September 25, 2017September 26, 2017 Reed Wiedower Intelligent Communication: The Evolution of Microsoft Teams Microsoft has been drinking their own champagne of late, bringing a rapid, agile development process to their modern communications suite, Microsoft Teams. With their latest announcement, we have seen customers (and employees) alike ask: what is the future of Microsoft Teams? And where does Skype for Business fit in? It’s important for folks who tuned into the … Read More
New Signature Delivers Service and Security to D.C.-based PR Firm October 20, 2017October 12, 2017 New Signature offers professional services for businesses of all industries and sizes, and their value for business does not end there. Through our expert consultation and array of managed services offerings, our experts can … Read More
New Signature Wins Silver in IoT Solutions for CDN’s Channel Elite Awards October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 Computer Dealer News has named New Signature as their Silver selection for IoT solutions as part of their 2017 Channel Elite Awards, which recognizes IT Solution Providers for their innovation, leadership and commitment to … Read More
Reducing Costs with Microsoft Technologies: Manufacturing October 16, 2017October 11, 2017 Small and medium-sized manufacturing has typically not taken to Microsoft Azure and Office 365, and I have often wondered why, as the savings can be huge. Take, for example, a fictional B2C company that … Read More
New Signature Named as one of D.C.’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies by Washington Business Journal September 28, 2017October 13, 2017| Cara Stafford New Signature has been listed once more as one of Washington D.C.’s 50 fastest growing companies by the Washington Business Journal. The awards’ ceremony will take place on October 19, 2017 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Every year, the Washington Business Journal determines which are the fastest growing companies in the Greater D.C. area, with … Read More Categories: Awards, News
Intelligent Communication: The Evolution of Microsoft Teams September 25, 2017September 26, 2017| Reed Wiedower Microsoft has been drinking their own champagne of late, bringing a rapid, agile development process to their modern communications suite, Microsoft Teams. With their latest announcement, we have seen customers (and employees) alike ask: what is the future of Microsoft Teams? And where does Skype for Business fit in? It’s important for folks who tuned into the … Read More Categories: Microsoft Technology Updates
Five Steps to Enable Azure Rightsizing September 25, 2017October 16, 2017| Andy Nelson One of the easiest ways to take control of your Azure expenses is to ensure that your resources — most notably VMs and Azure SQL databases — are appropriately sized. The Cloud Management Portal’s rightsizing feature makes this easy for you. The CMP uses the Azure Resource Manager to obtain the utilization and performance data … Read More Categories: Technical Reviews, Tips and Tricks
Azure Rightsizing Made Easy September 22, 2017| Jessie Collins Good financial stewardship of your Azure environment requires that your resources – most notably VMs and Azure SQL databases – are appropriately sized for your ever-evolving business needs. But how do you know if you’ve chosen the right tier or are getting the best rate for a given resource? We have updated our rightsizing … Read More Categories: Technical Reviews
Fall Business Trends for Office 365 September 22, 2017September 27, 2017| Jim Banach Remember when purchasing software required a drive to the store, when it was sold in a box? Long gone are the days of maintaining the same static software until a new version was released, or until you decided to purchase something different, typically forced out of the status quo because your current version was … Read More Categories: Microsoft Technology Updates
A New Workforce Requires a New Unified Communications Model September 20, 2017September 20, 2017| Jim Banach Seventy-eight percent of people say that they collaborate with co-workers or colleagues who are located somewhere else in the world at least once per day, and 4 out of 5 information workers use web conferencing at least weekly to communicate (Microsoft User and Adoption Survey, 2014). The workplace is changing, and employees are becoming more mobile, more remote, and are working within more teams, … Read More Categories: Technical Reviews
How to Keep the Lights On September 18, 2017| CJ Spice When disaster strikes, your business can face downtime. And downtime costs money. For this, Microsoft offers DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service) to provide for back up response when tragedy strikes. But beyond individual instances of tragedy lie a whole slew of potential pitfalls that may cause downtime. You see, acting as an umbrella … Read More Categories: Technical Reviews
New Signature Events Digest – September September 15, 2017September 15, 2017| Lyndsey Creamer September is just half way over but has already proven to be a busy month of events. We kicked off this month with the in-person event, Modern Workplace and Security in London, United Kingdom on September 12, followed by Leveraging the Industrial IOT Revolution in Atlanta, GA on September 15. Our webinar for September … Read More Categories: News
Do retention policies conflict with a legal hold? September 14, 2017| Peter Day “What happens if you place an Exchange mailbox on legal hold that also has a retention policy applied to it – does the retention policy conflict with the legal hold?” this was a question posed to me on a recent training course. To answer this, we’ll look at the function of each technology and … Read More Categories: Tips and Tricks
Industry Insights: Driving Content for Media Businesses September 13, 2017September 12, 2017| Cara Stafford Companies that focus on communications and media have a unique set of needs and requirements. They strive to keep customers up-to-date on the information they are continually pumping out. They strive for timeliness, flexibility and adaptability across a myriad of different devices. Likewise, their employees are looking for a lot of the same ideals: … Read More Categories: Microsoft Technology Updates