As reported by CloudTech, a recent survey of more than 500 IT professionals in companies with 50 to 2000 employees …
And, 56% of respondents indicated that cloud use will increase over time.
In case you missed this … Google is ending support for the Google Drive desktop app on January 1, 2017 for MS Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003. As Google will no longer test or support the Google Drive app on these platforms, you are unprotected if the app fails to work. While the app may still work, Google will no longer test or provide updates — leaving you at risk for errors including data corruption and loss.
If you are still using one of these operating systems and need to running the Google Drive app, contact us about upgrading your version of Windows.
Microsoft Office 365, from the entry level Exchange Online plans through the Business and Enterprise plans, includes a robust infrastructure for spam/virus protection. As we have blogged about on numerous occasions, cyber attacks continue to get more sophisticated and are using social engineering to trick and trap more people than ever.
Advanced Threat Protection
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), a little know add-on for Exchange Online and Office 365, offers additional protection against cyber attacks. Using a secure “sandbox”, ATP tests and validates links within email messages and tests attachments for malware and other threats before the message makes it to your inbox. With minimal latency, ATP can block messages or strip them of the offending item(s).
With the increasing threats of ransomware and identity theft, ATP is well worth the nominal per user fee.
If you want to add ATP to your ecosystem, please contact us.
According to a recent study of 1,500 HR, sales, and marketing executives commissioned by Adobe, Inc. magazine reports that:
More than half of the professionals surveyed (57 %) said mobile apps for messaging and collaboration are critical to their organizations’ success, and a similar number of respondents (59%) said such apps will continue to be critical in 2019.
Is your mobile strategy up to the task? Contact us for a free Cloud Advisory session.
Every once in awhile, we have a unique opportunity to offer substantial savings on cloud services. To celebrate the rebranding of Google Apps as G Suite, we are authorized to offer small and midsize businesses significant discounts if they upgrade from G Suite Basic (Google Apps for Work) to G Suite Premium (Google Apps Unlimited).
Learn more …
18 Months for the price of 12, a 33% savings*
To qualify for this promotion, you must …
15 Months for the price of 12, a 20% savings
To qualify for this promotion, you must …
Interested? Contact us for info and a quote.
*Important Details: The 18 for 12 promotion ends on December 12, 2016; and we need to complete your upgrade by December 15, 2016. The 15 for 12 promotion ends on December 20, 2016; and we need to complete your upgrade by December 31, 2016. Monthly Flex Plan customers will see a discounted monthly invoice; Annual Plan customers will see an prorated charge and a credit for the unused portion of your current term.
Your business depends on your employees being able to use business-critical applications. You want and need your applications to be available and reliable, and the integration with Office needs to work.
Office 365 is Designed to Work with Your Business Applications
Microsoft is committed to Office 365 compatibility with the tools you use every day. They do this by:
With a clear commitment backed by action, Microsoft lowers the risk of compatibility issues with Office 365 in ways that exceed their historical support for MS Office.
This is the ninth post in a multi-part series designed to help companies better assess the opportunity and value of cloud-based solutions. Contact us to schedule a free, no-obligation Cloud Advisor session to discuss your priorities and plans.
According to ISV Solutions’ 2015 Line of Business Survey,
Line of Business Decision makers now control 61% of all technology purchases, and influence 81% of all purchases.
Business objectives and priorities should drive technology initiatives and decisions. Small and midsize enterprises need partners that focus on business solutions enabled by technology.
It is true: the technology behind Exchange Online and the Office 365 Mail, Calendar, and Contact services is a close sibling to the MS Exchange Server sitting in your computer room. So if the technology is the same, how can putting email in the cloud improve your IT?
Email in the Cloud Simplifies Your IT
Moving email into the cloud eliminates the hardware, software, and all of the maintenance and support required to keep things running. When you move to Exchange Online or Office 365, the experts who created to software are keeping it up, running, and secure. Microsoft will also keep your environment up to date with automatic application of updates and fixes.
You still control your company’s capabilities and how your team uses the available features, and have the option to schedule updates and fixes. But without all daily maintenance and management, you and your IT team have more time and energy to focus on the core operations that build business value.
Simplify your IT and drive your business forward.
This is the eighth post in a multi-part series designed to help companies better assess the opportunity and value of cloud-based solutions. Contact us to schedule a free, no-obligation Cloud Advisor session to discuss your priorities and plans.
According to a recent survey of 950 IT executives and staff members by BetterCloud found that:
IT Execs are 29% less likely than their staff to say their team lacks full control over their SaaS applications
IT Staff are 56% more than their bosses likely to feel they lack full visibility into SaaS applications
IT Staff are 139% more likely than IT Execs to believe the former employees still have access to company data
Are you moving to the cloud? Is your roadmap in line with your business goals? Contact us for a no-obligation Cloud Advisor session.
