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February 18, 2020Adding new IT solutions within your technology infrastructure can sometimes be a tricky proposition, even in circumstances where the upgrade provides a solid business benefit to your company. Aside from the potential budgetary impacts and the inevitable hoops to jump through, the internal realities of most enterprise corporations require a certain level of political skill to move the technology from an idea to an approved reality. -
February 18, 2020New Channel Manager, Scott McElwee, to support next generation of IT Trusted Advisors across Ohio, Kentucky, Indianapolis and Western Pennsylvania region CHICAGO – February 18, 2020 – AVANT Communications (“AVANT"), a platform for IT decision-making, today welcomes its newest Channel Manager, Scott McElwee.
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February 11, 2020“Compliance is not security, and security is not compliance.” This statement can potentially be attributed to a number of sources, but it has definitely become a widely used trope in the security sector. While security moves too quickly to be effectively codified into a set of requirements that works in all instances, both now and in the future, there is also something to be said for the structure that compliance standards can provide.
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Master Agent, AVANT, Expands Technical Leadership with the Addition of Director of Cloud EngineeringFebruary 11, 2020Newly Appointed Director of Cloud Engineering, Brent Wilford, to bring enterprise engineering skills to enterprise customers, enabling implementation of next generation technologies CHICAGO – February 11, 2020 – AVANT Communications (“AVANT"), a platform for IT decision-making for next generation technologies, today announces the addition of Brent Wilford to its leadership team as Director of Cloud Engineering.
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February 4, 2020More than 800 Trusted Advisors and their business customers from around the industry registered to attend the AVANT’s “CIO Insights” webinar, in which six CXOs discussed offerings and market conditions around SD-WAN technologies. The hour-long Internet event featured a spirited discussion on how SD-WAN has become the tech industry’s “box of chocolates” through which enterprise decision-makers can choose among a variety of options and “flavors” that all reside within the same “box” of SD-WAN.
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February 4, 2020Newly Appointed Sr. Director of Business Development, Jaime Matoba, to help accelerate AVANT’s vendor ecosystem strategy and growth CHICAGO – February 4, 2020 – AVANT Communications (“AVANT"), a platform for IT decision-making for next generation technologies, today announces the addition of Jaime Matoba to its leadership team as Sr.
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January 28, 2020Unless your company is truly starting from scratch with a greenfield installation, which is truly rare in the enterprise computing space, the first step in approaching your security posture will be a true and honest assessment of what is already in place.
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January 21, 2020If you’ve spent any time at all with me or my colleagues at AVANT Communications, you’ve heard the term, “Trusted Advisor.” At its most simplistic level, the term denotes the agents, VARs, integrators, and the host of intermediaries who sell products and services to the enterprise.
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January 14, 2020While today’s enterprise company is faced with tons of options for upgrading their technology infrastructure, many of these choices are best considered in combination with one another. Take SD-WAN for example. Let’s say your Trusted Advisor has come to you with a proposal to sideline your aging PBX in favor of a new, state-of-the-art Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) offering.
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January 9, 2020AVANT Research & Analytics is pleased to announce a new dimension in our mission supporting AVANT’s platform for IT decision-making. Our new podcast, “AVANT Technology Insights with Ken Presti,” is now available on Apple, Spotify, Google Play, and other venues where popular business and technology podcasts are found.
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January 7, 20202019 was a remarkable year and incredible end of a decade for AVANT and our Trusted Advisor community! We celebrated our 10th year of business supporting the channel - in the best way possible! We launched new segments of the business, launched new brands to support Trusted Advisor promotion to their customers, and continued to grow at an incredible pace.
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December 31, 2019This week, we present our third, and final, installment of Predictions 2020; a look at predictions for the IT industry from the inside. We invited colleagues and industry friends to take a stand on what the coming year will bring. So, on this New Years Eve, kick back, relax, and enjoy.
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December 24, 2019This week, we present our second installment of Predictions 2020; a look at predictions for the IT industry from the inside. We invited colleagues and industry friends to take a stand on what the coming year will bring. What will be hot?
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December 17, 2019Today we look toward the end of the year with our first installment of predictions for 2020. Yes, that’s right. For the past few weeks I’ve been shaking-down my colleagues and other friends in the industry, asking each to make their bold prediction for the coming year.
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December 10, 2019It was more than a couple of years ago when I hung up my headphones and switched off the microphone for what I thought was the last time. My old career as a news-talk radio reporter had been fun and rewarding, but I was even more excited to kick off my life’s calling: a career in technology go-to-market strategies.
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