With the excess of mobile devices and bandwidth-heavy applications in the consumer and enterprise space, the traffic being driven across wireless networks has increased dramatically. Employees and customers alike, from large corporate organizations down to the local coffee shop, have come to expect fast, reliable wireless access. 

There are many practical applications for virtual reality (VR) in healthcare, from treating post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias to pain management to training and robotic surgeries. And for your customers, the possibilities are endless. We’ve complied a list of three ways that VR is impacting healthcare and how you can position the solution to your healthcare customers.

How often do you hear “Wi-Fi is slow again” or even the less charming,“our Wi-Fi sucks!" If your customers’ wireless networks are under-performing or haven’t been reviewed recently, maybe it’s time for a Wi-Fi Tune-Up. Check out these five tips on doing a checkup for wireless networks. 

You’ve likely heard of the advent of USB-C as a connection standard for several new devices and peripherals. This standard has been rapidly adopted by many of the largest technology giants, such as Apple, Google, HP Inc., Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and many more. The benefits of this new standard bring significant transformation, not only from a convenience standpoint, as evident by the reversible connector, but also in creating new ways to interact with devices.

The above statement may sound like a strange question, but it’s a legitimate one. The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a tremendous opportunity for both commercial and home use. Smart devices including thermostats, microwaves and refrigerators, can now be integrated into your home network through an internet protocol (IP) address, just as if they were a computer, smartphone or tablet.

Hyper-convergence is drawing a lot of attention lately – and this small, but powerful form factor is delivering on the hype. This growing trend has prompted analysts to forecast an explosive 60% CAGR to for hyper-converged to be a $5 billion market by 2019*. Now is the time to make sure you have a hyper-converged line to offer to your customers and profit from this high growth mode of computing.

The MSP Difference Maker Series explores how best-in-class managed service providers (MSPs) create differentiation in the market. MSP best practices related to sales, technical support, marketing, operations and leadership are brought to life through workshops, exercises, tools and resources.

Every day seems to bring more and more tasks that need to get done right away.  Schedules are filling up faster than ever, meetings get double booked, and no one feels they can set aside time to keep up with the evolving IT industry, much less take on the challenge of learning something new.  While IT Transformation is not a new market trend, its effecg is now widely acknowledged and supported by significant industry analysts.

Now more than ever, business success can be tied directly to the underlying performance of an organization’s technology infrastructure. And nowhere is that infrastructure more important than in the computer networks that connect employees, customers and partners with the information and access they need. Simply put: If the network isn’t performing well, the business isn’t performing well.

This blog, originally was authored by  Phillip Privett vice president, Converged and Data Solutions, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, and was originally featured on The VAR Guy.