Unified Communications: Google Hangouts vs. Skype for Business

As presented in previous articles, Skype for Business is a rebranded version of Lync, Microsoft’s business communication tool. It was launched in mid 2015 by Microsoft, and is full of enterprise Unified Communication features, with great tools for company collaboration. But Skype for Business is by no means perfect (although Microsoft is always making changes to enhance the product and correct […]
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Creating a Cyber-Safe School District in 8 Basic Steps

  With summer in full swing, it’s a good time for k12 school districts to reassess cybersecurity strategies and map out steps for keeping students and teachers safe from cybercrime in the upcoming school year. How aware is your school district of the latest cyber threats, and what are your plans to mitigate them? Digital […]
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Keeping College Campuses Open, Connected And Cyber Secure

As campus computer labs with all devices bolted to workstations become a thing of the past, students and faculty have more freedom than ever to transport their devices of choice to wherever they’re most comfortable working—both on campus and off. But with so much technology plugging into and out of campus networks, the possibility of […]
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Get Ready for Application-Layer DDoS Attacks

  For years, businesses offering Internet services have had to deal with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. That threat has gotten worse. How do DDOS attacks work? Put simply, they overwhelm services with traffic, making it impossible to address legitimate service requests, and leaving an unfavorable impression on customers who can’t get what they want. Who […]
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IT Innovators: Rethinking Assumptions About the Cloud

  Brought to You by IT Pro Today’s corporate environments are filled with leaps and often times hesitations, followed by even larger leaps toward cloud deployment. But about those hesitations: from fears about IT jobs being outsourced to security concerns and questions about the most effective ways to centrally manage a cloud solution, apprehensions can […]
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neteffect technologies LLC Ranked 222 Among Top 501 Managed Service Providers by Penton Technology’s MSPmentor

9th Annual MSP 501 Ranking and Study Identifies World’s Most Progressive MSPs in Information Technology neteffect technologies ranked position #222, among the world’s most progressive 501 Managed Service Providers (MSPs), according to Penton Technology’s 9th-annual MSP 501 study. The top MSP 501 companies ranked this year include organizations from around the world and from diverse […]
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What Does Your IT Budget Look Like

The end of the year is rapidly approaching, which makes the subject of IT budgeting a little more prominent in people’s minds. There needs to be considerable thought into how much your business will be spending on IT compared to how much it is willing to spend. This can be a confusing situation with a […]
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Is Your In-House IT Staff Recharging While On Vacation

In 2013, a survey conducted by TEKsystems indicated that 67% of IT workers are interrupted on their work vacations because of work-related IT issues. Businesses who are that reliant upon an IT worker need to reexamine how their operations are run on a daily basis. There is a need for businesses to function without this […]
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