Insights

In this episode, Chad speaks with Jeffrey Goldstein, Co-Founder and Global Managing Director at Queue Associates, about Microsoft Dynamics and Copilot. 

Just as virtualization has proven beneficial for server infrastructures, the same is true for firewalls.  Virtual firewalls provide the same functions as physical firewalls along with additional benefits. For example, virtual firewalls lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your implementations because more than one instance can be deployed on a single physical appliance.

Most small and medium-sized businesses have trouble choosing between Office 365 and Google Workspace to execute their business activities. It is no doubt that they are compelling solutions and have demonstrated undisputed competition in providing cloud services. However, they both have pros and cons that are worth evaluating when choosing the best. Read on to discover more about Office 365 vs. Google Workspace, their features, functionality, and prices, among other crucial comparison entities.  

Running a business takes a lot of energy. Figuring out how to run it to the best of your ability should not be a daily struggle. If you do not already have a standard operating platform for your company, it might be time to consider migrating your systems, so that you can focus your time and energy where it is needed most. One of the more common migration scenarios is going from Google (G Suite) to Office 365. Let us look at some of the factors to consider when thinking about this particular migration.

Regardless of the size of your business, today’s digital climate involves risks. In fact, smaller and mid-sized companies are open to more threats due to lack of protection and know how. Cyber security is a critical part of managing those risks and taking the necessary steps to protect your assets. It pertains to all the IT measures needed as preventative measure against cyber risks. Cyber risk is any risk of disruption, monetary loss, or reputational damage of an organization due to an IT system failure. Before stepping into the cyber security context, one needs to come to terms with the dynamics of the digital era and the highly vulnerable virtual environment of today.  

Investing in tools and systems that improve productivity has long been considered a necessary cost of doing business – a better set of tools creates a more productive workforce. In the 20th century, those kinds of technologies were essentially production-enhancing tools (think faster writing tools like the typewriter and word processors). Not all these improvements were required. Some companies did not feel the need to keep up with the latest trends. If you could afford them, great, but if you didn’t you still managed to get by.   

Everything fails. This is true for everything in life, including networks, databases and systems. No one can avoid failures and their lasting impacts. It is not so much the fact that they fail, but it is more about the costs and damage they leave behind, especially when considering IT downtime.