December 19,
2011 – Midland Communications, a leading provider of unified communications, announced today that the company is placing special emphasis on bringing its innovative technology and applications to the rapidly growing legal industry.
Midland Communications has a number of valuable communications and data
networking solutions that support the needs of the legal community. These solutions have the unique ability of increasing productivity while decreasing the firm’s carbon footprint because of the significant impact they have on attorney’s
commute times, marketing efforts, reduction of office space and reduction in operational costs. “An attorney’s time is very valuable and anything we can do to
increase their efficiency has a dramatic impact to a law firm,” said Jason Smith, Vice President of Midland Communications. “The utilization of technology solutions
like Unified Communications enhances a firm’s green initiatives by drastically reducing the use of paper, reducing travel by utilizing video conferencing or web
collaboration and allowing attorneys to receive calls, faxes and voicemails anytime, anywhere.
This allows attorneys to work from home, at the courthouse or while they are visiting a client at their residence, while still providing the quality experience that both the firm and their clients have come to expect.” Unified Communication
solutions provide a number of impressive benefits which increase productivity in law firms. One example is presence management, which informs assistants and partners of where the attorneys are located at all times. Another is call recording, which allows lawyers to save recordings to client files and email them internally. Conference call management integrates with Microsoft Outlook and call attached data tracks who called and other various statistics as well. Fax-to-email and the ability to schedule outgoing faxes through a fax server lower telecommunication costs help businesses go paperless. Furthermore, businesses can benefit multiple office connectivity through VoIP, which unifies all incoming and outgoing
communication. Additionally, law firms benefit significantly because attorneys are no longer tethered to a desk when they take advantage of Unified Communications’ mobile capabilities. Mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, enable law firms to increase productivity in a myriad of other ways as well. The Unified Communications interface has been developed with the end user’s specific needs in
mind. This essentially means that the front-end of these systems are extremely easy to operate regardless of the individual’s age or technical know-how. The advanced technology is hidden within each solution and may be managed internally by the
organization’s IT department or by certified team of Unified Communications professionals. “Legal is a very unique industry and we have partnered with leading Unified Communication manufacturers who make these solutions cost effective
by integrating all these capabilities into a single box solution,” added
Jason Smith. “The types of solutions we offer greatly benefit law firms as well as make the lives of their attorneys easier and less stressful.”
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Friday, September 2, 2011
The Risks and Rewards of Virtualization in the Cloud
SMBs Leverage Solutions Designed to Enhance Productivity and Profits
DAVENPORT, IA - 9/2/2011 – Over the recent few years, virtualization has been gaining ground among small to mid-sized businesses. Essentially, it involves the creation of a virtual version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system, storage device or network resource. The overarching goal of virtualization is to improve an organization’s scalability and increase their capacity to handle heavy workloads. In a fast-paced business world, many business owners have been quick to take advantage of this opportunity but we are finally beginning to see some of the potential downsides. While adoption rates continue to grow, business owners must continue to ask themselves, “Do the rewards of virtualization really outweigh the risks?”
In examining this question, we must have a firm grasp of the main risks that businesses face when they make the decision to virtualize their assets. Firstly, a business must decide whether to handle the transition internally or externally. Often times existing IT staff lack the expertise necessary to mange the transition. New technologies require new skill sets and many IT professionals have not had sufficient experience to handle such a complex transition.
Another risk that business owners face is whether or not they’re selecting the right software platforms to utilize in transitioning each part of their business to the cloud. Each platform has different core functions, strengths and weaknesses and this needs to be considered when making a buying decision. Most businesses prefer to bring in third parties to leverage their technical expertise to make sure the new technology is tailor-fit to satisfy each SMBs individual needs. Additionally, third party technology providers, alleviate concerns regarding the challenge of how to gather sensitive information from IT personnel without endangering the business.
It’s important to note that while these challenges are very real for business owners, the trend is still in favor of virtualization. The primary way that business owners are overcoming these obstacles is by partnering with a reputable technology provider to handle the transition and mitigate these risks. By bringing in a partner that is on the leading edge of technology, business owners can be rest assured that implementation will be handled professionally by experienced personnel.
New virtual systems are run remotely at high-security, often military-grade, facilities which offer far greater protection for sensitive corporate information. Additionally, these facilities are monitored by experts who continuously search for the latest technology to better protect vital business systems. Virtualization may have its downsides but as long as we are aware of the potential risks beforehand, the transition yields very significant rewards.
