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5 Reasons Why You Should Choose Technology Navigation as Your Advisement Team

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5 Reasons Why You Should Choose Technology Navigation as Your Advisement Team

By Chis Newell
Founder & President

Navigating the IT market can be overwhelming for both clients and providers. For clients, IT infrastructure is a large portion of your daily business operations. As a result, it significantly affects your business performance if it is not at its best. There are so many providers to choose from, it can also be overwhelming.  Try searching on “UCaaS Providers” in your web browser.  How do you decide which solution is right for you?

What if there was a way to bridge the gap between clients and the IT solution providers? Technology Navigation has made it their business to know each provider, their suite of products, and capabilities.  We help procure IT solutions using solutions from providers that offer the best packages for your unique business needs.

 Why Technology Navigation?  Let’s examine why choosing us for your IT advisement needs is a wise choice.

Robust Supplier Ecosystem

Technology Navigation has over 800 suppliers in our infrastructure portfolio, and over 7,500 SaaS publishers. As a result, our clients have access to a broad range of IT solutions, allowing them to integrate products that align with their goals and budget requirements.

We are subject matter experts in:

  • Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)
  • Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Data Connectivity
  • Internet Services
  • Collocation
  • Cloud
  • Wireless and mobility
  • VOIP AND POTS

Single Contact Point for All Your Needs

With Technology Navigation, you do not have to juggle different providers to get your IT products. Instead, our experienced IT advisors can act as a single point of contact for all your IT solutions, simplifying the entire process for you.

Ongoing Client Support

Technology Navigation’s IT advisement services do not end at providing clients with the solutions and products they need. We continue to provide an extra layer of support to clients and act as their advocates through the lifecycle of the services. Effectively, we are an extension of our client’s IT team.  

Complimentary Advisement & Support

Unlike most IT advisors Technology Navigation does not charge fees. Instead, we are paid by our brokerage arm which allows us to make an immediate impact, at no cost to you.

Agnostic, Not Unbiased

One of the biggest problems clients face when it comes to procuring services from providers directly is that their primary goal is making a sale., . Technology Navigation is 100% agnostic, but not unbiased.  This means that we offer a wide range of solutions and recommend the best service for your business needs.  We don’t work for the providers; we work for you.

The Takeaway?

Technology Navigation is more than just your average It advisement firm. We help formulate the right solution, with the right budget and assist in supporting the solution to take you a step closer to your business goals. So, if you are ready to take the plunge and work with Technology Navigation, click here to discover what we can do for you.

What DaaS & Managed VDI can do for your company

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What DaaS & Managed VDI can do for your company

By Chis Newell
Founder & President

The modern workforce is highly collaborative.  However, one of the most significant challenges many organizations face is centralizing their IT infrastructure to keep their employees connected, even if they are working remotely.  

Enter Desktop as a Service Infrastructure (DaaS) and Managed Virtual Desktop Interfaces (VDI).  Organizations can host desktop environments in a managed, centralized environment and keep employees and critical stakeholders connected.  To determine if this is the best solution for you, let us dive into some key features.  

The Pros and Cons of DaaS & VDI 

Managed VDI and DaaS are cloud-based applications managed by solution providers.  Organizations work with the solution providers to create golden images designed for their employee profiles.  They don’t have to worry about configuring individual desktops and keeping IT infrastructure updated, scalable, and secure.   Because DaaS is a cloud-based solution, it is not limited by space availability, allowing for scalability to meet demands while keeping data in a secure environment. 

Organizations can anticipate costs with predictable subscription models and low upfront charges while eliminating maintenance or management efforts and costs.  

However, for organizations with specialized and unique configurations, there is the possibility of having some hybrid users to meet the highly specific operating system or hardware requirements.   It is important to compare the recurring subscription costs against all aspects of the Managed VDI and DaaS solution (employee/management, security, certifications, audits, hardware, and colocation) in developing the ROI. 

Key Takeaways 

Like most IT organizations, running an agile environment with fewer resources is required.  Using a Managed VDI or DaaS solution future-proofs organizations, lowers IT efforts, and moves the costs to an operating expense.   Ready to explore further?  Connect with us to discuss these technologies and how they may impact your organization.  

How Wireless Management Services help You Manage Your Devices?  

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How Wireless Management Services help You Manage Your Devices?  

By Chis Newell
Founder & President

Wireless Management Services has become one of the most in-demand IT services. Wireless mobility management, or WMM, is the method of verifying that devices and associated communications services work efficiently. It is designed for companies who are starting on the digital transformation journey.  

