Redefining Connectivity in the Digital Age

02/07/2025 1:17 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Explores how our Advanced Networking practice led 2024 transformation with customer-centric advanced solutions. AI, ML, and cybersecurity integrated with SD-WAN and SASE optimized networks, meeting evolving business needs.

CrowdStrike and Microsoft

08/09/2024 2:22 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
The time is nigh! Work with Cloud 9 to help you understand the implications of the Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage, and the importance of prioritizing your resiliency plans.

Key security Concepts, 1

05/13/2024 5:42 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
A cybersecurity framework is a set of practices, policies, and procedures that help an organization to create an effective security program.  Key concepts for Cybersecurity is starting with a framework. There are plenty of pre-built frameworks available to guide you based on your industry,...

VMware impact on CSPs

04/30/2024 6:39 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
The acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has left many scratching their heads and customers very concerned for many reasons. Not to worry Cloud 9 has you covered. Our experts and Supplier Portfolio are ready to help.

VMware: New Core Offerings

04/29/2024 3:35 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
VMware new core offerings represent a shift towards streamlined, subscription-only solutions, attempting to enhance customer value and innovation delivery

VMware journey

04/26/2024 3:27 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Get the guide. Get a plan. Changes to VMware will be impactful to many.

SD-WAN and SASE

06/15/2023 9:40 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
SDWAN, SASE, cybersecurity, dual-link aggregation... There is so much to try to keep straight. Cloud 9 boils it down in simple terms. Learn more about why these "techs" might be right for your business.

Under Constant Attack

07/21/2021 2:59 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Most companies only have basic firewall protection, generally hardware-based and maybe a few others may conduct regular scans of their environment. Really no different than your home having a basic lock and maybe a deadbolt.

Mobile Data for Backup?

07/12/2021 11:39 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
4G/5G networks might be the answer to your problems. These networks offer connectivity virtually anywhere with no physical cabling. They can provide primary or backup connectivity for your critical bandwidth needs

Case Study: Nonprofit

04/01/2021 7:47 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Cloud 9 was able to introduce the customer to four top service providers that were able to provide and manage all the internet circuits, even though they we from several different carriers, a far superior security stack with the SASE platform, and fully manage and support the entire solution.

Bulletproof internet with SDWAN

03/18/2021 7:09 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
At a time when the world has never been more connected, there are still some companies that lack access to a reliable connectivity. SD-WAN offers these businesses an elegant solution to this problem with its better performance, easier management, and drastically reduced cost.

Case Study: Restaurant Tech

03/17/2021 8:24 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Case Study: A nationwide chain of fast-causal restaurants approached Cloud 9 in the midst of executing a growth strategy and needed help fast

Control Costs (revisited)

02/18/2021 3:03 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
We are now almost one-year into this ridiculous pandemic. There is certainly the smell of rebound in the air. As talks of rebooting and restarting take root, executives are already feeling the pressure to optimize, reinvest, and continue to reduce costs to help keep their companies moving forward.

New WFH Workforce protections

02/12/2021 12:20 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
There may be some light at the end of this pandemic tunnel… Remote work has evolved into a permanent fixture and must be included in long-term planning. This introduces more risks around access as employees connect in new ways.

SASE for Security

05/28/2020 9:00 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Because of SASEs agility, security and 'no hardware' for remote users montra, companies formerly on the fence are quickly falling to the 'adopt now' side.

Supplier Spotlight: ECESSA

02/12/2020 1:42 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
You may be able to get all the bandwidth you need from one provider, on one circuit, but that introduces a huge risk of network outages. Fiber is great, but it’s not invincible! Being single-threaded puts you just one backhoe mishap or transformer explosion away from extended, expensive downtime.

Supplier Spotlight: Aryaka

02/12/2020 12:20 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Today, most organizations are concluding that SD-WAN is the best way to add the controls necessary for the digital age. But, do you build your own SD-WAN or buy it as a managed service?

Supplier Spotlight: CloudGenix

02/11/2020 9:45 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
An ESG survey of 600 senior IT decision makers showing that 76% of respondents had already deployed multi-cloud environments, and as many as 67% were already using SaaS-delivered business applications. How do you keep it secure?

Supplier Spotlight: Open Systems

02/10/2020 5:07 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Enterprise WAN and security doesn’t have to devolve into an impossible game of Whac-a-Mole. SASE services can help. Strategically framed and tactically applied, they can restore a sense of order. Contact Cloud 9 to learn more about Open Systems.

Supplier Spotlight: CATO Networks

02/10/2020 4:11 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Traditional firewall security simply can’t keep up with the challenges created by new network paradigms. As a result, when discussing netwrok security with enterprises today, there are three reoccurring themes: visibility, scalability, and convergence.
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