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“The starting point of the SOC is team of Triage staff,” says Michelle Fiegehen of 24x7 Advantage. “These analysts review raw data and respond to alerts. They configure and tweak the parameters of monitoring tools to minimize false threats, as well as responding to and resolving actual incidents promptly. This tier of activity is the easiest to outsource and integrate with an in-house SOC and reduces the risk of alert-fatigue on more senior and expensive in-country resources.”

In this short 24x7 Advantage Wednesday Podcast, we learn how a SOC can be expensive. However, the expensive bits might also be the places where savings might be found. 24x7 Advantage offers a set of services that enable companies to focus on other needs. Outsourced SOC could reduce costs and it might also be a channel opportunity. “24x7 Advantage can also provide Incident Responders and Threat Hunters or SME’s but we recommend the MSP starts with the triage level,” adds Michelle.

Blog: https://24x7advantage.com/cybersecurity/blog-outsourced-soc/

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“We have both best of the worlds to offer to our enterprise customers,” says Hon Kit Lam, the Vice President of Hybrid Connectivity Services for Tata Communications Network Business. In this last segment of a special three-part series, we drill down on how Tata Communications delivers Internet WAN, and how Tata Communications’ approach ultimately improves EX, and finally CX.

Hon Kit Lam

In this podcast Hon Kit Lam describes Tata Communications’ global reach and how that reach is combined with other tactics to aim higher. He describes benefits for both enterprise customers and for carrier partners. We learn how a marriage of scale, partnership, and approach combines for services that overcome compromises. In a market with so-called price deflation for services, you are going to want to partner with a company that can achieve a noticeable difference.

Visit https://www.tatacommunications.com/

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“Waste Nothing”

“Some of us have, we have clients, they stretch into all continents,” says Ulf Berglund of Remade in Sweden. “This is why we also need friends in other parts to help us handle those clients when they have needs in these other areas outside of Europe.”

“We're 20 people compared to the companies that we do business with they have usually thousands of employees and for us We need to show them that we're a trustworthy partner trustworthy company Not just some tech guys sitting in the basement drinking coffee, you know playing games So the first thing we did when we started the company we got certified in ISO 9000, which is quality ISO 14001 for environment. We also have ISO 2701 for information security.”

In this podcast, Ulf tells us how Rename serves a core European market, while partnering with companies to serve further afield. We also learn how the ASCDI helps Remade find companies to work with and to work together on issues of shared concern for the whole industry.

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Simplifies comprehensive testing for the complex PNT challenges of the future, delivering real-time feedback for mission-critical testing scenarios

PAIGNTON, UK - April 30, 2024 - Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the leading provider of test and assurance solutions for next-generation devices and networks, today announced PNT X, its next-generation positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) simulation system. Designed to deliver unprecedented performance and flexibility in PNT simulation and testing, PNT X offers the highest fidelity and most signal sources in a single test platform to address the future of enhanced autonomy, safety, efficiency, and precision.

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As developers look beyond GNSS alone to address increasingly complex positioning challenges, PNT X brings together signals including L-band, S-band, and alternative navigation (AltNav) signals, as well as industry-first Regional Military Protection (RMP) support, into one innovative, compact, and flexible system. With the power to run multiple signals from different PNT sources concurrently, the new platform simplifies comprehensive testing, delivering real-time feedback for mission-critical testing scenarios.

"We have built PNT X with the future in mind,” said Adam Price, Vice President of PNT Simulation at Spirent. “It’s designed to leverage the best technologies for each application, ensuring our customers can achieve deterministic testing at every stage of the development cycle, while saving money and reducing lab footprint. Most importantly, it can do all of this without compromising on performance. It will enable users to support cutting-edge application testing with more precision and simplicity than ever before.”

PNT X brings together the broadest set of features and capabilities needed to protect future generations of mission-critical systems. These include the patented I/Q spatial awareness capability, an enhanced controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA) testing interface, the highest available continuous dynamic range for jamming evaluation, and a standard update rate of 2 kHz for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and high-dynamics vehicle testing. Along with a host of other groundbreaking enhancements, these make PNT X the world’s most advanced test solution for mission-critical systems and NAVWAR robustness.