The need for services and support in this field is growing as mobility solutions and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) have become more important for our new work reality. Businesses in the post-COVID-19 world can’t afford to ignore mobility. So, the biggest question is, how do you choose from the various wireless management services available since each offers its own unique set of capabilities?  

A wireless connection can be the safest option for a business. It only allows the access of authorized users, and data leakage is less likely than using earlier approaches. Here are some additional benefits of its use:  

  • Through Radio Resource Management (RRM), the wireless solution can analyze the large radiofrequency environment and, as a response, self-tuning. 
  • It may boost IT production by making it easier to troubleshoot issues, manage wireless users, and swiftly detect rogue devices on the network with real-time warnings regarding bandwidth use. 
  • Platforms with a minimum of 50 access points (AP) may be configured and deployed, with controller models capable of satisfying all the wireless business connectivity demands. 
  • It’s important to remember that Corporate Wireless is focused on business functions rather than network standards. In this situation, all the access points are connected to the controller using Split-MAC architecture, resulting in the spread of the wireless network’s functionality.  
  • Using capabilities such as Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) and NetFlow, users’ applications and protocols are identified automatically and transparently.  

Here are a few of the Wireless Management providers for users looking for corporate mobility management software to meet their demands. 

IBM  

IBM provides managed mobility services to help clients in developing and implementing business mobility and device-choice strategies for better security and efficiency. IBM Managed Mobility Services simplify and customize device delivery, setup, configuration, security, administration, and support for both corporate-owned and employee-owned devices across all device types and operating systems.  

Stratix  

Stratix is a managed mobility service solution that helps customers in designing, delivering, and managing business mobile programs that match the requirements of end-users. With mobile device management support services for IT, the platform’s mobile endpoint management features provide you with real-time visibility and control over your whole mobile network.  

Fujitsu  

Fujitsu provides a cloud-based, flexible solution for monitoring, protecting, and managing mobile users. Fujitsu’s enterprise-grade expandable solution is bundled with Fujitsu Managed Services to ensure quality-assured delivery for its users. IT managers may use the solution to put their mobile strategy into action, completely mobilize sensitive business apps, and accept BYOD (Bring your own devices).  

As more people rely on wireless technologies (5G, WiFi) for their business needs rather than wired connections, Wireless Mobility Management has become increasingly essential. There are several advantages to having strong mobility management in place, and companies who do not presently have it as a standard should consider updating or developing new ways of controlling wireless devices that provide a significant transition.  

The lessons that covid left us  

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The lessons that covid left us  

By Chis Newell
Founder & President

When Covid-19 hit the US in March 2020, most of us entered a new reality. Being in IT, my team has not only had to find a way to support our external clients but also support their internal clients as well. Here are some of the takeaways and learning moments we have experienced: 

Cloud and Digital Transformation is Beneficial  

Now more than ever clients are moving their services to cloud technologies. With a vast number of employees working remotely or in a hybrid environment, utilizing cloud technologies has become massively important, even more so than it already was. Any way you slice it, today’s employees are not working in a traditional business environment.  

Because of this, UCaaS, CCaaS, O365, Cloud Compute and Storage, Virtual Desktop and Virtual Collaboration services are being migrated to at a rate we have not seen before. Existing cloud projects that were slated for deployment in late 2020 / 2021 have been fast tracked to completion in weeks, not months. 

Reducing IT Costs  

Over the past couple of years, a lot of our clients have been tasked with reducing costs as much as possible. This has taken on many different forms, including re-contracting existing services in the effort to reduce costs, or cancelling portions of services.  

Some clients have asked our team to look at existing services with all suppliers and find ways to aggregate services to a single provider to take advantage of economies of scale. In some cases, clients request to cancel services altogether or re-purpose assets to be more effective. Whatever the strategy, many businesses remain in a mode of scaling back, while still needing to increase performance.  

The Importance of Redundancy and Resiliency  

With most all employees working remotely, if there are services needed at the offices redundancies at your offices for VPN or SD-WAN have become more vital than ever. With a single threaded connection, employees are destined to do their laundry rather than work when there is a blip on the network.  

Security is Being Reshaped 

Most of our clients have seemingly strong security measures for their offices. With a remote workforce, there is the question of how to secure this environment.  Enter Virtual Desktop, Zero Trust and SASE methodologies to help secure and address new security concerns.  

At Technology Navigation, we have been working diligently with our clients to work through their own challenges during the pandemic and subsequent fallout. If you think you are on your own island through this new reality you are not.