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Microsoft Teams Essentials brings together all the apps and features you need to work efficiently and stay connected. Engage employees and customers productively, meet online effectively, and access shared content anytime, anywhere.  As a Microsoft Partner, we can help you deploy Microsoft technology seamlessly and efficiently. Read our flyer and learn how Teams Essentials can help you focus on what matters and grow your business through meetings, chat, file sharing, and collaboration—all in one place. Read More...

Today's distributed workforce is putting more demands on your virtual desktop environment. To keep up with these demands, you need a truly modern VDI platform that enables secure access to business-critical apps on any device and across any cloud. Read this brief to learn how VMware Horizon not only provides the modern platform you need, but also helps reduce capital and admin costs while delivering a top-notch end-user experience. View: Transform Your Legacy Desktop Virtualization Environment with VMware Horizon

JM Financial Asset Management needed help updating its aging IT infrastructure, with a traditional storage area network and server farm architecture. IT management had become difficult and future scalability seemed impossible. Fortunately, VMware helped with JM Financial's transformation. Read the article to learn how VMware helped the organization deploy a versatile platform that ensures cost-effective scalability, remote user access and reliable disaster recovery. View: VMware Upgraded The Aging IT Infrastructure at JM Financial Asset Management

Your expanding attack surface is a goldmine for malicious actors who have access to more entry points than ever before. We can help you gain visibility into where you're most vulnerable so that you can prioritize threats and prevent devastating attacks. Schedule your complimentary cloud security assessment today.

If you're still trying to finetune your hybrid work model and ensure that your workforce is optimized for seamless communication and collaboration, we can help you identify any gaps that are holding you back and recommend fixes—free of charge. Sign up today. View: A complimentary assessment of your hybrid work capabilities

A one-size-fits-all security strategy is a recipe for disaster in today's complex cyber environment. We can help you tailor a strategy based on your unique industry and business needs. Book your free consultation today. View: A security strategy tailored to your industry—free consultation

Like many organizations, you derive value from your data center investments but are seeking to benefit from the unique public cloud advantages they can't deliver. With a majority of organizations expecting to retain a meaningful on-premises footprint while showing interest in long-term hybrid cloud strategies, you're not alone. The eBook, "Make Hybrid Cloud a Reality," explores these goals and the factors driving them. In addition, it highlights the experiences of three organizations that are meeting their digital transformation goals by adopting hybrid cloud strategies with VMware Cloud on AWS. Download the eBook and contact us to talk with one of our hybrid cloud experts about how CBA Consult can help you maximize the value of your data center investments. View: Make Hybrid Cloud a Reality: 3 Organizations Share Their Thoughts

This infographic explains why Microsoft + Surface is such a good investment for businesses. See the 3-year financial, productivity, and employee experience impacts that Forrester found based on its analysis. View: Microsoft 365 and Surface: Better Together

Is your endpoint security tool keeping up with today's threats? Understand your current tool's capacity, see the reality of cyberthreats today, and plan for effective prevention, detection and response. Read this eBook today to prevent a breach and prepare for threats before they emerge. View: Modernize Endpoint Protection and Leave Your Legacy Challenges Behind

The term "new normal" is thrown around a lot. Ways of work have fundamentally changed as organizations embrace work-from-home and hybrid work models, motivating threat actors to adopt a different breed of "new normal" in efforts to adapt. In this blog, findings from a Deep Instinct report on threat landscape trends are shared in the context of what that means to the organizations in their crosshairs. Read the blog for an overview and get in touch to discuss how CBA Consult can help your organization thrive in the era of hybrid work. Read More...

Does your business face challenges in managing security and communications across multiple platforms and a patchwork of apps? Microsoft Teams Essentials can help you focus on efficiency and stay competitive in the challenging hybrid work environment. Teams Essentials gives your organization more of what it needs in one place. It’s an affordable, all-in-one platform with powerful tools for efficient, collaborative work. Read More...

