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</div><div data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-style-none zpheading-align-left " data-editor="true"><span style="color:inherit;"><div>How much are those telecom, mobility, and cloud services really costing you?</div></span></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>The Cloud 9 Technology Expense Assessment (TEA) program will help you better understand the pricing and terms of your current contracts and invoices, compare them to other competitive providers in the industry, and ultimately find areas for improvement of services, support, and savings.<br></div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We’ll thoroughly inspect all recent invoices of all your technology services and look for billing errors, overages, unusual usage and patterns, and any unnecessary charges. Then we’ll uncover any potential overlaps in services, show you places where you can trim services, and other areas that can save money on your all your service provider expenses.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If it turns out that you are getting good value from your current providers, then our audit will give you peace of mind about sticking with them.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If not, we’ll help you find the right vendors and obtain best-in-class pricing for new services.</div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div> Additional related services available: </div>
<ul><li>Software/SaaS Audit and Rationalization<br></li><li>Hypercloud Expense Audit and Rationalization</li><li>Technology/Telecom Expense Management (TEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services<br></li><li>Mobile Carrier/Wireless Expense Management (WEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services&nbsp;<br></li><li>Vendor Selection services; identify, research, evaluate, and compare<br></li><li>Vendor Management services; account management, enhanced escalations</li></ul></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:03:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care for some TEA?]]></title><link>https://www.cloud9advisers.com/News/post/care-for-some-tea</link><description><![CDATA[How much are those telecom, mobility, and cloud services really costing you? Let's have some TEA and we'll help you find out.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_XgCc7PHoTx-b4ZzCfDiwOw" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_ger_-an7S6GjGGuOflklwA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_4w4VAtXLTxa6ouMw74DjLg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_rZvoVnE-Qrm9k7FXVnDgYQ" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_rZvoVnE-Qrm9k7FXVnDgYQ"].zpelem-heading { border-style:none; border-radius:1px; } </style><h1
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-style-none zpheading-align-left " data-editor="true"><span style="color:inherit;"><div>How much are those telecom, mobility, and cloud services really costing you?</div></span></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>The Cloud 9 Technology Expense Assessment (TEA) program will help you better understand the pricing and terms of your current contracts and invoices, compare them to other competitive providers in the industry, and ultimately find areas for improvement of services, support, and savings.<br></div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We’ll thoroughly inspect all recent invoices of all your technology services and look for billing errors, overages, unusual usage and patterns, and any unnecessary charges. Then we’ll uncover any potential overlaps in services, show you places where you can trim services, and other areas that can save money on your all your service provider expenses.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If it turns out that you are getting good value from your current providers, then our audit will give you peace of mind about sticking with them.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If not, we’ll help you find the right vendors and obtain best-in-class pricing for new services.</div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div> Additional related services available: </div>
<ul><li>Software/SaaS Audit and Rationalization<br></li><li>Hypercloud Expense Audit and Rationalization</li><li>Technology/Telecom Expense Management (TEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services<br></li><li>Mobile Carrier/Wireless Expense Management (WEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services&nbsp;<br></li><li>Vendor Selection services; identify, research, evaluate, and compare<br></li><li>Vendor Management services; account management, enhanced escalations</li></ul></div>
</div></div><div data-element-id="elm_uSdNL8sRrtiDFR3ZT9Zr5Q" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-4 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_uSdNL8sRrtiDFR3ZT9Zr5Q"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style></div>
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</div></div><div data-element-id="elm_EDcLYuhKd_r61nbbo2dGQw" data-element-type="imageheadingtext" class="zpelement zpelem-imageheadingtext "><style> [data-element-id="elm_EDcLYuhKd_r61nbbo2dGQw"].zpelem-imageheadingtext{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-size-tablet="size-original" data-size-mobile="size-original" data-align="right" data-tablet-image-separate="" data-mobile-image-separate="" class="zpimageheadingtext-container zpimage-with-text-container zpimage-align-right zpimage-size-medium zpimage-tablet-fallback-medium zpimage-mobile-fallback-medium hb-lightbox " data-lightbox-options="
