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“Episode 2: The Technologies that Defined 2020 (and What’s to Come in 2021)” On this episode of the Arraya Insights Vodcast, we look back at some of the technologies that helped shape a year like no other. Then, we look ahead to the next crop of solutions and advances heading our way in 2021. Meet […]

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 […]

One of the many operational challenges resulting from our current normal is the fact that, even though technology has never been more important to our daily routines, support for that technology has never been farther away. Right now, if something were to go wrong with a user’s machine or mission critical application, help wouldn’t be […]

More or the same, but probably not less. That projects to be the story of technology budgets in 2020 according to Spiceworks’ 2020 State of IT survey. Nearly half of participants (44%) said they expect technology budgets to increase in the new year while another 44% believe they will stay the same. For those who […]

There’s a great amount of interest in custom-built applications – and quite a few misconceptions about them as well. Arraya’s Application Development team has encountered many of these, from concerns about complexity, use cases, and more. During this five-part series, our team will seek to dispel some of the more common misunderstandings about custom-built applications […]

Arraya Insights Radio Episode 13: Predicting 2019 in Technology: Fact vs. Fiction Arraya Insights Radio is back for another year! In this episode, Tom Clerici (Practice Director, Cyber Security) and Doug Guth (Practice Director, Infrastructure Solutions & IoT) go head-to-head over the year ahead in technology, debating which industry trends will define 2019. Host: Thomas York (Senior […]

Technology grabbed its share of headlines during 2018. Some of those were positive. We saw the rise of a number of tools and solutions designed to make lives easier and workdays more productive. Of course, some of those headlines were decidedly negative. For too much of the year, ransomware, data breaches and privacy violations dominated […]

The US government has a long and somewhat spotty record with IT modernization – but that could be about to change. Recently, one of its top offenders, the IRS, released a five-year plan that included, among other provisions, a proposal to begin sun-setting a critical application said to be “the oldest IT system in government.” […]

IT investments should start with a problem, not a product. All too often in business, that process gets reversed. Companies fall in love with a set of features or the promise of an innovative, disruptive solution and rush to sign on the dotted line. Next thing they know, that exciting new piece of hardware is […]

Businesses are transforming like never before. Not long ago, innovation only moved as fast as infrastructure let it. If a business wanted to chase a new opportunity, it meant overhauling on-premises infrastructure to support that new initiative. Thanks to modern advances like the cloud and hybrid data centers, companies can transform on the fly. Major […]