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What Customer-Centricity Means to Logicalis Employees

Reading Time: 2 minutesCustomer Service Week:  What Customer-Centricity Means to Logicalis Employees This week is Customer Service Week and we’re honoring our employees because we couldn’t have a customer-centric culture at Logicalis without them. But it’s not just the employees on the front lines. We’ve built a customer-centric culture that puts customers at the center of the Logicalis universe. Here are just a few examples. Hear what Logicalis employees have to say To prep for this blog post, I sent an email out to my team and asked what customer-centricity means to them and how they apply it to...

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3 Burning Questions: Building the Business Case for Flash Storage

Reading Time: 3 minutesMany companies suffer from downtime issues, slow speed and lagging performance. Flash-based storage could be the answer to boost data performance and resiliency — but that doesn’t mean it’s a no-brainer. We’ve done the research in our new White Paper, “Why Transition to Flash Storage? Bridge the Gap between Apps and Data.” In it, you’ll get a detailed look at creating performance and resiliency in your business with solutions from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Logicalis that deliver: Predictive analytics Fast, reliable data access Downtime prevention High-impact, low-expense solutions Even greater storage potential with Logicalis To get...

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Security, Cloud, Collaboration: The Value of Cisco Master Specializations

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday’s organizations rely on key technologies to move their businesses forward. These technologies—collaboration, security, and cloud—ensure secure communication and collaboration across your infrastructure so you can deliver a great customer experience. But achieving secure communication and collaboration challenges many organizations. Having a partner with in-depth technical expertise can give you the confidence needed to drive greater organizational effectiveness. Key pillars for organizational effectiveness Collaboration – To maintain a competitive edge, today’s global organizations—and the people within them—must collaborate. In fact, companies that promoted collaborative working were 5 times as likely to be high performing, according to...

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Microsoft 365 vs Office 365: 3 Reasons to Upgrade and a Path to Digital Transformation

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe technology landscape is changing fast. Threats are becoming much more sophisticated and global, the competition is increasingly intense, and the need to modernize your environment to keep pace has never been greater. That’s why it’s so astonishing that 7 percent of PCs still run the long-dead-and-buried Windows XP, according to Business Insider! Another 48 percent run Windows 7, even though mainstream support has already ended and extended support will end on January 14, 2020—but only if you have Service Pack 1 installed (and deep pockets). So what happens if you stay on Windows past its...

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Manufacturing Safety & Security and the Industrial Internet of Things: The New Industrial Age

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the hottest technology topics today is the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT has three inherent qualities: Things – Any connected device that is capable of generating data, whether it is a sensor, video camera, smartphone, medical device or any other device. Connectivity – The physical medium—wireless or wired networks, Bluetooth, software-defined networks—connecting devices to each other and to an IoT platform. Platforms – The cloud or on-premise software applications that help you manage, configure and capture data from connected devices. Examples of IoT abound and are increasingly becoming familiar conveniences in our daily...

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How Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) Can Benefit Your Organization

Reading Time: 3 minutesDo branch office users complain about slow network or application performance? Do you have SaaS applications that run from the cloud? Are you concerned with the security of your connection to the cloud?  If so, an SD-WAN solution may be right for your organization. Software-defined WAN improves WAN reliability, availability, performance and security to meet your business needs regardless of the location of your applications – whether corporate data center or cloud. Benefits of an SD-WAN solution Optimize WAN performance with SD-WAN – SD-WAN uses several techniques to optimize performance, such as monitoring bandwidth, packet loss,...

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How to Overcome Challenges on Your Digital Transformation Journey

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday’s organizations embark on digital transformation journeys primarily because they want to take advantage of new business opportunities and solve specific issues. Yet, they often hit roadblocks that can keep them from reaching their digital destination. Brian Day, Vice President of Services and Platforms for Logicalis US, was recently interviewed by CIO.com about digital transformation and the challenges faced by companies. He offers his advice…and the single best tip for digital transformation success. Read the complete interview...

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A 3-Point School Safety Action Plan for K-12 Administrators

Reading Time: 3 minutesI recently attended the 65th annual Arizona Association of School Business Officials (AASBO) conference with K-12 administrators from throughout the state. While there, I asked the CIO of a large Arizona school district what he did. Without hesitation, he responded:  “My primary responsibility is the safety and security of the students entrusted to us.” I was taken aback. I was expecting something about computers and connectivity. But his ultimate goal was the kids’ safety and security. Parents concerned for their children’s safety at school His concerns are shared by parents. In a recent PDK Poll, 34...

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Converged or Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Which is Best for Your Organization?

Reading Time: 3 minutesModernizing your infrastructure can be an exercise in frustration. Your traditional data center might be holding your business back, but moving forward can be risky business—without the right partner. Converged and hyperconverged infrastructures might be the right choice for your business. Understanding what they are and the advantages of each can be an important first step to making an infrastructure decision. Is a converged infrastructure right for you? A converged infrastructure is discrete storage, compute, and networking resources that have been tightly integrated to work together into a kind of plug-and-play module. These resources typically come...

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