            type:fullscreen,
            theme:dark"><figure role="none" class="zpimage-data-ref"><span class="zpimage-anchor" role="link" tabindex="0" aria-label="Open Lightbox" style="cursor:pointer;"><picture><img class="zpimage zpimage-style-none zpimage-space-none " src="/C9-Logo1.t.png" data-src="/C9-Logo1.t.png" size="medium" data-lightbox="true" style="height:132px;width:264px;"/></picture></span></figure><div class="zpimage-headingtext-container"><h3 class="zpimage-heading zpimage-text-align-left " data-editor="true">About Cloud 9</h3><div class="zpimage-text zpimage-text-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>Cloud 9 Advisers helps business leaders and understaffed IT teams that need a strategic partner, not just another vendor. We help decision-makers buy great technology. We work with you to rationalize and reduce technology spending without sacrificing the technology itself and employ sound digital transformation principles and strategies.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We do not sell solutions, we help you buy the right solutions. We are not a vendor, we help you find the right vendors. We diagnose problems, prescribe solutions, and facilitate decisions.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We are impartial, unbiased, and vendor-neutral technology practitioners with expertise in four critical segments: Cybersecurity, Communications, Connectivity, and Cloud. Our proprietary software contains decades of data and analytics on all of the 250+ vendors in our Supplier Portfolio. We’ll help you quickly identify, research, evaluate, and compare appropriate solutions and vendors; eliminating months of labor trying to do it on your own. We’ll help you make confident decisions quickly.&nbsp;</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>To learn more contact us today and book an appointment.</div></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:02:06 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bills Piling up: Tech expenses]]></title><link>https://www.cloud9advisers.com/News/post/bills-piling-up-mobile-expenses</link><description><![CDATA[Businesses have a rat’s nest of bills ranging from network, phone, mobile, and everything in between. With complex, cryptic, and hard-to-understand bills, businesses wind up spending far too much money each month on unnecessary expenses that can be reduced or, in some cases, eliminated.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_p4lPLu9VQciGmTWYGlyIrA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_9yL8_Lz9R428F_tCDHJXiQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_Kygmm1NXTZiLQkYujuYA0A" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_dOkApP2QR3WFuX1FN1YA4A" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_dOkApP2QR3WFuX1FN1YA4A"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_SP3uOCy8Ssxk2do375p1rg" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_SP3uOCy8Ssxk2do375p1rg"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_yPdY9Nqlr3QmSS9GC0Aaqg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_yPdY9Nqlr3QmSS9GC0Aaqg"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_-FOMg4s20qyqH0oXsKtzsw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_-FOMg4s20qyqH0oXsKtzsw"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>Businesses have a rat’s nest of bills ranging from network, phone, mobile, and everything in between. With complex, cryptic, and hard-to-understand bills, businesses wind up spending far too much money each month on unnecessary telecom and technology expenses that can be reduced or, in some cases, eliminated. But It can be challenging for CFOs to adjust plans and eliminate certain technologies due to limited visibility or insight.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>Cloud 9 has access to several vendors in the our Supplier Portfolio that specialize in Telecom Expense Management (TEM). Our only job is to introduce you to these and other vendors then help you discover which one is best for your needs. We have access to TEM experts that can help you get your digital infrastructure ‘house’ in order by assisting you in identifying waste and prioritizing what you need to be using — making it easier to slash costs.&nbsp;</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>This exact concept also applies to corporate Mobile/Wireless plans as well. Sometimes referred to specifically as Wireless Expense Management (WEM).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>TEM/WEM companies provide convenient ways to manage dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of bills for your company each month by consolidating everything into one simple pane-of-glass, show analytics and reports on every detail of every bill and simplify all the data to shortened executive summaries.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>These reports will quickly help you uncover overspending, the services will analyze bills for overages, and some can even provide rebill services so you only pay one bill each month for all your technology services.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>There is a lot more these companies can do. Contact us to learn more about these types of companies and find out if they are right for your business.