The big question is: How are your business continuity and disaster recovery plans shaping up? We almost hate to bring it up—but the official start of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season is June 1 and from all indications, it could be another rough year. 

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Windstream’s Guide to Cloud Computing, a glossary of cloud computing terms, is another installment in our series of “Guides to IT and Telecom Lingo”. It’s not designed to be a comprehensive list – just a non-technical guide to common cloud terms. We’ll update the Cloud Computing Guide and other guides with additional terms as the industry grows and changes.

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It’s been over a month since COMPTEL PLUS, where we announced the nationwide expansion of our Carrier Switched Ethernet service, and we’re finding even more carriers seeking cost-effective multi-location data solutions to provide to their end-users. The demand for Ethernet service and higher bandwidth hasn’t slowed down and as data consumption continues to climb, we anticipate carrier needs will climb just as rapidly. With access to our Carrier Switched Ethernet and other carrier products in major metro areas such as New York, Washington, Denver, Phoenix, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Dallas (just to name a few), we’re confident we’re providing viable solutions for our carrier customers as they strive to meet the needs of their customers.

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Mobility is changing the business landscape to make communication more immediate, relevant and seamless. Today, businesses rely on multiple platforms—including mobile and tablet devices—for real-time communication with customers.

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“We hesitated for a long time before deciding to implement managed services.” We hear this a lot in our line of work and we understand. But it’s time to let go and make the move to managed services. 

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As adoption of the cloud continues to increase, Windstream is projecting significant growth in the cloud computing and data center managed services area of our business. Having enterprise-class data centers located strategically across the U.S., interconnected on Windstream’s massive fiber network, Windstream offers the industry’s most robust cloud computing and data storage solutions. Windstream Hosted Solutions is supported by expert staff and engineers, including one of its newest additions—a person so knowledgeable that we’ve actually tapped him to serve as an “evangelist” for our cloud and data center business.

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“Businesses should rarely upgrade or replace network security solutions” is the latest myth we bust open in The Top Network Security Myths series. Sure, time flies when you’re working hard in our hurry-up culture, but neglecting to upgrade and replace network security solutions like firewalls, URL filters and other network security technology at regularly scheduled intervals is risky.  

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In the telecommunications and IT world, we freely toss around terms like “UC”, “PBX” and “SIP” (Unified Communications, Private Branch Exchange, Session Initiated Protocol). These make perfect sense to those who live in this world. We often make up our own words and even change the definitions of existing words like “host”, “bit”, “gate”, “jitter”, “bug”, “trunk” and even “hockey puck” to suit our needs. 

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Let’s take a look at a big myth associated with credit card security—PCI DDS compliance only applied to large companies—as we continue our quest to bust open the top network security myths. 

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We’re introducing a new series that investigates some of the top IT network security myths. Network Security Myth #1 deals with one of any organization’s most at-risk asset: people.

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