Power BI is a Microsoft tool that helps businesses visualize their data and make informed decisions that allow teams to be magicians of data. Through its suite of tools and features, businesses can quickly gain insights into their data and build data models that allow for quick analysis. With Power BI, organizations can stay ahead of the competition by more easily identifying trends in their data and making decisions based on accurate, up-to-date information. Why Companies Choose Power … [Read more...]
Exploring the Business Benefits of Power BI
Microsoft Power BI is a revolutionary business intelligence tool that has become essential to any enterprise organization’s data strategy. The software offers powerful insights into complex datasets to help businesses make informed decisions and drive their growth. With the ability to connect to multiple data sources, create visualizations, and collaborate with colleagues, Power BI is a vital tool for success and an extension of programs like Azure and Microsoft 365. In this guide, we’ll take a … [Read more...]
Comparison of Cisco and Ubiquiti Wireless
Comparison of Cisco and Ubiquiti Wireless Written By: Neal Mulcahy and Randy Mcleod The landscape for managed Wi-Fi has a broad range of vendors and offerings. In this blog post Neal and Randy discuss offerings from two vendors on different ends of the spectrum: Cisco and Ubiquity. A Look at Cisco by Neal: Benefits SupportProduct MaturityIncluded Tools and features Drawbacks Cost and Licensing Let me be transparent—I’m a Cisco fan. I’ve implemented Cisco wireless … [Read more...]
Quick Settings for Balancing User Empowerment and IT Oversight in Microsoft Office 365
Quick Settings for Balancing User Empowerment and IT Oversight in Microsoft Office 365By: Allen Pangilinan, Director of Innovative Solutions at IndyConn I was recently setting up a new Microsoft 365 environment and I thought it would be great to share several setting changes that I always apply in my setup process. While Microsoft 365 is a great tool to increase productivity and collaboration, I personally find that the default settings are too minimal. By assessing these settings and … [Read more...]
PowerApps
By Allen Pangilinan - IndyConn's Director of Innovative Solutions As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19 and the country approaches the reopening of businesses and offices, we all need to be persistent in controlling the spread of the virus. As a result, new rules, regulations, and recommendations are being implemented to keep the workplace safe and clean. Traditionally, a clipboard, a piece of paper, and a pen is all that is needed to keep a record of when … [Read more...]
What is Telehealth?
Telehealth uses various forms of technology in order to provide healthcare services remotely. Services can include virtual appointments, remote monitoring, and collaboration between numerous physicians and specialties. Telehealth enables patients and providers to communicate when meeting in person is not an easy or viable option. This way of communicating is especially beneficial when the patient lives in a rural community or has limited mobility and transportation options. Why is … [Read more...]
The Saga of the IndyConn Office Build
Written by: Shayne Flaherty, CTO at IndyConn When building a workspace (especially for a new company) it is important to think about the fact that the employees of your company will need to spend much of their waking life there. I have worked at many dark and depressing offices in the course of my career and I am sure you have too. Darkness is good for many things but being productive is not one of them. If people dread going to work, they aren’t inspired to develop new ideas and solve … [Read more...]
Build Your Core Business by Outsourcing Your IT Needs
Congratulations! You and your startup business have made it past launch and are scaling up. Or perhaps you’re a mature company that is refining their process. In either case, your focus is now on your core business and you want to stay agile and responsive to your customers. You may have reached the stage where you’re wondering whether you should grow your own IT Department, or whether it makes more sense to partner with an IT firm that can use their resources and expertise to support your … [Read more...]
A Case for the Micro Project Model
Written by: Shayne Flaherty, CTO at IndyConn Goals-based Performance Guides Your Remote Workforce. The entire reason that I wanted to work as a developer was so that I could work from anyplace. In retrospect it was an absolutely terrible reason to commit to a career objective, but here I am working from home. It turns out it’s not all that uncommon for people to choose a career based on a desired lifestyle. The tech industry has come quite far in the relatively … [Read more...]
SharePoint Series Part II
In the last IndyConn blog post we covered how we leveraged PowerShell to script the mass creation of Document Libraries within a SharePoint site. This blog post is a continuation to our SharePoint blog series. To see part One of our SharePoint Series, Click Here. A customer that we have been working with has a SharePoint environment consisting of several hundred sites. They recently created a new AD Group that they wanted to add Read-Only access to a list of SharePoint sites they had … [Read more...]