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Racking Up Profits in Cloud Computing

November 16th, 2009 Mike Howson No comments

Racking Up Profits in Cloud Computing.

Rackspace Hosting CEO Lanham Napier on how his company is competing with the likes of Google and Amazon.

To learn more about services from Rackspace or to sign up now, contact Tier 1 IP

Thank You to All of Our Veterans!

November 11th, 2009 Mike Howson No comments

Everyone at Tier 1 IP would like to take this opportunity to thank all Veterans for their service and dedication to our country. We appreciate the sacrifices you and you families have made throughout the years and we thank you for protecting our freedoms. While remembering those we lost, we hope you enjoy this day of joy and honor, veterans.

We would also like to extend our appreciation to the the men and women still in active service to our country, as well as their families.

Whether veterans or active military personnel, the folks involved with the armed services represent the best of our community, our state, and our nation.

We celebrate Veteran’s Day in your honor and we are thankful for everything you do and you have done for for America.

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How important is redundancy and uptime SLA?

November 5th, 2009 Mike Howson No comments

The majority of our customers’ time is spent away from their offices and outside of standard business hours. When the sun goes down you are typically out of the building; however, the sun does not set on the internet — there are no doors to unlock and no lights to turn on. The Internet operates 24/7/365 for online and offline businesses both. No concern for bricks, mortar, or time clocks.

There are so many important online tools for both marketing (presenting your company and product to the market), sales (trading that product/service for revenue), and back office support (infrastructure services)… if you’re not using, or at least thinking about cloud services, you’re soon to be extinct.  Whether you run an e-commerce platform, an oil & gas facility, or a small personal finance company, Tier 1 IP has a hosted solution for your business. Products such as online backup, Hosted Microsoft Exchange, and Dedicated Windows Servers are just a few products that you should review when making technology upgrade decisions. We handle backups and offer a zero downtime guarantee** Contact us today for more details at 817.886.2100.

Disaster Recovery and Preparing Your Organization for an Outbreak Such as Swine Flu (H1N1)

October 13th, 2009 Mike Howson 1 comment

Most companies have implemented disaster recover plans for their network infrastructure; however, not many seem to make too much effort to plan continued operations during an epidemic such as what is possible with the Swine Flu.  While everyone at Tier 1 IP hopes that we all remain flu free this season, we have developed a plan to make sure we can continue to operate and provide high quality installation and support services to our clients if an epidemic breaks out. Starting with making sure our employees know about and use proven preventative health practices to remain healthy, including proper diets and regular forms of exercise and stress relief.  Tier 1 IP also has implemented a hosted PBX phone system for our employees to work remotely, including adding a client software version of our Cisco voice over IP phones to each of their laptops.   This coupled with a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) platform and leading edge remote access tools gives our management and technical staff the ability to operate under many unplanned circumstances.  The ability to work remotely is a crucial aspect of our business and something that ultimately benefits our clients by shortening our time to respond to issues.  Contact Tier 1 IP today if you are interested in implementing a similar virtual office or mobile work solution to reduce your overhead and make your business more efficient.

Welcome to blog.tier1ip.com!

October 4th, 2009 Mike Howson No comments

Welcome to blog.tier1ip.com - dedicated to helping business owners and IT directors realize the full potention of their employees by implementing best in class network infrastructure solutions.

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