When it comes to design, inspiration can be found in the most unlikely places. Take designing complex IT systems. You can learn a lot about how to make your company’s technology work by examining city street plans. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look.

What cities can teach us about technology design

Guest WiFi 101
People today expect WiFi access when they’re visiting your office. However, setting up your WiFi the wrong way can create a stressful experience for them. Additionally, this can also expose your confidential information to malicious hackers. So what’s the right way to do it? Never give guests access to your primary WiFi Giving your guests […]

Technical disruptions emerging in 2020 brought by Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies has some great predictions on technical disruptions that everyone in the industry might be talking about this year. Here’s what they think. This year a broad range of emerging technologies will become a tangible part of the broader IT and business dialogue.

4 Ways EMRs assist in medical operations
Electronic medical records (EMR) digitize your paper medical records and, when properly implemented, can generate a positive return on investment and improve organizational efficiency. The major drawbacks of paperwork are that it hinders a healthcare institution’s ability to treat patients, makes medical operations slower, and decreases overall efficiency.

What can unified communications do for your business?
Unified communications is a great opportunity to leverage several different communications platforms to reach suppliers efficiently, maintain a good flow of internal information, and interact with customers effectively. What is unified communications? Unified communications (UC) allows you to manage all your communications as one piece of architecture rather than as several different components patched together.

Identity and access management 101
Whether it be cloud, mobile, or on-premises, every technology you use stores confidential data that are accessed by your employees. So how do you guarantee the safety of said data from cyberthreats like identity theft, phishing attacks, and more? Identity and access management (IAM) is the answer, and here’s why.

Rack or Tower? How to select your next small business server
What server should you buy for your small business? Find out what two things you must consider when buying a server for businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Should you buy a rack or tower server? The answer may not be as simple as it used to be.

Data center security: How to balance business agility with great protection
When IDC consults with enterprise customers or performs worldwide surveys, security is invariably an acute concern. That’s regardless of geography, industry, and identity of respondent (executive, LoB, IT, DevOps, etc.). While the challenge of providing protection and security extends across all places in the network, the problem is especially vexing in the data center.

Cybersecurity: How to defend against insider threats
In the cybersecurity world, an insider threat is an individual or business partner who uses company data inappropriately. Today’s companies must take proactive steps to prevent insider threats, which is why we put together some tips and tricks. #1 Educate You must teach your team to recognize personally identifiable information (PII) and understand the financial […]