Happy New Year

A New Year is the perfect time to reach out and say "thank you" for your business in 2021. The team at RIPEVA LLC wishes you and yours health, happiness, peace and success in 2022. Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!

With the holiday season here, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and the customers who've helped shape our business. In this spirit, we say thank you and send best wishes to you and yours for the holidays.

Security and privacy with an integrated portfolio of cloud services

Businesses rely on cloud transformation for the stability and agility it offers to their operations. Microsoft 365 enables this transformation by realizing modern work environments where users are productive and secure while working from anywhere. Secure your business with technology you can trust, ensure only the right users have access without affecting productivity, and protect your data through security best practices and easy-to-use policies that prevent accidental data leaks. Sign up to say connected—we'll help you learn more about making the transition to the cloud and into a more secure environment.

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Realizing results with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Financials, sales, services, supply chain, project management, analytics—they're all separate departments but they no longer need to be silos. Thanks to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can connect them through a single, unified application. Today's marketplace is more competitive than ever. With every day bringing a new technological advancement, you'll need the best business solutions to keep pace. Review the infographic to explore your options and unlock the possibilities.

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Just move it to the cloud

This blog outlines the different methods of data migration and use cases. Your method of migrating data to the cloud will depend on many factors. Migrating large amounts of data can be done with any of the methods explained in the blog, including Azure Data Box, File Shares, Site Recovery service, and more.

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Your business survived the pandemic—now what?

Businesses are learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Operations have changed and things aren't going to go back to the way they were pre-pandemic anytime soon. However, opportunities exist for businesses to flourish—if they take certain steps. Resizing operations, refocusing products, reducing risks, and reanalyzing capital are key moves to consider as the pandemic loses strength. Companies that best prepare themselves to adapt to changing scenarios should come out stronger in the end.

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Goodyear drives more remote collaboration to keep plants running with Microsoft Teams

As a company dedicated to keeping people moving, Goodyear tire company wasn't about to slow down because of global travel restrictions due to COVID-19. When engineers could no longer travel to factories for equipment installation or troubleshooting, Goodyear turned to Microsoft Teams running on RealWear voice controlled, assisted-reality wearable computers to bring the engineering experts into the plants virtually—enabling instantaneous collaboration from remote locations, and saving money on travel costs.

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Secure Infographic

Companies choose Azure for Windows Server and SQL Server because of its unmatched security. Azure delivers multiple layers of security, including the secure foundation of physical datacenters, operational best practices, and engineering processes that follow industry-standard guidelines.

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Fluid, Dynamic, and Cloud-Powered Solutions

Microsoft is uniquely positioned for partnership with any organization's modern digital transition journey. Solutions like Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 provide an end-to-end, integrated portfolio of cloud solutions. Built on a foundation of security and privacy, the Azure platform helps businesses in every industry build resilience and improve the bottom line. Communication is seamless, dynamic, and collaborative. Sign up to say connected—we'll help you learn more about making the transition to the cloud.

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How SMEs can cure their fear of digital transformation

There's a perception that digital transformation is hard. Businesses resisting it are typically concerned about costs or lack of in-house knowledge. However, those who explore digital transformation quickly discover that these fears are unfounded. To achieve the benefits of digital transformation, you need to set goals and think of costs as investments.

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How To Get Your Cloud Migration Strategy Right

Industry leaders are working hard to compete with digital upstarts that develop their business exclusively in the cloud. Business infrastructure has become more complex, and to keep up to date, companies are digitizing their operations—looking for agility and insights from data and analytics. IT business partners must demonstrate the ROI of switching from ""owning"" to "renting" infrastructure. It's now critical to monitor performance across different cloud frameworks with tools that collect and correlate data from every location. Leaders understand there is a before, during, and after migration strategy for making the switch successful.

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Windows and SQL Server: The Best of Azure

Windows Server and SQL Server are best on Azure. This flyer highlights Azure's unmatched intelligent security, seamless hybrid capabilities, unparalleled innovation capabilities, and unique cost savings options.

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Special Olympics Leaders Use Microsoft Teams to Build Community and Shape the Future

When Grace, a Special Olympics athlete and global youth leader from New Zealand, heard that a friend of hers had to miss a long-awaited competition due to transportation issues, her response was to help build an app that ensured other athletes wouldn't run into similar problems. She teamed up with fellow global youth leader Jack, and the pair worked on a project designed to connect Special Olympics athletes with transportation. When COVID-19 threatened to stall the project's momentum, the duo quickly turned to Microsoft Teams to collaborate and continue developing their app, making sure their inclusive initiative didn't miss a beat. Teams enabled them to communicate across continents and stay on track with their plans.

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Simplified SMB Hybrid Cloud - Simplified Hybrid IT for SMBs

This video explains that HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers with Windows Server 2019 are cloud-ready to utilize a hybrid IT approach for controlling critical resources on-premises and moving less critical applications and data to the cloud. Please contact High Tech.2.0 for more information about leveraging HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers with Windows Server 2019.  

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Special Olympics Leaders Use Microsoft Teams to Build Community and Shape the Future

When Grace, a Special Olympics athlete and global youth leader from New Zealand, heard that a friend of hers had to miss a long-awaited competition due to transportation issues, her response was to help build an app that ensured other athletes wouldn't run into similar problems. She teamed up with fellow global youth leader Jack, and the pair worked on a project designed to connect Special Olympics athletes with transportation. When COVID-19 threatened to stall the project's momentum, the duo quickly turned to Microsoft Teams to collaborate and continue developing their app, making sure their inclusive initiative didn't miss a beat. Teams enabled them to communicate across continents and stay on track with their plans.