eMazzanti Technologies | Technology Newsletter | Hoboken, NJ – New York, NY | June 2013

As the first line of defense in your business network security, a secure firewall is one of the most important pieces of your network’s infrastructure. Without it, any hacker or intruder could easily access your critical and confidential information.

With more and more sophisticated threats developing every day, it can be difficult to stay ahead of the curve in keeping your business protected. It takes more than just purchasing a piece of hardware, plugging it in, and calling it good.

Whether you have a dedicated IT person within your company or not, there are numerous benefits to having a professionally managed firewall. Here are a few of them:

24/7 Monitoring and Alerting

As is the case with most Managed IT Service offerings, the benefits of having your network monitored 24/7 are countless. This is especially true for your firewall. With a Managed Firewall service, your firewall is continually monitored to ensure that it is online, up to date, and that any alerts are acted on appropriately. This is vital to ensure that network attacks are avoided due to unnecessary downtime or unseen issues.

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New Guide: 25 Criteria for Finding Great Outsourced IT Support

Hoboken, New Jersey ­- (Vocus) February 29, 2012 –Many small businesses are frustrated with their IT support and wished they had a better solution for their network and computer challenges. A new guide entitled: How to Select an Outsourced IT Provider is now available free from eMazzanti Technologies, an IT support consultant for the Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City areas. The guide identifies 25 questions every business answer before hiring an IT consultant.

The free guide is available for viewing or as a download HERE.

“Though we’re IT experts, we have a decade of experience understanding what customers really want in terms of computer support,” said Jennifer Mazzanti, president, eMazzanti Technologies. “These 25 questions are the ones most often asked. We have literally shaped our business around these customer-driven expectations.”

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At one time or another, we’ve all have had that worn out, but oh-so-comfortable pair of shoes. That over-stuffed chair with the protruding springs. That rusted-out car that no longer runs like a charm, but carries so many great memories.

However attached we become to these and other personal items, there comes a time when they really must be replaced. The same goes for software. If you don’t regularly upgrade your business software, you’ll inevitably pay a steep price in the form of escalating maintenance and support costs, slow performance, lowered productivity, and dangerous virus- and other security-related issues. And let’s face it—reminiscing about old software programs twenty or so years from now won’t bring about nearly half as many warm memories as that 1967 Pontiac Firebird of your youth.

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Many small to mid-sized organizations are turning to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to help alleviate some of the strain on their internal IT resources, or take over the management of their network all together.

There are quite a few benefits to partnering with an MSP, from improved reliability to a better understanding of assets, which are all valuable in their own right. These are a few that top the list for most organizations considering some form of Managed IT Services. . .

So, first of all, what is ‘Managed IT Services’?

A quick Wikipedia search turns up the definition: “Managed services is the practice of outsourcing day-to-day IT management responsibilities as a strategic method for improving operations.”

A managed services provider (MSP) is defined as “. . .typically an information technology (IT) services provider, who manages and assumes responsibility for providing a defined set of services to their clients either proactively or as they determine that the services are needed.”

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