&nbsp;</div><p><br></p></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:05:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cutting Costs: Mobility Spend]]></title><link>https://www.cloud9advisers.com/News/post/cutting-costs-mobility-spend</link><description><![CDATA[Company-provided mobile/wireless plans are easy targets for finding significant savings: with or without changing carriers, contracts, or switching SIMs and devices. Data overages make up, on average, more than 35 percent of a business’ mobile bill. Cloud 9 helps companies save big.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_tnoDzXkPRbq8keAITPepeQ" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_HeAftxSQQq2jxBORB_DxAg" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_Xvl-4t0nRQy9I2tHR39Apg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_OoF8kZ7iR6S_7gNTGSKmHQ" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_OoF8kZ7iR6S_7gNTGSKmHQ"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_QzftbRPVNyjKw4IUtvX34w" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_QzftbRPVNyjKw4IUtvX34w"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_ARw8LYxhIBFa3qUWrwJw9Q" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_ARw8LYxhIBFa3qUWrwJw9Q"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_7kPppCCT9Trgiw-eXD4Dew" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_7kPppCCT9Trgiw-eXD4Dew"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>Company-provided mobile/wireless plans are easy targets for finding significant savings: with or without changing carriers, contracts, or switching SIMs and devices. Data overages make up, on average, more than 35 percent of a business’ mobile bill. Add to that a complete lack of billing transparency (you can’t tell how your workforce is actually using that data). There are a number of ways to control and eliminate overage penalties. In a previous post I talked about a cloud-base mobile firewall and traffic shaping service that can control usage at the app level and could reduce costs by 20%-30% all while securing the traffic to/from each device as well.&nbsp;</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>Another way to reduce costs without switching carriers, plans, or devices is Wireless Expense Management (WEM) services. These services can either be a one time, “project-based” or an ongoing monthly service. Nearly all of them are considered “budget-neutral”, meaning they only get paid a portion of the money they guarantee to save you each month.&nbsp;</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>To learn more about the dozen WEM vendors in our portfolio and to help you determine who is best for you contact us by clicking on &quot;Get Started&quot;. We'll help you find other clever ways to reduce your tech spend without sacrificing the tech itself.&nbsp;</div></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:47:23 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ways to Reduce Mobile Costs]]></title><link>https://www.cloud9advisers.com/News/post/ways-to-reduce-mobile-costs</link><description><![CDATA[How can you reduce that huge Mobile Carrier bill each month for your business?&nbsp; Control employee usage.&nbsp; How can you manage and prevent employ ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_v5r5v_-2RCWsQiyL8sa3gw" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_PjCtNXsHQ9CHMZyw8Fgo6g" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_DmGRi2vbQoWfmBYluX3cXQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_DmGRi2vbQoWfmBYluX3cXQ"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_GiDXrDIiQFiJmuGhGOprZA" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_GiDXrDIiQFiJmuGhGOprZA"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_aMFEPIekeIEkBm0TrVLPAw" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_aMFEPIekeIEkBm0TrVLPAw"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_NXl1k9RwM52gFx16Ewxu3A" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_NXl1k9RwM52gFx16Ewxu3A"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_EkFowgiHsE1le7ZbBH_UYQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_EkFowgiHsE1le7ZbBH_UYQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>How can you reduce that huge Mobile Carrier bill each month for your business?&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Control employee usage.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>How can you manage and prevent employees from blowing through their data limits?&nbsp;</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>There are several clever ways to help companies mange, control, and reduce monthly corporate mobile invoices.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>One great way is to deploy a back-end firewall and traffic-shaping service that deploys directly into the mobile carrier’s network. This gives insight to application use and allows IT to manage and limit specific apps and set thresholds to avoid expensive overage penalties without any changes to phones, plans, or SIM cards. These types of services integrate with the mobile carriers directly so there is no reduction in performance of user devices like with other enterprise deployed options.&nbsp;</div></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:30:23 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supplier Spotlight: StratusWorx]]></title><link>https://www.cloud9advisers.com/News/post/supplier-spotlight-stratusworx</link><description><![CDATA[For businesses suffering from COVID-19, contact Cloud 9. Many of our providers are offering non-profits, healthcare providers, and small businesses six months of free Cloud Desktops, including free Microsoft Office with Microsoft Teams, for up to 10 users.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_puH7_PWEQryrvYJgKnIzpA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_VL8CngM-SzGIDBax7BqivA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_0KbwUiwBTEeG_HBAUu16Bg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_wyNk2VIaRF-ctWomA6ckUw" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_wyNk2VIaRF-ctWomA6ckUw"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h1
