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August 19, 2016

Benefits of Moving to the Cloud with Microsoft’s Office 365

With the cloud emerging as a powerful platform to move or hold business data, Microsoft has stepped in as a strong participant. The Microsoft’s Office 365 is a Software as a Service (SaaS) that delivers the cloud technology and productivity to businesses empowering them to be cost, time and resource efficient. Office 365 provides an online version of MS-Office suite along with SharePoint server, Lync server, and Exchange server.

When designing the Office 365, Microsoft had a focused approach towards developing a cloud platform for organizations’ users that is seamless regardless whether they are on-premises or on the cloud. One of the core offerings of the Office 365 is Exchange Online which allows organizations to co-exist with the Exchange Server.

Microsoft, an excellent service provider, has guaranteed reliability backed by robust security. It’s important to note that Microsoft defines simple yet rich feature sets.

With the Office 365, you experience a completely new experience of communicating over the cloud. It allows you to:

  • Access emails, documents, calendars, contacts anywhere, on any device
  • Enjoy business-class features including geo-redundancy, disaster recovery, guaranteed 99.9% uptime, and IT-level phone support
  • Work seamlessly with Microsoft Office and/or any other program your users count on everyday
  • Give you flexibility by allowing to pay-as-you-go
  • Work with the latest version of Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS)

Some great services offered by O365 as a SaaS are:

  • Office mobile apps – Access, view & edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote files via a web browser.
  • Simple file sharing – Each user gets a 7GB personal storage with the SkyDrive Pro that is easily accessible on various devices.
  • Web conferencing – Arrange meetings over-the-web with screen sharing, HD video conferencing, and instant messaging.
  • Intranet Team sites – Get customizable security settings for individual teams within the organization with the help of SharePoint.
  • Active directory integration – Allows you to manage user permissions & credentials with a single sign-on.
  • Hosted email – Provides 25 GB of storage space per user, business-class email, shared calendars and the ability to use your own domain name.
  • Office web apps – Create and edit Excel, Word, Power Point, and OnNote files via a web browser.

The Net Activity team is uniquely positioned as a leading provider of cloud infrastructure services. To get a glimpse of our cloud services, visit https://www.netactivity.us/services/cloud-computing-services or discuss the details over the phone with Harry Bhatia, President of Net Activity, Inc at 2165035150 X 206.

By admin
August 11, 2016

When the VoIP and IoT Come Together…

The Internet of Things is a mature term now. While we are used to using the internet, human intelligence often tries to bring material things like phones, desks, cars, etc. into the internet world. It allows us to connect better to the everyday appliances with the internet to give us a cleaner, smarter and a better world. With sensors attached to them, objects can communicate with the data from the internet to provide an improved functionality.

The introduction of IoT, is on the verge of changing how enterprises and individuals use voice over IP (VoIP).  Although VoIP technology has gained popularity as an alternative to the traditional phone systems, the IoT provides a new platform for opportunities.

  • Designing a Smart Office: IoT and VoIP together can help businesses improve their efficiency and performance significantly. For example, you can make equipment communicate or alert business people by a simple text or email when it needs maintenance. Or individuals can create a completely digital office from home by creating a smart home.
  • Better Mobile and Wi-Fi Access: The IoT will provide better Wi-Fi technology options, including improved softphones and unified communications options.
  • Enhanced VoIP Security: With IoT, the potential of VoIP phone devices as a threat vector for malicious hacker and distributed denial-of-service attack will raise automatically.

Here are a few examples of IoT and VoIP Collaboration

  • Set calendars to notify you via your VoIP phone about an upcoming event
  • Program smartphone messages to automatically drop into your email via VoIP phone service
  • Notify you for a service on your way past a specific mechanic you use. On accepting the alert, your VoIP phone system alerts your car the mechanic’s address to your GPS, and confirms a calendar event of your visit to the mechanic.

Collaborating VoIP with IoT requires a well-thought strategic planning by businesses due to security and privacy issues. VoIP service providers are finding more useful ways to expand digital services into traditional industries. To know more details on how your business can benefit from this collaboration, contact Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206. You can also visit our website https://www.netactivity.us/.

By admin
August 1, 2016

How to Transform Your IT Infrastructure with Hybrid IT Solutions – Explained by Net Activity, Inc.

