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In today’s digital environment, the role of data as a strategic asset is undeniable. Organizations across the globe generate vast amounts of data, but unfortunately, a significant portion of this potential goldmine remains unused. With Microsoft Fabric, you can make the most of your data and eliminate organizational silos!
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Ready to achieve more efficient Azure Deployments? You can use Bicep parameters instead of JSON which opens new opportunities for deployment. Let Lunavi expert, Joe Thompson, show you how.
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Learn how to navigate 2024 with the right InfoSec defenses to protect your organization against a rising number of cyber attacks.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot has been released, and it's changing the way we work. More than OpenAI or ChatGPT, read how Copilot can seamlessly integrate with your workflow.
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Working with an Expert MSP delivers numerous benefits: incentives and funding, advanced knowledge, specialized practice areas, cutting-edge platforms, and licensing guidance among them. Lunavi can serve as your Cloud Solution Provider and 24/7support provider as well.
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The term 'FinOps' is being heard more frequently as organizations seek to optimize their cloud endeavors. As controlling cloud spend is typically at the top of the list for refinement, let's explore how FinOps isn't just a new buzzword in the tech community.
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Buildertrend provides the leading residential construction management software platform for homebuilders and remodelers. When one of their top initiatives required extending their SaaS platform to bring construction company users and suppliers together, they brought Lunavi on as a consulting partner.
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The private cloud solution made the organization much more efficient as equipment maintenance and cloud management issues went away. Because the entire system is CJIS compliant, verification and reporting were transferred to Lunavi.
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i-Function sought a long-term partner who could help modernize the FUNSAT platform to take advantage of cloud and coach the company through Agile adoption to test and improve product iterations throughout development and delivery.
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Over 1,800 clubs serving more than two million members worldwide trust Clubessential to provide a unified software suite designed to enhance, automate, and facilitate operations, including public websites, accounting, point-of-sale, Customer Relationship Management, and reservations software.
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Frontsteps moves to the Lunavi cloud for increased performance, more responsive support, and better scalability.
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Lunavi, a leading provider of digital solutions and managed services leveraging Microsoft platforms, announced being awarded with the Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP) status for the fourth year in a row, distinguishing them as high fidelity, expert Azure Managed Services provider.
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Lunavi announced Stephen Pasztor as the company’s new Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, strengthening executive acumen and expertise around Microsoft cloud services and digital consulting.
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Lunavi, a top provider of business technology consulting and managed IT services, has gained Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance accreditation for customers in the State of Colorado across its hosted services including colocation data centers and private cloud platforms.
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Lunavi has strengthened the company’s Microsoft Gold Partner status to provide clients with improved capabilities around information security and Microsoft Azure platforms.
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Galeotos brings a wealth of experience guiding successful enterprises andwill assume day-to-day leadership of the company. Founder and former CEO Shawn Mills will remain on the Lunavi executive team in his role as President.
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The Azure Expert MSP modernized the software platform to take advantage of cloud services and allow users to access the service anywhere, from a multitude of devices
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Discover the real-world benefits of AI for your institution to evaluate your ROI, learn the Microsoft Ecosystem, and how to responsibly navigate the privacy and security concerns of implementing AI. Watch our on-demand webinar, presented by President Shawn Mills and SVP of Digital Transformation Mike Douglas.
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Presented by Lunavi Founder and President Shawn Mills, join us to unlock the transformative power of generative AI in our on-demand webinar. You'll gain valuable insights and practical guidance on incorporating artificial intelligence into your organization's innovation landscape.
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Presented by Alec Harrison, Lunavi Solution Consultant & Microsoft Azure MVP, Learn How to Build Azure Open AI & ChatGPT Services into Your Existing Azure Applications. Watch the recorded webinar on-demand!
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In this webinar recording, Director of Delivery Engineering Mike Douglas discusses essential practice areas to foster shared responsibility of the cloud and how to implement best practices of FinOps and CAF through a cloud enablement team.
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Lunavi consultant Aman Sharma teamed up with Eric from longtime client Eversource Energy to expand your Microsoft Azure knowledge. Each hour-long session digs into such diverse topics as Azure architecture, cloud security, or DevOps.
