AVANT Technology Insights

Disaster Recovery as a Service, commonly known as DRaaS, has emerged as a critical IT component in the midst of hacks and other risks that can take down your business. In this episode, Ken Presti talks to Dante Orsini of iland about how DRaaS services have gained market traction, and how enterprise decision-makers can plan, implement, test, and get the most out of their DRaaS solutions.

A major breach captures world attention. Then there's ransomware, the effects of Covid-19, the emergence of SASE, and a whole lot of other IT security impacts. In this episode, analyst and author Richard Stiennon explores these topics with Ken Presti in advance of Stiennon's upcoming release, "The Security Yearbook 2021."

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is the new frontier of security and networking. In this episode, Dave Nuti, head of channels at Open Systems, walks us through how this approach to technology might raise your company to a higher level in the age of the cloud.

Some tools are so ingrained in the professional human psyche that they can essentially force their way into environments built around competing products. In this episode, Ken Presti discusses this phenomenon with 8x8 CTO Bryan Martin, who shares his views on how companies can most effectively navigate this trend.

Post-Covid? Or maybe mid-Covid. Whatever your views, Scott Kinka of EvolveIP talks to Ken Presti about five IT considerations your competitors hope you'll forget.

Customer experience has emerged as a key component of the sales offer. In this episode, Geoff Chretien of Genesys tells Ken Presti about the critical role of enhanced communication leveraging artificial intelligence and a host of other capabilities.

The move back to the office brings about a range of new challenges. In this episode, Kevin Thomsen of Zoom Video Communications offers some real world options for a safe transition.

While closing the deal is the focal point of Sales, getting your foot in the door is the all-important first step. In this episode, Ken Presti talks to Ray Ruecker, author of the book, "How to Score from 1st Base (in Sales)."

Backup and Disaster Recovery get no respect -- at least not until bad things happen. In this episode, Ken Presti interviews AVANT Director of Engineering, Niko O'Hara, about how to build and execute a solid plan for backup and DR, providing high functionality without breaking the bank.

Workforce Optimization and Speech Analytics are factoring heavily into the future of CCaaS. In this episode, Ken Presti speaks with Ryan McCormick of Five9 about how all this impacts plans made by today's enterprise decision makers.