Meraki APs now integrate with Cisco Umbrella, the industry’s first Secure Internet Gateway, to protect wireless clients from malicious online threats. The pace at which new security threats are being introduced and propagated online has reached exponential levels,...
Blog Archive
When Your Password Is the Subject Line: A Personal Encounter with a New Email Scam
Have you recently received an email with one of your actual passwords in the subject line? There is a new email attack circulating where scammers claim they’ve stolen your password and hijacked your webcam. Your password was most likely found in one of the many...
These 5 Books Will Make You Better At What You Do
OK, so most people post in December or January with their list of their favorite books of the past year. But it's summer in TX, and perhaps the heat is getting to me and making me think more about how to work smarter and have more of an impact. That led me to going...
The Cloud is Ending IT Careers. Do You Have a Plan?
I’ve worked with hundreds of I.T. Directors and VPs in the past 20 years. I call myself a friend to many Network, Server, and Storage Admins. I respect all of you and I hope you’re all doing well. Most of you have heard from me in the last 12 months. Some have even...
Network Security Challenge: Is Your Visibility Strong Enough?
The security landscape evolves rapidly, making it crucial to maintain constant visibility over your entire infrastructure. Join our network security visibility challenge to identify blind spots and detect threats before they cause damage. Our PeakPlus SECURE team offers a 14-day assessment to pinpoint vulnerabilities and provide actionable reporting to enhance your security posture. Ideal for IT and security professionals in biotech and life sciences, this event helps ensure your network’s safety and compliance.
The Five Levels of Cloud “Maturity”: Answer 15 Questions and Find Out Where Your Organization Ranks
Cloud is recognized by just about every CIO in the world as a key enabler of digital transformation (and, consequently, better business outcomes, like increased revenue and more strategic allocation of IT budget). But, while cloud adoption continues to grow,...
When Managed IT Services for Life Sciences Make Sense—and When They Don’t
Commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the quote “…nothing in this world can be said to be certain but death and taxes…” seems more true every day, and—just having gone through federal tax filing—it’s more painful than ever! Interestingly though, we love to speak...
The Evolution (or Extinction) of the “Traditional” VAR
In biology, evolution is described as the “change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organization, including the levels of species,...
The Service Provider Value Exchange: Why I Fired My “LaaS”
The concept of value exchange is crucial for any “As A Service” offering. In this article, we explore the real-life experience of managing a LaaS (Landscape as a Service) provider and the importance of transparent value delivery. PTP emphasizes continuous value delivery through enhanced visibility and analytics, ensuring clients perceive the service’s worth. This example underscores the need for a clear value proposition in managed services, highlighting PTP’s commitment to client satisfaction and effective service management.