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RapidDeploy raises $29M for a cloud-based dispatch platform aimed at 911 centers

TechCrunch

Today, a company that’s building cloud-based tools to help with this process is announcing a round of funding as it continues to grow. In the startup’s point of view, the cloud is essential to running emergency response in the most efficient manner. “Now the cloud has become the nexus of signals.”

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

Upgrading cloud infrastructure is critical for deploying broad AI initiatives more quickly, so that’s a key area where investments are being made this year. These network, security, and cloud changes allow us to shift resources and spend less on-prem and more in the cloud.”

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The Top 3 Benefits of Next-Generation SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

In addition to gaining the attractive economics of broadband, future-looking organizations want to solve three big branch office challenges: Delivering secure, high-performance access to cloud and SaaS applications. They were designed with a packet-based architecture for data center application delivery, not for cloud and SaaS.

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How Leading Companies Support Remote Work and Digital Experience

Kentik

Architectures and Recent Traffic Growth. Zoom and Dropbox, for example, leverage public cloud infrastructure and automation tools so their services can quickly burst in size for additional capacity. They have a large global footprint of data centers and exchanges, including all major cloud providers.

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Bringing Your Employees Together Under a Shared Customer Experience Ownership Model

CIO

Create a conversational workspace Workstream Collaboration is a cloud-based application that converges siloed unified communications (UC) and contact center technology into one tool with one single application.

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Why Flexibility Is Driving the Future of Business Success

CIO

A cloud-based, platform approach is fundamental to overcoming silos between roles and personas and achieving the flexibility necessary to deliver a total experience. . Cloud as a toolset, not a destination. Greater flexibility means leveraging the cloud as a set of tools to drive greater intimacy with customers and employees.

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Cybersecurity for Energy and Utility Operations

Getronics

People accessing your system are no longer limited to the secured walls of one building; whether a substation, a branch office or customer center, information is shared via the cloud, and accessed from both company and personal devices. Mobile devices, cloud data and user behavior are critical to address. Louie Belt is the U.S.

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