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Six Steps to a Successful Videoconferencing Solution

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Sep 27, 2016 | Communications & Collaboration, Digital Workplace, Telehealth |

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Kevin Carswell, Senior Director Enterprise Application Practice Leader, and Cory Rehfeldt, Collaboration Practice Director, Logicalis US Telehealth for medical care. TelePresence in business. Video kiosks in retail locations. Video resumes and interviews in HR departments. These are just a few of the ways videoconferencing is routinely used every day – and the reason video is quickly becoming the first mode of communication among consumers and businesspeople alike. A decade ago, the routine use of video was cost prohibitive. Today, however, with affordable videoconferencing solutions like Cisco’s WebEx and Microsoft’s Skype for Business – and the...

What You Need to Know Before Implementing Telehealth in Your Organization

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Jul 5, 2016 | Advisory & Managed Services, CIO, Communications & Collaboration, Digital Workplace, Healthcare, Telehealth |

Reading Time: 4 minutesAn interview with Cory Rehfeldt, Director of the Collaboration Practice at Logicalis US, and Kim Garriott, Principal Consultant, Healthcare Strategies, Logicalis Healthcare Solutions If you’ve been to any healthcare IT events lately, you know that the buzz is all about telehealth. Studies show at least 74 percent of the nation’s largest employers plan to offer telehealth benefits this year, and experts estimate virtual consults will increase a stunning 62 percent by 2020. Telehealth is clearly a technology that’s on the rise, and one that every healthcare CIO should be thinking about. What do you need to...

Using Video with Confidence

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Mar 30, 2016 | Advisory & Managed Services, CIO, Communications & Collaboration, Digital Workplace |

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy David Leech, Vice President of Cloud and Managed Services, Logicalis US You remember it well … the bead of sweat that ran down your forehead the day your company’s CEO decided to call a global video conference … and asked you to make sure the technology was ready for the challenge. Even if your video collaboration solution had been working perfectly in the weeks preceding the big event, you secretly wondered if was up to the task of connecting to hundreds of end points around the globe and delivering the kind of service your CEO – and everyone else in your entire worldwide organization – expected it to have. Handling the job was a big responsibility, and it likely took a lot of man hours away from your job and your teams’ jobs in preparation for the big event. Still, when you consider how significant it is that your CEO was able to address hundreds of people throughout the world without ever setting foot on a plane or missing his son’s soccer game, you can see why video has become a staple in today’s modern business world. It saves time and travel expenses, enhances productivity and facilitates deeper levels of communication within an organization as well as externally with partners and customers – as long as it works properly. While video has become a must-have...

Are You a Dinosaur or a Futurist? The Way You Define ‘Work’ Will Help You Decide

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Mar 8, 2016 | Advisory & Managed Services, CIO, Cloud Solutions, Communications & Collaboration, Digital Workplace |

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Ron Temske, Vice President, Collaboration and Networked Solutions, Logicalis US Are you a dinosaur or a futurist? One important way to tell is to ask yourself to define “work.” If you’re still thinking about work as a place you go instead of a thing you do, you’re missing the emergence of an important trend. As I talk with clients about the proliferation of collaboration tools in the workplace and the ability to do work anywhere, anytime, on any device, I am seeing two very distinct kinds of customers emerge: those looking for ways...

Logicalis Acquires MCPc’s Advanced Technology Integration Group

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Aug 7, 2015 | Advisory & Managed Services, CIO |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn an acquisition that significantly expands our presence and core competencies in several key U.S. markets, Logicalis agreed to acquire MCPc’s Advanced Technology Integration Group (ATIG). MCPc is ranked #72 on the CRN Solution Provider 500 and is on the Crain’s Cleveland Business Fast 50 list as well as a NEO Success Winner. As a highly-respected solution provider, the ATIG division of MCPc provides several IT-consulting and professional-service offerings throughout the Midwest and in select East coast and West coast markets. Through this acquisition, Logicalis gains an enhanced presence in key several key markets and...

Top 10 IT trends to watch for in 2014

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Jan 15, 2014 | Advisory & Managed Services, CIO, Cloud Solutions, Data & Information Insights, Healthcare, Mobility, Security |

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat’s going to make news in IT this year? We asked our customers and scanned our social media from the last few months to create a list of what we think will be the top 10 trends people talk about in 2014. Take a look at our list and see if you agree. More confusion over tech decisions. When an organization needs to make a choice on cloud, mobile devices or other tech, who has the final call? The CIO’s traditional role as a tech gatekeeper is quickly being reduced by the CMO and other executives who feel the need to make decisions more independently. This growing trend will only continue to evolve throughout 2014. Big data gets bigger. Analyzing vast quantities of data for business insights is now an established practice, and we foresee it only becoming more prominent this year. Advanced solutions like SAP HANA are making this process more of an everyday task instead of a one-time project, and enterprise organizations will start to take advantage soon. Healthcare IT (HIT). Like big data, this segment of IT is poised for explosive growth. Affordable Care and meaningful use are here to stay for the near future, meaning their respective tech requirements will also be in high demand. In addition, telemedicine, e-prescribing, and healthcare analytics will all grow in importance as healthcare CIOs search for...

Are IT Companies Still Dragging Their Feet to Join Social Media?

Posted by Logicalis Staff | Oct 19, 2011 | Advisory & Managed Services, CIO |

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to a recent study from IBM, 82% of chief marketing officers (CMOs) plan to increase their company’s social media use over the next three to five years. Surprisingly, more than half of the 1,700 CMOs in 64 countries and 19 industries responding to the IBM survey said their companies are not yet ready to handle social media, and the increase in collaboration with customers. In your opinion, is this survey Hype or Ripe? Do you think this is Ripe, and executives are reluctant to incorporate social media in their communications plans, even though they know the value? Or do you think this is just Hype, and businesses are ready to begin using social media? [poll...

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