Tim Allen

Tim is the Network Practice Director at Connection with more than 24 years of experience in network professional services and administration and operations. In his free time, Tim enjoys many outdoor activities, especially skiing and hiking.

Creating a Sensible Unified Communications Strategy

September 3, 2015 | Tim Allen

A growing number of enterprises are eager to leverage unified communications (UC) to transform their organizations. The UC trend supports the convergence of multiple modes of communication and data sharing…

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Go App or Go Home

August 6, 2015 | Tim Allen

“Move faster. Transform. Do more with less. Be agile. Increase reliability. Keep us secure.” That pretty much sums up the demands put on CIOs these days. Some of those requirements…

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Keeping IT Simple

July 21, 2015 | Tim Allen

“Elegant code” is the ultimate compliment for a programmer. It means the work is as clean and simple as it can be. Only that which is absolutely necessary is used,…

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Is Virtualization the Solution for You?

July 17, 2015 | Tim Allen

Just because something is generally a good idea doesn’t mean you should rush right out and do it. Your best bet is usually to wait until all the facts are…

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Software Defined Networking: Look Beyond the Hype

July 1, 2015 | Tim Allen

Less than a year ago, Gartner characterized the mainstream market action surrounding software-defined networking (SDN) as “mostly just tire-kicking.” That assessment of the market, however, is fast becoming old news….

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