VMworld 2020 Recap: 9 Announcements You Need to Know

In a lot of ways, VMworld 2020 couldn’t have been more different than previous iterations of VMware’s annual solution showcase. This year’s event – like so many others in the industry – was all-virtual due to COVID-19. All you had to do to attend was sit down in front of your computer and log in. […]
Microsoft Reveals the Future of Exchange Server as 2 End of Support Dates Near

With support set to run out on a pair of Exchange Server solutions in the coming weeks, Microsoft spent part of its annual Ignite conference shedding some light on the future of the platform. As it turns out, that future may end up looking a lot like the present. Those organizations planning to continue leveraging […]
Don’t Let Your COVID-19 Liability Response Become a Liability

Concerns around data privacy and data security didn’t vanish with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ve only been amplified, especially of late, as reopening organizations have sought to collect more information on their users in the effort to keep them safe. Routine temperature checks, contact tracing – many are counting on these (and similar) […]
3 Operational Challenges Solved by Cisco ACI Anywhere

Your data is no longer hemmed in by four walls, so, why should those physical boundaries continue to define your data center? Cisco’s belief (one which Arraya shares) is that they shouldn’t and its ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) Anywhere solution is one way to begin deleting those legacy barriers. This software-defined network offering represents a […]
10 New Features (Besides Pop Out Meetings) Set to Reshape Microsoft Teams

Blink and you might miss a new feature or ability going live in Microsoft Teams. After all, as we stated in a recent video on the subject, Teams is anything but a stationary platform. That video focused on Pop Out Meetings, which is just one of several enhancements Microsoft has made recently to its unified […]
Why Your Company Can’t Afford to Overlook a Web App Vulnerability Scanner

Vulnerability scanning is something all organizations should be looking into, if they’re not doing it already. Scanning inside and outside the network can help you identify misconfigurations, cyber security gaps or potentially even regulatory shortcomings. The key is to make these scans a habit. After all, just because you’re secure today doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll […]
4 Things Organizations Get Wrong About Office 365 Licensing

The more the merrier can be said of a lot of things, but Office 365 licenses aren’t necessarily one of them. Yet, that’s exactly how many organizations, intentionally or not, seem to be approaching the subject. The result of this is a license portfolio that is frequently, radically out of step with organizational need as […]
Expert Q&A: Microsoft Teams' Pop Out Meetings

Arraya’s John Salmons Jr. (Inside Sales Engineer) introduces one of the newest features to come to Microsoft Teams: pop out meetings. He also shows viewers how they can enable it.
Rightsizing Your VPN Without Sacrificing Remote Worker Security

Remember back in March, when workplace doors were closed and employees were sent home for a brief shutdown? Some five months later, it’s safe to say the shutdown has been anything but brief. While some organizations have made the move to reopen on a provisional basis, many others have kept their buildings shuttered. There are […]
Changes are Coming to Webex Meetings: Preparing Users for Version 40.9

Heads up: The Webex Meetings experience is about to change this September with the release of Webex version 40.9. Despite being designed to improve the user experience, this update – as updates so often do – is bound to elicit its fair share of grumbles, at least initially. Change, after all, even when it’s for […]