For businesses in start-up and growth periods, staying lean to ensure healthy growth is crucial. Here, Forbes offers 15 ways to save money when a business is in a growth stage – including automating processes with cutting edge technologies – that can be used for any business interested in working smarter and doing more with less. Read More...

Hackers can use various mechanisms to acquire passwords including software that allows them to simply "guess" passwords. Read the blog to get educated on the most common breaches happening today and how organizations can better protect networks from hackers. Read More...

Every company's needs are different when it comes to figuring out flexible schedules that work for a particular organization. However, it's clear that it's now essential to support flexibility in different work styles for your people and teams. Read the blog for insight on six simple ways to enable flexible work at your organization. Read More...

The College of New Jersey wanted to give its 7,400 students a modern, high caliber learning experience accessible from anywhere on or off campus. The college created its secure, virtual desktop infrastructure with VMware. Get the story to learn from the institution's experience creating a more scalable, agile approach to delivering secure digital access to education with VMware solutions including VMware Horizon. View: Leading College Delivers Secure, Anytime, Anywhere Digital Access to Learning

In the multi-cloud era, organizations often have workloads running in different cloud environments as well as on-prem and hosted by a third party. Now VMware is making it possible for on-prem workloads to access cloud-based services. VMware's new edition of VSphere+ provides access to a wide selection of cloud services and centralizes management through the VMware Cloud Console. Read the article on vSphere+ to learn how it provides access to cloud benefits such as rapid scalability, admin services, developer services and other advantages of a public cloud. Read More...

Every Morning Consulting, a small sales consultancy based in Madrid, Spain, works to help SMB clients achieve growth and improve profitability. During pre-pandemic times, most meetings with clients were in person, and traveling was the norm. When COVID-19 hit, the firm turned to the free version of  Microsoft Teams , and later adopted  Microsoft Teams Essentials  for its expanded capabilities. With Teams Essentials, Every Morning Consulting is now closer to their customers and more flexible in day-to-day day activities. And they see new avenues of growth for the future.   Read More...

2023 has been the year of AI breaking through in the enterprise. But before your CIO gets fixated on ChatGPT, here are five things to know. Read More...

1Password CEO Jeff Shiner and Anna Pobletts, head of passwordless, talk at RSA Conference 2023 about moving to passworldless authentication. Read More...

The pandemic demonstrated that people with PCs can work just as effectively at home as in the office. Desktop IT now needs a rethink. Read More...

Today's employees want the flexibility to work from anywhere but providing them with a best-in-class digital workspace experience wherever they go can easily overwhelm your IT team. The key is choosing an integrated anywhere workspace solution that can deliver secure, seamless experiences while reducing costs and simplifying operations. This infographic provides an overview of how to get there. It includes a breakdown of the six main IT challenges to supporting a hybrid workforce, and outlines the benefits of VMware Horizon, the modern VDI solution for the anywhere workspace. View: Why New Ways of Working Require a New Type of Workspace

MDMs' proactive response to cybersecurity highlights the collaboration between MDIC and Booz Allen to assess cybersecurity maturity in the medical technology industry, emphasizing the need for proactive measures and providing recommendations for improvement. Read More...

At Providence Swedish, neurosurgeons are leveraging the Microsoft Surface HoloLens 2 to visualize complex neurosurgical procedures prior to the operation. Check out this case study to learn more about how Providence is leveraging this technology—and for inspiration to help you innovate with the HoloLens 2. View: Medivis Case Study

This eBook why how Microsoft 365 + Surface for Business devices make an ideal platform for the modern workplace. It describes the extensive creation, collaboration, and security features. View: Welcome to Microsoft 365 & Surface

Like many, your organization may keep some data, applications and workloads in on-premises servers and data centers. VMware vSphere+ enables you to enhance these workloads with cloud services. This solution brief shows how. Download the solution brief for an overviiew of how VMware vSphere+ helps customers achieve a unified and consistent VMware Cloud experience for all workloads, no matter where they run. View: Get Benefits of the Cloud for Your On-Premises Workloads

There's more to the Ukrainian-Russian conflict than meets the eye. Behind the scenes, cyber armies on both sides are waging war against government and military networks with waves of phishing attacks, using intelligence from trusted sources to identify what to protect and what to target. Meet the modern threat landscape, escalated. Watch this video and contact us to discuss how CBA Consult can prepare your organization to navigate new threat norms in your digital environment. Read More...