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_5KNnxZhKTIG2XnjhhizY6Q" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_5KNnxZhKTIG2XnjhhizY6Q"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="font-size:18px;">Cloud 9 Supplier Spotlight:&nbsp; <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="https://stratusworx.com/" title="StratusWorx">StratusWorx</a></span></span></p></div>
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_mD83bfozuju_IfYMpNm-VQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_mD83bfozuju_IfYMpNm-VQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; margin-block-start:46px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><p>Much more than a virtual desktop...&nbsp; Simplify IT. Empower your Workforce. Increase Security.</p></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_f8V6jnN0YO5K17Ui6EtuuQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_f8V6jnN0YO5K17Ui6EtuuQ"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; margin-block-start:67px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_6GDgB_L2Fy6NxnzhSjg9Bw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_6GDgB_L2Fy6NxnzhSjg9Bw"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_hpLVNpD25_bpACuRvjCEmQ" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_hpLVNpD25_bpACuRvjCEmQ"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_3Ex4jbdqqlsVD4EwDqV7xQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_3Ex4jbdqqlsVD4EwDqV7xQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>Rather than building a laptop or PC for every employee, including customizing, supporting, upgrading and refreshing hardware and software to meet individual demands, IT administrators can quickly provision a virtual workspace with pre-licensed software in minutes that meets each employee’s unique requirements without the need for fancy machines.</div><p><br></p><div>StratusWorX is a converged platform combining IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Disaster Recovery and Security. Much more than a virtual desktop, StratusWorX delivers a fully managed IT environment in one easy-to-use cloud platform. The solution includes the fast provisioning of infrastructure, software, compute, active directory, security, and storage through a simple app-store menu that requires little to no IT expertise.&nbsp;</div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_gbB3X7FFgeQ7zzi5p8h1pA" data-element-type="video" class="zpelement zpelem-video "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_gbB3X7FFgeQ7zzi5p8h1pA"].zpelem-video{ border-radius:1px; margin-block-start:24px; } </style><div class="zpvideo-container zpiframe-align-center zpiframe-mobile-align- zpiframe-tablet-align-"><iframe class="zpvideo " width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AxTzZ6Bz90I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_RNBgLwycs9WE0TS7MdA82Q" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_RNBgLwycs9WE0TS7MdA82Q"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cloud Workspace Technology</span></div><p>StratusWorx hyper-fast, turnkey Cloud Workspace service can deliver right-sized compute workstations with applications, storage, security, and redundancy in minutes, accessible from any device. Running high-compute applications with StratusWorX offloads the strain on physical resources and eliminates the need for fancy high-cost machines. Users enjoy unparalleled application performance across the entire software spectrum, from Office 365 to compute-heavy applications like AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and SQL. Our proprietary AI engine automatically matches needed resources to application requirements without customer intervention.&nbsp;<br></p></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_u7qg7Sj4E2PQZoVMhjFOZw" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_u7qg7Sj4E2PQZoVMhjFOZw"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; margin-block-start:43px; } </style><h3
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<div data-element-id="elm_TmAZzVcJtmbvv1DGZBMY_g" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_TmAZzVcJtmbvv1DGZBMY_g"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Simplify IT Management</span><br></div><p>Zero-Touch,&nbsp; Zero-Delay&nbsp; Provisioning configure employee software, compute, security, storage, and redundancy in minutes, not hours or days<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Automate Software Licensing</span></div><p>Select pre-licensed software in a simple app-store menu; assign users to roles for even faster provisioning of new employees<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Streamline&nbsp; Hardware&nbsp; Management&nbsp;</span></div><div>Stop provisioning and supporting employee devices and managing hardware refresh cycles</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Eliminate&nbsp; Physical&nbsp; Site&nbsp; Maintenance</span>&nbsp;</div><div>Stop maintaining and cleaning server rooms and data centers</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Increase Security</span>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">and Backup Data&nbsp;</span></div><div>Radically reduce your attack surface and lock down the desktop; enable employees to securely store and share files, perform auto backups</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Consolidate Billing</span></div><div>Consolidate billing for software and services across the organization</div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_YvA_GOkHadPBnjFlRlBD2w" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_YvA_GOkHadPBnjFlRlBD2w"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; margin-block-start:45px; } </style><h3
