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CCE – Cisco Customer Education Series; 10/7 – Battle 21st Century Threats with Cisco Next-Gen Security
Every Wednesday at 1:30 ET a new CCE session is presented by Cisco over WebEx. On October 7th they are holding a particularly compelling talk about their Next-Gen firewalls & advanced malware protection. If you missed this presentation at our Technology Showcase last month, now is the time to get …
Cisco SMARTnet Becomes Smart Net Total Care (SNTC)
On July 27th, the long standing term “SMARTnet” was retired. The new service is called Smart Net Total Care, or SNTC. All existing SMARTnet customers have already been seamlessly transitioned to the SNTC program. This program covers all the same support features we’ve all come to expect from Cisco Services, …
Connecticut Healthcare group Expands Their Practice & Their Cisco UC Deployment
Recently, a long-standing healthcare client of CTComp expanded their practice by folding in another agency. The most difficult part of tackling a merger like this is assimilating the various technology systems, and telephony services can be an especially large headache. Unless you are using a Cisco Unified Communications solution in …
Intel Wants You to Know Them as More Than Just a PC Chip Manufacturer
When you hear “Intel” you may, like me, instantly see that image of the Blue Man Group advertising their iconic Pentium III and P4 processor lines. Those ads are well over a decade old now, and Intel is a very different company. In August, Intel held their annual IDF (Intel …
VNA Community Healthcare uses CTComp for a Successful Desktop Rollout
In the spring of 2015, VNA Community Healthcare purchased new HP ProDesk 400 Desktop PC’s to replace all of their existing desktops. It had been 4-5 years since their desktops had been replaced, so their existing machines were out of warranty and were becoming more and more expensive to maintain. …
Zix Corp & Email Encryption – What you Need to Know
Email Encryption is a very important topic every business needs to consider — the hefty fines and irreplaceable trust of your clients after a breach could just put you out of business. Do you encrypt sensitive information in emails today? FINANCE: Stanford Federal Credit Union Stanford, CA 18,000 victims …
CTComp Helps R.C. Bigelow Retake their MDF Cabling
Over the years, cabling of a rack can get away from the best of us. Emergency adds, moves and changes can lead to a hodgepodge mess of cables that then prove difficult to troubleshoot later. R.C. Bigelow found themselves in that position not too long ago. Our cabling team, captained …
Trend Micro Deep Security Now Available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
On July 22nd, Trend Micro announced that their Deep Security software is now available to customers using Microsoft Azure. This software provides its subscribers IDS, IPS and anti-malware protection for provisioned workloads in the Azure cloud. Deep Security is extending the built-in security that Azure already provides, but meets …
SJLC Embraces CTComp’s Help Desk Support
In November of 2014, Saint Joseph Living Center added the CTComp Help Desk support to their Master Agreement. This service provides subscribers with remote and onsite support of their core Network Infrastructure software. The customer simply e-mails or calls into the dedicated Help Desk team when an issue comes …
Symantec to Separate into Two Companies
As was announced in October of 2014, Symantec will be splitting the existing company into two organizations. The separation is planned for October 2015, and the official legal separation is expected to be complete by the end of the year. The Symantec name will carry on for their “Information Security” …
Local Financial Institution Upgrades to Citrix NetScaler
In May, CTComp helped a local company upgrade from their existing Citrix Secure Gateway, to a NetScaler VPX – a virtual appliance. The upgrade was necessary because of a change to the way certificate encryption works, and is something all customers using Secure Gateway will need to plan for. This …
Cisco UC500 Small Business Systems Reach End of Support
The Cisco UC520, UC540 and UC560 will all reach End of Hardware Support between September 2016 and January 2017. These Small Business Unified Communications systems provided an integrated platform for voice & data communications, voicemail, automated attendant, video, security, and wireless capabilities while integrating with existing desktop applications such as …