Among the many advantages data offers is it enables retailers to create customer recommendations based on purchase history, resulting in personalized shopping experiences and improved customer service. Watch the video to see how Microsoft Cloud for Retail is helping fashion retailer Fabrikam redefine what customer service is all about. Read More...

Does your enterprise prefer to run some or all its workloads in a traditional, on-premises data center? If so, then you need to know how VMware vSphere+ can help you bring the benefits of cloud infrastructure services to your on-prem workloads. Download the infographic to learn more. View: Drive your on-premises workloads to the checkered flag, fueled by vSphere+

The tech giants are going all in on artificial intelligence. Each is doing it its own way Read More...

The pandemic's impact on the healthcare workforce has raised insider threat risks, with active credentials of terminated employees exploited by cyber attackers. Remote work and increased technology reliance contribute to growing malicious and accidental threats. Healthcare IT teams must be vigilant against unauthorized access, privilege misuse, and data theft. Mitigation strategies include cybersecurity tools, monitoring solutions, and improved IT-HR collaboration. Access behavior monitoring and analytics bolster threat detection and response. Read More...

When the pandemic hit, the New York Suffolk County Clerk's Office faced two challenges: Ensuring staff could continue working in a safe environment and protecting billions of dollars in local real estate transactions. What did the Clerk's Office do? It partnered with VMware to implement a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with VMware Horizon and VMware Carbon Black Cloud for added security. How successful were their efforts? Read the full story in this article. Reply to this email to discuss how our experts can help your security team successfully address your organization's cybersecurity challenges. Read More...

If you're struggling to effectively manage the increasing data volumes your organization is generating, it may be time for a data strategy overhaul. We can help you get there. Schedule your free consultation today. View: Retool your data strategy—free consultation

Get more productivity, better security, and cost savings when you maximize the value of your technology investments with Microsoft 365. No matter how you run your business or your team, Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first platform that enables all the ways people work today – wherever, whenever, and however. Sign up for our mailing list to learn why Microsoft 365 is a better way to work for your small business. We can help you do more with less. Let’s stay connected! Read More...

We can help you assess if your current cloud strategy is driving tangible business outcomes and if there's room for improvement. Book your free consultation today. View: Free assessment of your cloud computing strategy

If you're struggling to find the right talent to execute your digital transformation plan, you may benefit from an automation solution that significantly boosts productivity and empowers a lean IT department. Schedule your free demo today. View: Filling your talent gaps—free demo

How secure are your networks, devices and other assets against sophisticated cyberattacks? We can help you assess your #securityposture—free of charge. Schedule your consultation today. View: Free Cybersecurity Assessment

As desktop and app virtualization becomes the de facto standard for office computing, many IT admins may find the process of provisioning and managing numerous virtual sessions to be onerous. A VMware Horizon 8 VDI environment allows IT admins to deploy and provision virtual desktops and accompanying apps quickly and easily, potentially saving time in an admin's workday. Additionally, Horizon can enable remote workers to be more productive by reducing time spent trying to access essential resources. View: Scale Virtual Desktops Faster and Provision Virtual Apps More Easily with VMware Horizon and VMware App Volumes

Cloud-first strategies may be hitting the limits of their efficacy, and in many cases, ROIs are diminishing, triggering a major cloud backlash. Read More...

Despite the challenges, many companies find that bringing data in-house is worthwhile. Before transitioning, companies should evaluate the cost of bringing data in-house versus using a cloud provider. Read More...