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In Episode 2 of the Navigating What's Next Podcast, hear from Lunavi's information security team on top trends, threats, priorities, tools, and more.
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Discover how business continuity can enhance and even speed up your digital transformation with this ebook.
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Take a look at challenges ahead. 8 out of 10 executives are pursuing digital transformation. Discover the top reasons why these digital transformation efforts are failing.
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Learn the key ingredients to digital transformation success in our latest eBook. From planning with purpose to ensuring the right people, processes, and communications are in place, discover the top metrics and advice from IT leaders who are winning the transformation race.
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Download this tech brief to uncover the top three areas you should focus on when transforming your organization with Agile service delivery.
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Discover the journey of Lunavi. From start to finish, Lunavi has always been dedicated to our customers, and their digital transformation journeys.
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In today’s digital environment, the role of data as a strategic asset is undeniable. Organizations across the globe generate vast amounts of data, but unfortunately, a significant portion of this potential goldmine remains unused. With Microsoft Fabric, you can make the most of your data and eliminate organizational silos!
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Ready to achieve more efficient Azure Deployments? You can use Bicep parameters instead of JSON which opens new opportunities for deployment. Let Lunavi expert, Joe Thompson, show you how.
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Learn how to navigate 2024 with the right InfoSec defenses to protect your organization against a rising number of cyber attacks.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot has been released, and it's changing the way we work. More than OpenAI or ChatGPT, read how Copilot can seamlessly integrate with your workflow.
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Working with an Expert MSP delivers numerous benefits: incentives and funding, advanced knowledge, specialized practice areas, cutting-edge platforms, and licensing guidance among them. Lunavi can serve as your Cloud Solution Provider and 24/7support provider as well.
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The term 'FinOps' is being heard more frequently as organizations seek to optimize their cloud endeavors. As controlling cloud spend is typically at the top of the list for refinement, let's explore how FinOps isn't just a new buzzword in the tech community.
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Microsoft announced major developments at its premiere event of the year, Microsoft Build. Author and Lunavi Solution Consultant, Alec Harrison was there in-person to gain first-hand insight on these announcements and what they could mean for not only the future of Lunavi, but for you and your organization!
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There used to be entire companies providing SMS answering services. In 2006, one such company was valued at $6 million. Come along as we build the same system in Azure, almost for free, in 2 hours or less!
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Microsoft Azure AD offers a wide range of security technologies that help organizations protect their data and applications against various cyber threats. Learn how to leverage these advanced security technologies in your Azure environment.
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Driven by a strong retail background, FlexPay.io leads the payment salvage industry with advance machine learning models that intelligently determine the best way to recover declined, recurring payment card transactions where the credit card isn’t present.
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HCMS Group provides cloud-based healthcare information solutions to employers, health organizations and individuals, including data warehousing, data analytics, and clinical prevention services. Because the company needed a HIPAA audited colocation provider that could reliably supply the infrastructure to provide Software as a Service (SaaS) and Data as a Service (DaaS) portals to users across the nation, HCMS chose Lunavi.
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With hundreds of banks, credit unions, commercial operations, and public entities relying on security system integration from Cook Security Group, the company needed a reliable hosting partner to guarantee the integrity of ATMs, alarm systems, access controls, DVRs, and other critical security measures.
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Cheyenne Regional Medical Center sought to modernize and consolidate IT systems under a single healthcare application platform. After choosing Epic Systems, the IT team discovered their on-premise data center lacked the necessary power, space, and cooling. For HIPAA compliance and guaranteed uptime, they chose Lunavi to colocate their Epic Systems platform.
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From truck stops, convenience stores and hotels to restaurants and Arena League Football, Bosselman Enterprises relies on Lunavis hybrid IT approach to manage 120 remote locations and 1,400 employees.
