UCG Technologies specializes in IBM Power Systems (IBM i) and protects all platforms from 10GB to in excess of 100TB. Products and services include UCG Enterprise Cloud Backup, Disaster Recovery, and High Availability; Enterprise Security Training; IBM POWER8 Systems; and Enterprise Management Software (EMS). An IBM Business Partner since 1987, UCG is one of the largest independent IBM i business partners and has been rated in the top 1% of IBM business partners globally.
You are cordially invited to a webinar presented by Jim Kandrac, President of UCG Technologies. Learn how your organization can benefit from UCG Enterprise Cloud Backup, DR, and H/A solutions which now include Enterprise Security Training. Join us tomorrow, October 25! In just 45 minutes, you will gain new insight into how to protect your organization from data loss through disaster or human error!
TOP FIVE WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND RECOVER FROM A DATA LOSS OR SECURITY BREACH
You are cordially invited to a webinar presented by Jim Kandrac, President of UCG Technologies. Learn how your organization can benefit from UCG Enterprise Cloud Backup, DR, and H/A solutions which now include Enterprise Security Training. Join us on October 11 or October 25! In just 45 minutes, you will gain new insight into how to protect your organization from data loss through disaster or human error!
UCG Technologies will be in attendance and exhibiting at DRJ Fall World at the J.W. Marriott in Phoenix, AZ September 18 - 21.
The IBM i Series Specialists are in the house!
UCG Technologies President Jim Kandrac
UCG Technologies (formerly United Computer Group) was founded in 1987 by Jim Kandrac. UCG specializes inIBM Power Systems running the i OS IBM i Series, and protects all platforms from 10GB to in excess of 100TB. Products and services include UCG Enterprise Cloud Backup, Disaster Recovery, and High Availability (formerly VAULT400); Enterprise Security Training; IBM POWER8 Systems; and Enterprise Management Software (EMS).
UCG’s Enterprise Cloud Backup & DR solution is featured in IBM’s Global Solutions Directory. UCG is an Advanced IBM Business Partner.
Be sure to stop by UCG's booth #702/704 to say hello to Jim Kandrac and Mike Powall, and learn about UCG's latest and greatest product offerings! In the meantime, check out our videos!
Cyber criminals are coming up with more and more sophisticated ways to threaten your security. Your network is only as strong as its weakest link and that is why training your employees in security awareness is crucial.
We have your data protected, but not from "human error”. It’s imperative to ensure all employees are educated and up to speed on how to spot ransomware attacks BEFORE they click on a dangerous link. UCG now provides the following base value-added service at no additional cost to current and new UCG Enterprise Cloud Backup & DR (formerly VAULT400) subscribers.
Phishing test for all active email users.
List of users whose email addresses are exposed.
Twenty-five users will receive online cyber security training. (Additional training may be purchased for $10 per user plus $2 every six months for maintenance, updates and support. This is a complete managed service.
UCG will schedule ongoing phishing tests and training on your behalf.
Quarterly reports will be emailed to bring your attention to violators who can then be scheduled for additional online training.
Bottom Line: Your organization is 20 to 40%+ risk of being hit with ransomware. With this training, it will reduce to negligible single digits or eliminate it completely.
One lesson I’ve learned in the 29 years since I founded UCG is that your brand says a lot about not only who you are but also what you want to be. That’s why I’m pleased to announce that:
No new owners or a sale or merger, just the same top quality personnel and engineers our clients have worked with since 1987.
Why the change? And why now?
Well, we’re not just a computer company any more. In the early years, 80% of our sales were hardware related. While we’re still one of the largest independent IBM hardware business partners, our business has grown and diversified.
Today, computers account for less than 40% of our revenues. Most of our business is derived from UCG i Cloud, VAI’s S2K ERP solutions, UCG enterprise cloud backup, disaster recovery, and high availability offerings. And now enterprise security training, but more about that in a moment.
Our rebranding prepares us for the future.
The cloud presents dramatic new opportunities for us to solve customers’ problems in ways that would have been impossible just a few years ago.
For example, I recently had a chance to hear IBM CEO Ginni Rometty describe a vision that IBM calls “cognitive computing.” The presentation energized me because it outlined a new vision of computing powered by the intelligence of technologies like Watson to discover insights and relationships that are too complex for human beings to see.
IBM expects half of all software applications developed three years from now to have cognitive capabilities, up from just 10% today. The possibilities for us to apply cognitive reasoning to make our customers’ enterprise applications more efficient is exciting. Its potential to open up whole new areas of analytical insight is astonishing.
Our new name reflects our bigger goal of being a provider of integrated services that help our customers and manage their IT operations and their businesses more effectively. One example of how we’re making this transition is our new Enterprise Security Awareness Training.
Why Enterprise Security Awareness Training is integral to an organizations success.
Over the past 18 months, several of our clients have been hit with cyber-attacks. Phishing and Ransomware have become some of their most worrisome vulnerabilities. So UCG Technologies has partnered with KnowBe4 to offer free phishing and email exposure tests to our cloud clients. In addition, each Enterprise Cloud Backup & DR client will also receive a 25-user license for Kevin Mitnick’s superb nine course Cyber Security Training program.
One client that recently took the phishing exposure test got an incredible 48% click rate on the malicious messages sent to employees. Thanks to the free training we’re providing, I believe they can reduce that vulnerability to negligible single digits.
We want to be your full-service IT partner.
We’re expanding not only our product line but also our geographic scope. In fact, UCG Technologies now has corporate clients in 31 states, Canada, and in Europe. Our phones are ringing and our business is growing in excess of 20% annually, but that doesn’t change the principle that got us here: a firm commitment to complete customer satisfaction.
I’m proud of the team that has guided our growth, but most of all I’m grateful to our customers for showing their faith in us.
