By Nathan Bennett, Sterling Cloud Architect If you’ve ever been the administrator of a local data center or a data center for a business, you understand what it’s like to continually have more and more piled onto your plate. In a former job, I often had to manage automation tools
By Sterling Cloud Architects Nathan Bennett and Billy Downing Whispers and concerns about a chip shortage had already begun back in early 2020, when COVID first hit. With offices shut down and the workforce working remotely, people were updating their older computer systems to newer ones and purchasing home-office
Written by: Jenni Barber, Sterling With cyberattacks increasing at an exponential rate from 2020 to 2021, make sure you are proactive and prepared, with risk mitigation, incident-response plans, and a Zero-Trust cybersecurity model in place. Don’t fall into the ransomware trap and become a statistic of cyber breach. Three
By Sterling Cloud Architect Nathan Bennett From empty shelves in the grocery store to the lack of vehicles in the local car dealership to the massive gap in the production and distribution of computer chips, COVID-19’s disruptions to the supply chain continues. (The pandemic wasn’t the only disrupter, of course.
CRN® Recognizes the Top IT Channel Providers for Exceptional Performance and Growth NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, August 9, 2021 — Value-added information-technology reseller Sterling announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company®, has named Sterling to its 2021 Fast Growth 150 list, in 137th place. With this
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA (2 August 2021) — N. Sioux City-based technology company Sterling has promoted Troy Stultz to Senior Vice President of Sales. Prior to this, Stultz was Sterling’s Vice President for State and Local Government, Education and Commercial Sales, leveraging his 25+ years of experience in the
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA (2 August 2021) — North Sioux City-based technology corporation Sterling announces that Steve Van Ginkel has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Partner Management. For the past six years Van Ginkel has been Sterling’s Vice President of Partner Alliances and Marketing, where he has
30 Years of IT-Solutions Experience NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA (July 27, 2021) — North Sioux City-based Sterling has promoted Tim McCabe to the newly created role of president. Brad Moore continues as Sterling Chief Executive Officer. McCabe has deep industry experience: 30 years working for technology-solution providers
Written by Nathan Bennett, Cloud Architect, Sterling The debate about diversifying your backups or backing up to the cloud is really a discussion about whether to “put all of your eggs in one basket.” I have already discussed how backups are an integral part of recovery after a cyberattack,
Written by Nathan Bennett, Cloud Architect, Sterling terraform: verb, (especially, science fiction) transform a planet so that it resembles the earth, so as to support human life. cloud: noun, a mass of water vapor floating high above the earth. When you look at these two definitions, do you see opposites?