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Gain Flexibility with a Reliable, High Performance Private Cloud

Since 2013, our High-Availability Private Cloud has provided businesses with the reliability and performance of a private cloud, with the control and confidence of an on-premise data center. Take control of your cloud computing. Fast Networking and High-Performance Storage. A dedicated team of engineers maintain and react to alerts and proactively resolve issues to reduce disruption to your network and data performance. Security. The private cloud uses threat intelligence and vulnerability management to provide advanced host and network protection. DDoS Protection, Zero-day Threat Monitoring, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, Endpoint

What Should Be Included in a Disaster Recovery Plan?

Organizations heavily rely on technology to drive their operations, store critical data, and ensure seamless business continuity. However, the unfortunate reality is that disasters, whether natural or man-made, can strike at any time. That’s where a well-structured Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) becomes indispensable. DRPs are comprehensive strategies and procedures designed to minimize downtime, restore operations, and safeguard data in the event of a disaster. Read on to learn more about the three essential components that should be included in every effective disaster recovery plan: Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), Recovery Time

8 Elements of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Compliance

What is a Disaster Recovery Plan? Here’s What to Know

Business owners should be thinking about disaster recovery for work continuity. Every business owner should have reliable backups for their business. A DRP (disaster recovery plan) should be in place for your business. Learn what a DRP is and how you can formulate one. What is a DRP? A DRP for your business is a well-structured, written plan that outlines how your business will start working again after a disaster. It is a part of your business continuity plan. It will include reliable backups, how you will restart work, and

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How an Email Breach Can Cost Your Business Thousands

In 2021, America experienced an unprecedented increase in cyber attacks and malicious cyber activity. Business Email Compromise is the most frequent attack vector.  The FBI received nearly 20,000 complaints in 2021 that cost US businesses 2.4 billion. The second most costly digital crime type, investment scams, tallied about $1.5 billion in estimated losses. Your email account is an important part of your communication with employees, customers, and vendors. It’s often the everyday information that opens your business to attack, like who approves purchases, what applications you use, how you communicate

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Top 5 IT Trends Concerning Businesses in 2022

We kicked off 2021 with the Top 5 Business Technology Needs. They were Security Services, Cloud Services, Managed IT Support, Business Resiliency, and Business Productivity.  In 2021, the challenges of 2020 not only remained, but grew.  Now, we see there’s no going back to the way it was before the pandemic. This year, Business Resiliency and Security remain top IT Trends for businesses.  The digital transformation continues.  And the increased impact on finances by staffing challenges, supply chain disruption and inflation add stress to the business overall. As a leading

8 Elements of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Compliance

8 Elements of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Compliance

A compliance program aims at protecting an organization from risk. The purpose of corporate compliance programs is to ensure that a business complies with laws or regulations relevant to it. An essential element of an effective compliance program is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). You could consider a Compliance Program to be a form of internal insurance policy to create evidence of conformity with regulations and instill a culture of compliance. Remember that establishing a foundation of compliance is a company’s best protection to minimize risk and increase business efficiencies.

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Using Cloud ERP Software [Webinar]

Acumatica provides the best business management solution for digitally resilient companies. Built for mobile and telework scenarios and easily integrated with the collaboration tools of your choice, this leading cloud ERP software delivers flexibility, efficiency, and continuity of operations to growing small and midmarket organizations Join us on April 9th at 11 am ET to learn how Acumatica software can help grow your business. Speak with our Strategic Advisor, Gary Maystead, and see a demo of the core features. Webinar Agenda: Introduction to Acumatica Digital Transformation Core Products & Editions

TOP Five Business Technology Needs for 2021

Throughout 2020, businesses and organizations faced many difficult challenges because of the “Work from Home” movement, increased cybersecurity threats, and ineffective communication with clients and employees.  As a leading Managed Services Provider, we identified the TOP FIVE Business Technology needs of our clients. SECURITY SERVICES The first business technology need is securing and protecting corporate data continues to be the most pressing business need going into 2021.  It continues to be challenging for businesses and security experts as they work to stay one step ahead of the criminals and threats. 

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The AME Group Becomes Member of MSPAlliance®

The AME Group joins vibrant global consortium of cloud, managed service providers and technology enabling vendors. October 3, 2020 — The AME Group announced that it has become a member of the oldest managed services group. MSPAlliance is the oldest Managed Services group and the only Accrediting and Standards based body created specifically for the Managed Services Industry. With thousands of members worldwide, the MSPAlliance is a very powerful and influential global network of IT professionals. MSPAlliance works in a collaborative effort with service providers, technology enabling vendors, governmental bodies

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Security and Disaster Recovery: What You Need to Know

Outsourcing IT is a wise business choice, especially for the small business owner. But make the wrong choice and you just ramped up the security threat to your network. A lot of small business owners choose their outsourcing based on price alone, which can be a critical error. Network security threats are unlike physical security threats. There are literally threats around every corner in the cyber world. You have groups that are dedicated to hacking into networks and causing chaos as a pastime. Data security management for business has to