Hybrid IT Infrastructure is the reality of today. With a lot of options available for anything and everything, it has become a necessity to introduce a better alternative for the cloud environment and here it is – The Hybrid IT Infrastructure. Also, multiple legacy operating software, hardware, and customized applications call for a solution that could include the benefits of both – the public & private clouds.

Net Activity, Inc. states that Hybrid IT is transforming the IT infrastructure & the role of IT itself. Analysts suggest that Hybrid IT relies on sophisticated approaches to data classification and identity, new technologies to connect clouds, and service-oriented architecture. Thus, heralds a significant change for IT practitioners. Many organizations are testing the cloud architectures for churning out new possibilities that would bring in a system which would be more cost-effective and performance-driven.

What is Hybrid IT?

Hybrid IT is a combination of the internal (private clouds) and public clouds, in support of a business outcome. The hybrid system increases the exponential rate of the radical evolution of the IT infrastructure.

How does it affect IT infrastructure?

It aims at arranging a structure wherein the positives of both – internal & external (i.e. private and public clouds) can be merged to get a structure featuring the merits of both. This partial contribution of public & private cloud infrastructures brings a culmination of both and allows IT organizations to offer internal customers the speed, capacity, price of the external cloud while maintaining security and reducing IT service costs.

Hybrid IT is the new IT and it has the ability to build internal clouds to house critical IT services. It also utilizes the external cloud to house noncritical IT services & data in order to increase agility.

How can Net Activity, Inc. help?

Net Activity, Inc. is a leading player in the cloud infrastructure services. In times when economic pressures are dominating the business capabilities, the Hybrid IT can be an optimum solution. The Net Activity team introduces the cloud service (public, private & hybrid) and provides you viable options to secure your data while experiencing a dynamic technological shift. You are free to select a cloud service that fits your specific requirements. Please visit https://www.netactivity.us/cloud-computing-services/ to know more about our services or call Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206.

By admin
July 25, 2016

Proven Methods to Move Securely to the Private Cloud

When moving to the cloud, businesses undergo a complete transformation. This transition is not just any decision made in a day or a month. It takes continuous brainstorming, network assessments and involvement of the management to implement the cloud strategy. Choosing a cloud service is the most important decision in this process.

Some key considerations while moving to the cloud network are:

  • Data security
  • Cost
  • Regulations & compliance
  • Skills & operation

Organizations are skeptical about leaking some of their information such as the patient data, financial data, and intellectual data on the cloud (especially public cloud) and prefer to keep it in-house. Here, security is the primary concern as many companies would have access to the memory cache as well as the other resources .In the cloud environment, a complexity in layering and changing controls often occurs. Also, the most important intervention is of the users.

Why Private cloud is preferred over Public networks

The problem is not necessarily that the public cloud service providers are not capable or safe enough to be trusted by businesses for their data structures; however, the private cloud services attract entrepreneurs who prefer customization. Of course, there are security issues with the private cloud too which can be minimized by adopting the following methods:

STORAGE

  • Plan for proper zoning
  • Don’t mask LUN’s at the local HBA
  • Implement encryption wherever appropriate

NETWORK

  • Proper layer 2 & 3 access controls planning with VLANs and ACLs

PHYSICAL SERVERS

  • Buy appropriate hardware for consistency & resource load
  • Plan for new chipset-based security mechanisms

VIRTUAL MACHINES & MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS

  • Configuration management: Build all virtual machines from templates and manage them closely
  • Access controls: Leveraging access to a defined set of individuals can help monitor the traffic and stay protected from external interventions.

APIs

  • Integration with applications & orchestration tools is critical

AUDITING & MONITORING IAAS SECURITY

  • Auditing should include elements such as VM logs, hypervisor logs and file integrity, orchestration logs
  • Vulnerability and network scanners can also monitor ports & services in the cloud environment
  • Scripts can help validate strict guide controls or tools like Host Profiles (VMware)

Businesses often consider moving to cloud a s a risky process. However, in today’s world, such a move is crucial to prepare for upcoming changes, as in a few years, almost everything will inevitably exist on cloud. It is critical to make the right choice of your cloud service provider as only experienced and well-equipped Managed service providers (MSPs) can help you ease the process while staying secured.

Net Activity, Inc., offers public, private and hybrid Cloud computing solutions, which include Cloud assets, IPs and services that are customized to meet the diverse business requirements. The Net Activity team is uniquely positioned as a leader in cloud infrastructure services network. To know To learn about our pricing and services, contact Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206. You can also visit our website: https://www.netactivity.us/cloud-computing-services/.

