VLCM IT Industry News

Salt Lake City, Utah. March 12, 2017 - VLCM, a regional leader in IT solutions and Managed Print Services, today announced its partnership with HP Inc. in providing new HP A3 multifunction copiers. This next generation portfolio includes 54 SKUs and is designed to provide qualified IT partners the ability to offer higher levels of performance that meet a wider range of customer’s printing and copying needs. VLCM is the only HP partner based in Utah that has the ability to sell this robust portfolio of A3 copiers and MFPs in the Mountain West Region and surrounding states.

Researchers have known for years that sitting for long periods of time leads to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, various forms of cancer, and mortality. This is a problem for office workers, who make up a greater proportion of the population than ever before, and for whom technological advances have further limited physical activity not only at work but also at home. Most office workers don’t even engage in much non-exercise physical activity—things like fidgeting, changing their posture, walking, and stair climbing.

Mobile devices and the move to server virtualization and cloud services are in part driving the need for nimble architecture like software-defined networking (SDN). This is more than buzz; it is a watershed phenomenon. Analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that SDN as a global market will grow to $12.5 billion by 2020.

With ransomware looping its way into major headlines weekly, we wanted to cover what we find to be a great defense for this growing cyber threat. With WannaCry ransomware hitting more than 300,000 computers throughout Europe, parts of Asia and the United States earlier this month, and imitators quick on its heels, ransomware is still a force to be reckoned with.

It looks like HPE’s all-flash StoreServ 8450 is blowing the competition out the water after some notable SPC-1 benchmark results.

With businesses adopting mobility into their IT decisions, 2-in-1’s are an attractive option for the on-the-go workforce. Combining the best of both worlds, these light-as-a-feather solutions are ideal for the end-user who wants to be productive - without the back strain of carrying a bulky laptop. With several big computer names releasing their own idea of the 2-in-1, including HP's new Elite x2, we wanted to provide a complete spec comparison of the industry's most popular 2-in1s. So where do we begin?

FortiOS 5.4 now available, featuring the ability to deploy internal network segmentation for containment and defense advanced threats.

As you might have heard, HP has purchased Aruba for approximately $3 billion dollars. The more analysts and IT industry professionals have had a chance to review the purchase, the more they realize that the two fit together like peanut butter and jelly. This is smart and bold move for HP, especially with their HP Enterprise/HP, Inc split. The completion of this very expensive sandwich has it benefits for IT professionals looking for opportunities to improve their environments.

Think of Barracuda's Total Threat Protection solution as a sealed roof over your organization’s head. Deploying a different product for every threat is like puzzle-piecing your roof together, making your roof vulnerable to gaps and leaks such as viruses, hacks, phishing, spam, distributed denial of service, SQL injection, and cross-site sculpting. These gaps not only leave your organization open to storms and breakins, but also cost you money for constant ‘band-aid’ repairs. Barracuda’s blueprint relieves the burden of having to keep up with the less-than-par repairs and managing your several security solutions - all while while saving you money. Don’t arm your roof with nothing but a roll of duct tape and buckets to save you from the rain, check out how Barracuda can protect you from a storm of threats.