Considering the Total Cost of Technology Ownership with Joe the CIO

Today, we join Joe the CIO as he ponders technology investment costs. In particular, Joe can’t help but wonder if there are some expenses related to a recent remote access project that he overlooked — or worse, ignored. This predicament might sound familiar to anyone who oversees technology purchasing. In fact, many don’t realize the majority of accrued expenses pertain to operations and personnel, not hardware and software investments. In Joe’s case, realizing this helped him optimize and ensure the efficiency of his remote access technology, with help from NCP engineering. Want to learn how? Check out this video.

Readers’ Poll: Is Your Company’s Corporate Network Secure?

This week, we rejoined Joe the (paper) CIO on his quest to find the most thorough, cost-efficient way to secure his company’s corporate network. Now, we’d like to know more about your experience doing the same. Is your company doing enough to keep its information safe? Let us know how you feel in today’s poll – and  as always, please feel free to elaborate in the comments section. Also, stay tuned next week for more Joe!

Avoiding VPN Headaches with Joe the CIO

We continue to join Joe the CIO on his hunt for ways to save his company both time and money in enabling remote access. In particular, Joe is concerned about costly rip and repair projects his company would have to undergo in order to efficiently provision and configure each VPN client needed — not to mention future software and security updates. The VPN management system provided by NCP engineering helps ease Joe’s worries. To learn more, check out this video.

NCP engineering Provides Joe the CIO with the Ideal VPN Solution

You might remember Joe the CIO, the paper CIO who is searching for ways to provide secure and efficient remote access to his company. When we last saw Joe, he was tackling remote access issues related to the cloud. Now he’s back, and this time, looking for a VPN solution that would enable his company’s employees to access the corporate network no matter their location or device. Plus, he needs this technology to integrate with his organization’s existing security infrastructure. Check out today’s video for more on what Joe’s looking for in a VPN and how NCP engineering helped him find the ideal solution.

Meet Joe the CIO

Today we’d like to introduce you to Joe the CIO. On paper, Joe might seem like your average cut-out, but there is far more to him than that. He takes on the frustrations that nearly all CIOs face when enabling secure remote access for their organizations — and solves these challenges, so hopefully they won’t have to. This is the first in a series of videos featuring Joe as he navigates through the tricky world of remote access.

So tell us, can you relate to Joe? What are your most vexing remote access challenges?