Petya Attack: What You need to Know

With news of WannaCry in the distant past, a new cyber attack, Petya, has invaded systems across the globe. Petya has officials questioning whether or not the attack's true intention was to generate money via extortion, or if the target was actually…

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Superheroes Unite! Cisco Live 2017 Changing How Business Gets Done

The party people in Las Vegas like to say “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” Comstor’s technical pre-sales engineers take a different approach. Our entire team is attending Cisco LIVE and we’re not leaving anything in Vegas – we’re going to learn…

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Cisco Live 2017: How to Charge Up Your Super Powers

A digital transformation is happening at warp speed. With Cisco Live 2017 around the corner, our technology team is joining thousands of innovators and leaders that are heading to Las Vegas next week to immerse themselves in Cisco innovation to enhance their…

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A New Way of Buying Cloud Services for Federal Agencies

It should be no secret that federal agencies still face challenges when it comes to purchasing technology during the federal buying season, and the process of buying cloud services is just one of them. How can you help your federal customers through…

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Federal Buying Season Episode 1: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

With only four months left in the federal fiscal year, the race is gearing up for remaining dollars for FY18 federal buying season. To help give Cisco valued resellers and government contractors the EDGE in the federal race to the finish, Larry…

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4 Ways to Close the Cloud Gap

There is no doubt that cloud is the future for most organizations, including resellers. If you take a look at the statistics, cloud adoption has increased 61% from last year, with 73% pursuing a hybrid cloud strategy. On-premises private cloud spending, meanwhile,…

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CONNECT 2017

CONNECT 2017: Top Trends and Differentiating in a Hyper Competitive Marketplace

Partners of Westcon-Comstor assembled yesterday to kick off CONNECT 2017, in Scottsdale, AZ. The two-day event, themed Partnership in Motion, is an opportunity to focus on networking, growing relationships, and digging into the trends in the industry that will help propel partners…

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Cisco Marketing Velocity: Connecting with Customers Who Have an 9-Second Attention Span

In a few short days, the Comstor marketing team will be attending the Cisco Marketing Velocity event in Chicago. The team is excited and prepared to dive into the latest marketing trends, as well as new and innovative ways to reach targeted…

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Ransomware: Cybercriminals Want 3 Things from Every Organization

This is the final of a series from the Comstor Federal Summit (#ComstorFS17). Bryant G. Tow spoke to Cisco leaders, Comstor partners and value-added resellers (VARs) about the key security risks for federal agencies.  In an earlier post, we focused on weak…

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Building a Comprehensive Federal Network is Essential to Business and Professional Growth

Most of us know a senior manager who believes that networking breakfasts, luncheons, and receptions are only for actual sales people. They’re the only ones who get funded to participate in “outside events.” Everyone else is deemed “non-essential” or is expected to…

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