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    Resources for TN’s Entrepreneurs

    In July 2019, Business Facilities named Tennessee the state with the Best Business Climate. The criteria set by the national publication, which has been around for over 50 years, included a large amount of customized workforce training, having pre-certified sites, and financial aspects such as lower industrial electricity costs. Tennessee was [Read More...]

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    UCaaS: Communication and Productivity Made Simple

    Not all business tools are created equally. Despite being produced to help businesses, many tools out there can cause further issues for companies because they do not complement or enhance the companies’ current workflow. Tools that require your existing processes to adapt so you can use them can bottleneck your [Read More...]

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    How The Cloud Can Help Your Restaurant

    If you own a restaurant in 2020, you have a unique set of expectations to uphold when compared to previous generations of restaurant owners. Good food is key, but for many people, the food is only one part of a great restaurant experience. One of the best ways to guarantee [Read More...]

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    Five Reasons to Make the Move to UCaaS

    Unified Communications as a Service, or UCaaS, streamlines all communications for your business via cloud-based software services. Getting UCaaS from a service provider is certainly the way to go; it no longer makes sense to deploy your own communications infrastructure in most cases. Below are the main reasons you should [Read More...]

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    Network Hardware – Supply Chain Security – The Big Hack analyzed

    Network Hardware – Supply Chain Security – The Big Hack analyzed – iRis Networks Recently there have been several articles challenging Chinese hardware security. The articles describe servers manufactured in China for a US company. The initial claims indicate a “hacker” added silicon (alien) devices to the PCB (Printed Circuit [Read More...]

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    The wild wild world of Wide Area Networks…. Public Internet – MPLS – VPN – SDWAN – MetroEthernet

    If you own a multi-location business, I bet at one time or another the thought of connecting all the locations popped into your head.  Connecting your offices will save you time and money. Simple, right?  You just want to get data from one office to the other; how hard or complicated [Read More...]