Expert: | Josh Heller | Dominic Zucchero
Posted: May 21, 2013
Acclaimed as one of the “Best Minor League Ballparks in America” by publications like Baseball America and Sports Illustrated, Victory Field is home to the Indianapolis Indians. Accommodating crowds of more than 14,000 with great views, food and atmosphere, this -
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Expert: | Sam Kruse
Posted: April 23, 2013
Think phone system security is important for your business? Try being the director of IT for a company in the security game. When you’re managing IT for a global company that consults on managing security and other threats, mitigating risk -
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Expert: | Daniel Archer | Martha Banister
Posted: March 28, 2013
For a leading medical imaging provider, storage is a central priority. With more than 60 locations across five states and legal requirements to retain images for to seven to ten years, the company was fully enmeshed in “server sprawl” with -
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Expert: | Amber Burkardt
Posted: March 22, 2013
With four busy locations and 20+ physicians, this pediatric practice sees its share of skinned knees and other boo-boos. Focused on providing excellent, kid-friendly medical services, the practice has grown as fast as its patients, but its network just wasn’t -
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Expert: | Dominic Zucchero
Posted: March 15, 2013
Some companies worry about their e-commerce site going down. Or the business impact of an Internet connectivity outage. For a Midwestern farm equipment supply company, the thought of a phone system outage made the IT manager nervous. “Their phone system -
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Expert: | Jason Lassourreille | Darren Wishman
Posted: March 5, 2013
Speed, ease of deployment, and cost are critical factors when implementing any IT solution. It can be challenging to get all of these stars to align, but they recently did for the IT manager of a national personal services company. -
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Expert: | Daniel Archer | Martha Banister
Posted: February 5, 2013
When failure is not an option. With 40 physicians at three locations seeing 600 patients a day, this orthopaedic practice handles an enormous volume of data. Recently the practice built a new data center to manage and secure its extensive -
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Expert: | Hunter Boyd | David Determan
Posted: January 25, 2013
When it was time for a multinational instrumentation company to modernize their environment and virtualize their disaster recovery site, they called HP — and HP referred them to MicroAge. “That’s because we’re certified in HP enterprise, servers, storage and networking,” -
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Expert: | Chris Pirwitz | Michael Zitar
Posted: January 14, 2013
Meeting the data management needs of a world-class university’s astronomy department and observatory is no small feat, especially when the department is a leader in scientific research and discovery. So it’s not surprising that a lot of data is transmitted -
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Expert: | Judy Nerone
Posted: January 2, 2013
“Let’s build a data center.” That’s music to MicroAge solutions expert Judy Nerone’s ears. When the IT director of an education client asked to bid on a project to help him do just that, she welcomed the opportunity — and -
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Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: November 28, 2012
Staying current on technology advancements matters. Regardless of size or sector, delaying an IT infrastructure refresh can be dangerous in terms of system instability or failure. Information technology continues to evolve at dizzying speed; ‘keeping up to keep business going’ can -
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Expert: | Daniel Archer | Martha Banister
Posted: October 22, 2012
Acquisitions, mergers, different IT leaders over the years…take these factors over time and a company’s information technology environment can start to run amok with multiple platforms. For a West Coast environmental engineering firm with three different operating systems in its -
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Expert: | Rick Walsh
Posted: August 22, 2012
As an IT manager, you have a certain Goldilocks quality about you. You don’t want too much storage or too little. The best way to optimize your resources is by sizing up your environment to determine the “just right” amount. -
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Expert: | Daniel Archer | Martha Banister
Posted: June 13, 2012
For many companies, the past few years have been a fight to hold on to customers and market share. As the economy slowly improves, it’s good news for companies that are ready to grow again. For an architectural design firm -
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Expert: | Brad Kostner
Posted: June 11, 2012
Time is money. An often-used phrase, but one that is especially true for an investment firm. So, when the IT director of a 300-user firm was recently faced with a move, he called MicroAge’s Brad Kostner to help ensure a -
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Expert: | Jimmie Buchanan
Posted: April 26, 2012
Entrepreneurial vision is the key ingredient in driving innovation across all industries. The medical field is no exception; for this start-up marketing company, the very first step was to design a basic, yet robust, data center to support current and future -
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Expert: | Topher Spinnato
Posted: April 11, 2012
Managing budgets is an essential function of any IT manager. In today’s economy, it can be an even greater challenge when a company doesn’t have much cash on hand and lenders have pulled back on IT financing options. So, when -
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Expert: | Kevin Kotecki
Posted: March 22, 2012
