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Demand for cloud cost control expertise is on the rise
The volume of applications deployed in the cloud continues to increase steadily. More organizations are looking to contain costs but are finding they lack the skills and expertise ...

Keep up with the landscape: Automation for cybersecurity
Many organizations conduct surveys every year about the evolving threats and cybersecurity concerns that enterprises are faced with. Info-Tech Research Group’s report suggests automation to help with the ...

5 tips to secure your Microsoft environment
With more than 345 million paying customers worldwide, Microsoft 365 is one of the most popular work suites available. But like any digital platform, it comes with risks. ...

Non-profit challenge of hiring IT professionals
Recently, I had a conversation with Pamela Pennington, the IT Director at local non-profit Ride Connection (RC). Pamela moved to Portland from Phoenix to take on the role ...

TSP to keep Portland accessible and moving
Portland has pioneered much of the innovation and policy for transit nationally and internationally. They are planning for the next 20 years. The Transportation System Plan (TSP) is ...

Microsoft removing Teams from bundles
Announced on April 1st, Microsoft Teams will no longer be included with Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Office 365 Enterprise licensing. As per an email sent to Access ...

Security Advisory: Citrix, PAN, and Fortinet Recent Vulnerabilities
Over the past week, Access Tech has been addressing many of our clients about the following zero-day vulnerabilities: Citrix: XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor Security Update Two issues have been ...

SASE: Navigating the Convergence
Organizations have long been faced with issues about high-speed connectivity to applications for users on and off network, how to secure their networks from threats both inside and ...