What one woman learned from her year of remote working: while having the choice of where to work can contribute to one's overall job satisfaction, what people really need to feel fulfilled is to do the work they actually want to be doing. Read More...

An alleged cybercriminal leaked records on 10,000 customers of Australia's telecom giant, Optus, then backed off its $1 million ransom demand. What is the takeaway for organizations tasked with protecting customers from identity fraud? Read this blog for a summary of the hack, its significance and steps being taken to remediate impact. Read More...

This flyer explains how the Surface family of devices is a good match for how federal organizations work. For more information about the Surface family of devices, please contact us. View: Transforming public service

DVB Bank SE, a German financial services provider that specializes in international transport finance, chose VMware to ward off growing cyberthreats. Get the story to discover how VMware helps the firm boost security and build awareness for employees and customers. View: DVB Bank SE Enhances and Simplifies Network Security with VMware

With Microsoft Teams and familiar Office apps, people can connect using one-on-one conversations and group chats, and they can easily access files, chats, and apps in one workspace. Coworkers can make faster decisions, with real-time sharing in meetings, instant feedback and collaboration. And they can share, edit, and co-author documents wherever, whenever. Microsoft 365 makes productivity easy. See how it can help you do more with less.   Read More...

Using customer data the right way helped transform bedding retailer Mattress Firm to move their thought process from just selling mattresses to selling healthier living by helping people sleep better. Watch the video to see how Microsoft Cloud helped this retailer change their buying process and transform customer experiences.

Weak passwords are the entry point for the majority of attacks across enterprise and consumer accounts. Read the blog to learn how Microsoft is offering organizations a passwordless and far more secure future. Read More...

Hybrid work environments are an opportunity to give employees innovative ways to collaborate productively. How you create these opportunities is up to you. Read this article from Gartner to get insights and recommendations for making it happen. Read More...

Most organizations have both public cloud and on-premises applications and workloads. Increasingly, companies want to run their on-premises workloads on cloud infrastructure, to benefit from the flexible as-a-service consumption model, developer agility, and the ability to centrally manage infrastructure. With vSphere 8, organizations can bring the benefits of the cloud to on-premises workloads. Download the eBook and learn what else vSphere 8 can do. View: VMware vSphere 8 The Enterprise Platform

Because of continuous business growth, TDS—a Tianjin-based subsidiary of Denso Group—decided that it needed a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for office workers. TDS built its virtual desktop solution on VMware's Horizon to improve efficiency and accelerate the company's digital transformation. Read the customer story to learn how. Read More...

The NVIDIA GTC showed the company's support for AI modeling and inference infrastructure as well as new software and service offerings. This infrastructure requires significant storage and memory to train and run these models. DDN showed their latest storage appliance for the DGX H100 systems. Read More...

Many say to cut cloud computing in a slowing economy, but it's not that simple. Use these strategic moves to position yourself to lead the recovery. Read More...

Comprehensive security across all IoT/OT devices has become a critical component of overall network cybersecurity. Watch this video demo for a detailed walkthrough on Azure Defender for IoT which allows continuous asset discovery, vulnerability management, and threat detection for your IoT devices and operational technology (OT) environment.

Watch the video to learn how Dynamics 365 mixed reality applications can improve daily operations. See how with voice commands, real-time authoring and intuitive guidance, Dynamics 365 Guides is built for work.

Taking full advantage of a cloud transformation requires a new approach to IT. CIOs are restructuring IT orgs and strategies to unleash talent and leave legacy processes behind. Read More...

About a third of workers with jobs that can be done remotely are working from home all the time, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Read More...

In 2022 alone, a total of 4,100 publicly disclosed data breaches occurred, comprising some 22 billion records that were exposed. All this despite the fact that organizations around the world spent a record-breaking $150 billion on cybersecurity in 2021. How should companies go about securing their software and data? What companies aim to achieve from their security programs must evolve, just as the way that companies' use of data and software has evolved. It is past time for their cybersecurity efforts to change. This article covers three such changes that companies can make to adapt to the growing insecurities of the digital world. Read More...

