There are many benefits to "moving to the Cloud," or adopting "Cloud Courage" as we at Systems Engineering (SE), like to put it. In addition to keeping up with the way in which technology is moving, it's also important to look at benefits such as CSP billing. Throughout this article, I will discuss what CSP billing is, how it works, and the various benefits involved. 

Remember when Kodak held a dominant position in the photographic film? Maybe not, because in the late 1990s, photographic film sales had declined, and Kodak's slow transition to the digital camera in the early 2000s was a little too late. The problem was, they could not see beyond the traditional benchmarks, like picture quality. They needed to understand

Our recent SE Lunch & Learn series titled Windows 10: Enabling Your Move to the Cloud featured Microsoft's Steve Deming and Systems Engineering's (SE's) Adrian Wells.  This event gave both speakers a chance to mention the new Windows 10 upgrade benefits for Windows Cloud Subscriptions which had previously been announced by Microsoft on January 19 of this year.

Microsoft's Windows 10 made its debut in July 2015, six years after Windows 7.  During this time, Microsoft’s new security, convenience, and performance developments culminated into Windows 10.  Microsoft’s development continues, with the recent (August 2016) Anniversary Update to Windows 10 which delivers even more features. This is Microsoft’s operating system-as-a-service vision. Windows 10 delivers continual enhancements, cloud enablement, and new security.  It is the future platform and begs the question, should my organization upgrade?

Microsoft has once again added Systems Engineering (SE) to the FY17 Small Business (SMB) Managed Partner List (MPL). According to Microsoft, SE has demonstrated a continued focus on cloud solutions and modernizing today's SMB business environments. 

If you take a quick look at your network, you might notice the following: workstations, server(s), applications, and a nifty cloud backup. The cloud backup was probably simple to set up and it seems to be capturing information and data successfully, all with a price tag that is less than your parking spot in the city. However, it is likely that you are unsure of the exact data it’s capturing and you would love to check on it nightly, but don’t have the time. 

Although data breaches are common enough to show up in news headlines on a weekly, sometimes daily basis, it's something none of us want our businesses to experience. In fact, an organization's IT staff is regularly putting practices and securities in place to try and prevent network compromises from occurring. However, it's not only employees who make mistakes that compromise network security. Listed below are five risks and their matching solutions to keep networks healthy and cybercriminals at bay.