Does Traditional Third-Party Message Security Make Sense in an M365 Environment?

by Charles Arconi | Oct 21, 2022 | Advisory Services, Ask Chuck, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Email Migrations, Microsoft 365

M365 and Email Security In my last post, I discussed the risks of storing your data in a legacy archive repository that is end-of-life, broken, or somehow inaccessible. I’d just finished retrieving data stored in an unsupported platform for a client faced with a...

Your Data Is On Fire if You Can’t Access It When You Need It

by Charles Arconi | Sep 3, 2022 | Advisory Services, Ask Chuck, Data Archiving, Transvault

Extreme? I don’t think so. If your data is stored in a platform that is not supported, end-of-life, broken, or inaccessible in some way, it might as well be burning to the ground. That’s the reason for this article. In addition, I wanted to share with you a...

Data Migration: Not a Matter of If, a Matter of When

by Charles Arconi | Apr 22, 2022 | Advisory Services, Ask Chuck, Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Microsoft 365

Merging Companies? Acquiring Companies? What are you doing with all the data? At some point in a company’s lifecycle, data migration is bound to happen. Mergers, acquisitions, technological innovation, transitioning to cloud, business process optimization, regulatory...

Office 365 Email Migration: The Last On-site Exchange Server

by Charles Arconi | Feb 22, 2022 | Advisory Services, Ask Chuck, Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Microsoft 365

Why do I need an on-premises exchange server for Office 365? I’m just coming off an Office 365 email migration project, and once again, a question came up that I thought I’d address. To put it in very simple terms, clients are baffled why once their Office 365 email...

If It’s Your Data, It’s Your Responsibility to Protect It

by Pete Kinkead | Oct 29, 2021 | Advisory Services, Backup and Restore, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Microsoft 365, Software as a Service

Why Deploying a Backup Solution Is an Essential Component of Your M365 Infrastructure My focus today is on some of the threats companies have to be aware of as they migrate to the public cloud. There is a common misconception that once you migrate to the cloud, your...

Do It Right the First Time: The Case for Engaging with an External IT Program Manager

by Pete Kinkead | Oct 8, 2021 | Advisory Services, Cloud, IT Staffing, Services, Tech Talent

IT Projects Tend to Face Delays and Incur Cost Overages Numerous examples in the history of IT project implementation prove that even the most capable IT leaders can fail. Usually, the main reason is that the pace of change is more than what they can handle. This...