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Immediate and Effective Incident Response

Immediate and Effective Incident Response

Published: Oct 8, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   Tags:   |   No Comments

It’s 3:41 a.m. on a Tuesday and the phone rings. You answer, wiping the sleep from your eyes, and are greeted by one of your security analysts telling you, “We have an active, organization-wide security incident. We need all hands on deck immediately.” For a great many individuals or organizations, this situation can instill immense […]

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Managed Services 2008 to 2025: A History & Forecast

Managed Services 2008 to 2025: A History & Forecast

Published: Oct 1, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   Tags:   |   No Comments

Outsourcing is nothing new. If we look back, information technology service providers like Accenture, IBM, Infosys, Cognizant and other tech giants have been working with clients via comprehensive IT outsourcing contracts for years. For smaller clients, the term “managed services” often revolved around desktop support services. In the early days of iVision, between 2004 and […]

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How to Look and Sound Your Best on Video Calls

How to Look and Sound Your Best on Video Calls

Published: Jul 30, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   Tags:   |   No Comments

As remote work becomes the norm for many people so too has the reliance on video conferencing for meetings, webinars and in my case as a video producer, recordings. Where I used to be able to go onsite, light and mic up talent, now I must provide them with tips to be able to DIY […]

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Vulnerability Management and Patching

Vulnerability Management and Patching

Published: Jul 23, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   Tags:   |   No Comments

It’s 2020, do you know where your vulnerabilities are (and when they’ll get patched)?  There have been several high-profile vulnerabilities in the news recently, like Microsoft’s wormable DNS Server exploit and Citrix’s Application Delivery Controller exploit. These events show that it is more important than ever for organizations to adopt a mature vulnerability management program. […]

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IT Focus Areas for the New Normal

IT Focus Areas for the New Normal

Published: Jul 6, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   No Comments

Over the last few months, iVision has heard firsthand from our community of CIOs and IT leadership about their priorities for the new normal. This group of 100+ IT executives – who work across multiple regions in the United States and abroad – have openly shared their best practices for this moment and the future. […]

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Remote Computer Imaging with Windows Autopilot

Remote Computer Imaging with Windows Autopilot

Published: Jun 23, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   No Comments

It is with a somewhat heavy heart that I am shifting my focus from traditional ConfigMgr Task Sequence imaging and customizations to Windows Autopilot on Microsoft Azure. I have been a long-time aficionado, follower and loyalist of ConfigMgr imaging. I have spent countless hours customizing and fine-tuning the imaging experience for customers not thinking anything […]

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CIOs Executing on the New Normal for a Stronger 2021 & Beyond

CIOs Executing on the New Normal for a Stronger 2021 & Beyond

Published: Jun 11, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   No Comments

Amidst all the uncertainty and devastation of the past few months, there has also been a lot of collaboration and community. I have been privileged to witness firsthand the incredible sharing happening between the 100+ clients that iVision serves. These CIOs and technology leaders in the iVision ecosystem have been openly sharing best practices, lessons […]

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Conversational AI: Practical Applications

Conversational AI: Practical Applications

Published: Jun 10, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   No Comments

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) engines are evolving at an exciting pace, making integration with existing applications easier than ever. One of the most accessible concepts to start your AI journey with is a conversational AI engine. Most providers have had stable conversational AI offerings available since 2017 and the increased adoption has […]

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A Recruiter’s Advice for a Successful Virtual Job Search

A Recruiter’s Advice for a Successful Virtual Job Search

Published: Jun 4, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   No Comments

We have never experienced a pandemic or any economic crisis of this magnitude and are in uncharted territory. From mid-March 2020 to the end of May, roughly 40 million Americans applied for unemployment. Today, we want to offer valuable advice for finding the right career opportunities at growth-oriented organizations right now. We will share best […]

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Teleworking is Here to Stay: Tips for Remote Work

Teleworking is Here to Stay: Tips for Remote Work

Published: May 15, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   2 Comments

In only a few short months, the work landscape has been forever changed. Prior to COVID-19, few could have imagined an incident like this. While many organizations prepared for disruptive incidents in their business continuity planning, almost no one was ready for the devastating impact of a global event. Not only that, businesses are having […]

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How Navigating Adversity Prepares Us for Opportunity

How Navigating Adversity Prepares Us for Opportunity

Published: May 12, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   No Comments

At the beginning of this year, iVision was at a point of inflection. Our business was coming off a record year of growth — marching toward a new revenue model, grooming our next generation of leaders and preparing to celebrate the company’s 16th birthday. Then things took a dramatic turn, and everyone on the planet […]

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4 Ways that Board Games Build Stronger Teams

4 Ways that Board Games Build Stronger Teams

Published: May 6, 2020   |   Author:    |   Category: Blog   |   One Comment

Because we are currently separated from each other, we have had to press pause on many of our favorite internal iVision events. However, we know that someday in the future we will be back and socializing in person again. There is a lot that we have learned along the way, so today we are sharing […]

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