People are often under the assumption that the national online retailers can provide higher discounts on IT hardware and software than smaller regional MSP’s. In reality, this is a total myth that is rather easy to dispel.

Your customers and employees are more mobile than ever before… and a lot of business applications are now moving to the cloud - which is completely transforming how we work, and how we do business.

No one wants to be stuck to desks anymore. We want to work and be productive wherever we are. 

These trends have a significant impact on your wireless network. And it’s becoming more critical for IT to deliver a network that meets the demands of both users and the businesses.

Lenovo unveiled their latest models and initiatives for the coming year at last month's Accelerate 2015 conference, in Las Vegas, Nevada - and I was there, representing Datalink Networks. 

• The average North American Enterprise and SMB company suffers at least 10 hours of IT downtime per year.
• The average cost of data center downtime across industries is $5,600 per minute
• 60% of on-site disasters are actually due to human error
• More than half of American enterprises don't have a good disaster recovery plan... but implementing one for your small to medium-sized business can be a relatively simple - and cost-effective - process, thanks to hybrid cloud backup technology:

Technology has been a boon for small and mid-sized businesses: productivity gains from modern data centers and cloud-based services have allowed organizations with small staffs to compete with the Enterprise big boys. But there's a hitch: Your technology has a shelf life, and as innovation offers new and better tools, organizations must choose when and how to adjust. 

And if you are still running your network on Windows Server 2003, your day of reckoning is NOW.