Managed IT Services Blog

Oftentimes, when discussing outsourcing IT services, the main point made in its favor is the costs savings that are bound to come with it. For this reason alone, many companies are quick to embrace this practice. However, there are many other benefits that come from outsourcing IT services, especially when it comes to specialized IT functions. If cost savings or, even better, cost control aren’t enough to encourage your company to take a serious look at outsourcing, these added benefits may just tip things in your favor. 

As Amazon Web Services (AWS) instance options increase, selection, deployment, and management of the right solutions become more complex for businesses. The reality of that challenge is reflected in the RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Survey, which indicates a lack of resources and expertise is still the number one challenge for businesses. Due to limited time, in-house IT team expertise, and personnel, businesses are increasingly looking to managed services partners to supplement their team and provide end-to-end assistance for AWS deployment.

Rutter Networking Technologies, Inc. announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Rutter to its 2017 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology vendors, scaled to their company size. 

The recent Bloomberg News article detailing the failure of the Delta Airlines worldwide computer network is just one of many examples of how legacy technology can bring major costs. With hundreds of flights disrupted due to power and computer system failures, the airline was looking at a 10 percent reduction in 2016 3Q earnings.

This is an all-too-common occurrence for the biggest and the smallest businesses. Primarily because it becomes difficult to see impending challenges from legacy technology even as some systems are upgraded.

The recent Amazon Web Services outage that took out huge swaths of the Internet a couple of weeks ago has been an eye opener for companies who rely heavily on the cloud. If you ever hope to avoid a similar multi-hour downtime in the future, it would help to pay attention to the crucial lessons we’ve learned from that incident.

Most managers and executives don’t spend too much time thinking about backup and recovery services. They trust that when they log into their computer, their data will be there just like it was when they left it the night before. However, this can be a dangerous way to approach business continuity with all of the different threats and issues that an organization faces these days. 

According to a recent Office 365 Adoption & Risk Report, Office 365 has eclipsed all other cloud providers to emerge as the most widely used enterprise cloud service by user count. The report from Campbell, California–based cloud security firm Skyhigh Networks analyzed some 27 million employees across countless businesses to deliver the statistic. Despite that result, moving from on-premises Office services to their cloud equivalents can be easily misunderstood at all levels of an organization without the proper communication.

With 2017 just about to get up to speed, New England businesses are getting set to launch small and large technology implementations that will further the business in the coming year. Equally important for all businesses (particularly small businesses) is the ability to further their general knowledge base about a wide variety of subjects that are fundamental to keeping the business strong and growing.

When it was passed in 2010, Jones Day called the Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth (of Massachusetts) “the most comprehensive data protection and privacy law in the United States.” The law, known as 201 CMR 17.00, was created to protect Commonwealth residents against identity theft and fraud. It requires any companies or persons who store or use personal information about a Massachusetts resident to develop a written, regularly audited plan to protect personal information. This applies to both paper and electronic records.

In today’s digital business landscape, technology is driving both innovation and operational efficiency in new and unprecedented ways. It’s no longer enough for CIOs, CTOs, and IT specialists to stay abreast of these emerging changes. Now the entire business—including the entire C-suite, as well as key management across the enterprise—must stay in touch with IT changes and challenges.