What running Windows Server 2003 will cost you after July 14th 2015
It’s game over for those running Windows Server 2003 after July 14th. It is critical that all organizations understand the financial risk and impact of running instances of Microsoft Windows Server...
View ArticleSkype for Business is Replacing Microsoft Lync. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Just one month after releasing a technical preview, Microsoft made available the new Skype for Business client and Skype for Business Online, its planned replacements for Microsoft Lync. In general,...
View ArticleWhat JFK and Office 365 Success Have in Common
Setting the Vision! Picture this. September 12, 1962. One year since John F. Kennedy won the presidency. With the nation in a high-stakes space race, the American president stands in front of 35,000...
View ArticleStarting Office 365? Stay Focused on the Users
All too often, major technology changes, like switching over to Office 365 Hub, are planned and implemented without first consulting the people it affects most: the users. Just look at these numbers...
View ArticleTake a page from the CMO to drive Office 365 success
You might not think the CMO has much in common with the CIO. But as the role of IT morphs into a more user-centric, customer-first mentality, everyone in the innovation department might do well to look...
View ArticleAre You Factoring Millennials into Your Office 365 Strategy?
As the first digital natives, Millennials want things done quickly, and efficiently. You know the saying: they want everything to “just work.” The question all IT leaders need to ask: Are you...
View Article5 Reasons Why Managed Services for Office 365 Makes Good Business Sense
A common myth among IT leaders is that once you move Office to the cloud, the lion’s share of support and maintenance simply disappear. The reality is quite different. Quite often, failing to...
View ArticleIf you can’t measure Office 365 ROI, is it worth it?
Think of it like a “tree falling in the forest” type riddle. If you’ve implemented a new technology, and there’s no way to measure its usage – is anyone actually using it? The answer is, of course,...
View ArticleStraddle your mobile workforce with Office 365 and EMS
In a world where more than half of information workers use three or more devices to get work done, creating a mobile workforce sounds almost redundant these days. Mobility isn’t an add on – it’s...
View ArticleThe benefits of moving to Windows 8.1 Pro for Business today
According to Forrester Research, 80 percent of workers do at least some work outside the office. This is confirmed by a study from AMI Partners, which found that 55% of small and mid-sized businesses...
View ArticleCombine Office 365 managed services and licensing into one single bill
Dealing directly with Microsoft support for Office 365 licensing, while bringing in a third party to separately manage and implement your environment has been a struggle all too familiar with...
View ArticleFrom Good to Great – Importance of Training and Coaching: What can IT learn...
All Star Pro Elite Series mitts – Check, Latest carbon fiber bat – Check, Baden Official Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken League Baseball – Check, A dozen friends – Check Ready to play ball! Or are we? Sure, many...
View ArticleA roadmap every CIO needs when launching Office 365
Picture this: It’s your tenth birthday, and you’ve just unwrapped the gift you had begged for all year. A brand new Lego set of your favorite NASA space shuttle. You tear open the box, spread the...
View ArticleHow to prepare for Office 365 outages
Failing to plan for a cloud service outage is a plan to fail. And with worker productivity and thousands of dollars on the line for every second of lost connectivity, this worst-case scenario is a...
View ArticleWhy businesses aren’t adopting key features of Skype for Business and Lync
People are buying Skype for Business, but they’re hardly using it. Not only are companies spending money on unused tools, it’s also seriously hindering their chances at driving real change and results...
View ArticleWhy you should do more than just licensing with Office 365
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but is Office 365 a cloud productivity solution? Or simply an easier way to license Microsoft apps across the enterprise? Take a look around and the answer...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about SQL Server 2016
Microsoft SQL 2005 is going EOL on April 12, 2016, and the all-new SQL Server 2016 stands to bring the biggest, most exciting changes to SQL since its inception. Our Microsoft team recently hosted a...
View ArticleDid Microsoft just enter the telephony game? Plus, everything else you need...
Enterprises now have access to the new Office 365 E5 Suite, Microsoft’s most comprehensive set of productivity, collaboration, analytics, security and compliance capabilities, of any Office 365 plan...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s New 2016 SPLA Price Increase & Year-End Action Plan
The end of 2015 is fast approaching. The weather is cooling, and it’s time for our friends in Redmond, WA to make changes to SPLA pricing and the way they manage partners. To help our SPLA partners...
View ArticleSay hello to Azure’s arsenal of backup and disaster recovery solutions
We used to just worry about the unlikely natural disaster and the odd communications breakdown when planning for backup and recovery. But these days, an entirely new breed of threats have emerged that...
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