Optimal Insights

Plain-English answers to your questions about technology best practices.

Technology Budgets: What to Put In, What to Leave Out

As originally published in the American City Business Journals — Ahhh… don’t you just love the smell of fresh budgets in the air? It’s that time of year for a lot of us, and the questions have started popping up almost as frequently as holiday ads: What are the key

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Optimal Networks Ranked Among Top 100 Cloud Services Providers

6th Annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 Report Identifies Top Cloud Services Providers NOVEMBER, 2016: Optimal Networks, Inc. ranks among the world’s Top 100 cloud services providers (CSPs), according to Penton’s sixth-annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 report. The full report is available now by visiting http://www.talkincloud.com/tc100. Based on data from Talkin’ Cloud’s online survey, conducted through

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The Risks of Using Social Media in Business

As originally published in the American City Business Journals. — About 1.72 hours. This is how much time the average person spends on social media each and every day. That amount of time, 1.72, hours also happens to make up more than one-fifth of the typical eight-hour work day. Multiply

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How to Avoid Going Overboard with Tech Security

As originally published in the American City Business Journals. — Security. It’s a word that’s thrown around every day on every news outlet. When there’s not a new security breach to report, there’s a new security vulnerability or security tool that your organization must look into immediately or else! Are

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