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Blue Federal Credit Union serves over 70,000 members and communities in Colorado and Wyoming, including F.E. Warren Air Force Base, the now decommissioned Rocky Flats Plant, and the community of Broomfield, Colorado. Founded in 1951, the credit union has grown to close to $900M in assets and was created by a merger between Warren Federal Credit Union and Community Financial Credit Union. When Blue FCU wanted to free up staff to work on new projects, ensure uptime for their customers, and improve business efficiency, they chose colocation from Lunavi.
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Black Hills Energy is Improving Life with Energy by Utilizing the Colocation Services of Lunavi As a natural gas and electric utility, Black Hills Energy requires 24/7 access to critical IT/business systems to deliver trusted service to over 1.2 million customers across eight states in the Midwest and Mountain West. The company also produces and sources its own natural gas and electricity across the country. With those huge responsibilities at stake and a diverse range of services, sites, and complex operations spread across a wide and varied geography, the company’s IT services can never waver.
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Green House Data, a leading provider of digital transformation consulting and managed IT services, is rebranding to unify its recently acquired companies and nine locations throughout North America under one brand name – Lunavi.
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Presented by Lunavi Founder and President Shawn Mills, join us to unlock the transformative power of generative AI in our on-demand webinar. You'll gain valuable insights and practical guidance on incorporating artificial intelligence into your organization's innovation landscape.
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Discover the real-world benefits of AI for your institution to evaluate your ROI, learn the Microsoft Ecosystem, and how to responsibly navigate the privacy and security concerns of implementing AI. Watch our on-demand webinar, presented by President Shawn Mills and SVP of Digital Transformation Mike Douglas.
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In this webinar recording, Director of Delivery Engineering Mike Douglas discusses essential practice areas to foster shared responsibility of the cloud and how to implement best practices of FinOps and CAF through a cloud enablement team.
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Presented by Alec Harrison, Lunavi Solution Consultant & Microsoft Azure MVP, Learn How to Build Azure Open AI & ChatGPT Services into Your Existing Azure Applications. Watch the recorded webinar on-demand!
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Microsoft Azure MVP Aman Sharma presents this webinar series covering backup, automation, networking, security, and architecture. Cloud services in Azure are constantly evolving. Stay on top of the latest and learn new skills in this series from an Azure Expert MSP. Each one-hour session covers a different topic area within Azure including demos and Q&A.
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In this webinar recording, Director of Delivery Engineering Mike Douglas introduces Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), a powerful platform for building and integrating containers and microservices within your Azure environment.
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In Episode 2 of the Navigating What's Next Podcast, hear from Lunavi's information security team on top trends, threats, priorities, tools, and more.
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Lunavi consultant Aman Sharma teamed up with Eric from longtime client Eversource Energy to expand your Microsoft Azure knowledge. Each hour-long session digs into such diverse topics as Azure architecture, cloud security, or DevOps.
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In this episode of the I Love Data Centers Podcast, Open Spectrum's Sean Tario interviews Lunavi CEO Shawn Mills about what “green” means to him within the data center industry, how he’s evolved as an executive, and how the documentary “The Social Dilemma” has changed the conversation around social media.
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Learn the key ingredients to digital transformation success in our latest eBook. From planning with purpose to ensuring the right people, processes, and communications are in place, discover the top metrics and advice from IT leaders who are winning the transformation race.
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Discover how business continuity can enhance and even speed up your digital transformation with this ebook.
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Guide decision making around hybrid cloud with these examples from Lunavi clients, including the reasons for selecting various cloud technologies, the business drivers behind the migration, and how to assess and plan for a successful hybrid cloud project.
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Learn what IT professionals think about the benefits of Agile, the most popular Agile frameworks, and the primary roadblocks organizations face as they transition to an Agile mindset.
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Learn what's needed to build a strong and effective Azure cloud foundation.
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By planning ahead and making informed choices, you can proactively tackle hybrid cloud challenges. Start by asking these 20 essential planning questions.
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Take a look at challenges ahead. 8 out of 10 executives are pursuing digital transformation. Discover the top reasons why these digital transformation efforts are failing.
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By 2023, 65% of the world’s population will have its personal information covered under modern privacy regulations, up from 10% today. Read our infographic to understand the most compliance standards most commonly encountered in the IT world.
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