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TEC’S 5 Cybersecurity Tips for 2019

ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER RUN OF ATTACKS
Advancements in technology are occurring at an increasingly dizzying pace.  New technologies emerge to join the ranks alongside ‘new and improved’ functionalities of existing ones….and all the while, increased adoption of these technologies has led to an exponential growth of data breaches. Verizon’s 2018…

Frank Keogh

Frank is a systems engineer, specializing in network consulting for LAN, WAN, cybersecurity and data center/hyperconvergence.
Credentials? Plenty. CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCSP, VCP5-DCV

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The Undeniable Evolution of Managed Services

FROM PERSONAL TO BUSINESS, THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
Those of us who remember the 1970s-1980s understood what it was like to live in a ‘transactional’ world.  Payor agrees to receive an asset (typically a product or service) from payee in exchange for a one-time payment – oftentimes with the…

Chris Harris

Systems engineer.
Spartan. (Go MSU!)
Ironman (2.4 miles, 112 miles, 26.2 miles. 3 times.)

Collaboration takes over as workplaces move to a more team-oriented, mobile culture

I assure you, this isn’t one of those painful ‘When I was your age…’ lectures your father might unleash about ‘…how hard life was back in MY day.’  (Although much to my consternation, I still haven’t identified his school route that was uphill BOTH ways.) But to be sure,…

Alex Hervey

Drummer and fantasy football fanatic Alex is TEC Communications’ Systems Engineer, and the company’s resident Video-Voice-Messaging Collaboration and Wireless & Mobility specialist. He also can’t stand the taste or smell of popcorn.

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Alex Hervey
Systems Engineer
TEC Communications

Alex joined the TEC Communications engineering team in 2015 after completing a highly successful internship with us and earning an Undergraduate degree in Computer Science and an MBA from Baldwin Wallace University.
SPECIALIZATIONS:

Wireless & Mobility
Cloud
Video, Voice & Messaging Collaboration
Cybersecurity
Routing & Switching

CERTIFICATIONS:

Cisco…

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Frank Keogh
Senior Systems Engineer
TEC Communications

Frank has been with TEC Communications since 2004, when he brought his prodigious skillset and built an extraordinary catalog of specializations and certifications:
SPECIALIZATIONS:

Cybersecurity
Cisco Fire Jumper
Data Center
Cloud
Routing & Switching

CERTIFICATIONS:

Cisco
Microsoft
Adtran
VMware
CCNA
CCDA
CCNP Security

CCNP Routing & Switching
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Pieter Canters
Senior Systems Engineer
TEC Communications

Pieter has been with TEC Communications since 1995, after receiving his M.S. in Information Systems from American University. During his tenure, Pieter has become highly certified in various specializations:

 
SPECIALIZATIONS:

Data Center & Storage
Phone Systems / Voiceover IP

CERTIFICATIONS:

Cisco: Collaboration Architecture Systems Engineer, Unified…

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Chris Harris
Senior Systems Engineer
TEC Communications

A Michigan State University graduate, Chris has been with TEC Communications since 1999, and has amassed one of the most impressive IT Engineer pedigrees in Northern Ohio:

SPECIALIZATIONS:

Unified Communications Engineer
Phone Systems / Voiceover IP

CERTIFICATIONS:

Cisco: IP Contact Center Express, IP Telephony, IP Telephony…

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Busting Cloud Myths

Cloud storage is a rather straightforward concept – a service where data is remotely maintained, managed and backed up, allowing users to store their information online with access from ANY location – anywhere in the world – via the Internet (with a private cloud hosting solution residing on an…

Chris Harris

Systems engineer.
Spartan. (Go MSU!)
Ironman (2.4 miles, 112 miles, 26.2 miles. 3 times.)

Cisco Connect – See You in 2019!

Each Spring,Cisco hosts a one-day Cisco Connect event in Cleveland.  TEC was there in mid-March and we were delighted to see so many of our customers attending the event.  For those of you who didn’t make it, here’s a recap of what the event entailed and why you should…

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