Cooperative

cooperative (“coop”), co-operative (“co-op”), or coöperative (“coöp”):  Cooperatives are voluntary organizations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.

Being part of the cooperative family is a great accomplishment.  One benefit is that you are part of one very large family.  Here at BTInet we understand all of the challenges faced by cooperatives such as expenses, reliability of infrastructure, and keeping up with the never slowing down world.

Check out what BTInet can do for you!  http://btinet.com/solutions/co-ops–non-profits/

 

 

When to move to Desktop Virtualization?

How do you know when it’s time to move to Desktop Virtualization?  Below you will find seven key indicators that your organization is ready for the benefits of DV.

1. Your users are increasingly embracing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), working from remote locations and requiring remote access to your organization’s data.
2. You are concerned about security.
3. You want a common desktop experience
4. Your face compliance requirements
5. You want maximum agility and business continuity.
6. You want to ease desktop management and upgrade headaches.
7. You accommodate an ever-changing workforce composed of both contractors and employees.

If any of these indicators are present in your organization, it’s time to take a look at  Desktop Virtualization.

 

 

 

 

Hosted Exchange

What exactly is Hosted Exchange?  Let me ask you two questions:  Is your job one that never ends?  Do you need to stay connected around the clock, around the world to keep everything going?  With Hosted Exchange you can access your email remotely in an efficient, reliable and compliant manner.

Get the most out of Outlook with Hosted Exchange by joining forces down the hall or distance away with shared calendars, tasks, and contacts.

Receive the following features and more with our Shared Exchange Plan….

• Low Monthly fee
• Storage Options
• Control Panel Access
• Domain options
• Outlook Web Access
• Supported Mail
• Migration assistance

Are you a larger business and need more of a Dedicated Exchange Plan?  Not a problem, BTInet can also do that for you!  Contact us for more information and how to sign up.

 

Data Breaches NOT Allowed

Stop data breaches before they happen.  We realize that companies do not have the time and effort to deal with data breaching.  Nobody wants to spend endless hours with network outages, legal liabilities.  However BTInet can protect you without you having to worry.

Our Managed Firewall services provides the best protection possible for your servers, applications and data, ensuring constant protection and availability while still containing your overall costs.  We can ensure the highest level or security by tracking and controlling the flow of data into your network.

Not sure what is right for your company – contact one of our Juniper Certified Security Specialists today.

Rest easy – you are not alone in caring for the security of your data.

Proud to march: Basin Electric employees step up for babies’ health

Reblogged from Basin Electric: Live Wire:

After six years of assembling volunteers to put their best feet forward in support of prematurely born babies, Germain Krueger does not suspect she will slow down any time soon.

Krueger and the Basin Electric Team once again took part in the March for Babies event April 6 at the Bismarck Civic Center. The North Dakota chapter of the March of Dimes orchestrates the walk, which attracted about 400 participants who were able to raise nearly $40,000.

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Bring Your Own Device

A high percentage of IT departments’ worldwide support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices. This has enabled employees to use their personal mobile devices to access corporate networks and resources may have improved employee productivity.

The way things are going; BYOD will only increase. Anytime, anywhere access with smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices can improve employee productivity.  Nevertheless this has also created a complicated security problem.  Personal mobile devices may be running unprotected, non-secured, dangerous or malicious apps on the company network which can lead to malware attacks, loss or theft of confidential corporate and personal data.

There is a variety of benefits to allowing users to supply their own PC and mobile devices, but there are also some concerns. Make sure you understand both in order to embrace BYOD with confidence.

New Storage Platform

Our new storage platform consists of the Dell/EqualLogic PS-M4110 which is housed in the M1000e chassis.  As a customer your storage traffic will never leave the chassis.

The “Hybrid” version of this array contains a combination of SSD & SAS drives which provides excellent performance.  It provides high capacity storage and improved performance.  Every time storage is added, I/O capacity is also added.  The impact of any array failure is decreased as BTInet is able to stock entire spare arrays.

The new M620, M820 and M910 Intel-based Dell servers are quite a step up in performance and memory capacity from the Mx10 line. All of these servers come standard with SAN connectivity and are deployed with no internal hard disk drives.

However, BTInet has a number of internal drive options available including some VERY FAST internal SSD options. Check out our website or contact our sales department at sales@btinet.com