This blog offers a step-by-step look at how the flexibility of Microsoft Teams for Retail allows the platform to be set up to benefit the very specific needs of retail. Read More...

This article from CRN highlights the most recent security announcements from Ignite 2022. Read on for the biggest updates, as well as perspectives from customers and partners who are doing more with less, and “going all-in on Microsoft.” Read More...

Before you drain your IT budget on a shiny new cloud solution, it would help to know if the solution can be seamlessly integrated into your tech infrastructure and if it will yield a significant ROI. Book a free consultation with one of our cloud experts to assess your cloud needs. View: Which cloud solution is right for you?

The new hybrid work landscape requires companies to rethink many of the traditional elements that defined their business culture. Failure to adapt can significantly impede growth and talent retention. We can help you understand what you can do to better align your company culture with the modern work landscape. Book a complimentary consultation with one of our experts today. View: Get a free assessment of your hybrid work culture

Free up your IT team to drive innovation by automating mundane, time-consuming tasks. Schedule a complimentary AI-powered automation solution demo. View: Automate IT—a free demo

A majority of CISOs report being stressed at work, with 65% admitting work-related stress issues are compromising their ability to protect their organization. Read More...

Dealing with on-premises and multi-cloud infrastructure can be quite challenging. This infographic can help. Download it to learn the top five infrastructure challenges and how VMware vSphere 8 can solve them. View: Launch Your IT Infrastructure into the Multi-Cloud Era with VMware vSphere 8

The new Microsoft Surface Management Portal is a centralized solution for IT administrators to self-serve, manage, and monitor Surface devices at scale in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Help reduce IT costs with insights into the health and status of Surface devices. Self-service efficiently with an easier way to manage warranties and support requests. Experience a streamlined management solution by reducing manual work in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Support multiple form factors by streamlining management of Surface devices through Intune and hybrid managed devices. Receive regular updates to Microsoft Surface Management Portal. Contact us to learn more about the Microsoft Surface Management Portal.

Equitable Bank (EQB), seeks to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people’s lives, and this mission comes down to one thing: trust. When a Mandiant Red Team cybersecurity test revealed weaknesses in its security defenses, EQB took action. It replaced two security and event management solutions with Microsoft Sentinel and deployed Microsoft 365 Defender solutions to cover endpoints, identities, and cloud apps. After experiencing startlingly improved results in a follow-up test a year later, EQB knows it’s on the right track. Its Microsoft deployments—and its innovative spirit—continue. Read More...

Why is the world so worried about AI? Fears of economic disruption, chaos, and a world of misinformation are likely unfounded. Here's why. Read More...

The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public feedback about the market power of cloud computing providers, among other information. Read More...

From employee pay to total rewards to systemic rewards, the future of employee compensation is here, and it's vital to business success. Read More...

Many organizations are struggling to keep up with the dizzying speed of the cybersecurity landscape evolution and are often too slow to overhaul outdated security strategies and processes that no longer offer adequate protection. We can help you assess your progress on this critical front. Book your free consultation today. View: Are you optimizing cyber resilience? Free consultation.

This 2-sided overview of Microsoft Surface products is tailored to state and local governments. It highlights how departments are expected to deliver better services with fewer resources, and how Surface offerings support collaboration, mobile access, security, and efficient enterprise device management. The second page illustrates how Surface Laptop 3, Surface Go and Surface Studio are attractive fits for elected officials and staff; developers and analysts; field workers and designers. The document concludes with warranty options, compliance certifications, and ways to purchase Surface products. For more information about deploying Microsoft Surface in Government, contact us today. View: Surface for State and Local Government

Transform how you communicate and collaborate with a phone system built into Microsoft Teams. With Teams Phone, you can meet with your teams, chat with coworkers, and receive calls from customers in a single app. Read More...

