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Does Traditional Third-Party Message Security Make Sense in an M365 Environment?
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...
What We Are Seeing on the Tech Talent Landscape in the First Half of 2022
1 Shortage of Skilled IT Professionals Continues In the past six months our IT Staffing unit has been very busy helping our clients find technical talent. We wanted to make sure their strategic IT projects didn’t lag behind and their business goals remained on track....
Your Data Is On Fire if You Can’t Access It When You Need It
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 recent...
iShift Makes the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Country
Scottsdale, Arizona, August 16, 2022 – iShift, a multi-cloud technology solutions company that provides cloud engineering, cloud migration, cloud management, and specialized IT staffing services, announced today it has been recognized on the Inc. magazine annual Inc....
Lack of IT Expertise Shouldn’t Stop Your Cloud Transformation Projects
Scarcity of IT Expertise Insufficient talent pool aside, there is the matter of knowledge, proficiency, and experience. As organizations begin to apply the full potential of Cloud innovation and more sophisticated Cloud capabilities, the skills gap in their IT staff...
Tech Talent Shortage Shouldn’t Stop Your Cloud Transformation Projects
Insufficient Talent Pool Technical talent continues to be scarce both in terms of quantity and quality. This trend is unlikely to change in the next few years. According to an analysis of the latest labor market data by CompTIA, the US unemployment rate for in the...
Broadcom is Acquiring VMware: The Shifting Role of the Data Center (Part 2)
More than ever, data centers are changing. With the VMware sale in 2023, this might be the time to get a plan in place for your data center. You have options, discuss them with us. Last week VMware sent out a communication to its partners confirming their agreement to...
Broadcom is Acquiring VMware: Should You Be Worried? (Part 1)
Companies have questions about VMware’s new direction after its acquisition by Broadcom. As a long-time VMware partner, we are committed to guiding our clients figure things out moving forward. Now that it’s official and VMware will soon be part of the Broadcom...
Data Migration: Not a Matter of If, a Matter of When
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...
Microsoft 365 Price Increase: Save Now, Promotions End June 30
Things to Know about the Recent Microsoft Licensing Changes Last year Microsoft announced an increase in subscription pricing as of March 1, 2022. A price hike is never a good thing, but there is a silver lining. Through the Microsoft New Commerce Experience (NCE),...
Understanding Microsoft Licensing: Frequently Asked Questions
Understanding Microsoft Licensing Over the past weeks, we have been providing you with insights about Microsoft Licensing changes that were introduced in 2022. We touched upon the implications of the end of the Open License Program as well as the introduction of the...
New Commerce Experience: Do you know about the Microsoft Price Increases?
New Commerce Experience from Microsoft In addition to discontinuing the Open License Program which we discussed in our previous article, Microsoft is going to begin charging more for month-to-month contracts, so organizations need to sign up for annual deals to keep...
Microsoft Open License is changing: Are you sure you know how this affects your organization?
An End to Microsoft Open License Program As you have probably heard, Microsoft ended its Open License Program on January 1, 2022. The Open License Program allowed smaller organizations to purchase Microsoft software licenses for products such as Office and Windows on...
Office 365 Email Migration: The Last On-site Exchange Server
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...
iShift Helps DMG Improve Efficiencies with Transition to a Modern Workplace
Migration to Microsoft 365 implemented by iShift brings productivity-enhancing benefits to the largest integrated multi-specialty group practice in ArizonaSOLUTION SUMMARY Founded in 1994, District Medical Group (DMG) is the largest integrated multi-specialty group...
iShift and Preferred Strategies Partner to Enable Businesses to Make the Most of Their Enterprise Information in the Cloud
iShift and Preferred Strategies Announce New Partnership for Azure Implementation of QuickLaunchScottsdale, AZ – iShift and Preferred Strategies have joined forces to seamlessly deliver an innovative cloud-based implementation of Preferred Strategies’...
If It’s Your Data, It’s Your Responsibility to Protect It
Why Deploying a Backup Solution Is an Essential Component of Your M365 InfrastructureMy 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
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...
iShift Awarded a VMware PSO Subcontractor Status
acknowledgment of iShift's proficiency as VMware subject matter expertsScottsdale, AZ – iShift, a multi-cloud technology solutions company that provides cloud engineering, cloud migration, cloud management, and specialized IT staffing services, announced today that it...
Overcoming Your Cloud Skills Gap
innovative cloud services that put you in controlImpact of the Pandemic While cloud computing adoption has been expanding consistently in the last five years, urgent changes to business operations brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated cloud implementation...
Sourcing Talent for Enterprise-class IT Projects
Contingent Workforce as the New NormalThe 21st century brought a dramatic shift to the notion of the “traditional workforce.” In 1999, about 5.6 million workers held contingent jobs (short-term or temporary) which represented a mere 4.3% of the total workforce. Fast...
iShift Achieves VMwareMaster Services Competency in Data Center Virtualization
The Program allows VMware partners to differentiate in specific solution areasScottsdale, AZ – iShift, a unique technology and cloud solutions provider, is proud to announce it has recently achieved the VMware Master Services Competency in Data Center Virtualization....
