The Arraya Blog

Every organization should be concerned about malware – although it seems some should be a little more concerned than others. Certain industries seem to land in its crosshairs far more often. Unfortunately for organizations in malware’s favorite verticals, building an effective cyber security plan can be complicated by the realities of life within those industries. […]

With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, the holiday hiring season is also in full swing. According to estimates from Challenger, Gray, & Christmas, Inc., leading employers are expected to hire just shy of 590,000 new workers for the forthcoming holidays and potentially beyond. Of course, not all of those hundreds of thousands […]

Earlier this year, Cisco unveiled Webex Teams, a new communication and collaboration platform that rose from its Spark brand. Since that news broke, we’ve devoted a good deal of space on this blog to analyzing the overall impact of this change as well as offering best practices for building user buy-in for the new solution. […]

Plenty of ink, digital and otherwise, has been devoted to the topic of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the benefits it has in store for manufacturers who pursue it. For an alarmingly high number of companies, those benefits have failed to become reality. In fact, according to Cisco, only 26% of IIoT strategies […]

Nearly all organizations have made at least some inroads with the cloud. One study puts the figure at a whopping 97%. However, despite how heavily-traveled the path to the cloud has become in recent years, it isn’t exactly an easy trip. Instead, research shows far too many organizations have continued to see their efforts fall […]

Last week, Arraya opened our doors to technologists from across the mid-Atlantic region, welcoming them to our 8th Annual Open House and Technology Day. Just as in past years, Arraya transformed our corporate headquarters into a fall paradise, complete with great food, drinks, games, and a few surprises. While Arraya events typically put technology first, […]

The weeks leading up to Halloween have always been perfect for retelling urban legends and other scary tales. Since October is also National Cyber Security Awareness Month, these stories don’t only have to focus on creeping monsters and vengeful spirits. Instead, they can be about truly terrifying things, like the hacker who, it turns out, was […]

Change has a way of making people uncomfortable and Webex Teams is nothing if not a good-sized change for end users. Once rolled out, Cisco’s collaboration platform can completely overhaul organizational lines of communication, easing the burden on – and potentially even replacing – legacy methods such as email. Without an appropriate comfort level, that […]

Last month, technology professionals from more than 100 countries gathered in Orlando, FL for Microsoft Ignite 2018. As is always the case with Microsoft’s annual showcase, the event wasn’t hurting for headline-grabbing news. So, with the help of our cloud and workspace team, let’s recap the week’s biggest stories and consider the impact they could […]

Legal and automation go together like peanut butter and jelly according to a majority of executives working in the industry. In a new survey by Intapp, Inc. and The Lawyer, leaders professed their belief that firms have a lot to gain by deploying hands-off technologies. Despite their overwhelming support, in practice the combination of law […]