Tri State Tech Boom

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Everything's in the Cloud: Now What?

Cloud Security. This is a topic brought up quite often around the Emerge headquarters. Following, a great article on the topic from Cisco and written by Evelyn de Souza.

Today’s applications are either virtualized in our own data center or being hosted by any number of providers. But is our security built around our current security reality or is it living in the past? During one of my Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit presentations, I shared best practices in a rapidly changing environment, where cloud vendor hype isn’t matching our security reality. Now that everything is in the cloud, we need a strategic approach to cloud security.
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2013 Emerge Golf Outing

   It's time again for the annual Emerge Golf Outing at The Golf Club at Stonelick Hills!

On Wednesday, June 19th, Lunch from Montgomery Inn will be provided during a presentation by Cisco and EMC on Cisco UCS Servers and EMC Backup Solutions aligned with Emerge Cloud Services. Experts will review the most recent developments with these solutions and our industry. In addition this year, based on popular demand, experts will also be highlighting creative financing programs and the impact of budgeting for technology.

The afternoon will provide a very informative presentation and an excellent opportunity to interact with our industry’s top manufacture representatives. Following the lunch presentation, participants will enjoy a golf scramble at one of the area’s top golf courses with their peers, and the Emerge team!

If you are interested in attending, please contact your Emerge account manager / representative for registration information.

MDM and BYOD and Mobile Security... Oh My!

 

Has your company has adopted mobile devices to help enhance communication, productivity, and availability of company resources. What should you consider in properly managing the security of your company data on these devices?

Many organizations now have either provided mobile devices (IPHONE, IPAD, ANDROID) or have allowed employee devices to access their corporate network and data processing resources. It is important that your company has a mobile device management (MDM) platform in place to enable proper management of the devices, and the data that resides on them. By controlling and protecting the data and configuration settings for all mobile devices in yourcorporate network, you can reduce support cost and business risk. Having the ability to perform tasks such as selective device data wipe, restricting app downloads, enforce security policy, and centralized management can instantly allow your company to gain better control of your corporate data and resources.

Emerge 1st Annual Technology Expo

Building your business with technology solutions that work!

Emerge is just a week out from hosting its 1st Annual Technology Expo. All to be held at Emerge Headquarters in Erlanger, KY.

"This year, we wanted to take the best aspects of workshops, conferences and good old customer appreciation into one fun and informative afternoon." says Emerge Marketing Coordinator, Amanda Wilson.

Sessions are planned with vendors such as Cisco, EMC, Panasonic and Axis. Breakout sessions will be held in two time blocks in the afternoon Expo for TWO opportunities to join in a breakout session that fits into attendees schedules. Details of each breakout session are available on the Emerge website.

Games and Door prizes will be going all afternoon. Attendees, Emerge employees and Vendor representatives can join in on games of Cornhole or a game of giant Jenga. Door prizes will be given away on the hour and include tablets, iTunes giftcards, Amazon gift cards and more.

To register, please visit the Emerge website  or directly to the registration site.

3rd year running - Business Courier Fast 55 Finalist

For the third year in a row, Emerge Managed Solutions has been nominated for the Business Courier Fast 55 Award. Winners of the Fast 55 in 2011 and 2012, this award recognizes Emerge as one of the regions fastest growing companies.

“We are truly honored to be nominated for the 3rd year in a row for the Fast 55. The win reflects on the outstanding team we have created over the years. Emerge could not have done it without them.” Says Emerge Operations Manager Michelle Caridi.

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Back It Up!

Pictures. Music. Work documents. Personal documents.  Tax information.  Most people keep a great deal of business and personal data on a computer.  What would happen if your computer got a virus and deleted all of your documents?  How would you get your photos back if your hard drive crashed?

These things are in the minds of both business users’ and personal users’.  With the internet reaching faster speeds, it is now possible to back up all your important data to a separate location (called offsite storage).

Pictures, music, documents, etc. are compressed using advanced techniques, encryption is applied to the compressed files, and then data is sent to the offsite location via the internet.  Once the data is received, it is stored on a secured server.  With this server, only you have access to the information.  Encryption (the same kind the government uses) keeps your personal information safe and secure.

Your data is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  It can be restored to your computer in the event of data loss, virus, or even if you accidently deleted a file.

As we rely more and more on our computers not only for productivity but for storing our information, it is important to have a reliable backup solution.  It’s not a matter of ‘if’, but a matter of ‘when’.  Be sure you are prepared and back it up!

Andrew Miller
Data Center Engineer
Emerge