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Plastics Manufacturer Keller Products Selects FirstLight for Disaster Recovery Solution
One of New England’s major plastics extrusion companies chooses FirstLight for data backup/recovery along with redundant fiber connectivity Albany, NY – January 20, 2021 – FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud, and voice...
Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan up to Snuff? Part 2
After you’ve sketched out a DR plan, and created a template, it’s time for the next few steps in the process, including building your team and fine-tuning your plan. Building Your DR Team Identify what personnel will be recovering applications and services in the...
FirstLight Awarded Contract for Mass. Higher Ed Consortium
The 2,000-member New England group purchasing organization awarded FirstLight as supplier for its members’ network infrastructure services Albany, NY – January 6, 2021 – FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud, and unified...
Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan up to Snuff? Part 1
A disaster recovery (DR) plan is something that needs to be tested and revised regularly to evolve with the changing threat landscape. Along with protecting your company from natural disasters and major equipment failure, your DR plan must help you recover from...
Year in Review: 2020, a Hard but Significant Year for FirstLight
2020 has been a hard year for all kinds of businesses. Because of the pandemic, organizations have needed to change the way they do business. Connectivity and communications technologies have become crucial as companies transition to a remote workforce. This year,...
Are Your Customers Getting the Attention They Deserve?
During the pandemic, many companies are working remotely, and so are their customers. Consumers are flooding contact centers with calls because visiting a physical location is rarely an option these days. These customers likely feel out of touch and are craving some...
FirstLight Completes Acquisition of BestWeb
Deepens FirstLight’s fiber footprint in the lower Hudson Valley of New York Albany, NY – December 18, 2020 - FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud computing and unified communications services to enterprise and carrier...
8 Things to Look for When Selecting a Data Center
Some companies decide to move their data center off-site to access additional expertise and help with management. Off-site data center providers can usually provide backup and disaster recovery resources as well. Data Center Frontier reported that data center pricing...
5 Security Measures You Need to Protect Your IT Infrastructure
Cybercriminals are always dreaming up new attack vectors. Their endless ingenuity means your company needs to be tirelessly vigilant to prevent a breach. One security tool or approach won’t cut it in today’s challenging threat landscape, especially as mobilizing a...
6 Essential Items For Your 2021 Technology Budget
With the complete change that COVID-19 brought upon work life in the United States, the task of planning a corporate yearly budget has become even more complicated. In any normal year, planning the company budget can be a chore. With the chaos that was thrown into the...
Hampshire Hills Selects FirstLight for Connectivity
Newly renovated wellness center leverages latest technologies backed by FirstLight’s high quality Internet to help its clients achieve their fitness goals Albany, NY – December 1, 2020 – FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud,...
5 Fundamental Components of a Utilities Monitoring Plan
With the duo of increasing weather-related disasters and the aging infrastructure of the U.S. power grid, utilities monitoring is now imperative for the health of any business related to power supply. A good measure of the economic strength of a country is the...
4 Considerations When Selecting a Cloud Provider
With all the cloud connectivity providers vying for business, it can be quite challenging to choose the right partner. All cloud providers are not created equal. A company’s choice for a cloud provider can affect the business itself. For example, at the beginning of...
Is Your Higher Education Institution Prepared for Increased Technology Needs?
As COVID-19 has swept across campuses everywhere, it has highlighted the instability of the average campus’s digital infrastructure. And unfortunately, drastic changes are needed to keep higher education facilities ahead of the technological curve. As such, we expect...
Dartmouth Selects FirstLight for Campus-wide Connectivity
FirstLight also provides Ivy League campus with connectivity to the AWS Cloud ALBANY, NY – November 10, 2020 – FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the...
Hub66 Leverages FirstLight to Expand Rural Internet Access
FirstLight’s fiber assets will help Hub66 reach underserved communities in New Hampshire and Vermont Albany, NY – November 5, 2020 – FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud and voice services to carrier and enterprise customers...
3 of Today’s Must-Have Managed Service Options
Companies used to be wary of managed services. They worried that outsourcing technology services would cause them to lose control of data and applications or put their in-house IT staff’s jobs at risk. Instead, service providers can augment an organization’s IT...
3 Things Your Company Needs to Know About Ransomware
Ransomware has been a common threat to organizations for years now. Using phishing emails, hackers trick employees into clicking on infected attachments, encrypting all the company’s files. The cybercriminal then extorts the business, asking for thousands of dollars...
Why Today’s Companies Need Desktop as a Service
Serving the technology needs of a dispersed workforce has always been a challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused companies to rethink the technology they use to support their workers. Now more than ever, companies are looking for a way to improve how they approach...
3 Reasons Why SMBs Should Beware of Ransomware
Some companies think they are too small to worry about experiencing a ransomware attack. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may let their defenses down, figuring that cybercriminals have bigger fish to fry. These SMBs couldn’t be more wrong. Recently, a college...