DAVENPORT, IA - 9/2/2011 – Over the recent few years, virtualization has been gaining ground among small to mid-sized businesses. Essentially, it involves the creation of a virtual version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system, storage device or network resource. The overarching goal of virtualization is to improve an organization’s scalability and increase their capacity to handle heavy workloads. In a fast-paced business world, many business owners have been quick to take advantage of this opportunity but we are finally beginning to see some of the potential downsides. While adoption rates continue to grow, business owners must continue to ask themselves, “Do the rewards of virtualization really outweigh the risks?”
In examining this question, we must have a firm grasp of the main risks that businesses face when they make the decision to virtualize their assets. Firstly, a business must decide whether to handle the transition internally or externally. Often times existing IT staff lack the expertise necessary to mange the transition. New technologies require new skill sets and many IT professionals have not had sufficient experience to handle such a complex transition.
Another risk that business owners face is whether or not they’re selecting the right software platforms to utilize in transitioning each part of their business to the cloud. Each platform has different core functions, strengths and weaknesses and this needs to be considered when making a buying decision. Most businesses prefer to bring in third parties to leverage their technical expertise to make sure the new technology is tailor-fit to satisfy each SMBs individual needs. Additionally, third party technology providers, alleviate concerns regarding the challenge of how to gather sensitive information from IT personnel without endangering the business.
It’s important to note that while these challenges are very real for business owners, the trend is still in favor of virtualization. The primary way that business owners are overcoming these obstacles is by partnering with a reputable technology provider to handle the transition and mitigate these risks. By bringing in a partner that is on the leading edge of technology, business owners can be rest assured that implementation will be handled professionally by experienced personnel.
New virtual systems are run remotely at high-security, often military-grade, facilities which offer far greater protection for sensitive corporate information. Additionally, these facilities are monitored by experts who continuously search for the latest technology to better protect vital business systems. Virtualization may have its downsides but as long as we are aware of the potential risks beforehand, the transition yields very significant rewards.
Monday, May 24, 2010
The Greatest Form of Communication
We want to make you aware of presence management, a hot technology that's gaining tremendous popularity among companies big and small.
Presence management allows you to increase communications and productivity between your employees and customers. This wonderful technology gives all individuals within a company the ability to know what everyone is else is doing in real-time. By having this information one can determine if and in what manner to connect with another person. This presents one with an array of communication options that's dramatically driving up productivity for those companies - both large and small deploying presence management.
As a benefit to our customers, we created this press release to illustrate the benefits of presence management.
Presence management allows you to increase communications and productivity between your employees and customers. This wonderful technology gives all individuals within a company the ability to know what everyone is else is doing in real-time. By having this information one can determine if and in what manner to connect with another person. This presents one with an array of communication options that's dramatically driving up productivity for those companies - both large and small deploying presence management.
As a benefit to our customers, we created this press release to illustrate the benefits of presence management.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Midland Communications Stops Their Customers’ Networks from Being Attacked
Attacks on an organization’s data network occur on a frequent basis. This may come in the form of viruses, spyware or phishing. Many small to mid-sized businesses are missing the necessary technology to properly defend their critical information. As a result, Midland Communications is delivering robust solutions such as email security, web defense and off site data backup applications that create a solid fortrace to combat everyday threats. “One of the easiest avenues to penetrate a company’s network is through email,” commented Jason Smith, Sales Manager of Midland Communications. “Unwanted email continues to rise every year and as this occurs the threat to the network dramatically increases. The negative effect includes decreased employee productivity and downtime as well as the monetary costs associated with fixing the network if it’s penetrated. Therefore, we have introduced to our customers a fully managed email defense software that provides perimeter-based security.” The intuitive solution offers a variety of benefits including spam blocking, virus and worm scanning, and email attack and fraud protection. The software also presents the network administrator with a number user friendly reports designed to aide in making the necessary changes to effectively deal with new threats. This must have business application manages, monitors and protects an organization’s email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
Midland Communications Stops Their Customers’ Networks from Being Attacked
