Thursday, January 28, 2021

Your digital transformation journey starts here. Subscribe now.

Where is your organization in its digital transformation journey--or are you still uncertain where and how to begin? Subscribe now to stay informed on how Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Teams can help jump start digital transformation for your business by centralizing communications, enhancing collaboration, and streamlining processes and workflow--ultimately boosting your productivity and increasing your competitiveness.

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Empower security teams to coordinate

Stay connected to empower your team. Learn more about unifying your workplace collaboration with Microsoft Teams! Subscribe now!

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Now is the time for Microsoft Teams

This infographic outlines how you can stay in touch with the hub for teamwork in Office 365. With Microsoft Teams you can connect, collaborate, and come together securely by meeting with your peers and getting work done anywhere - even remotely.

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Checklist for setting up your small business network

This infographic provides a checklist regarding what to consider when setting up a network in a new office—including looking for solutions that are simple, smart, and flexible, and that include key features that are important to the business. For more information about Cisco solutions for small businesses, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

ThinkBook 14 and 15 Gen 2 (AMD) Product Tour

This short video provides a product tour of the ThinkBook 14 and 15 Gen 2 with AMD Ryzen™ 4000 series mobile processors—plus, it shows some of the devices' most important features. For more information about the ThinkBook 14 and 15 Gen 2 with AMD Ryzen™ 4000 series mobile processors, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

Cloud Networking Solution for Small Businesses

This video showcases Cisco Meraki solutions for small businesses, a networking an infrastructure solution designed to simplify IT operations. To learn more, contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for further details.

 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Performance | Intel

This video showcases the features of the 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor, such as the new CPU and GPU engines, the core speed and horsepower that make productivity a breeze, accelerated AI built for today's apps, and fast and reliable connectivity. Please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for more information about the 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor.

Intelligent economies: AI's transformation of industries and society

AI has already begun to transform businesses. It's only a matter of time before it touches nearly all aspects of society. This offers both exciting possibilities and inherent complications. This survey takes a step back to look at where we are, where we could go, and the impact AI will have on the world stage. Want to see where your industry is headed and the direct impact to your business? Contact us today to find out how we can help you plan for the AI transformation.

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The Essential Guide to Setting Up a New Office

This guide offers some pointers on what to consider regarding networking and connectivity when setting up a new office. For more information about Cisco solutions for small businesses, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 2 ARE Datasheet

This datasheet shows how the Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 2, with AMD Ryzen™ 4000 series mobile processors and up to 8 mobile cores, enables unparalleled responsiveness and multitasking while keeping the user's data safe through a modern, multi-layered approach to security that safeguards against sophisticated.

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Introduction to Cisco Meraki

This eBook showcases Cisco Meraki, a comprehensive networking solution that simplifies technology while connecting a broad array of devices—including devices from the Cisco Meraki family of products. To learn more, contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. today.

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 11th Gen Intel® Core™ vPro® Processors — Built for Business. Wherever Business Happens

This infographic, brought to you by Coastal Computer Systems Inc., describes the 11th Gen Intel® vPro® platform as powered by the world's best business processor, empowering you to meet the performance and security needs of your employees.

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AI is on the rise

AI's impact is growing. Soon it will reach beyond individual company success stories to touch entire industries and eventually society at large. In particular, executives are recognizing the impact AI will have on knowledge workers. Check out more insights from over 350 surveyed U.S. executives in this infographic. Want to learn how AI will influence your industry? Contact us today to learn how we can help you plan for the coming changes and adopt the right AI solution for your needs.

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Digital transformation helps REGINA MARIA deliver better customer care and healthier business processes

REGINA MARIA is the leading provider of private healthcare services in Romania, with three internationally accredited hospitals, 45 of its own clinics, 5,500 employees, and an extensive partner network comprising almost 300 other institutions. The organization is already far along the path toward digital transformation and prides itself on being the most digital healthcare company in Romania, but it's always looking for ways to further expand its digital capabilities and utilize technology to help its patients as well as its business. Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales and Microsoft Teams provided just such an opportunity--including a new virtual assistant in Teams named "Ana" that has helped reduce approval processes for managers from days and weeks down to hours and minutes. Watch this video to learn how key Microsoft technologies have enabled REGINA MARIA to not only greatly improve customer experiences, but also vastly improve business processes, resulting in 20 percent better database accuracy and 50 percent faster complaint resolution.

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Monday, January 25, 2021

Create instant remote work meetings with Microsoft Teams

Stay connected with Microsoft Teams while working from home with the help of the "Meet now" feature. In this video, you'll learn how to use "Meet now," which gives you the ability to turn a team chat conversation into an instant remote meeting.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

4 ways AI helps business protect the environment

Protecting the environment is in everyone's best interest. The preservation of our natural resources means that the generations that follow us will continue to have the tools they need to survive and thrive. This article examines how new innovations in AI are giving businesses the information they need to make sustainable decisions that will ensure this future becomes a reality. Interested in using AI to reduce your own environmental impact? We at Coastal Computer Systems Inc., are ready to help you get started.