“An evolving and escalating NAVWAR threat landscape has made comprehensive testing of layered PNT solutions an absolute imperative,” said Rob VanBrunt, President/CEO at Spirent Federal. “PNT X accelerates product development cycles, enabling defense developers, governmental agencies, and aerospace enterprises to deploy mission critical PNT solutions faster.”

Peter Terry-Brown, General Manager of Positioning at Spirent, added, “It’s nearly 40 years since Spirent delivered the industry’s first GPS signal generator, and today we are again leading the industry in the shift from GNSS to PNT. As the latest milestone in our commitment to support and propel the next generation of PNT-reliant technologies, PNT X ensures our customers can continue to deliver world-leading products that perform under all conditions.”

For more information about Spirent PNT X, visit: www.spirent.com/products/pnt-x-simulation-system.

About Spirent

Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT) is the leading global provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity, and positioning. The company provides innovative products, services and managed solutions that address the test, assurance, and automation challenges of a new generation of technologies, including 5G, cloud, autonomous vehicles and beyond. From the lab to the real world, Spirent helps companies deliver on their promise to their customers of a new generation of connected devices and technologies. For more information visit www.spirent.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

“We've been refurbishing and reusing hard drives since 1996,” says Ross Gentle of Ultratec. “When we found out we could work with the Turing Trust donating some hard drives, it was a complete and utter win-win as far as we were concerned.”

Ultratec, a U.K. based specialist refurbisher and repairer of Hard Drives and SSDs, is in the business of doing the right thing: every hard drive that can be restored to active use, is another device that’s not in a landfill. Recently, the ASCDI member company, made another good choice. They donated five hundred drives to the Turing Trust. The donation helped the Turing Trust in its work, while Ultratec took steps to make sure the drives were properly wiped of previous data, protecting customers. The entire process protects the earth from the issue of improper disposal of IT equipment, and drives themselves, as we learn in this podcast, are now helping people achieve new goals.

In this podcast, Noah van der Linde of the Turing Trust offers a brief presentation of his organization’s work in helping everyone share in the benefits of the digital revolution. We learn how donations, such as the one Ultratec made, can help people, and even entire communities, gain needed equipment for new uses, such as education.

Ultratec is part of a long standing ASCDI tradition, dating back to the early days of commercial grade computing, of companies giving back to communities near them and around the world. The ASCDI- The ITAD Association is a non-profit. In a related statement, Joe Marion, ASCDI President, said that the Ultratec donation demonstrates, ESG- Environmental Social Governance, in motion. “Choosing Ultratec and other ASCDI Members is their safest route to ESG because ASCDI covers the E & S in ESG.”

The Turing Trust

“Founded by Alan Turing’s family, The Turing Trust seeks to continue his legacy by using technology to empower disadvantaged communities. Alan is widely regarded as the father of modern computing, and he saw IT as a tool for solving immense challenges. He also had a passion for helping others: he funded one member of his foster family to work in Africa and sponsored a Jewish refugee’s schooling during World War II. In honor of Alan Turing’s altruistic spirit, we refurbish IT equipment, install a range of educational software and provide it to those who need it most. In the last 13 years we have enabled access to computers for over 169,000 students across Africa, Asia, and the UK. With your help and a great deal of hard work, we believe that one day every child will be able to enjoy the transformative power of technology that Alan envisioned.” - James Turing, Founder of the Turing Trust.

Ultratec

Founded in 1996, it is a specialist refurbisher and repairer of Hard Drives and SSDs. Globally, it supplies between 600K and 1M drives per year, with over 250,000 drives currently in stock.  Ultratest uses the industry-leading Genesis Solution to ensure that all devices are fully Data Sanitized, in accordance with Industry Standards: NIST 88-800, and are returned to Grade A peak performance.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ultratec/

Website: www.ultratec.co.uk

Ultratest Solutions

Created in 2018, Ultratest was built on the knowledge gained by Ultratec over 20+ years of buying/selling and refurbishing Hard Drives and SSDs. Ultratest has developed the industry-leading Genesis Solution, a blend of hardware and software that not only Erases Data but can also repair and refurbish devices to return them to a Grade A full-health status.  Ultratest has also designed the Nemesis, a revolutionary solution for the Data Erasure or Networking Equipment, such as Switches, Routers, Firewalls and Access-Points.  Products that are regularly overlooked when it comes to data sanitization.  The solution also ensured that the product licensing remains intact so that the asset value is retained.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ultratest-solutions-ltd

“I know a lot of your audience may be gun-shy at the prospect of outsourcing’” says Michelle Fiegehen of 24x7 Advantage. “Many MSPs we chat to have had negative experiences with the outsourcer unable to deliver what they promised, so I thought it might be useful to share a specific customer experience.”

