The manufacturing industry continued to rise throughout 2015, and expectations continue to grow. Much of this is due to technological advances and how companies are using technology to be more productive and efficient. With advances in technologies such as cloud computing, 3-D printing, predictive applications, and VoIP systems, manufacturing companies are able to maintain a…
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Utilizing Backup and Disaster Recovery in Manufacturing
IT disasters cost American businesses $1.2 trillion every year. Manufacturing companies aren’t immune from the requirements of data handling. In fact, manufacturing companies create and store significant amounts of business-critical data. Sales documents, plans and drawings, specifications, materials logs, employee data, payroll data, purchasing orders… All that means they’re not immune from the risks of…
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How an MSP (Managed Service Provider) Can Help Your Business
In recent years, cloud computing has made the journey from IT industry buzzword and tech journal article theme to a central plank of many business’ IT solutions. The easiest way to measure that trend is in numbers like these: in 2011, businesses spent $78.2bn on cloud. In 2013, they spent $145bn. In 2014, the industry…
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Should Manufacturers Adopt Cloud-Based Applications?
Many manufacturing companies are gradually adopting cloud-based applications, considering the many advantages and the operational flexibility offered. The companies no longer shoulder the responsibility of running on-premises hardware and software to the internet. All the responsibility is taken over by the cloud computing vendor, and every hassle such as software upgrades and hardware maintenance are…
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