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The 5 Habits Of Successful Sales Leaders

If you distilled the best practice for sales leaders, what would it look like? Kevin Kruse, CEO of LEADx has complied his 5 top habits for sales managers to foster a top sales team. Learn how he sees your role as coach, how to give feedback and more! Next, use Dynamics 365 to optimize your team's productivity by automating routine tasks and embedding familiar tools such as LinkedIn, Outlook, Excel etc. right into your sales process. Couldn't be easier! Great sales managers develop 5 habits to engage their team members.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Threat hunting with Cisco

This engaging short video shows how quickly businesses can eliminate threats with Cisco Threat Response. Please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for more information about Cisco Threat Response.

Foundational Engineering: What Makes a ThinkPad a ThinkPad

This blog post explains in detail Lenovo's "foundational engineering" philosophy, which is a principle of designing devices based on performance, adaptability, and most of all, the needs of a diverse set of users. For additional details, contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. today.

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Remote Workers, Secure

This infographic illustrates the features that makes Cisco Webex a safe and secure remote work environment. For additional details, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. today.

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Intel vPro® Platform TCO Estimator 

This TCO estimator is designed to help you discover the potential savings from deploying computing endpoints based on the Intel® vPro® platform: $500,241—or 17%—over 5 years. For more information about the Intel vPro platform, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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What is Teams?

This video shows how you can pull together a team with Microsoft Teams on your PC, Mac, or mobile device. Use chat instead of email, securely edit files at the same time, see your likes, mentions, and replies with just a single tap, and have the freedom to customize it all by adding notes, websites, and apps.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Hunting for Hidden Threats: Incorporating Threat Hunting Into Your Security Program

This white paper provides an overview of the threat-hunting discipline and describes how to build out effective threat-hunting campaigns within the organization. To learn more about threat hunting, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1 Sizzle

This video introduces the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano, the lightest ThinkPad ever designed. It offers a first look at smart technologies like a Dolby Vision 2K display, rapid battery charging, and more. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for additional details.

A Guide to Secure Collaboration

This eBook provides an in-depth at look ways to secure remote collaboration. It also discusses Cisco Webex as a solution to help make remote working environments more secure. For further information, please reach out to Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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The Total Economic Impact™ of the Intel® vPro® Platform

This case study is a detailed report on the cost savings and business benefits enables by the Intel® vPro® platform. For more information about the Intel vPro platform, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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Customer story: SilviaTerra maps the future of forests with Microsoft AI

Through Microsoft's AI for Good initiative, SilviaTerra has created the first high-resolution inventory of all US forests. What's next on their list? Democratizing that information to help all communities sustainably manage their precious natural resources. Check out their story in this video. At Coastal Computer Systems Inc., we look forward to hearing more stories like this one as AI continues to open new doors for beneficial innovation. What doors might AI open for your business?

Monday, January 18, 2021

Transform interactions with Microsoft Dynamics 365!

Real time insights and embedded intelligence transform your customer interactions. Understand the impact of the buyer's journey. Target the right audience with dynamic segmentation. Bring together insights from multiple channels to give you unmatched advantage! Transform your selling with Microsoft Dynamics 365!

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

6 Strategies to boost sales productivity: A guide to modernizing your growing business

This guide will give you six strategies for meeting your sales challenges. You'll get tips on how to meet customers at any point in the possibly non-linear journey, implement seamless solutions, ease onboarding and alignment, and get holistic performance insights. 92% of sales organizations rank sales engagement platforms as critical to their success.(1) You can help your customers make this critical move and find a solution that scales with their business--Dynamics 365. (1) Craig Rosenberg, "Sales Engagement - the Definitive Guide," TOPO, accessed January 15, 2019

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RSA 2020: Cisco CISO Benchmark Study

This video introduces Cisco's recent benchmark study, which is compiled from research gathered from more than 2,800 security and IT professionals in 13 countries. For additional details, please reach out to Coastal Computer Systems Inc. today.

Lenovo Workstation Family

This spec sheet provides details on the hardware specifications for the Lenovo ThinStation family of workstations—including single and dual CPU systems. There are laptops and desktops available to handle a diverse set of enterprise needs. Contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for further details.

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Cisco Webex Meetings vs Zoom

This infographic compares Cisco Webex and Zoom across dozens of categories to see where each ranks—and Cisco emerges the winner almost across the board. Find out more by contacting Coastal Computer Systems Inc. today.

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Intel® vPro® Platform IT Confessions - Stability | Intel Business

This video features a customer testimonial about a shipping company that upgraded its entire fleet to Intel® vPro® platform-based PCs for more stability and performance. For more information about Intel vPro platform-based PCs, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Imperial College London uses Teams to teach and connect in a time of COVID

A world top ten university, with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, Imperial College London now uses Microsoft Teams to teach and connect in a time of COVID-19. In this video, see how the college is now relying on Teams for the delivery of its lectures and its remote labs, as well as a "virtual common room" where students and faculty can interact. Staff now have the fluid integration of shared files, scheduled events, and the students' use of the virtual learning environment, providing opportunities to respond to students in a way never done before.

Big Security in a Small Business World: 10 myth busters for SMB cybersecurity

This report uses information gathered from over 500 SMBs to shed light on commonly held cybersecurity myths—and bust those myths once and for all. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for further information.

