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Why Long-Term Services Contracts are Often Bad for the Buyer

by PTPstaff | May 13, 2020 | Managed Network, Managed Services, Networking, News

Think twice, or maybe three times, before entering into a multi-year IT services contract with a vendor. I’d like to think I know a thing or two about it, having sold and delivered on Managed Services for almost 20 years. The industry has settled into contract...

Meraki Security + DNS Security for Remote Office Workers

by PTPstaff | Apr 28, 2020 | Networking, SD-WAN, Security

In the new and crazy working world of constant remote connectivity, companies are scrambling to get their VPN solutions working to support all their users and keep the same level security on their corporate networks. With the Cisco Meraki solution, the smaller MX...

Another (Quality) Top 5 List: Things IT Leaders Need to do to Spend as Little as Possible in AWS

by PTPstaff | Apr 23, 2020 | AWS, Cloud, Cloud Management & Optimization

If you spend time on Google or if you read magazines, you’ve run into the ever present “Top 5 things you can do” article. Each list is like a Tic Tac – – it takes a second to consume and gives you just a little bit of good feeling. Lists are frequently...