The business case for A/V systems has been well established for years. They deliver proven reductions in travel costs and offer a uniquely immersive way to engage users and share ideas and information. Still, many organizations considered them to be “nice-to-have” tools that were used only occasionally.

Many small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are eager to take advantage of the transformative power of AI. They’re prioritizing investments in systems and services that can support AI applications and workloads.

Storage, by contrast, seems far more prosaic.

IT teams are tasked with identifying and fending off cyber threats before they can damage the organization’s IT assets. However, a record total of 40,704 new vulnerabilities were identified in 2024, a 30 percent increase over 2023. Almost half of those were critical or high severity, 31 were zero-day exploits, and 129 are widely exploited.

Many organizations are faced with the need to upgrade their servers to support advanced applications. Many are also looking for ways to avoid the upfront costs and effort associated with buying, installing, maintaining and managing server hardware.

One option is to use a public cloud service and “rent” the service provider’s infrastructure.

Are business partners creating security risks for your organization?

Organizations often provide business partners and vendors with access to IT systems to perform certain tasks. While this can help you improve operational efficiency and transparency, research has shown that letting third parties access your network, especially those systems that house sensitive or confidential data, creates serious security risks.

Cyber insurance is becoming a necessity, but many organizations are struggling to find policies that provide adequate coverage at the right price.

More and more organizations are taking out cyber insurance policies as a hedge against the threat of a security breach.

When pandemic-triggered restrictions forced a good chunk of the U.S. workforce to work from home, video conferencing technology allowed organizations to bridge physical distances and maintain operational continuity. Some analysts say business video conferencing usage grew 2,000 percent over pre-pandemic levels.

Cybersecurity has been a major focus of government agencies, but they are investing in physical security as well. The Department of Homeland Security, which bears much of the responsibility for federal government security, earmarked some $12 billion for physical security in 2024. The department asked for additional funding for its fiscal 2025 budget.

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions emerged more than a decade ago and have seen broad adoption in organizations of all sizes. The value proposition remains the same: HCI makes good business sense for organizations with limited IT resources and the need to respond to changing business demands.

The proliferation of endpoint devices has dramatically expanded the typical organization’s IT footprint — and the network attack surface. Every desktop, laptop and mobile device is a potential vulnerability that could give threat actors a foothold in the IT environment.