While sales people have been traveling on the road for years working from remote locations, the rest of the office has been expected to be at their desks during business hours. But why? If they’re at their desk they’re more productive, right? Not necessarily. Rather than just names you see online or voices you hear during your semiweekly check-in meeting, …
Choosing the Best Partner to Guide Your UC Journey
While deciding on your business’ path to Unified Communications (UC), you face a full spectrum of needs and challenges. And there’s no shortage of parties knocking on your door and offering to solve your problems. You’ll have to determine what type of partner can provide the guidance and support you require. You’ll be approached by product vendors and systems integrators, …
Summary of the State of the Phone Industry
CONFUSION! That is the word to start this blog. The world of premise-based phone technology is in a state of absolute confusion. During the last three months, the playing field has drastically condensed with quite a few mergers and acquisitions. In the midst of this M&A free for all, Mitel is staging itself to “buy” the competition. And one of their bigger plays (Avaya) …
How to Assess the Staying Power of Your Phone System Vendor
AT&T is on track to acquire Time Warner. Avaya files for bankruptcy. Verizon acquires AOL. Windstream acquires Earthlink. These communications giants are facing tricky times while demand for wireless service and connection speed increases in tandem with increased price competition. There is certainly a wind of change that is bringing with it plenty of mergers and acquisitions. With all the company upheaval …
What Makes SD-WAN So Revolutionary?
SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN) is the trending buzzword in the network communications world. At its core, SD-WAN utilizes centralized controlling to direct traffic via the strongest and fastest path. It combines the major benefits of SDN, cost efficiency and flexibility, and reproduces them using a WAN, allowing users to take advantage of all possible pathways, including public internet, to get the most value …
2017 SD-WAN Trends to Watch For
Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) has gotten a lot of publicity in 2016 as adoption has continued to spread. SD-WAN is igniting a significant change in enterprise networking. It’s transforming WANs from inflexible and expensive to agile and cost-effective. What can we expect to see in SD-WAN in 2017? Tech Target, an industry technology resource, suggests these 5 trends to watch: Move to …
CTG Hosts Tech Summit to Engage with Cloud Thought Leaders
This week Corporate Technologies Group hosted a Technology Summit designed exclusively for CIO/IT leaders who want to enhance their knowledge around IT innovation and cloud transformation. The Summit was led by Michael Sterl, Chief Strategy Officer for Carve Digital and IT Thought Leader. The days’ speakers included representatives from CTG and several of their partner cloud solution providers, most of which are …
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