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<div data-element-id="elm_ddbUv5p9VC3FtdYNfCuUUA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_ddbUv5p9VC3FtdYNfCuUUA"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Simplify IT Budgeting</span></div><p>Provide predictable, fixed IT expenses per employee; analyze spend by individual, department or location<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cut Hardware Costs</span></div><div>Stop purchasing servers; replace expensive employee hardware with low-cost devices and extend life cycles</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Only Pay for What You Use</span></div><div>Right-sized compute for specific to each user. Stop overpaying for unmanaged software subscriptions and storage</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lower&nbsp; Connectivity&nbsp; Spend</span></div><div>Better analyze specific bandwidth consumption and identify more areas for cost reduction</div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_4hMjWv41CpgF65ISEp4DJA" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_4hMjWv41CpgF65ISEp4DJA"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_cH7zCPKYvWiG_hAcTupe7w" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_cH7zCPKYvWiG_hAcTupe7w"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>Offload the strain on local resources for better performance. Minimize hardware costs.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:inherit;"><div>Create, Render, and Collaborate Faster in The Cloud Without The Need For Fancy&nbsp;<span style="color:inherit;">Machines.&nbsp; Provision Desktops In Minutes.</span></div><div><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:inherit;"><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Scale GPU for High-Compute Performance</span></div><div>StratusWorX scales GPU based on workload specifications – from a single GPU core per Virtual Machine (VM) up to 16,384 GPU cores per VM. For even larger jobs, multiple VMs are chained together.</div><br><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Finish Compute-Intensive Tasks in Minutes, Not Days</span></div><div>The StratusWorX proprietary AI engine automatically matches needed resources to application requirements&nbsp;<span style="color:inherit;">without customer intervention, enabling even the most compute-intensive design and simulation software to&nbsp;</span><span style="color:inherit;">run better and render faster in the cloud than on expensive, physical workstations.</span></div><br><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Increase Security and Back Up Data</span></div><div>Lock down the desktop, while enabling workers to securely access, store, and share files. Perform auto-backups.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:inherit;"><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Automate Software Licensing and Maintenance</span></div><div>Select pre-licensed software in a simple app-store menu.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="color:inherit;">Keep applications current with automatic upgrades and patches.&nbsp;</span><span style="color:inherit;">Configure employee software, compute, security, storage, and redundancy in minutes, not hours or days.</span></div><br><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Streamline Hardware Management</span></div><div>Offload the strain on physical resources and eliminate the need for fancy machines by running high-compute applications in the cloud.&nbsp;<span style="color:inherit;">Stop provisioning and supporting employee devices and managing hardware refresh cycles.</span></div><br><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Empower Employees with Access from Anywhere</span></div><div>Users can access their high-compute/high-GPU workspace, software, and files anytime, anywhere, from any device.</div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_vbqFrbyVYcMlu4NAeXoeyQ" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_vbqFrbyVYcMlu4NAeXoeyQ"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm_jlBGWRQcLN36G2DoCtUwwQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_jlBGWRQcLN36G2DoCtUwwQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p><span style="color:inherit;">Protect Your Infrastructure, Applications, and Data with Industry-Leading Cloud Security</span><br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><p><span style="color:inherit;font-weight:bold;">Monitor Your Applications</span></p><p>Monitor the availability, usage, and performance of your software applications, whether hosted or on-premises. Track live metrics streams, events, requests and response times.