Discover key factors for enabling security and IT teams to proactively reduce attack surfaces and harden assets. Beginning with an overview of how tighter collaboration between security teams and operations improves workload security, this datasheet offers both a high-level view of workload vulnerabilities and actionable recommendations for closing them. Download "Sharing the Workload of Workload Security" for tips on operationalizing and simplifying workload security in 4 steps. View: Sharing the Workload of Workload Security

Azure Sentinel is Microsoft's cloud-native SIEM for modern SecOps. Requiring no infrastructure, it eliminates worries about scaling up and takes just minutes to set up. Watch this demo video to see how Azure Sentinel enables you to stream all Microsoft 365 Defender incidents into the SIEM and keep them synchronized. Get in touch to discuss how the team at CBA Consult can help you make the most of your incident data to rapidly and effectively triage and investigate in Sentinel.

Managing all your virtual desktops and apps across multiple clusters, clouds and physical locations can easily become overwhelming, time-consuming and costly. This white paper shows how VMware Horizon Control Plane can reduce VDI management costs and complexity with a single control plane for managing all your workloads, no matter where they're hosted. Download the white paper for an overview of Control Plane Services including image management, app management and universal brokering. View: Reduce Management Overhead by Transforming VDI and App Management with the VMware Horizon Control Plane

Like many organizations, you derive value from your data center investments but are seeking to benefit from the unique public cloud advantages they can't deliver. With a majority of organizations expecting to retain a meaningful on-premises footprint while showing interest in long-term hybrid cloud strategies, you're not alone. The eBook, "Make Hybrid Cloud a Reality," explores these goals and the factors driving them. In addition, it highlights the experiences of three organizations that are meeting their digital transformation goals by adopting hybrid cloud strategies with VMware Cloud on AWS. Download the eBook and contact us to talk with one of our hybrid cloud experts about how CBA Consult can help you maximize the value of your data center investments. View: Make Hybrid Cloud a Reality: 3 Organizations Share Their Thoughts

This 2-sided overview of Microsoft Surface products is tailored to the federal government sector in the US, UK, and beyond. It notes their needs—working collaboratively, remotely and securely—and highlights the product line's capabilities, particularly its power of a laptop with the 2-in-1 mobility of a tablet. The second page focuses on an optional, added layer of security via enterprise management of firmware (for example, USB port) access. The sheet concludes with warranty options, compliance certifications, and ways to purchase Surface products. For more information about deploying Microsoft Surface in Government, contact us today. View: Surface for Federal Government

Employers need to rethink the way they've been operating - because the workplace has been evolving at a rapid pace. In order to stay competitive in the marketplace and offer your employees the kind of... Read More...

World Wide Technology, a global technology solutions provider, needed to consolidate security agents to minimize operational overhead. Learn why they chose VMware in this customer story. Download it to see how consistent security across an environment allows for increased visibility and shared data between security and operations teams. View: World Wide Technology Increases Visibility Through Unified Security

This blog explores the security risks inherent with IoT/OT and concludes adoption is critical even with the security challenges. In addition, it provides a link to a collaborative report from Microsoft and the Ponemon Institute highligting data on the state of IoT and OT security from a customer's perspective. Read the blog for a review of the research and quantified findings. Read More...

This Microsoft report explores findings from a survey of 9,600 frontline employees and managers and reveals that despite their essential role in every industry, these workers have traditionally been underserved by technology. Read the report to see how technology adoption on the frontline is accelerating and making a difference. Read More...

Get more productivity, better security, and cost savings when you maximize the value of your technology investments with Microsoft 365. No matter how you run your business or your team, Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first platform that enables all the ways people work today – wherever, whenever, and however. Sign up for our mailing list to learn why Microsoft 365 is a better way to work for your small business. We can help you do more with less. Let’s stay connected! Read More...

