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ETA E-BULLETINS

To remain competitive in today's tough economy, companies are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to boost productivity, save money and secure their critical assets. That's why ETA introduced our monthly eBulletins. Each month, we share industry insights and best practices that help reduce costs, enhance efficiency and help ensure your business stays up and running.

To read about a specific topic, use the "BROWSE BY CATEGORY" section to the right. Or, scroll through the monthly eBulletins below:

April 2012: Preventing Social Networking Sites from Becoming a Security Risk
Social networking is increasingly becoming a bigger and bigger player in the business world. In fact, the October 2011 survey Campaigns to Capabilities: Social Media and Marketing 2011, from Booz & Company and Buddy Media, shows that 65 percent of companies already have a social media policy in place and 29 percent plan to build one soon or are already in the process.

While social media can be a boost to marketing campaigns and corporate culture, it can also present some serious security risks and put your business’ network and reputation in harm’s way. Read more...

January, February & March 2012's Three-Part Series: 2012: The Year of Options
The world of business technology has seen the rapid evolution of many products and services in the past few years, including virtualization, Cloud services and the expansion of different types of cabling infrastructure.

As a result, businesses today now have a wide range of quality, cost-effective options to choose from when it comes to building and updating their voice and data infrastructure.

While we could go on and on talking about the abundance of choices available, there are three specific areas that really demonstrate the widened range of options out there for businesses: Ethernet, Energy and Efficiency in Systems. Read more...

December 2011: Preparing Your Technology for Winter
The past few Winter seasons brought extreme amounts of severe weather to many parts of the U.S., and this coming Winter is expected to be no different. So it’s important to know how to keep your business up and running in the event of inclement winter weather.

Here are three key points to remember when preparing your business:

1. Set up your “Inclement Weather” message and emergency call routing ahead of time...Read more...

November 2011: Maximizing Your 2012 Technology Budget
Having fun planning your budget? We didn't think so. Everyone we talk to right now is looking for creative ways to “do more with less” but is having a difficult time making that happen.

That's why we're revisiting three proven strategies that can help you make the most of the dollars in your 2012 technology budget. Read more...

October 2011: MPLS Explained
For such an important and popular service, MPLS is easily misunderstood by many. That’s why we wanted to provide you with some insight into how it works and why it’s such an important player in the voice and data world.

What is MPLS?
In order for companies with multiple locations to communicate and share information, they need some kind of interconnection between them. MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) is a secure, cost-effective way to make this happen. MPLS is a protocol that directs and carries data through high-performance networks from one network node to the next using labels. Read more...

July, August & September's Three-Part Series: Broadband, T1 or Ethernet: Which is Best for My Business?
When shopping for an Internet connection, businesses often have to take many factors into account – budget, bandwidth, reliability, location, type of data traffic and more.

Though this is challenging enough as it is, figuring out which type of connection is best for your business can be made even more difficult due to the overload of information and options out there.

So, to help you cut through all the hype, check out this comparison of Broadband, T1 lines and Ethernet, the three predominant types of Internet and voice connectivity.

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