It was a normal morning for Michael McGowan. An IT tech at NSK Inc, McGowan had just sat down at his desk when he received a phone call from one of his clients. The client was calling to report that his iPad® had been stolen. While waiting for the Red Line of the MBTA, he was typing an e-mail on his iPad. In the middle of composing the e-mail, someone grabbed the iPad right out of his hands and took off.
Topics: Mobile Device Management, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services
Jason Masterson joined the NSK Inc. team in September of 2013 working with our group of IT consultants focusing on field services. Jason attended Northeastern University, graduating in 2003 and has always had an interest in technology starting at a young age; Jason has always had a drive to learn more in the field.
Jason can be described as being reliable, honest and dependable. Jason describes his position as an IT consultant as monitoring client networks and services, solving client issues as they arise, recommending and implementing futures upgrades and solutions.
Topics: NSK Team, Managed Services, IT Project Management
As you may or may not know, the end-of-life date of Windows Small Business Server 2003 is July 14, 2015. This means Microsoft will be terminating services for the line, services that provide crucial security updates and patches. This termination will be akin to the Windows XP termination this past April: XP can still run on desktops, but the product is off the shelf both commercially and in terms of Microsoft’s internal support; vulnerable, it is a security disaster waiting to happen and generally will not pass regulations. The problems in upgrading a server are similar but far bigger, and the popular mad-dash-switch strategy is not feasible for companies relying heavily on fully-operational 24/7 server activity. The whole infrastructure of a system, in many cases carefully built up over years, needs to be reworked – and this takes time, time that can be born only out of ample foresight. Though the end-of-life for the Small Business Server 2003 is a year away, the question must be asked now: what are we going to do about upgrading?
(Image courtesy of blog.zensoftware.co.uk)
Topics: Cloud Computing, Managed Services, IT Project Management
The NSK Inc Team would like to wish you warm thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year.
As the holiday season approaches, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued partnership. It is business associates like you who make our jobs a pleasure and keep our company successful.
May your holiday season and the new year be filled with much joy, happiness and success. We look forward to working with you in the coming year and hope our business relationship continues for many years to come.
Happy Holidays!
NSK Inc
Topics: Managed Services, Announcements
One question consistently asked by our clients is, “Why should we use your Managed Services?” Many of these clients perceive that it would be better and more cost effective for them just to contact us as their technology issues arise. It is a common misconception that having their technology under a Managed Services agreement is like insurance and that they would be paying for something they may or may not use. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Topics: Managed Services
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