervasive that the number of devices in the U.S. market will outnumber the population of the United States by 4 to 1. While that ratio seems to be almost real, the reality is that today most of the United States population uses at least one mobile device on a daily basis. Businesses have…
