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Customer Experience: What CEOs Need to Spot When Choosing an MSP By John C. Harris, President & CEO, Aspire Technology Partners Understanding how out-tasking or outsourcing works for your organization is important. It is similarly critical to establish the goals between the outsourcing organization and the provider. When both parties agree and both sides are […]

Managed Services: The CEO’s Secret Weapon for Business Outcome Sustainability By John C. Harris, President & CEO, Aspire Technology Partners The fast-changing and ever-growing demands of the modern enterprise pose an array of challenges that require leadership to make some critical decisions. In IT organizations, a common challenge is filling those gaps in operational efficiency […]

LOB POV: Working with a Managed Services Provider? Make Sure They Own Your Business Outcomes By Frost Schroeder, VP Sales for Aspire Technology Partners Like you, our sales organization needs immediate access to customer data like contacts, contracts, and prior sales information. They need to connect from the office, home, customer sites, and Starbucks. My […]

The Aspire Aspect Increase Productivity, Performance, and Profitability with Managed Services By Lorraine Azzinaro, Chief Operating Officer, Aspire Technology Partners From the perspective of the COO, managed services play a significant role in company productivity, performance, and profitability. Managed services enable companies to focus on their core competencies where they can become more competitive and, […]

In today’s world, we see digital technologies driving growth, opening new markets, and creating mind-blowing customer experiences. New businesses are being “born” in the cloud every day. To compete and thrive, companies must continue to innovate in order to improve productivity, scale, and differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace. More so than ever, applications, workloads, […]

Application Performance Management is more important in today’s digital business than ever before. Customer experiences, like online purchases for example, rely on applications to provide rich content and seamless transactions. Repeat customers are the life blood of healthy businesses. Similarly, organizations that rely on complex, distributed, or customized applications need to ensure internal users have […]

Cisco introduced Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) last summer at Cisco Live.

Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine): Beyond the Data Sheet Today’s post is adapted from a recent Aspire webinar titled Beyond The Data Sheet: Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE). The webinar was hosted by Cody Harris, Aspire Senior Solutions Architect.  Beyond the Data Sheet: A Real-World Perspective A Real-World Perspective Cody Harris: Today, we’ll share […]

Unsung heroes are made every day. We don’t hear about most of them. If we did, they wouldn’t be unsung. An unsung hero could be anyone. They perform significant acts that make the lives of others better, but we don’t know them nor do we think about them. There’s Maurice Hilleman, to name one. He […]

May Become a Model for Other States to Follow The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) introduced a new cybersecurity regulation for financial services companies that took effect on March 1, 2017. The regulation carries a heavy compliance burden that is intended to protect clients, consumers, and financial entities from the ever-growing threat of […]