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Are you a manager in IT? Do you have a relentless stream of incidents, requests, changes and requests coming in for projects from the business? Can you even see all the work that is coming in from all over the company? Are you struggling with managing all the work because you can’t see it all? […]

A mobile, untethered workforce is becoming essential in order for extended care facilities to deliver the highest level of care possible to residents. The flexibility and freedom that are hallmarks of IT mobility make it easier to communicate with residents, solve and report problems as they happen and to closely monitor critical health data. Staffers […]

IT teams are struggling to spot legitimate malware threats over the white noise generated by false alarms and it’s costing their employers. How much? In terms of the financial cost, the price tag comes out to $1.27 million annually. Switching gears and looking at the human element, IT teams waste an average of 395 combined […]

Microsoft just welcomed a pair of massive – and also very different – organizations into the Office 365 (O365) fold. All told, these deals represent a combined commitment of roughly 400,000 licenses, which will be utilized by end users across the globe. A level of trust is an essential precondition in any IT engagement. However, […]

I have a confession to make. I’m new to consulting. However, I have been working with Microsoft technologies for over 15 years now. From support to architecture to managing IT teams, I’ve seen Microsoft from many different angles. Now that I work for Arraya Solutions, I can experience Microsoft from a new side – as […]

Even though Amazon’s Prime Day deals weren’t all winners, you at least have to admit the company’s user experience remains top notch. Now you can incorporate a similar interface into the day-to-day operations of your company with Service Catalog from ServiceNow. Before you know it, employees will be ordering services from Marketing or HR just […]

It is a fact of our modern life. Mobile devices and ubiquitous access back into our company allows us to work on our own terms. Employees love it, but IT Security hates it. There is a huge inherent risk when we allow our company’s sensitive data to be accessed with a username and password. We […]

At least momentarily during last week’s news cycle, for what seems like the first time in a long time, hackers and data breaches took a backseat to regular old IT glitches. On Wednesday, the New York Stock Exchange and United Airlines each suffered malfunctions that were not malicious attacks, but still caused outages and managed […]

Torn between opting for a Managed Services partnership and going the new hire route to expand the capabilities of your IT team? If both options seem to be on equal footing at first, a deeper dive can reveal intangibles which may provide some separation. These five questions can give you the clarity you need to […]

Arraya Solutions would like to congratulate Robert Schaller, the Director of IT for Rockhill Mennonite Community, for winning our Managed Services survey drawing! As our big winner, Mr. Schaller will receive a $100 gift card courtesy of Arraya. All Arraya Managed Services customers who filled out our first annual Managed Services customer feedback survey were […]