Aspire Blog Series

There is a simple solution that works with existing equipment without breaking the bank for your school district. By Greg Klausa, Aspire’s VP for Digital Architectures, Aspire Technology Partners As schoolteachers and administrators, you know there is nothing “normal” about how our kids are going to school right now. If you’re also a parent of […]

By Greg Klausa, Chief Architect & VP Digital Architectures at Aspire Technology Partners CIOs and line of business executives often discuss employing “best practices” for their digital transformation initiatives. This means using a series of recognized methods to achieve a repeatable objective. Best practices are often developed into case studies or use cases for reference […]

Written by Carter Yepsen, Aspire IoT Practice Director As states and cities move into new “phases” reopening during the pandemic, more of us find ourselves re-entering workplaces and schools – sometimes with concerning results. It is not for lack of planning – many organizations assembled “Reopening Committees” tasked for months with developing safe space solutions: […]

Seven Considerations in Using VDI for a Resilient Remote Workforce By Kevin Leahy, Director of Data Center Practice at Aspire Technology Partners Perhaps the most dramatic change that many of us have needed to adjust to during the pandemic is working remotely. While some of us have had the opportunity to work remotely as a […]

Aspire Technology Partners, in partnership with Cisco, recently conducted a CIO panel discussion on Higher Education IT, with a focus on efforts to re-open campuses safely for students this fall. Higher Education has seen massive disruption because of the global pandemic. News articles across the nation detail emerging student-led class-action lawsuits over tuition, the emergence of elite […]

The Critical Role of Data Management in Business Resilience By Kevin Leahy, Director of Data Center Practice at Aspire Technology Partners In these challenging times brought about by this global health crisis, business resilience has taken on a whole new meaning. In the past, it was mainly focused on a few critical applications, a relatively […]

By Kevin Leahy, Data Center Practice Director at Aspire Technology Partners There is no shortage of things we can point to that have changed as a result of the pandemic, some of which we hope to never revisit. Others will be preserved as the new normal. For businesses, the focus on business continuity will forever […]

Have You Provided IT Security for Your Work From Home (WFH) Employees During the Coronavirus Outbreak and Beyond? By Robert Costanza, Security Practice Director at Aspire Technology Partners In an earlier article, my colleague Greg Klausa asked IT leaders, Do You Have a Business Continuity Plan to Combat Coronavirus? In this article, I am going […]

Do You Have a Business Continuity Plan to Combat Coronavirus? By Greg Klausa, Collaboration Practice Director, and Josh Dolby, Senior Sales Collaboration Specialist Does your organization have a strategic plan in place to support business-function continuity in the face of possible quarantine and travel restrictions due to the emerging Coronavirus situation? In the final week […]

Managed Collaboration Services – the New Mantra for Business Enablement By Ravi Gonuguntla, Director, Managed Services, Aspire Technology Partners Organizations often find themselves incorporating multiple disparate technologies in search of a perfect blend of solutions to meet everyday business needs. A convergence of unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) environments, for example, can become unwieldy and […]