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Challenge An upstart hedge fund required scalable compliant and secure infrastructure. Due to software limitations and processing requirement, full cloud deployment was not viable. It was critical that our client be able to create and protect intellectual property as efficiently as possible. As well as access and process real-time data feeds. Since they are a … Read more

Challenge Expanding boutique wealth management firm needs more efficient communication and collaboration platform. They also need to securely share documents and obtain sensitive client information. Finally, several key firm members operate remotely and need access to same document resources while on the road. Primary focus on sharing and security. Solution Our team decommissioned the existing … Read more

Challenge Our client, a medical practice, acquired an additional practice. The new practice used an alternative practice management system with a unique database architecture. The new staff also followed different operating procedure and practiced a vastly different company culture. In order to help our client smoothly integrate this new practice into their system, we sought … Read more

Challenge Our medical practice client required secure interconnectivity between branch offices and virtualized on premise server clusters. All users authenticated and shared client, billing, and business data from various servers located in several locations. It was essential that the system be HIPAA compliant and maintain consistent connections, giving doctors and staff access to medical records … Read more

Challenge Growing Law Firm expanding outside of original building which housed servers and other infrastructure. They need to seamlessly work out of the office and rely on mobile technology as they become more mobile. All data needs to be moved to secure cloud storage and workflows updated to accommodate changes. They are in the middle … Read more

Challenge Users require more consistency across devices throughout office. Client had several critical business applications failing because of update failures and security problems. Ownership is concerned that staff using their own devices is creating an unnecessary security risk. Solution On-board all servers, desktops, laptops and mobile devices into centralized management system. Bring all devices into … Read more

Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on every service possible. Yes, this can be inconvenient, but there are ways of making it easier such as using an authenticator app like Microsoft Authenticator or Authy. Use a unique password for every service. If you hear yourself saying, “which of my passwords could it be?” when logging in somewhere, … Read more

Malicious actors use emails, text messages, and IMs to fool you into giving them personal information. This information is is later used to target you and others you know in an attempt to gain access to resources and other information ultimately leading to you calling or entering financial information so they can steal or extort … Read more

ISP Outage Ruffling Your Feathers This Morning? Good Morning happy followers…well not for Comcast in Baltimore. It appears there have been rolling outages across our area.  This is a good first look to see if the outage you are experiencing is with your Internet Service Provider so you can self-diagnose the problem before calling “your … Read more