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Why ProVR - Lenovo Workstations and Varjo

This video outlines use cases for VR and provides details about Lenovo workstations that have the power to handle this kind of technology. For additional details, contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. today.

Total Economic Impact of Meetings and Devices

This whitepaper provides an in-depth analysis of the cost savings and benefits of Cisco Webex, a meeting and collaboration tool designed for modern business. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for additional details.

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Intel® Stable IT Platform Program (Intel SIPP)

This solution describes the Intel® Stable It Platform Program—part of the Intel vPro® platform. It features an extensive validation program that aims for no hardware changes throughout the buying cycle or—for at least 15 months or until the next generational release—resulting in fewer hassles and interruptions. For more information about the Intel Stable IT Platform Program, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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Monday, January 11, 2021

New Belgium Brewery and Microsoft Dynamics - The CRM Story

"We have fun. We make fun. We share fun. The future is bright," that's what we heard from the New Belgium Brewing Company. What's CRM powers all this fun? Microsoft Dynamics 365, of course! "Technology now is a natural extension of how we do our job. And that tech must fit into the experience that we're trying to give to our co-workers and our customers," the brewer says. In this video, discover how Dynamics helps New Belgium Brewing discover the best path to reaching each and every buyer and engaging with personalized content.

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Here Is the One Question You Need to Ask Your Sales Team

What's the one question to ask your sales team to empower them to achieve more? Check out this article from award-winning researcher, sales expert and tech entrepreneur, David Priemer. In Entrepreneur, David shares advice for selling more, faster and with less friction --encouraging organizations to unveil "blockers and blind spots lurking in the dark corners of your sales operation."

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Take customer engagement to a whole new level

Engagement matters to technology buyers. Check out this infographic to see how combining Dynamics 365 for Sales, Office 365 and LinkedIn Sales Navigator helps customers break through roadblocks to better sales efficiency by bringing relationship data together for actionable insights. Get out from under the complexity of disconnected tools, data and processes once and for all!

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Adapt to Changes with Always-On Technology

This case study explains how Cisco Designed offers flexible, secure, and affordable solutions such as Cisco Meraki, Cisco Webex, Cisco Cloud Mailbox Defense, Cisco Umbrella®, Cisco AMP for Endpoints, and Cisco Duo that help SMBs remain productive—even in challenging times. For more information on always-on solutions, please contact ContentMX, LLC.

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Guide to Creating a BYOD Policy for Small Business

Allowing employees to access company data from personal devices can be essential to creating work-life balance, but employee-owned devices can also pose security threats. Check out this article for an overview of the risks and benefits of implementing a bring-your-own-device policy. Contact us for more information on how to help your company secure company data accessed from personal devices.

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Smarter technology is turning deadly venom into potential medicine

In this case study blog, you'll read about the travels of renowned scientist and explorer Dr. Zoltan Takacs as he and his ThinkPad travel the world, looking for the deadliest toxins and most incredible animals. It's an adventure that will take you through 190 countries. To find out more about Lenovo products, contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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Webex delivers seamless collaboration in every space

This infographic provides a case study on how Webex works, walking you through the workday of an average employee to illustrate collaboration made seamless. To learn more about Cisco Webex, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for further details.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Intel® Active Management Technology

This video explains how businesses can use Intel® Active Management Technology to diagnose problems remotely and patch devices during off-peak hours. Please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. for more information about Intel Active Management Technology and the Intel Endpoint Management Assistant.

5 Ways Cloud-Based IT Can Help Your Small Business

The frequently asked questions section asks and answers questions partners might have about the always-on business sales play. The call guide contains instructions for partners on how to identify their ideal prospect or customer, make prospecting calls, handle prospecting objections, and plan their sales calls with discovery questions and related resources.

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Lenovo Qreator 27 Monitor Tour

The Lenovo Qreator 27 Monitor Tour video shows you the vast range and professional-grade features of this affordable product from Lenovo. It's 27 inches of bright colors, Smart Crystal Sound, and impressive on-screen motion. For more information about this product, contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc. today.

Cisco Collaboration Flex 3.0 Plan

This data sheet provides a comprehensive listing of all services and packages available through Cisco's Flex 3.0, including calling, virtual meetings, and Webex solutions. For additional details, please reach out to Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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Remote Manageability for the Modern Workforce

This product brief introduces Intel® Active Management Technology and Intel Endpoint Management Assistant, which help businesses monitor and manage devices inside and outside the corporate firewall. For more information about Intel Active Management Technology and Intel Endpoint Management Assistant, please contact Coastal Computer Systems Inc..

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Monday, January 4, 2021

Customer story: Garner Foods

Although Garner Foods is based in South Carolina, they sell hot sauce and Green Mountain Gringo brand products all over the world. With digital tools, their projects are easily managed remotely, and team members can work from anywhere. Garner Foods chose to partner with Microsoft 365 Business to easily onboard new employees and to secure company data stored on countless devices. With employees and sales representatives traveling all over the United States, being able to securely work and collaborate from any device has played a huge role in the company's ongoing success.