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Aug 28, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
In business, all true success stories start with a vision and a plan. Identifying your business goals and objectives and the strategies you’ll use to achieve them is a must-take first step for any organization and a crucial element to ensuring future success.
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Aug 26, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Technically, dark fiber is optical fiber that’s not active. Most commonly it refers to optical fiber cables that were installed in urban or suburban areas in the hope that a demand would arise, allowing the company that owns the fiber to sell access.
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Aug 25, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
It’s a transformative time in government information technology. Public sector organizations are moving to the cloud. At the same time, seemingly everything that can be virtualized is quickly heading in that direction.
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Aug 21, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
As with any business technology, cloud computing comes with pros and cons, benefits and risks. That said, any risk that does exist in the cloud tends to be greater in traditional IT infrastructures. And the benefits far outstrip those found in traditional IT settings.
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Aug 19, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
The best hosted voice providers aren’t just vendors for your business – they’re like business partners. Offering cutting-edge communications tools, after all, is just a starting point.
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Aug 19, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Should your business move all its IT functions to the cloud, or does it make sense to keep some things in-house? If the latter, how do you know which to migrate to the cloud and which to retain? As might be expected, there are no single, right answers to any of those questions.
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Aug 12, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Good restaurant owners and managers focus on providing diners with not just good food, but a good overall experience. Great restaurant owners and managers recognize that as a service business, their employees are the key to delivering that experience – and they invest in providing a great experience for their employees as well.
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Aug 6, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Many of the older-generation bar and restaurant owners can be set in their ways and use traditional, paper-based methods to take customer orders, track time and inventory, and pay employees. But these same businesses often lose money every month, without really understanding why or where the loss is coming from.
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Jul 30, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Today, many of the technology solutions you need to run your restaurant or bar are available in the cloud. This means, as an owner, you can simply log onto a website to access the software, and not have to worry about keeping a server on site.
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Jul 24, 2014, 00:00
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Saroj Rout
Telemedicine can vastly improve healthcare in many ways. It can break barriers of distance, for example in rural areas where quality routine and emergency care may be hard to reach.
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Jul 23, 2014, 00:00
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Saroj Rout
Whether waiting in a dentist office or working out at the gym, your customers expect – and want – TV at your business. Here are four reasons why offering TV services will benefit both your customers and your employees.
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Jul 18, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
With many governments offering a wide array of citizen services via the Internet, it’s easy to imagine the phone barely ringing at City Hall anymore. But don’t underestimate the enduring power of voice communications.
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Jul 15, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Today, your business relies more heavily on being networked between facilities, data centers, suppliers, business partners and customers than ever before. In fact, some would say that the network IS your business, making your choice of network service technology absolutely critical.
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Jul 9, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Health information exchanges (HIEs) are an important development in transforming healthcare by enabling clinicians, administrators, and payers to share electronic patient information. When care providers can access all of a patient’s information at the point of care – including test results, current medications, allergies, and previous history – better treatment decisions can be made, resulting in lower costs and improved outcomes.
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Jul 8, 2014, 00:00
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Michele Blankemeyer
Leveraging the power of the cloud, hosted voice can improve accessibility, ensure business continuity, and support new trends like telecommuting.
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Jul 1, 2014, 00:00
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Maddison Sharp
The fact is that every company’s networking needs are different. Because of this, there’s no single solution for networking beyond the borders of the building. Here's an overview to help you make the right decision for your enterprise's needs.
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Jun 26, 2014, 00:00
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Maddison Sharp
A managed or hosted voice service is an attractive model for businesses, particularly small to midsize companies – mainly because they don’t necessarily have the same in-house expertise as larger enterprises.
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