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Verizon is retiring the CDMA network and you may have seen notices in your invoice or as a pop up when making accessing your account. While they don’t plan to completely do away with the network until January 1st, 2021, some major changes will take effect on January 1st to encourage people to make a changeRead more

ARG’s Chief Experience Officer (CXO), Heather Campbell, wrote a terrific article discussing the importance of incorporating client experience into a company’s culture and client engagements. Heather is spearheading ARG’s value realization process, which helps clients through the technology adoption process to full realization of the business outcomes they were expecting. She drives her team toRead more

Earlier this summer, ARG was named one of the world’s premier managed service providers by Channel Futures MSP 501.  In conclusion of last week’s Channel Partners conference held in Washington DC, Channel Futures hosted an MSP 501 award ceremony where ARG was recognized as a finalist for “MSP of the Year”. ARG’s Chief Revenue Officer,Read more

ARG was thrilled to welcome the Channel Partners Evolution conference to our home town of Washington D.C. last week. During the show, ARG’s CEO, Greg Praske and Chief Revenue Officer, Mike Shonholz, had the pleasure of sitting down with Gary Audin to talk about ARG’s business value-based approach to IT consulting and some of theRead more

In his recent article for Channel Futures, ARG Chief Revenue Officer, Mike Shonholz, discusses the impacts that new applications and solutions entering the IT services market are having on both consumers and service providers. Businesses are facing more technology choices than ever before, which in turn is creating new opportunities and challenges for solution providers.Read more

Top-Rated Technology Consultancy Debuts within the Top 20% of Channel Futures MSP 501 Ranking McLean, Virginia – July 24, 2019 – ARG Inc. is pleased to announce it has been named one of the world’s premier managed service providers by Channel Futures MSP 501. Debuting at #82 on the 12th annual list, ARG continues toRead more

Northeast Team Celebrates 1 Year with ARG It’s hard to believe it’s been one year since we joined forces with ARG. As part of a large MSP, we struggled with ways to deliver greater business value to our clients. That all changed when we aligned our business with ARG in 2018. In looking back atRead more

ARG Welcomes New Senior Technology Advisor, John Cooper ARG is excited to introduce 15-year industry veteran, John Cooper, as our newest Senior Technology Advisor.  John comes to us from a magic quadrant market leader and is excited at the opportunity ARG presents for him to expand his IT acumen.  He worked tangentially with ARG atRead more

Channel Sales and Business Development Leader Mike Shonholz Named ARG Chief Revenue Officer as Firm Scales Success with New and Existing Customers MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ARG, Inc. today formally announced its plans to accelerate and scale the firm’s success from regional to national, focusing in on serving the advanced IT business needs of small to mid-sizeRead more

ARG Welcomes New Senior Technology Advisor, Kelly Ahmed ARG is thrilled to welcome new Senior Technology Advisor, Kelly Ahmed. A veteran in the industry, Kelly most recently served as the Director of Networking and Telecommunications at RadNet. In that role, she managed hosted voice and contact center implementations across 340 locations, 16 call centers, andRead more

McLean, Virginia: June 26, 2018. Association Resource Group, Inc. (ARG) announced today the acquisition of a technology consulting practice serving the Northeast region of the United States. The practice, and seven industry veterans, was acquired from Carousel Industries and includes a client base of 500 businesses concentrated from New York to Maine. This addition bringsRead more

ARG is honored to have been named a Top Workplace winner by The Washington Post for the fifth year in a row. Fewer than 30 companies in the entire Washington DC metropolitan area have achieved Top Workplace recognition for five consecutive years. The Top Workplace award is based solely on employee feedback gathered through aRead more

Friday, the FBI issued an alert that hundreds of thousands of broadband routers have been infected with a malware named VPNFilter. Many ARG clients have installed broadband services as a backup or as primary service to their smaller locations. Immediate action is advised. So far, the malware has been detected on the following routers: Linksys Devices:Read more

ARG is proud to have appeared on the Top Workplaces list every year since its inception – and thrilled to be singled out for values and ethics again.

Earlier this week, Toshiba notified their North America dealers of the pending closure of their business phone division. If you are a current Toshiba user, what you do now?

The reality of any cloud solution is that architecture and planning is vital, and at the end of the day service is only as good as the support you want and need. 

How do you improve employee satisfaction while increasing productivity and providing a rock solid business continuity plan?  Technology and a commitment to giving back to the community!

Avaya filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week after months of speculation, what does that mean for their customers and partners?

ARG is honored to be recognized for contributions to the Alliance and to the industry as a whole.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are, for all intents and purposes, a cybersecurity attack that doesn’t so much find back doors, but instead slips in through the cracks.

Forrester has some dire predictions for our next president.  With the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security blaming Russian hackers for recent breaches, it may not be too far-fetched.

ARG’s technology consulting now incorporates security.  ARG has vetted providers and can help you make the right choice for your cybersecurity needs.

Changes to cellular data plans, exploding Samsungs, Wi-Fi Assist issues and why you may not want to buy the iPhone 7 quite yet.

A message of thanks from ARG’s CEO and Founder Greg Praske on our 25th Anniversary to the thousands of clients and partners who have helped make us the most respected technology consulting and brokerage firm in the US.

Federal mediation has been approved, but the outlook is still not good for getting new services or moves completed.  Even if you aren’t billed by Verizon your services may be impacted.  If you have a move coming up, ensure you get early to ensure that your mission critical connectivity will not be compromised.

As you know, Verizon is on strike as of this morning.  Over the years, we have seen Verizon strikes that last hours, days, weeks and months.  It’s hard to predict what will happen here.  So, while we hope for a quick resolution, we have to prepare for a longer term dispute.

At ARG, this event is an opportunity for us to show our clients value.  Throughout the industry, every shortcoming in the coming weeks will be blamed on the Verizon strike.  Some of it will be true.  Much of it will not.  At ARG, we want to discern the truth.  We want to come up with solutions and alternatives.  We want to anticipate potential issues and delays.  We want to listen to our clients and communicate frequently.  We want to make a difference.

Beginning in 2014, ARG saw interest in cloud services start to grow substantially. Our clients were getting comfortable with the solutions and 3 key elements were being addressed to their satisfaction:

·         Security. The concern that the cloud is less secure than their own datacenter. Gartner and other independent analyst firms have studied the risks, concluding that cloud is generally more secure than premises-based implementations.

·         Savings. 

Here at ARG we are proud to have one of the best Cloud Advisors on our team heading into 2016. The cloud market is a daunting place for company’s looking to cloud their infrastructure, but luckily, we have the right person on our side that can now be on yours. To see what we’re talking about, here’s ARG Cloud Advisor Jim Begley’s take on the state of the cloud market at the end of 2015:

  ARG has been incredibly successful this year lowering our customers wireless bills by an average of over 38%.  As a special end of the year offer, ARG would like to provide you with a free mobility health review. We want to put you in the best wireless financial position to start 2016. The ARGRead more

ARG has been working in the cloud space for years now but increasing demand from customers has built to a point where we needed additional resources.  We spent months exploring the market and speaking with the best technical minds to find the breadth of experience that we felt would most benefit our clients.  We alsoRead more