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Cloud Migration Playbook
I’ve been spending some time considering the term “cloud migration”. To me, migration connotes a large one-way traveling event, with varying degrees of preparation invested in the process. When birds migrate, I don’t think they spend much time considering the process of flying south. One day, a goose might think...
Out of the Trenches – A Video Conversation with Joe Rich, Tishman Speyer & Tom Taddeo, Kimco Realty
Joe Rich, CIO at Tishman Speyer and Tom Taddeo, CIO at Kimco Realty are this year’s Realcomm Advisory Council Co-Chairs. They join us for our first video Out Of The Trenches in which we discuss current focuses for commercial real estate IT including cloud services and cyber security, the changing...
Busy Doesn’t Mean Delivering: How a Priority Life Delivers
The other day, our Founder and President, Chris Saah, was reading the book “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown. He read this gem of a quote: “The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior...
New Features Coming to Skype for Business
New Features Microsoft announced in a Skype Broadcast webinar many new features coming to the Skype for Business windows client which is targeted for a March release date. Many of the new features simplify and improve content sharing and collaboration. Auto-Accept presented content When someone shares content others are prompted...
Why Our Clients Choose Citrix ShareFile for Cloud File Storage
Over the past few years several of our clients have moved to cloud-based file storage. As part of our consulting and managed service engagement, we’ve been responsible for creating a strategy around document management, determining the best platform to use, and implementing a holistic migration that includes process improvement, training, and the...
Out of the Trenches: Tech Talk with Jesse Carrillo, Hines
Jesse Carrillo, SVP & CIO at Hines, has been a colleague and friend since we both served as Realcomm Advisory Council Co-Chairs in 2010. Jesse has a strong reputation for running a tight ship; one that embraces best practices, is efficient and cost effective, and fosters innovation and agility. Our...
Realcomm Advisory: Interactive Technologies and the Maturity of Office 365 and Skype for Business
A key capability for any enterprise to succeed is the ability to gather timely, accurate data, assign meaning to that information, and make decisions based on the information in an agile manner that responds rapidly to changing market and business conditions. In the commercial real estate industry, technology teams generally...
Skype for Business: On Premise vs Hosted
For companies looking to implement Skype for Business as their office phone system and unified communications platform, there are several options. Skype For Business On Premise: An on premise configuration requires not only large capital expenditure on infrastructure, but high levels of expertise in server configuration and maintenance...
Microsoft Cloud PBX Missing Features
Microsoft began offering their Cloud PBX solution on December 1st 2015 which is Skype for Business with PSTN voice calling, hosted through Microsoft. Skype for Business with Voice allows companies to replace their office phone system with an entirely cloud based phone system. Companies have been hosting Skype for Business...