Archive for the ‘Network Management & Security’ Category

Enterprises Driving the Mobile Cloud … for Now

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Watch for the enterprise to drive mobile cloud computing adoption for the short term, before consumer applications help that side of the business catch up and surpass business usage. That was one of the take-aways from a December 10 ABI Research webinar on mobile cloud computing. (more…)

Forecast: Reluctance, Giving Way to Clouds

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Most mid-sized to larger organizations, according to one recent survey, will be moving to cloud computing the next couple of years. Keeping the “trust but verify” philosophy in mind, these companies say they will start with their non-mission-critical applications…and expand once they’ve proven it works. (more…)

Top Ten Security Best Practices for the Enterprise

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, brought to you by the National Cyber Security Alliance. Of course, you should be aware every month, because the Bad Guys are operating every day, 24 hours a day. That’s why in 2008 more than 1.6 million malicious codes were identified, or more than 4,000 a day, 182 every hour on average. The only good news, from a U.S. standpoint, is that while the U.S. was the top country of attack origin last year, accounting for 25 percent of worldwide activity, that share was down from 29 percent in 2007. (more…)

No Forgotten Globals Here

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Most of us are very familiar with the large global brands – companies we see everyday on main street, television and those annoying pop-up’s on the net. These companies have massive global operations and significant telecommunications and IT requirements. Many global telecommunications carriers, including Sprint, target these companies as prized customers to serve them with their global telecommunications needs. (more…)

The Evolution of MNS

Monday, August 24th, 2009

There’s a new look to Sprint Managed Network Solutions, and it’s all about addressing the challenges that convergence brings in terms of network complexity. The bottom line is that we have completely redefined what it means to provide managed network solutions to customers.  (more…)