2018 was full of all the popular buzzwords – artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML), blockchain, Internet of Things. In 2019, we may start to see some of these make large advancements as more technology associated with Industry 4.0 begins to take off. As with emerging technologies of the past, there are those who like to […]

It has been a little over a year since IBM introduced the POWER9 scale out variant of Power and just a few months since the scale up POWER9 processors were introduced last August. Since that time, we’ve had our fair share of customers make the switch, but others still have questions. “Why should I move […]

Mergers and acquisitions seem to be in the news almost every day, especially in the managed service provider (MSP) space. It’s an exciting time for everyone involved, but headline-making changes — even positive ones — can also be unsettling. That’s especially true for smaller organizations. In becoming part of a larger company, your employees are […]

For many years, the terms artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) were quickly dismissed as just marketing hype and buzz. It seemed like every new technology had AI working for it somewhere. Some used true AI. A lot, however, were just mechanical Turks, of which the marketplace was aware. Fact is, AI and ML […]

2019 will be a bridge year. It may not produce any groundbreaking advancements in business technologies, but we will certainly see accelerated adoption of certain ones, like SD-WAN (software defined wide area network) and containers. There will also be some growth in older markets, in ways you may not expect. Here are some predictions I […]

It is widely agreed by experts that the Internet of Things (IoT) needs better security. We are now in a present-time where a simple password solution is no longer a strong enough way to securely protect your accounts. Listed below are a few ways to properly secure IoT at the network level: Improving IoT Device […]