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Monitor Your Infrastructure</span></div><p>Analyze and optimize the performance of your infrastructure, including Virtual Machines (VMs), storage, and databases. Monitor your VMs on a single map.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Monitor Your Network</span></div><p>Monitor and diagnose networking issues without logging into your VMs. Trigger a packet capture, analyze network security group flow logs, diagnose routing issues, and gain visibility and control over your network.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Detect Threats for VMs and Servers</span></div><p>Monitor and protect your VMs. Get alerts and remediation suggestions from all supported security platforms in an easy-to-use format.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Detect Fileless Threats</span></div><p>Identify fileless attack toolkits, techniques, and behaviors.<br></p><p><br></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Detect Network-based Threats</span></div><p>Get alerts on suspicious network traffic activity.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Detect Non-Traditional Attack Techniques</span></div><p>Analyze memory at the time of a crash to detect attack techniques not easily detected by traditional disk-based approaches.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Monitor File Integrity</span></div><p>Validate the integrity of operating system and application software files against a known baseline to identify changes that might indicate an attack.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Centralize Management through the Dashboard</span></div><p>Receive alerts when a threat is detected on the resources and services you’re protecting. From the dashboard, you can pivot to perform a detailed investigation to uncover the scope of the attack.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Gain Insights from Your Data</span></div><p>Analyze, interact with, and quickly derive insights from huge volumes of operational data in&nbsp;<br></p></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_0qolnlgRhOqR3Hi_1fqHrQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_0qolnlgRhOqR3Hi_1fqHrQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Integrate with Microsoft Defender ATP</span></div><p>Gain comprehensive Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities. Spot abnormalities, detect and respond to advanced attacks on server endpoints.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lock Down Inbound Traffic to Your VMs</span></div><p>Lock down inbound traffic to your Virtual Machines (VMs), reducing exposure to attacks while providing easy access to connect to VMs when needed.<br></p><p><br></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Protect Your Web Applications</span></div><p>Protect your web applications from bot attacks and common web vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting using a Web Application Firewall.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Provide Secure User Authentication</span></div><p>Provide hassle-free and secure access to your network, systems, and all applications with Secure Single Sign-on (MFA, X.509, AES), enhanced with Zero Trust &amp; CAuth, reliability, regulatory compliance and workforce flexibility.</p></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_u86hYiGWllQJjpN1z56WwQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_u86hYiGWllQJjpN1z56WwQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Scan Your Virtual Machine for Vulnerabilities</span></div><p>Scan your virtual machines for vulnerabilities. The vulnerability scanner included with Security Center is powered by Qualys and widely recognized as the leading tool for identifying vulnerabilities in real time across your VMs. This feature is only available if third-party licenses have been acquired to perform scanning and installation.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Use Security Rules to Allow or Deny Network Traffic</span></div><p>Use security rules to allow or deny inbound/outbound network traffic to/from several types of resources.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Control and Manage Disk Encryption</span></div><p>Control and manage disk encryption keys and secrets, while ensuring that all data in the VM disks are encrypted at rest in storage.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Improve Your Incident Median Time to Mitigation</span></div><p>See and stop threats before they cause harm.&nbsp; Get a birds-eye view across the enterprise and makes threat detection and response smarter and faster with AI.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Gain a Graphical View of Your Network (Map)</span></div><p>Gain recommendations and insights for hardening your network resources from a graphical view with security overlays.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Assess and Analyze Network Security</span></div><p>Analyze the security state of your resources for network security best practices. When Security Center identifies potential security vulnerabilities, it creates&nbsp; recommendations that guide you through the process of configuring the needed controls to harden and protect your resources.<br></p><p><br></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Harden Your Machines Against Malware</span></div><p>Control which applications run on your machines to help harden your machines against malware.