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By admin
July 20, 2016

Is Cloud Gearing Up the Digitalization Speed?

Businesses today are using Cloud and are taking advantage of the opportunities it offers. Moreover, digitization has its own terminologies. It is said to be driving businesses.

The major question is – Are cloud and digitalization inter-connected? Do they influence each other? If the answer is yes, how does cloud computing affect a digital-driven business environment? Ultimately, cloud offers the foundation upon which large data analytics and other apps can function. However, it is not possible without digitalization. It is not possible for cloud to transform a company into digital mode automatically. Rather, moving to the cloud may be an important step towards becoming a digitalized business. Digitalization is a gradual process and cloud computing is all set to gear up the speed.

Businesses are struggling to build up a cloud environment for themselves that is more flexible and cost-effective – Businesses are the customers and providers of cloud services, thereby making the market more complex.

Businesses are looking forward to a collaboration of the digital space (IT strategy) and the cloud space (business strategy) which would lead to an optimal mix and provide a more favorable ground for growing as a digitalized business. For leading you through the journey towards digitalization, there are experts known as the IT Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who know how to move to the cloud. Net Activity, inc. provides robust cloud computing, managed support and services. It is uniquely positioned as the leaders in cloud infrastructure services network.  If you have to understand how you can ease your cloud computing methods and move swiftly towards digitalization, contact Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206. You can also visit our website:  https://www.netactivity.us/services/cloud-computing-services

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By admin
July 12, 2016

How to Verify the Effectiveness of Your IT Managed Services

Congratulations! You have finally found your IT partner. However, have you verified their services? Psst… Don’t say you haven’t! Obviously, you don’t wish to face a terrible IT crisis after paying huge sums of money to your Managed Service Provider (MSP). It’s important to verify the effectiveness of your IT managers as they are the ones who you rely upon for your network security.

So, how will you verify the efficiency of your IT Managed Network Security Service Provider? It is essential to understand a raw fact that for vendors, an extra margin (profit) rests in professional services, software licenses and maintenance – NOT the hardware. Therefore, vigilance on these parameters can be dangerous if ignored. You must analyze some critical points at your end before hiring a Managed IT Service Provider for your business:

  • Does your service provider have positive customer references? Irrespective of the lucrative offers and services they boast of, you must ensure whether they are practically delivered.
  • Is the team equipped with the latest competitive infrastructure to support your network needs? It is important to confirm this because it is they who are going to support your network requirements in case any emergencies occur.
  • Have you got the terms & conditions verified by an expert? The undertakings must be clearly mentioned and communicated.
  • Are there penalties for non-performance?
  • Are the service level requirements clearly mentioned?

Next, here are some points to observe after you have hired the services of the MSP:

  • Is your provider proactively taking necessary steps to avoid break-offs?
  • Is your IT service provider able to resolve unexpectedly arisen issues?
  • Is the MSP keeping your data secure & taking measures to prevent hacking episodes?
  • Is the team you hired available for a 24×7 service?
  • Do the network security providers show patience while solving your issues?
  • Do they have the necessary knowledge and expertise to handle the complexities of your data and other related issues?
  • Do they understand your network and data related problems well?
  • Do you have any clause to escape the agreement if there is any mishandling or loss to the business?

Trust, but Verify – an excellent phrase that explains almost everything very simply. Net Activity, Inc. is a trusted team of professionals doing just what you were looking out for – Securing your data physically as well as on the cloud. We have helped many businesses survive through the major IT breakdowns and excel in monitoring data for smooth and secure operations. For further discussion on how we have been able to maintain authenticity from our clients, visit https://www.netactivity.us/services/it-managed-services or call Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206.

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By admin
July 7, 2016

Don’t Hire MSPs Just Because Others Are Hiring

Don’t just hire; Think first

If you are well versed with technology and the pace at which IT is moving, you must definitely know what an MSP means. The IT Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are an essential backing to the IT needs of small to medium businesses, especially to those who cannot afford to have a dedicated team of IT professionals. While there are innumerable numbers of MSPs existing today, you can’t just fall into the trap.