In this short podcast, Michelle tells us about a case study of a company and their experiences with outsourcing and how this might be a great idea for many MSPs, both as a way to improve their bench of service, and as a white label opportunity.

Blog: https://24x7advantage.com/msp/case-study-msp-outsourcing-rightsize-technology/

Email web version: http://139807196.hs-sites-eu1.com/case-study-rightsize-technology

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A new report from Zayo unveils a concerning trend in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, indicating a significant increase in intensity and duration throughout 2023. With the average attack lasting 68 minutes and costing businesses nearly half a million dollars on average, the financial toll is staggering. Notably, the shift towards multi-vector attacks adds a new layer of complexity, targeting specific components like IP addresses and email systems with heightened precision, making detection and mitigation increasingly challenging.

Industry-specific findings underscore the widespread vulnerability, with telecommunications companies experiencing the highest frequency of attacks, closely followed by sectors such as retail, healthcare, government, and education. In this evolving cyber landscape, characterized by political unrest and hybrid work environments, the need for advanced DDoS protection is paramount.

Anna Claiborne, Zayo's Senior VP of Network Connectivity, joins Doug Green to discuss findings from the recent report and how businesses can navigate these challenges.

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Simplicity is the message.

“I think for the enterprise, they definitely need to look for a provider to remove the complexity from you and to provide the flexibility and scalability for your solution,” says Hon Kit Lam, the Vice President of Hybrid Connectivity Services for Tata Communications Network Business. “You may have a lot of complex business requirements, but the network solution you should look for is someone you rely on to provide the simple, like on some basis platform as a service for you.”

Hon Kit Lam

In this second part of a three-part series, we take a deeper look into the needs of the enterprise and how to manage that complexity. We learn more about Hon Kit Lam’s portfolio, Hybrid Connectivity Services. The message is that the enterprises want simplicity, and yet they also seek, and need, services that are robust and secure. We hear the argument to choose a trusted a source that can step up to these asks. We also hear a somewhat parallel message to the carrier community.

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“I have already had my marching orders from Clark and Joe that I've got to make these panels as interactive as possible so you know we will definitely be getting some impact and questions from the audience and the other service providers,” says Matthew Townend of Cavell. In this podcast we catch a look at some of the exclusive content that will be presented at the Cloud Connections 2024 Conference.

The Survey Says: 2023 - 2024 CCA Annual Service Provider Survey - Predictions and Forecasts for the path ahead! Cloud Communications Alliance

Matt tells us that almost the very first session of day one, attendees will be the first to hear the results of an annual survey. “We've now been doing that for three years… and with those results you kind of get the heartbeat of what the industry is thinking about.” The survey is famous for providing very detailed information about trends, and the data often packs some surprise findings. The gathered intelligence helps CCA members in gaining a better understanding of their larger business environment.

Top Cloud Platforms

“Both the CCA and Cavell really focus on practical advice, that help people turn some of the ideas into to action on things they can actually do.” On one panel, Top Cloud Platforms: Innovations Propelling Cloud Adoption into the Future, Matt tells us that, “…we've got the leading Cloud Platform players: Cisco, Alianza, Inc., NetSapiens a Crexendo Company, and Intermedia Cloud Communications. The panel will explore what’s driving growth and how to maintain growth.

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Fax remains a critical tool in certain industries, but copper service is disappearing, and prices are rising

“Here it is, 2024, and we're still talking about faxing," says Bob Webb of ClearlyIP.  “And a lot of folks are still using and relying on faxing. The reason it's become more difficult is because the legacy copper providers have been yanking that copper out of the ground and replacing it with fiber and basically, transparently to the end user, putting them on a voice over IP platform that's not designed to carry faxing. But if you happen to be lucky enough where you rely on fax and you still have the copper, those same legacy providers are jacking up the prices.”

In this podcast, Bob outlines Sendfax.to. “Basically, we're going to marry ... multiple email addresses to multiple phone numbers but that's the key because faxing is fundamentally a phone number to phone number communication...” Bob explains how this approach saves money and restore security to fax communications.

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