2021 saw an increase in both frequency and, more importantly, sophistication of cyberattacks. Read the blog to stay on top of the changing cybersecurity landscape and learn how Microsoft continues to gain insights from the research they conduct and translate these findings into new features in their security products. Read More...

When you consider that millions of basketball fans fill out brackets for the Division I Men's College Basketball Tournament every year, that 99.9997% success rate really stands out. Read the blog to see how the Microsoft Business Applications Applied AI group pulled this off. Read More...

Developing a strategy for modernizing IT is an enormous challenge. We can help. Please consider registering for a free Digital Transformation Readiness Assessment with one of our manufacturing experts. We can get your going on your digital transformation journey. View: Digital Transformation Readiness Assessment

The cloud has helped emergency call operator NNO speed response and ensure scalability during peak times. All NNÖ workspaces are equipped with VMware Horizon, a commercial desktop and app virtualization solution, which enables the service to flexibly scale operations of its control centers and VoIP-based telephony systems. The new VMware Horizon system has saved NNO money and, more importantly, time in answering critical calls. Get the story. View: Notruf Niederosterreich Achieves Flexibility in Operating Emergency Control Centers

Explore all the capabilities that #MicrosoftTeams and #TeamsEssentials unlock for small and medium-sized business owners. We know how busy a day could be for an #SMBs owner, and understand how difficult it can be to bring a team together in the #HybridWork world, so just like Melissa, Teams Essentials features can fortify you to help you do more with less. Leverage an affordable solution, streamline your #CRM, lead your organization successfully, and collaborate anywhere and from any device in an easy, secure, and reliable way.   Read More...

Microsoft 365 provides a holistic approach to security, helping you protect identities, data, apps, and devices across on-premises, cloud, and mobile environments. This approach addresses the four foundations of computer system security: Identity and access management, threat protection, information protection, and security management. See how your business can build a culture of security, all while saving money with Microsoft 365. Read More...

Disaster recovery is essential for surviving ransomware, other cyber-attacks, and disruptions like floods and fires. But traditional DR can bring complex issues, such as inefficient use of resources, excess complexity requiring manual effort, reliance on unavailable skillsets, or inability to scale with growth. Cloud-based DR can simplify the process and save time and cost. Read this infographic to learn how to solve the challenges of traditional disaster recovery and how cloud-based VMware DR can solve your top DR challenges. View: Get Benefits of the Cloud for Your On-Premises Workloads

Generative AI, which uses data lakes and question snippets to recover patterns and relationships, is becoming more prevalent in creative industries. However, the legal implications of using generative AI are still unclear, particularly in relation to copyright infringement, ownership of AI-generated works, and unlicensed content in training data. Courts are currently trying to establish how intellectual property laws should be applied to generative AI, and several cases have already been filed. To protect themselves from these risks, companies that use generative AI need to ensure that they are in compliance with the law and take steps to mitigate potential risks, such as ensuring they use training data free from unlicensed content and developing ways to show provenance of generated content. Read More...

Cloud computing allows companies to easily access and deploy new applications, services, and technologies, helping them stay ahead of the competition Read More...

The new hybrid work environment is forcing companies to rethink their corporate culture--and everything from tech stacks to employee KPIs is being reevaluated. Read More...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules on cyber-risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure are coming. A plethora of data indicates that most boards are not ready to meet these new standards. Read More...

t’s no surprise that more than 70 percent of workers want continued flexible remote-work options after the COVID-19 pandemic.¹ This desire means more enterprises are seeking a long-term hybrid work solution that supports both in-office and remote workers. Provide your employees with the best work environment no matter where they are. Microsoft virtual desktop solutions on Surface devices provide a highly flexible, simple, secure, and familiar Windows environment on any device. Windows 365 introduces a new personal computing category, the “Cloud PC,” that draws on the power of the cloud and the capabilities of the device for a complete end-to-end service. Azure Virtual Desktop provides a VDI platform for nearly any use case, accessible from virtually anywhere. Read this free eBook to learn more. Read More...