Being a business owner, you need to do your homework well before making the decision. Here are a few points to think upon, before you finalize your IT partner. You require to hire an MSP if:

  • You don’t have a dedicated team of IT professionals:
    If you are a small or medium sized establishment, you definitely don’t need an entire team of IT experts on your payroll. Here’s where you can opt to hire the services of IT Managed Service Providers – providing expert solutions at relatively low costs.
  • Your systems need constant assistance & repairs:
    Technology is prone to eventual breakdowns and even if they seem to be simple at the first glance, you will get to know the complexities on deeper analysis. The MSPs do this for you at a fraction of the costs that an in-house IT professional would cost. Moreover, by partnering with an experienced MSP, you can be rest assured of having expert minds & brains to look after your technology.
  • You are unable to predict your IT budget:
    With this ever-changing cost of technology, it has become simply impossible to predict a fixed amount needed for the upcoming year. You can solve this issue by hiring an MSP that charges a flat fee/month and ensure to take care of all the network or data related issues without demanding for anything more. Thereby, you will have a planned approach to securing your IT infrastructure while reducing on overwhelming costs.
  • Your IT strategy is non-existent/poorly developed:
    No system is static. The technological components of your IT infrastructure also need upgrades. However, you have no idea as to how and when to proceed. The IT Managed Service Provider guides you through the whole process and also gives timely suggestions to stay consistently functional.

Apart from the above, there are other issues you may face regarding IT network security that are complex for you to resolve. Hiring MSPs can prove to be a better solution if your business is being hampered by the above mentioned technological pitfalls.

Partnering with the right MSP is essential. Net Activity, Inc. has been in business since 2002 and we believe in providing exceptionally competent solutions to our customers. If you wish to secure your data at the most economical prices, please contact Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206. You may visit our website for a virtual tour of services offered by us: https://www.netactivity.us/.

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By admin
June 30, 2016

Moving to the Cloud? See How Hiring a MSP Can Help

Your transition to the cloud is a critical process and involves numerous activities that affect various aspects of your business. It’s definitely not something you deal with on daily basis. So, hiring the services of professionals is a better alternative. Hosting your business on the cloud is an opportunity to enjoy flexible, expandable data management sources while cutting down on expenses. But before migration, businesses must weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud environments. These are better known by experts as they are well-versed with the technicalities of the cloud. A custom strategy is vital to get enterprises up and running faster in the cloud environment with reduced overall costs.

Here is why you need the services of managed service providers (MSPs):

To avoid investment in IT technicians – Organizations require a dedicated team of technicians to monitor the cloud migration process. However, once migration is complete, the investment will seem to be unworthy and unproductive. MSPs accept various modes of payment and you can select the one that suits your budget.

To save on the infrastructural expenses – It is wise to delegate the job to MSPs as organizations cannot afford to arrange for the computer systems that are configured to suffice the cloud migration process.

To avail the services of specially trained engineers – Many details are understood better by the specially trained engineers employed with MSPs. Your in-house IT technicians may not be able to solve issues as they occur.

Organizations may experience many other pitfalls while the process is on and at that emergency hour, it would be difficult to manage apt solutions for the problems. Manpower, bandwidth, or architecture are some of such areas where unpredictable needs may arises leading to a situation of crisis. Fortunately, collaborating with MSPs can pacify the process of your transition to the cloud with its high availability, resiliency, or disaster recovery – freeing up internal IT staff to focus on more strategic projects.

Net Activity, Inc. is one such managed service provider that is dominantly serving its customers for cloud migration and management. We are leading providers of public, private and hybrid cloud computing solutions including cloud assets, IPs and services that are customized to meet the diverse business requirements. We would like to help you through the cloud migration.

Call Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206 to know about the details or visit our website https://www.netactivity.us/ to understand what we offer. https://www.netactivity.us/contact-us

By admin
June 29, 2016

How to Aggregate Multiple Links for Better Internet Connectivity?

While most of us struggle every day to connect to the highest internet speed, it is really important to look out for ways that will help extract the best usage of internet speed. Increasing the internet connection bandwidth depends on what you actually mean by it. Consider a single LAN user making only one TCP connection; In this case, he will a get a traffic flow from a single gateway and won’t be able to benefit from balanced connections. On the other hand, if the LAN is crowded with multiple users who execute multiple requests at the same time, their individual connections will have access to a higher bandwidth.

Cyberoam Firewall Addresses the Problem – Let’s see how

It simply focuses on ‘more management’ than ‘more bandwidth’ that is a logical solution. With Cyberoam, you are able to evaluate the traffic and regulate the flow, strictly adhering to the pre-established network policies. In the corporate scenario, users expect to have access to myriad applications. However, not all of those applications are related to business activities. Here, it is necessary to control user access to irrelevant applications, which would definitely invite resistance from the users. But what we are concerned more about is, distributing an optimum bandwidth to all the users so that they don’t get frustrated due to slower loading times.

