Ascend Technologies is a 24X7, high-access service provider. We manage infrastructure for our clients, provide application support and development, security management, service desk and NOC. As more clients move to the public cloud, we wanted to provide value add services ...
Accelerated Roll Out Timeline Like many organizations, we had some eye opening moments as we migrated from Skype to Microsoft Teams. With Skype end of life coming in July of 2021, we knew we needed to make the move. However, the pandemic forced us to accelerate our adoption ...
What cybersecurity protections do you need for your business? Unfortunately, as the cyber risks to small and mid-sized organizations increase, it seems as though the expert recommendations are that you need all the cybersecurity protections you can get. While this is true ...
Vern is an Ascend Technologies Senior Operations Analyst. He shared what it means to be part of a team. What is your favorite sports team? Chicago White Sox What sports have you played? I play in a softball league and switch to basketball in the winter. What do you remember ...
Security changes quickly; a CISO can help Security is one of the fastest evolving and most complex areas of information technology and a critical concern for most companies. Threats to the security of data are increasing and organizations continue to struggle with the ...
Wait, a Cloud Database Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Need Your DBA I’ve heard it many times. Business leaders feel that since they moved their databases to a cloud provider, they won’t need their database administrative (DBA) staff. The thought is, “the cloud provider will manage ...
As the country continues to follow shelter-in-place orders, many companies have found new ways to keep their businesses going by taking steps toward digital transformation and having their employees work remotely. And this trend doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.
Forecast for Clouds with Sun breaks There are several compelling reasons to move to the cloud. Speed of innovation. The ability to scale quickly. Production ready services to leverage AI, IoT, natural language processing, etc. However, for most businesses, it all comes down ...
Tiffany is an Ascend Technologies Senior Operations Analyst. She shared her perspectives on what it means to be part of a team. What is your favorite sports team? Chicago Bears
In case you don’t follow the EHLO blog, a recent announcement discussed some upcoming security changes to the Exchange Online service. Microsoft will be disabling SMTP AUTH in all new Office 365 tenants. They are also identifying current tenants that do not make use of the ...
Adam is an Ascend Technologies Engineer. He shared his perspectives on what it means to be part of a team. What is your favorite sports team? Chicago Sting (for those who remember them). Current team: Chicago Blackhawks
What Desktop as a Service and WorkSpaces Means for the Remote Workforce Desktop as a Services (DaaS) platforms have quickly become important technology with most employees shifting to work from home. Ascend Technologies works with a number of different DaaS platforms. ...
One of the most widespread and damaging security threats to businesses today continues to be ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malicious software (or malware) that encrypts files on a computer, file share, and/or server so they become unusable. The attackers then extort ...
In the current threat landscape, organizations of all sizes are expected to get cybersecurity right—or face the consequences of not being protected. But what is cybersecurity, and what does it involve? Is there a way to be 100% protected? This guide will cover cybersecurity ...
Cybersecurity is complex — the vocabulary alone can be a barrier to many non-technical users just trying to understand what cybersecurity is and what it involves.
