Our Eastern Regional Sales Office Has Opened in New York

November 16, 2010

We’re pleased to share the good news that we’ve significantly bolstered our East Coast presence with the opening of a New York sales office earlier this month. New York was the logical next step in our expansion—from St. Louis to Sunnyvale, CA.—due to its proximity to the headquarters of many existing clients, as well as [...]

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Buying More Bandwidth: When it’s a Frightening Waste of Money

October 28, 2010
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Ghosts, devils and witches on my doorstep are not what’s scaring me this Halloween. As a CEO that works day in and day out with CIOs and IT managers, my biggest fear is bandwidth.  It may not sound all that scary, but for companies that rush out to buy more bandwidth whenever their network runs [...]

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Interop Rewind: Highlights from the Show

October 26, 2010

Last Thursday I had the pleasure to spend a few hours both exploring and participating in Interop, held at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City.  As an attendee of the show I was pleasantly surprised by both the size of the audience and the number of vendors displaying on the expo floor.  The [...]

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Branching Out: The 5 Questions Every IT Department Needs to Ask Before Setting Up a Remote Office on the Network

September 29, 2010
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Nowadays every IT department seems to be over-stretched, over-worked, understaffed, under-resourced, and generally fighting to put out fires on a daily basis.  When the IT department is managing infrastructure across the hallway or down on the next floor, things tend to be difficult enough, but when the bulk of the network is in remote, branch [...]

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Next Stop: Interop New York

September 27, 2010

In just a few short weeks, the IT industry will take over the Big Apple for the biggest business technology event of the year: Interop New York. I’m proud to announce here on CymBlog that Cymtec will be part of all the excitement.
On Thursday, October 21 at 2 p.m., I’ll be joining Network’s World’s Keith [...]

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How to Develop a User Social Media Policy

September 22, 2010
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It used to be so easy.  Corporations maintained workplace productivity and managed traffic on the network by blocking employee access to non-approved company sites. In turn, users abided by the policy, albeit grudgingly.  But that was almost two years ago, or close to a century in digital years.
Now the decision of what’s appropriate and what’s [...]

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Our Global Expansion Continues with New VP and West Coast Office

September 8, 2010

Today we announced several exciting advances in Cymtec’s global sales and expansion efforts.
First, noted industry veteran Neil Sundstrom has joined the company in the newly created role of Vice President of Worldwide Sales.  He will be responsible for driving the company’s global channel strategy and sales team development. Prior to joining Cymtec, Sundstrom held senior [...]

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Network Optimization for Academia

September 2, 2010

It’s time to jump into the new school year, but while students are busy cracking open their books, the IT department needs to turn its focus to the network.  Unlike a history lesson, the elements involved in managing network traffic and optimizing its performance change often, so it’s vital for IT staffs in an academic [...]

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It’s Back to School Time – and Back to Work for IT Staff

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Camp has wound down, store shelves are stocked with school supplies and students across the country are sharing a mix of excitement and dread as they wrap up the final days of summer vacation. From kindergarten through graduate school, it’s that time of year again: back to school.
For IT staff at schools and universities, welcoming [...]

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Corporate Responsibility: The Risks of After Hours Network Use

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In today’s environment of heightened corporate responsibility and risk management, every organization is constantly reviewing where holes may exist that can create unnecessary exposure and liability.  The prime example that comes to mind is company-sponsored events, where employees are told time and again that the employee’s safety is the company’s responsibility not just during the [...]

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