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Covid 19 ResponseQuickly get employees working and collaborating remotely B2B will help you easily and securely move your in-office operations to remote-work operations. Using Windows Virtual Desktop, and MAD365 you can let employees work from home and still be very...
Microsoft Malicious Activity Detector
MAD365 Malicious Activity Detector for Microsoft Office 365Do you have Microsoft 365 secured the way you should? You probably have antivirus software installed and keep your software patches up to date. Unfortunately, that is not enough. The average time...
Powering College Sports With Power BI
We are announcing the availability of a new implementation of Power BI in the world of college sports.Designed for college athletic departments, the Sports Performance Dashboard is a powerful data analytics tool built on Microsoft cloud technology. It pulls together...
If you build it, will they come? 3 tips to driving user adoption
Technology and business are irrevocably entwined. Organizations of all sizes leverage cutting-edge tools to drive mission-critical processes, investing thousands, or in some cases millions, in software solutions. Enterprise information technology spending is...
Microsoft acquires cloud analytics company
Microsoft has acquired the cloud analytics firm Cloudyn in an effort to expand cost-control offerings for Azure users. Cloudyn, which launched back in 2011, produces cloud monitoring software compatible with Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google. Cost containment is a...
Embarking on the Azure adoption journey with B2B
Enterprises are often confused as to how the Microsoft Azure adoption journey begins. According to B2B Chief Technical Architect Ralph Bolds, it all starts with an initial kickoff meeting featuring key stakeholders from the client and the managed services provider....
Why it makes sense to outsource Azure management
The market for managed services is expected to grow more than 14 percent to $53.7 billion within the next five years, according to research from MarketsandMarkets. This figure most likely comes as no surprise to those following the information technology space....
School Data Sync Transforms K12 Education
Having assisted more than 50 education customers with their adoption of Microsoft Office 365, the tremendous value of the platform is undeniable. In nearly every case, hosted Exchange based email was the primary focus for B2B's education clients. However,...
Can a Small- or Medium-Sized Business Move Completely to the Cloud?
Over a decade ago our CTO, Don Wolf, first described the rationale behind the drive to cloud computing by comparing it to the electrical grid. Everyone needs electricity but few of us want to or need to be in the business of generating our own. We can buy it much...
Microsoft Azure gains spot atop Gartner Magic Quadrant for IaaS
Earlier in the year, technology analysts predicted that Microsoft Azure would soon ascend through the cloud computing ranks to challenge Amazon Web Services for supremacy in the space. However, it appears this climb is materializing faster than previously thought,...
Why OneDrive is right for your business
Businesses of all shapes and sizes are breaking down silos to promote scalability in the face of an ever-changing market. This sort of shift necessitates the adoption of new productivity tools that make it easier for employees to collaborate in cross-functional...
What are Azure managed services and why you need them?
Since Microsoft released Azure in 2010, the cloud computing platform has achieved immense popularity. Today, more than 120,000 new users join Azure every month and an estimated 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies use it to access Microsoft Cloud deployments. However,...