by Aurelien Parment | Aug 28, 2015 | Tech News
Dell Forms New Line of Business for Web Hosts, Telecommunications Service Providers
Nicole Henderson
“Dell will introduce products later this fall targeted towards a number of organizations including hosting providers, under a new line of business it launched on Monday. Called Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS), the division will be within its Enterprise Solutions organization and will address the market of business that is just below the hyperscale space in size.
Dell said that this segment is growing three times faster than the traditional x86 server market, and that these types of businesses, including telecommunication companies, hosting providers, oil and gas and research organizations, require “semi-custom solutions.” Dell DSS will new design new systems for this market, while also offering supply chain optimizations and custom configurations.”
Microsoft’s DisplayCover prototype gives the Surface keyboard an e-ink display
Ian Paul
“Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 has gone a long way to creating a tablet that can truly replace a laptop. Now that the core device itself is so darn slick, Microsoft’s Applied Sciences research and development team is getting funky, revealing a new mobile keyboard concept that adds more screen space to the Surface via a multi-touch e-ink display.
Currently dubbed the DisplayCover, the new keyboard includes an e-ink display at the very top that displays menu options based on context. The basic idea is for the e-ink display to extend the desktop space by removing the taskbar or menu items from the tablet’s smaller screen.”
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by Aurelien Parment | Aug 25, 2015 | Small Business, Tech News
Workplaces are more mobile and interconnected than ever, as many employees have the opportunity to work remotely. For many companies, this can be enough to enable the creation of a “bring your own device” policy, or BYOD.
Research firm Gartner reports that 90% of organizations will support some form of a BYOD program by 2017 and for personal devices to double enterprise-owned devices by 2018. Furthermore, Gartner also reports that implementing a BYOD program can also lead to 64% cost-savings, since the end-user will own the device.
Financially-savvy organizations will discover that these numbers make a BYOD program an attractive option. However, incorrect BYOD implementations could also lead to major IT headaches and security issues. Today, we share some considerations all IT administrators should consider before diving headfirst into their BYOD program.
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by Aurelien Parment | Aug 21, 2015 | Tech News
Oracle updates Service Cloud, Social Cloud so companies can analyze customer comments
Caroline Wall
“Tech giant Oracle rolled out Monday new features for its Service Cloud and Social Cloud – all with the intention of creating a better way for companies to harness customer data and feedback via social channels.
Service Cloud now has Community Self-Service, which means customers of a particular company can ask questions and receive answers from peers, all while having those conversations take place under the watchful eye of the company. Oracle said this also helps prevent an overload of questions directed at company contact centers since customers may help each other.”
End of U.S. oversight of Internet’s domain name overseer delayed to next year
John Ribeiro
“U.S. oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the coordinator of the Internet’s domain name system, will continue through September next year and perhaps even beyond.
The Internet global multi-stakeholder community needs time to complete its work, have the plan reviewed by the U.S. government and then put it into action if approved, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday.”
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by Aurelien Parment | Aug 19, 2015 | Company News, Small Business
Those who operate a small business know how hard it is to win the daily battles. Whether it is meeting with employees who are out of office, staying in touch with clients or accessing the most up to date data. You need it to be fast and easy.
Luckily, there are a lot of business tools out there to help you get the job done. One of most comprehensive packages of tools is Microsoft Office 365. It provides enterprise-like power, but designed with the small business in mind. Office 365 from myhosting includes tools that everyone knows and is familiar with like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The big selling point however is that the technology barriers are gone. If you don’t have IT resources, now you can easily start using cloud-based business software. Our team will set you up, migrate email and take care of all those updates.
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by Aurelien Parment | Aug 18, 2015 | Small Business, Tech News
As a technology administrator for your company, you’ve witnessed employees bring in their own devices to be more productive. “Bring your own device” or BYOD is becoming a hot workplace trend, with 74% of companies allowing their employees to use their own devices for work related purposes.
Combined with cloud, the prospect of employee-owned devices is enough to scare fear into even the strongest of IT managers. While some organizations have adopted rogue IT as the standard, others are still exploring solutions to help them manage the influx of technology.
One solution IT administrators can explore is Microsoft Azure Active Directory, a multi-tenant cloud based directory and identity management service run out of 28 data centers worldwide. Azure Active Directory (AD) provides an affordable and easy solution to give employees and businesses the ability to use single sign on (SSO) to access cloud applications like Office 365, Salesforce.com, and Dropbox. Azure AD is already integrated for those who have Office 365 and other Microsoft applications already in use within their organization.
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