INVESTING IN I.T. START UPS – LESSONS LEARNED!
INVESTING IN I.T. START UPS – LESSONS LEARNED! Whether you are raising capital or investing in I.T. – I just thought I’d share a few high-level thoughts based upon lessons learned over the past 18 months! First, early valuations are based upon Best Guesses! When I...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 5)
THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 5) MYTH: “WE SHOULD EVALUATE 5 TO 7 SOLUTIONS TO CREATE COMPETITION, GET THE BEST PRICE AND FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR OUR COMPANY” CONTEXT: Sometimes stated by independent minded IT professionals who have often met with 3-5+ SD-WAN...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 4)
THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 4) MYTH: “YOU SHOULD PROCURE YOUR SD-WAN FROM YOUR LARGE CARRIER TO KEEP YOUR PROVIDERS AND BILLS TO A MINIMUM” CONTEXT: Usually stated by carriers who have partnered with one SD-WAN provider OR sometimes by a lazy agent who just wants...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 3)
THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 3) MYTH: “GARTNER’S REPORT IS ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SD-WAN” CONTEXT: Typically stated by Gartner Representatives, very conservative IT Decision Makers and/or companies who find themselves in the best/correct quadrant! HERE IS THE...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 2)
THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 2) MYTH: “ALL SD-WAN SOLUTIONS ARE ALIKE” CONTEXT: Usually stated by either the bottom 80% of the 52 SD-WAN providers that currently exist OR by IT Team Members that do not want to take the time to understand and define the market! HERE...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SD-WAN (PART 1)
MYTH: “WE CAN SAVE YOU 50% ON YOUR NETWORK, PROVIDE UP TO 10X THE BANDWIDTH AND INSTALL 10X AS FAST AS MPLS” CONTEXT: Almost every SD-WAN provider makes this, or a similar, claim. While it sounds GREAT and can be true in the MOST EXTREME cases… HERE IS THE TRUTH: ...
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Xcelocloud — Atlantic To The Pacific
This marks a GREAT month for Xcelocloud… October saw us officially expand our enterprise customer base from the Atlantic to the Pacific! As we have organized our company into three business divisions, we have seen the demand for our Xcelo-C group to...
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How Ready Is Your Company For SD-Wan?
It is one thing to consider SD-WAN for your business (like almost 80% of all medium to enterprise companies are doing right now) --- it is another to be completely READY for SD-WAN! To date, there has really been no defined standard for readiness and any consulting...
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Another Solution Provider Company
“Why create yet another Solution Provider Company?” “Why now?” These are questions I am frequently asked by CIO’s, Investors – and even close friends! The answer is really 3-fold! We live in amazing times for technology and the migration/use of data! The perpetuation...
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[Released August 1, 2018] "If you can't secure your network, can't afford your network, can't scale your network and don't trust your network, then why have it?” - Chris Drumgoole, GE CTO. It seems like we hear about new technology daily. Enterprises these days are...
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