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Manage Security Keys</span></div><p>Easily create and control the keys used to encrypt your data.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Apply NSGs to Filter Traffic</span></div><p>Improve your network security posture by applying network security groups (NSG) to filter traffic to and from resources.<br></p><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Discover Endpoint Protection Solutions, including:</span></div><ul><li>Windows Defender (Microsoft Antimalware)<br></li><li>System Center Endpoint Protection (Microsoft Anti-Malware)<br></li><li>Trend Micro – all Versions*<br></li><li>Symantec v12.1.1100+<br></li><li>McAfee v10+ (Windows &amp; Linux*)<br></li><li>Sophos V9+ (Linux)*</li></ul><p><br></p><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">Assess Vulnerabilities, including:</span></div><ul><li>Missing OS patches assessment<br></li><li>Security misconfigurations assessment<br></li><li>Disk encryption assessment<br></li><li>Third-party vulnerability assessment</li></ul></div>
</div></div><div data-element-id="elm_oWLshP4xDofo4cybhHdISw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-4 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_oWLshP4xDofo4cybhHdISw"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_MbMABCmTGInvDuuQJb5Czw" data-element-type="imagetext" class="zpelement zpelem-imagetext "><style> [data-element-id="elm_MbMABCmTGInvDuuQJb5Czw"].zpelem-imagetext{ border-style:dotted; border-color:#000000 !important; border-width:1px; border-radius:10px; padding:10px; margin-block-start:497px; } </style><div data-size-tablet="" data-size-mobile="" data-align="center" data-tablet-image-separate="" data-mobile-image-separate="" class="zpimagetext-container zpimage-with-text-container zpimage-align-center zpimage-size-small zpimage-tablet-fallback-small zpimage-mobile-fallback-small hb-lightbox " data-lightbox-options="
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            theme:dark"><figure role="none" class="zpimage-data-ref"><span class="zpimage-anchor" role="link" tabindex="0" aria-label="Open Lightbox" style="cursor:pointer;"><picture><img class="zpimage zpimage-style-none zpimage-space-none " src="/files/C9-Logo1.1.150.t.png" size="small" data-lightbox="true" style="width:1800px;padding:0px;margin:0px;"/></picture></span></figure><div class="zpimage-text zpimage-text-align-left " data-editor="true"><p>Contact Cloud 9 Advisers immediately to learn more about Desktop as a Service (DaaS), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and Workspace as a Service solutions. We can help you discover if StratusWorx is right for your business.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><div>For businesses suffering from COVID-19, StratusWorX is offering non-profits, healthcare providers, and small businesses six months of free remote desktop service, including free Microsoft Office with Microsoft Teams, for up to 10 users.</div><div><br></div><p><span style="color:inherit;"></span></p><div><span><div>“As organizations transition their employees to work from home to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, our team at StratusWorX is focused on easing the transition by offering our turnkey Cloud Workspace service and our expertise to help organizations securely connect their workers to the applications and data they require to stay productive.&quot;</div><div><span style="font-style:italic;">&nbsp;- Alok Sharma, president and CEO, StratusWorX -&nbsp;</span></div></span></div></div>
</div></div><div data-element-id="elm_t-5KQuNVN3iMYwK5SJEGuA" data-element-type="button" class="zpelement zpelem-button "><style> [data-element-id="elm_t-5KQuNVN3iMYwK5SJEGuA"].zpelem-button{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zpbutton-container zpbutton-align-center "><style type="text/css"></style><a class="zpbutton-wrapper zpbutton zpbutton-type-primary zpbutton-size-md zpbutton-style-oval " href="mailto:consulting@Cloud9Advisers.com?subject=I'd like to learn more about StratusWorx" title="consulting@Cloud9Advisers.com"><span class="zpbutton-content">Contact Cloud 9 to learn more</span></a></div>
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</div></div><div data-element-id="elm_Hhjh_dB_B7hv2X34uud5DQ" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_Hhjh_dB_B7hv2X34uud5DQ"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p>Contact Cloud 9 Advisers immediately to learn more about Desktop as a Service (DaaS), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and Workspace as a Service solutions. We can help you discover if StratusWorx is right for your business.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><div>For businesses suffering from COVID-19, StratusWorX is offering non-profits, healthcare providers, and small businesses six months of free remote desktop service, including free Microsoft Office with Microsoft Teams, for up to 10 users.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:inherit;"><div>“As organizations transition their employees to work from home to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, our team at StratusWorX is focused on easing the transition by offering our turnkey Cloud Workspace service and our expertise to help organizations securely connect their workers to the applications and data they require to stay productive.&quot;</div><div><span style="font-style:italic;">&nbsp;- Alok Sharma, president and CEO, StratusWorX -&nbsp;</span></div></span></div></div>
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