Signs You're a Prime Candidate for Arraya's Managed Services for Virtualization

VMware environments don’t always get the same level of attention as, say, their Microsoft counterparts do. Imagine running a Windows Server in your data center that hasn’t been patched or updated since 2012. That kind of prolonged lapse would leave a company incredibly susceptible to security breaches, data loss and more – and it would […]
Going Beyond Protecting Your Data with Just MDM

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 […]
NYSE, United Airlines at Center of Nightmare Week for IT

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 […]
Managed Services or New Hires?

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 […]
Congrats to our Managed Services Drawing Winner!

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 […]
Finding the Right Cloud-Based Backup Solution: Top 3 Questions

If there’s anyone who doesn’t need to be made more aware of how critical backups are, it’s the folks in IT. After all, one of IT’s chief responsibilities is securing the company’s second most valuable asset (after its people): namely, its data. And then there’s dealing with the clean up when security efforts go awry. […]
Customers Speak Out on Arraya's Managed Services

Arraya’s Managed and Cloud Services have received their share of customer praise, vendor acknowledgement and industry recognition over the years. Despite all of that positivity, we believe there’s always room to grow and improve our services. In order to learn where we were succeeding and where we could do better, we put together our first […]
Too Small to be Targeted by Hackers? New Study Says No

No IT pro worth his or her salt takes digital security lightly. Despite that, it’s still tempting to grow at least a little comfortable with the notion that: “Hackers aren’t going to bother with my company. We’re too small. They’re only interested in things like big companies with a lot of name recognition, popular data […]
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (for Data Centers)

This week, a strong set of storms ransacked the greater Philadelphia area. Many business owners woke up to a disaster in their data center and downtime for their company. Hours of lost end user productivity ensued and IT quickly got burned out trying to get systems back online as rapidly as possible. The simple fact […]
Prepping for the Leap Second: What You Need to Do

Ever feel like Tuesday is the longest day of your week? Well, Tuesday June 30 won’t just feel like the longest day of your week, it actually will be. By one second. It may not sound like much, but that one measly little second could be the source of some sizeable headaches for IT teams […]