As an IBM Advanced Business Partner, ASK offers our clients the full depth and breadth of IBM products and solutions. Many of our staff members are former IBM management employees. This gives us a unique relationship with IBM and allows us to help our clients navigate the vast array of IBM resources.
Being an IBM Advanced Business Partner also provides ASK with access to a network of thousands of other Application Vendors and Solution Providers. We are able to utilize this ecosystem to bring best of breed solutions to our clients.
VMware's innovative approach to addressing IT challenges revolutionizes the way technology serves enterprises and individuals. Through their industry-leading cloud infrastructure and management platform, they deliver multiple solutions that drive greater levels of flexibility, quality and performance. The business value gained from VMware solutions fundamentally changes the way enterprises look at IT.
Across the board Cisco is delivering networked architectures to help customers achieve their business goals faster and with less risk. Their range of products is extremely broad and their reputation for quality is second to none.
In October of 2004, ASK proudly announced our partnership with MessageLabs.
MessageLabs is the leading provider of managed email and web security services for business.
Operating at the internet level, MessageLabs offers industry-leading protection against spam, viruses,
and other unwanted content for thousands of organizations worldwide.
MessageLabs' managed services are backed by a multi-million dollar infrastructure spanning four continents,
which proactively protects your business from global threats on a local level.
Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise.
Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts that simplify data
management. NetApp© storage solutions include specialized hardware, software, and services, providing seamless storage
management for open network environments.
ASK is proud to be a provider for Vision Solutions, Inc.. Vision is the world's leading provider of high availability,
disaster recovery and data management solutions for the IBM® System i and System p markets. With a portfolio that spans
the industry's most innovative and trusted HA brands, Vision's iTera™, MIMIX® and ORION™ solutions
keep business-critical information continuously protected and available. Affordable and easy to use, Vision products
help to ensure business continuity, increase productivity, reduce operating costs and satisfy compliance requirements.
US Signal is dedicated to becoming the premier telecommunications infrastructure provider of network services, IP transport and collocation facilities to our customers in the Midwest. The US Signal team is committed to providing our customers with flexible, efficient, and cost-effective solutions to meet their varied connectivity needs. Our mission is founded on the principle of building long-term, trustworthy relationships with our customers. Our goal is to allow our customers to better serve their customers, through the use of metro and long haul networks, by bringing them closer together in their strategic markets.
ASK is a proud partner with Online Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of Internet infrastructure and managed services.
Honored by the Edward Lowe Foundation as on of the "50 companies to watch in Michigan", OTC provides tremendous value for customers who desire to utilize IT resources as a service. OTC provides data center hosting, co-location, internet, telecommunications, and hardened disaster recovery and high availability solutions. Customers have found that migrating their infrastructure to a pay by the service and pay by the use model provides both freedom from capital cost burdens as well as the flexibility to operate a real time IT infrastructure.
For an analysis of how this may benefit your organization, please contact your ASK Representative.
Sherpa Software is a privately held company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a worldwide distribution channel.
Sherpa designs and develops groupware utility software targeted to provide Archiving, Email Management, Policy Enforcement and Content Discovery functionality that is not inherent within IBM Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange. Since our inception, Sherpa has effectively answered the needs of many Fortune 100 companies. With products that address compliance,
legal liability, storage and content management, we have allowed our clients to reduce costs, minimize administration time, mitigate liabilities and secure information. We have earned a solid reputation as a leading software provider that offers unparalleled customer service and support. We pride ourselves on the close relationships we share with our customers
and work hard to be responsive to their needs.
Our mission: 100% customer commitment. Listen to the needs of our clients, offer the right solution and support its growth.
ASK has had a long term partnership with InterForm. InterForm is a leading solution provider for print management. As an OEM supplier of connectivity solutions to many of the world's major printer manufacturers, InterForm's job is to make sure that computers, networks and printers all speak the same language. InterForm's flagship product - Artform400 offers iSeries customers cost savings, flexibility, and independence in their print management and distribution processes.
ASK is proud to partner with WatchGuard Technologies. WatchGuard has provided reliable, easy to manage security appliances to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of solutions provides the best combination of strong, reliable, multi-layered security with the best ease of use in its class. ASK believes strongly in this product and has experienced great success with it. ASK has successfully implemented WatchGuard in dozens of business accounts across the state of Michigan. The products are backed by LiveSecurity® Service, a ground-breaking support and maintenance program. WatchGuard is a privately owned company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
ASK is proud to promote our partnership with Spectorsoft.
SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC/Internet monitoring and surveillance products for business, education, government and general home users. Recognizing that corporations, schools and families need to know how people are using their PCs and what they are doing on the Internet, SpectorSoft was founded to provide the first useful and intuitive recording and playback products for Windows and Mac OS based computers. Their flagship product, Spector 360, recently won the PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award.
February 04, 2012 - Bottom Line IT
Be sure to tune in to the Michigan Business Network to hear Michael Maddox and Matthew Kolberg discuss the current trends and directions going on in the Business IT environment. The show airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9am, 2pm, 7pm and midnight.
Segments 1 and 2 include technology news topics
==> Lawsuit alleges FDA spied on employee personal emails
==> Study: Multitasking hinders youth social skills
==> How Google keeps your secrets private
==> In the nonstop whirlwind of campaigns, Twitter is a critical tool
Segment 3: Managed IT Services - They are not all the same
Segment 4: Business class services vs. home grown
Segment 5: Just ASK Paul
January 28, 2012 - Bottom Line IT
These segments of Bottom Line IT with Michael Maddox and co-host Matthew Kolberg feature guest Todd Ross - Partner and Director Business Development - Digital Active.
January 21, 2012 - Bottom Line IT
These segments of Bottom Line IT hosted by Michael Maddox and Matthew Kolberg featuring guest Stacey Trzeciak, Account Executive, Forsesight Group, LLC.
January 14, 2012 - Bottom Line IT
These segments of Bottom Line IT hosted by Michael Maddox and Matthew Kolberg featuring guests Mike Jussila, Senior Business Account Executive, Comcast, and Scott Watkins, Director, Market and Industry Analysis, Anderson Economic Group, LLC.
January 10, 2012 - Business Beat
Michael Maddox and Matthew Kolberg were interviewed my Micheal Mahoney with the Michigan Business Network. The interview included discussions about ASK and the services offered by our company.
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