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Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan Actually a Disaster

Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan Actually a Disaster?

Effective disaster recovery requires good planning. Here are five lessons to make sure you’re ready, if and when the worst happens.

Thinking Differently about BYOD and COOP

Thinking Differently about BYOD and COOP

Many employers worry about letting staff connect their own devices to company networks. But in a disaster, they may have to work from home. Try this idea.

The Value of Strategic Network Design

The Value of Strategic Network Design

When it comes to managing their network, most organizations are all tactics, no strategy. Here’s why you need to think long term with your network design.

Network Performance Three Essential Things to Watch For

Network Performance: Three Essential Things to Watch For

Who is tracking your network’s performance, and do they know what to watch for? Here are the three things that you should be monitoring.

Biggest Mistakes Companies Make in the Cloud Part 2

Biggest Mistakes Companies Make in the Cloud, Part 2

With businesses’ use of cloud technology growing, more mistakes are being made in the transition. We continue our discussion with 9 more mistakes to avoid.

Biggest Mistakes Companies Make in the Cloud

Biggest Mistakes Companies Make in the Cloud

Use of the cloud is growing, and so are common cloud-related pitfalls. Here are 9 mistakes to avoid.

What to Look For in a Network Engineering Partner

What to Look For in a Network Engineering Partner

When you need a network consultant, you have many choices. What questions should you be asking potential partners, and how can you assess the answers?

CLUS 2015

The Best Thing I Learned From John Chambers

After 20 years of leadership, John Chambers is retiring. Denise Donohue reflects on the best lesson she learned from the past CEO of Cisco.

IT Purchasing How to Tell the Difference Between Price, Cost

IT Purchasing: How to Tell the Difference Between Price, Cost

IT sales professionals will often tout the price difference between their solution and their competitors. But price is only one factor in the true cost.

Exposing Hidden Costs in Network Operations

Exposing Hidden Costs in Network Operations

Tighter budgets mean many companies’ IT departments are supporting more technologies with fewer staff. That leads to hidden costs. Here’s how to avoid them.

Cisco Live 2015: Companies Must Adapt to the Pace of Change

Cisco Live 2015: Companies Must Adapt to the Pace of Change

At Cisco Live 2015, one thing was made clear: the pace of technological change in business is accelerating. Companies must move faster, or be left behind.

Deploying New Information Technology Don’t Do This

Roadblocks to Avoid When Deploying New Technology – Part 2

New information technology projects get off track without a well-conceived architecture and design and a full understanding of the technology.