For an 85-user metal products manufacturer, when an old server went down, it became clear they needed a disaster recovery plan and a storage system. The company’s network administrator called MicroAge’s Kevin Kotecki. “They were using antiquated white box servers -
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Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: March 13, 2012
As the Clock Ticked, MicroAge Tracked For this manufacturing client, MicroAge’s Barrett Lamothe has met its technology needs for more than a decade. As its primary IT supplier, MicroAge has consistently supported its 1,000-man operations at scattered sites across the -
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Expert: | JP Patchett
Posted: February 8, 2012
A tried-and-true recipe makes a perfect loaf of bread. For this bakery chain with approximately 30 locations in the western U.S., baking traditions are supported by IT infrastructure innovation and MicroAge’s JP Patchett. Initially contacted by the client’s IT director when -
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Expert: | Jimmie Buchanan
Posted: December 23, 2011
As an industry leader in online incentive management software tools and services worldwide, this client firm manages hundreds of incentive-based Websites for customers that include members of the Fortune 500. As a technology-driven business, it is mission-critical that the client’s -
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Expert: | Sam Sarsam
Posted: December 17, 2011
For a government contractor trying to bring high-speed Internet to rural communities throughout a large state, having the right IT infrastructure in place is essential. “They wanted an efficient data center,” says MicroAge’s Sam Sarsam. “They also wanted to begin with -
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Expert: | Daniel Archer | Martha Banister
Posted: November 8, 2011
Over time, civil engineering fully encompasses communities—from constructing roads to homes, public venues to office buildings—its long-term impact reverberates in numerous ways. For this established civil engineering firm in the western United States, maintaining uncompromising project quality is integral to -
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Expert: | Hunter Boyd
Posted: November 8, 2011
Staying on the leading edge of technology is an ongoing investment. For most businesses, it’s important to make that investment while still preserving operating capital. Working with MicroAge, one marketing services company found a way to do just that. This -
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Expert: | Richard Birberick
Posted: October 31, 2011
Earth-Friendly Tiles are a ‘Snap to Install’ For many years this national communications company has relied on MicroAge’s Rich Birberick to support its diverse technology needs. Working with the client on various infrastructure projects, Rich has been involved in supporting -
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Expert: | Chris Robinette | David Knowles
Posted: October 21, 2011
MicroAge’s Energy and Expertise Helps Fend Off Threats For decades, the security of virtually all providers in the energy industry—from power generators to oil refineries—and their process control systems was considered immune to attack. Operating under the assumption that these -
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Expert: | Jason Goff
Posted: October 18, 2011
IT directors have plans. They have visions for the future of their departments — the equipment, space and budget they’ll need in five or even 10 years. As a financial software services firm recently learned, having an information technology partner -
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Expert: | Adam Rankin
Posted: September 30, 2011
Remote Management for Business Growth A well-recognized household name, this retail giant incorporates numerous divisions and business lines with offices located across North America. For one of its divisions, MicroAge has been engaged to provide an array of server and -
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Expert: | Stephen Bocknick
Posted: September 28, 2011
When a large Midwestern law firm decided to go green, it was about more than installing blue recycling cans. Green meant paperless processes, Energy Star technology and even transportation subsidies for employees who rode the bus or carpooled. More than -
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Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: September 23, 2011
Beating the Clock in Response Time Reliable data storage is a key component in any IT environment. Without it, an organization is left vulnerable and at enormous risk for a catastrophic business failure. It is not an exaggeration to say -
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Expert: | Christopher Reinhard
Posted: September 20, 2011
The Right Team Makes All the Difference As businesses grow and expand, moving is often part of the process. For this major multinational corporation, moving one of its operations centers in the southwestern United States proved to be a significant -
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Expert: | Nathan Young
Posted: June 24, 2011
Building a Healthy Data Infrastructure One of the largest healthcare associations in the United States with numerous locations and divisions, this client’s operations run and depend on its data center. For a number of years, data center operations were outsourced to -
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Expert: | Chris Pirwitz
Posted: May 4, 2011
What happens when the data center for a health care provider with offices in more than a dozen states loses power? It’s one of those recurring nightmares many IT managers have and they usually end with the dreamer waking to -
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Expert: | Joseph Baca
Posted: April 26, 2011
A young entrepreneur who had begun his business in his mid-teens contacted me with an urgent need: Help him find a load balancing management system that would keep his e-commerce hosting business from crashing on high-traffic days. The e-commerce hosting -
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