The Arraya Blog

Despite inflation and growing fears of a potential recession, the U.S. job market hasn’t cooled off. As of June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were 10.7 million job openings and employers added 528,000 jobs in July alone.   The competition for talent continues, particularly in the IT market, as workers benefit […]

Workloads are everywhere.   Businesses today have workloads running in multiple clouds, both private or hosted by third parties, as well as on-premises, which can be spread out across different locations, data centers, or edge sites. These various locations create more work for IT teams as they must work in silos and lack total visibility. This […]

At Cisco Live! 2022, the company announced WAN Insights, the newest innovation for the ThousandEyes platform which can provide network forecasts and SD-WAN recommendations to optimize user experience across enterprise sites.  What is ThousandEyes?  ThousandEyes is a network intelligence platform that was acquired by Cisco in May of 2020. The heart of the ThousandEyes platform […]

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has many available methods to deploy and manage onboarding and configurations using Microsoft Endpoint Manager (which includes Intune), and there is no shortage of capabilities surrounding the deployment methods. However, server capabilities for non-managed servers have been primarily deferred to resources outside of MEM. The options to manage servers using Microsoft […]

Who wouldn’t love a cyber security silver bullet? Something guaranteed to stop attackers in their tracks. Unfortunately, the reality on the ground is far more complex. What works for one organization may not work for another. This is true not only of the solutions needed to build out a cyber security posture, but of the […]

Providing convenient, remote access to employees is now considered status quo rather than a bonus. As the workplace continues to shift and the dust around the pandemic starts to (hopefully) settle, remote work is going to remain.  Corporate IT environments have never been more complex, and the security landscape is more threatening than ever. Businesses […]

Regardless of what email platform your organization is operating on, email plays a critical role in your company. It is a recommended best practice to ensure that you’re properly authenticating your email messages. If not addressed your email can be flagged as spam or not be delivered to its desired destination. There are three standards […]

There will always be uncertainty. As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, global conflicts, and more, it seems the only thing we can be certain about is uncertainty itself. In addition, businesses are grappling with inflation, supply chain issues, and a hot job market. Maintaining talent, especially within the IT industry, is a […]

While cyber attacks in general remain top of mind for IT teams and CIOs, ransomware continues as the true stand out. No security measures are 100% effective in preventing ransomware, which is why we put such a focus on hardening your data backups at Arraya.    Without a secure, fast, and reliable backup system in place, […]

As the business landscape shifts, employees must be able to login from anywhere and at any time. While this provides employees with unsurpassed flexibility and convenience, it can also cause businesses security headaches, increased licensing costs, and infrastructure issues.   Enter Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). AVD is a desktop and app virtualization service that runs […]