Attacks on an organization’s data network occur on a frequent basis. This may come in the form of viruses, spyware or phishing. Many small to mid-sized businesses are missing the necessary technology to properly defend their critical information. As a result, Midland Communications is delivering robust solutions such as email security, web defense and off site data backup applications that create a solid fortrace to combat everyday threats. “One of the easiest avenues to penetrate a company’s network is through email,” commented Jason Smith, Sales Manager of Midland Communications. “Unwanted email continues to rise every year and as this occurs the threat to the network dramatically increases. The negative effect includes decreased employee productivity and downtime as well as the monetary costs associated with fixing the network if it’s penetrated. Therefore, we have introduced to our customers a fully managed email defense software that provides perimeter-based security.” The intuitive solution offers a variety of benefits including spam blocking, virus and worm scanning, and email attack and fraud protection. The software also presents the network administrator with a number user friendly reports designed to aide in making the necessary changes to effectively deal with new threats. This must have business application manages, monitors and protects an organization’s email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
Midland Communications Stops Their Customers’ Networks from Being Attacked
Attacks on an organization’s data network occur on a frequent basis. This may come in the form of viruses, spyware or phishing. Many small to mid-sized businesses are missing the necessary technology to properly defend their critical information. As a result, Midland Communications is delivering robust solutions such as email security, web defense and off site data backup applications that create a solid fortrace to combat everyday threats. “One of the easiest avenues to penetrate a company’s network is through email,” commented Jason Smith, Sales Manager of Midland Communications. “Unwanted email continues to rise every year and as this occurs the threat to the network dramatically increases. The negative effect includes decreased employee productivity and downtime as well as the monetary costs associated with fixing the network if it’s penetrated. Therefore, we have introduced to our customers a fully managed email defense software that provides perimeter-based security.” The intuitive solution offers a variety of benefits including spam blocking, virus and worm scanning, and email attack and fraud protection. The software also presents the network administrator with a number user friendly reports designed to aide in making the necessary changes to effectively deal with new threats. This must have business application manages, monitors and protects an organization’s email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
Midland Communications Stops Their Customers’ Networks from Being Attacked
Attacks on an organization’s data network occur on a frequent basis. This may come in the form of viruses, spyware or phishing. Many small to mid-sized businesses are missing the necessary technology to properly defend their critical information. As a result, Midland Communications is delivering robust solutions such as email security, web defense and off site data backup applications that create a solid fortrace to combat everyday threats. “One of the easiest avenues to penetrate a company’s network is through email,” commented Jason Smith, Sales Manager of Midland Communications. “Unwanted email continues to rise every year and as this occurs the threat to the network dramatically increases. The negative effect includes decreased employee productivity and downtime as well as the monetary costs associated with fixing the network if it’s penetrated. Therefore, we have introduced to our customers a fully managed email defense software that provides perimeter-based security.” The intuitive solution offers a variety of benefits including spam blocking, virus and worm scanning, and email attack and fraud protection. The software also presents the network administrator with a number user friendly reports designed to aide in making the necessary changes to effectively deal with new threats. This must have business application manages, monitors and protects an organization’s email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
Additionally, Midland Communications offers a web defense solution that proactively zeros in on spyware, viruses and phishing attacks. Web defense safeguards the entire network including remote users and adapts to the latest threats that occur. Companies benefit immediately after its implementation. For example, web defense reduces unproductive web surfing, network congestion, and employee downtime. It protects against vicious attacks and potential fraud, lowers the risk of confidential information leaks, identifies spyware-infected computers, and increases web visibility because it determines how end users spend their time on the web. However, the most important benefit is that it eliminates the time spent by IT professionals on threat management and enables them to focus on achieving strategic business objectives. According to a survey conducted by Continuity Insights magazine, KPMG Risk Advisory Services, and The Hartford’s Guide to Emergency Preparedness, more than 25% of all businesses experience a significant crisis in any given year – of those that do not have a data recovery plan, 43% will not re-open. The practice of storing information, the heart and lifeblood of any organization, onto data tapes locally and having someone take them home for safekeeping is an outdated and dangerous practice. Midland Communications provides an off site data backup solution in the event the network goes down. This tool automatically and securely backs up all of an organization’s data directly to the onsite appliance while simultaneously backing up a copy to the offsite storage application. This solution eliminates the need to store and manage data tapes, reduces the expensive hardware needed to maintain those tapes, and increases the recovery speed of lost data. “Advances in threat protection have come to a point where it’s extremely cost effective for any business to secure their most critical asset. As our customers’ trusted technology advisor we strongly encourage all organizations to take advantage of these solutions because it gives every business owner the peace of mind that their network and information are secure,” commented Mr. Smith.
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