If you’re the IT director at your organization, you’re likely the first one to see the need for managed services such as Cybersecurity-as-a-Service and Network-as-a-Service. However, it can be tricky to convince your boss, who may be the CEO, CFO, or COO, that outsourcing part of the company’s IT to an independent vendor will be more than merely a new expense. Here’s a step-by-step guide to organizing and presenting your thoughts on managed service providers.

Last week, the FCC voted to end Net Neutrality. Kelser's Matt Kozloski was invited on Fox61 to talk about this issue. Since it's a lot to fit into a four-minute segment, we thought we'd offer some additional thoughts here.

It seems like you can’t open a web browser, scroll through your LinkedIn timeline, or turn on the TV today without hearing about the latest data breach or threat to your cybersecurity. With high-profile breaches like Equifax and global ransomware outbreaks like Bad Rabbit, we’re in a very different world than just a few years ago. Perhaps you find that cyber threats and cybersecurity in general is annoying, overwhelming, or even frustrating but it’s imperative that cybersecurity protection become part of your business strategy. It doesn’t have to be as complicated or costly as you might think.

Why you need an IT consultant is the same reason why you need innovation at the workplace—the sustained protection and growth of your company. In a fast-paced world of increased consumer choice and quick-moving competitors, innovation through use of technology isn’t just a nice thing to have; it’s essential for growth. Many organizations don’t have the time or resources to achieve technological gains in house. They usually have other day-to-day responsibilities that consume their time leaving little left to think about innovative strategies to tackle their IT challenges. Technology, when applied properly, doesn’t just benefit the IT department—it helps every part of the business run more smoothly and achieve at a higher level.

Matt Kozloski, Kelser's Vice President of Professional Services, was recently invited to speak as a cybersecurity expert on WNPR's Where We Live along with FBI Special Agent Judy Eide.

Kelser’s VP of Professional Services, Matt Kozloski, and Manchester Community College’s Director of Technology, Barry Grant, spoke recently at NERCOMP’s annual conference in Providence, RI. They presented, “A VDI Design for Cultural Change” to a packed crowd of IT professionals that practice in the educational space. Their presentation shared the journey of bringing VDI to MCC. Read the recap of the event here. Here are Matt’s thoughts about the conference and his reflections on the benefits of virtualization in higher education.

Project management is a challenge in any vertical with hurdles that include changing deadlines, high expectations, constantly-changing requests, team cooperation, and of course the simple fact that at least one thing will go disastrously wrong. On top of that, IT specifically has its own unique challenges.

Keeping up with the whirlwind pace of the technology industry is difficult, to say the least. To help you spot the big trends in IT and cloud computing for 2016 and keep up with data security needs, we've put together a list of what we expect to see this year.