Cyberoam is a bandwidth usage monitor and allocates it dynamically ensuring that every individual user and application receives a guaranteed bandwidth along with a share of excessive bandwidth based on priority. When the priority is configured, Cyberoam uses the Hierarchical Token Bucket to queuing discipline coupled with triple control like:

  • Guaranteed bandwidth: A minimum bandwidth that is reserved for a user or application
  • Burstable bandwidth: Borrowable bandwidth from the excess bandwidth
  • Priority: This refers to the excess bandwidth access priority. There are eight priority levels ranging from 0(highest) to 7(lowest).

Although Cyberoam provides result-oriented solutions to management of bandwidth, there are certain challenges that will have to be faced while its implementation.

  • Allocating required bandwidth to business-critical users every time
  • Restricting internet access and controlling bandwidth of users other than the business-critical users during the peak hours
  • Blocking the non-business related traffic during business hours

Implementing these policies to control internet usage for increasing internet speed is not an easy task. It requires strategic planning and implementation but once practiced, can result in reducing non-business network traffic and resultantly providing the expected efficiency to business-critical users.

To help you experience a speedy internet connection, Net Activity, Inc. can help you manage and gain a control using its proven Unified Threat Management (UTM) done by the award winning Cyberoam products. We offer Intrusion Prevention System, Bandwidth Management, Multiple Link Load Balancing & Gateway Failover, Content & Application Filtering and many more just from one device.

We have been in business since 2002 and use our knowledge and expertise to strengthen your internet network security and bandwidth. To know further details contact Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206 or visit our website https://www.netactivity.us/contact-us  & fill in the contact form so that we can assist you.

By admin
June 21, 2016

Is Aging Computer Equipment Costing You Money?

 “Oh no… Not again!” exclaims every business owner whenever new technology enters the market. Small business owners are better reflectors of what happens in the background when any of its computer equipment reaches the retirement age. Most of them tend to continue using older equipment until it completely fails; not a smart move indeed. Although this has not been the case with pro-active businessmen who meticulously keep an eye on the movement of technology, there is a certain part of the business that is hampered.

Yes. The aging computer equipment is costing you money, in fact, a huge chunk of the investment. Let’s understand the hows:

Repairing costs > Replacement costs: The cost of repairing the sluggish PCs or other computer accessories equals or even exceeds the cost of purchasing a new one. According to a global survey by Techaisle, small businesses spend $427 on the repairs of a 4 year old PC on an average which is 1.3 times costlier than to repair a PC that is less than 4 years old or replace with a new one.

Underutilization of Employee Productivity: We often miss out the technological component while measuring and assessing employee productivity. The Techaisle study revealed that an average of 42 productive hours is lost while the older PCs are being repaired which is twice as the unproductive time due to PCs which are less than 4 years old.

Struggle with the New Technology: The aged computer equipment is weak to handle the newer versions of the software. Compatibility issues are huge as the drivers get out of date. Automatic software updates force the business owners’ hands by pushing computers to their fullest capabilities. This consumes a considerable amount of hidden costs that are accountable for less productivity and profits.

Downtime Issues: Bearing the burden of non-productive hours and loss of opportunities as well as profits during the most profitable months is not what any of the businesses operate for. However, if businesses tend to push their hardware until it blows up severely bad, this is really critical. It results into a dual-end loss: replacing the old hardware along with the unforeseeable losses due to downtime.

Business Looks Outdated: As you wouldn’t walk into a business meeting wearing a 1970’s suit, your clients, employees and customers wouldn’t be impressed to see clunky old desktops and laptop computers. It wouldn’t be a pleasant scene to watch your employees struggle to connect to a local printer – they and others connected to your business naturally tend to think that your entire business is behind the times.

If you are already calculating the costs of your aging computers, it is a good start. We can definitely help you with replacing your hardware, machines, and network components. Call Harry Bhatia at 2165035150 X 206 to discuss how much it will cost you. For initial details, please visit https://www.netactivity.us/ and find out how we can help your business requirements.

Net Activity, Inc. offers services to all sizes of businesses with skilled server handling, network management and, computer maintenance including  complete IT solutions like system installation, IT consulting, data security, storage solutions, helpdesk, maintenance & support and hardware repair.

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