The construction industry is changing, with a myriad of digital technologies making their way into the space. For example, virtual reality is now being used to help users visualize spaces before they are built. Artificial intelligence is being used to survey sites and collect information. And collaboration apps are being deployed to improve team management.…
Digital transformation is sweeping across every industry, transforming organizations of all types. As a result, the demand for secure, real-time communications, rapid response support, and constant uptime is increasing steadily. Even companies that have historically been paper-based are being challenged to operate with maximum speed and efficiency. Most law firms are aware of the need…
At this point, your organization has decided to move forward with software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). As a service provider, SD-WAN will enable your company to provide reliable and consistent connectivity, and boost profits. Now that you’re in the late stages of the buying process, though, you need to move very carefully. The service that…
“SD-WAN favors decoupling the procurement of transport and service management, therefore, widening the opportunity for smaller competitors to challenge large network-based providers.” [1] The quality of a managed service is based almost entirely on customer connectivity. The reality is that not all of an MSP’s customers have the dedicated fiber or leased lines at…
“Adoption of cloud services – infrastructure as a service (IaaS), SaaS or platform as a service (Paas) – continues ramping up among enterprises of all sizes and across geographies. … Gartner forecasts global spending for public cloud services to grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.6% in constant currency.[1]” Cloud, or…
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Providers are taking the tech industry by storm. IaaS has sped up the process of deploying new applications and services and enabled faster turn-around time to meet customer and internal stakeholder requirements. IaaS has also increased flexibility by scaling facilities up and down quickly in response to enterprise requirements. Meanwhile,…
A frequently asked question here at Multapplied, both through Technical Support and Sales Engineering is: How do I improve voice over IP quality with Multapplied’s SDWAN solution? First, let’s take a look at the common enemies of good voice quality and the practical real-world effects they have. • Latency – delayed packets, resulting in slurred…
In a recent post, we explained how connectivity is now the most important business driver for a multi-site restaurant chain. That’s because just about every process now requires connectivity, from keeping PoS and ordering systems up and running to ensuring food and worker safety. The truth is that most businesses can only function for few…
Let’s face it: Few things are worse than feeling like you aren’t in control over your own destiny. It’s the reason why entrepreneurs start their own businesses, and why many new technologies are invented. Ultimately, the struggle for freedom keeps us moving, until we reach a position of control. When SD-WAN was first created, the…
Cloud applications are now being used across all areas of the enterprise, from billing to marketing to sales to customer support, and everything in between. In a recent study from IDG, it was revealed that 77 percent of enterprises now store at least one application or a portion of their enterprise computing infrastructure in the…