With remote work becoming increasingly common, it's crucial for businesses to ensure that their teams remain connected and engaged. Communication between individuals and teams can be challenging, but when used properly, virtual meetings can provide a useful environment for teams to interact. From setting clear objectives to engaging participants and managing time effectively, this article covers practical approaches to make remote meetings more engaging, ensuring efficiency and boosting productivity among the teams involved. Read more to learn how to get the most out of your meetings.   Read More...

Kem One is the second largest PVC producer in Europe. When the time came to replace aging infrastructure across two data centers, it turned to VMware Cloud on AWS, saving Kem One 26%. This customer story shows how Kem One improved agility and flexibility by migrating to VMware Cloud. Get the story here. View: Kem One migrates its ageing on-premises IT infrastructure to VMware Cloud on AWS

In its journey to becoming a digital-first business, British retailer Marks & Spencer embraces Microsoft Teams and deploys Surface Go 2 devices to frontline workers across hundreds of stores in the United Kingdom. Watch this video to discover how Microsoft helps Marks & Spencer empower frontline workers to spend more time interacting with customers and co-workers on the shop floor while reducing paper use and improving work/life balance.

How much can we save you with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist? Book an assessment with a @Microsoft Dynamics 365 expert from CBA Consult. #MSDyn365 View: Meet with a Dynamics 365 Expert for a Free Consultation

How prepared is your organization to migrate to the cloud? CBA Consult offers assessment services to help you gain insight into your stage in the cloud journey as well as your cloud-readiness strengths and challenges. Request a Cloud Transformation Readiness Consultation with one of our public sector IT experts when you schedule direct. View: Meeting Request

Leaders have the power to turn the phrase \"work smarter, not harder\" into a reality. Read More...

We partner with the world's top vendors to deliver elite generative AI solutions that can help you automate operations, improve the customer experience and scale growth. Book your free demo to learn more. View: Demo our newest generative AI solution

Whatever your biggest cybersecurity pain point, we likely have a solution to help you alleviate it. Schedule a free consultation to address your most pressing cyber concerns. View: Explore security solutions tailored to your needs

If you're concerned that your hybrid workforce isn't optimized for productivity, you're certainly not alone. Fortunately, there are cost-effective and scalable solutions to help your employees maximize productivity—no matter where they are. Schedule a free demo to learn more. View: Optimize hybrid work productivity—free demo

The cyberthreat landscape has changed dramatically over the years and having a strong response strategy in place is critical. Read the blog to learn how Microsoft Defender for Cloud continues to stay one step ahead of the ever-evolving threat landscape. Read More...

Findings from Microsoft researchers suggest that the 9-to-5 workday is fading in an age of remote and hybrid work and more flexible hours. Read the blog to learn why "triple peak days" are here to stay and the questions the trend raises about flexibility and work/life balance. Read More...

The U.S. Air Force launched Cloud One years ago and has sought industry input on its successor, Cloud One Next, or C1N. Read More...

Sponsored Jobs Being at work and actually working are very different animals. Here are the big five known barriers to getting stuff done, and the easiest ways to work around them. 1.   You've got mail Sure, email is a necessity and social media keeps you informed, but in the workplace both can tank your productivity. According to [...] Read More...

The IT industry has learned the hard way that there's no substitute for defense-in-depth. But what exactly does that mean when it comes to endpoints? Microsoft's "A Modern Blueprint for Endpoint Protection" eBook provides an excellent overview of the key components of an effective, multi-layered endpoint security strategy: the device itself, access to the device, and device deployment and management. It discusses the technologies required in each area to heighten security, including capabilities provided with Microsoft Surface. For more information on endpoint security, contact us today. View: A Modern Blueprint for Endpoint Protection

Yesterday Amazon launched Bedrock for generative AI, escalating the cloud AI wars that have been heating up over the past year. Read More...