UPDATE: In November 2021, the DoD announced changes to the original CMMC model (“CMMC 1.0”), including a reduction in the maturity levels from five to three and the processes for assessments and certifications. The revised model is called CMMC 2.0, and you can read our updated Insight here. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is…
Over the past decade, we’ve seen a significant shift in corporate compliance. Governments have launched new and unprecedented regulations while also enforcing old rules with renewed vigor. And an explosion of communications channels—from social media to collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams—means there are many more ways rules can be violated. To protect your company, you…
In April 2020, the remote workforce grew to nearly half of all workers1. To facilitate all of these remote workers now and into the future, it is essential to have top-notch collaboration and productivity tools available for your team. In our February 2021 Insight, “Outsourcing” to the Cloud, we highlighted the steady increase in Microsoft…
Rapid (and abrupt) digital transformation Over the past ten months (2020 leading into 2021), we have all experienced a rapid (and abrupt) transformation to digital everything, impacting nearly every activity in our daily work-lives. The most obvious of these everyday work activities are meetings. Whether with co-workers, customers, prospects, teams, vendors, or even conferences, discussions…
In 2020, we all experienced a rapid (and abrupt) transformation to digital everything, impacting nearly every activity in our daily work-lives. Beyond our virtual meetings, there are other “workloads” in our daily professional routines, which—if they weren’t already digital or going digital—were propelled into doing so. The events (and aftermath) of 2020 exposed critical gaps…
At the end of 2019, which seems like a lifetime ago, we highlighted a State of the Industry Report, which identified the top growth areas in IT. Following is an excerpt from the December 2019 Insight: According to a recent State of the Industry Report published by the Technology Association of Georgia (“TAG”), which is…
Does your organization need to deliver secure, highly available desktops to users while retaining full control over configuration and management? In this edition of Abel Insights, we will take a closer look at the new and improved Windows Virtual Desktop and discover why it may be the perfect solution for you. What is Windows Virtual…
A compound of development (Dev) and operations (Ops), DevOps is the union of people, processes, and technology to foster a culture of continually delivering value to customers. DevOps is a development methodology intended to decrease development time while providing the continuous delivery of high-quality software. DevOps allows businesses to accelerate delivery while still delivering reliable…
We hope everyone had a chance to “attend” Microsoft Ignite the week of September 21, 2020. There were certainly some excellent sessions covering the Power Platform creating a step-change in organizational agility, learning how Dynamics 365 provides an extensible foundation for accelerating and enhancing business value, and building agile business processes with Power Apps. And…
Nonprofits in our communities exist to provide critical (dare I say “essential”) services to our most vulnerable neighbors. With over 1.5 million registered organizations in the United States alone, these nonprofits fill the need gap between what governments, corporations, foundations, and private citizens fund and the actual support beneficiaries (people, animals, and the environment) need.…