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Announcements

A Drive for Community Engagement

Our teams across the country have been supporting their communities in innovative ways. From volunteer events to charity golf tournaments — we have a roundup of how NWN Carousel employees are making an impact. Our expectations have significantly changed. COVID-19 compelled many of us to reconsider what’s important in our lives. This has led to […]

10.19.2021

Announcements

What’s the #1 Benefit Employees Want?
Survey says: Balance.

NWN Carousel is thrilled to be among the top 30 small-to-mid-sized companies in the country to be recognized by Comparably for 2021 Work-Life Balance! The awards are selected based on employee opinion in nearly 20 core culture categories. We ranked #28 on this year’s list. At NWN Carousel, we pride ourselves as being a culture that […]

10.13.2021

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Events

Resilience and Brilliance Shine Through at Carousel’s AlwaysOn Technology Symposium 2017

On Thursday, October 19, I had the pleasure to once again welcome more than 250 business and IT leaders from healthcare, higher education, financial services, manufacturing, and technology to Carousel’s third annual 2017 AlwaysOn Technology Symposium (AOTS) at the Rhode Island Convention Center. As event emcee, it’s always a pleasure to see the Technology Symposium […]

11.02.2017

#CarouselCrew

#CarouselCrew: Meet Natalie Bates, Dispatch Coordinator

Get to know us! At Carousel, we’re more than 1,300 #CarouselCrew members strong, spanning 27 locations across the country. Each month, we’re excited to share a glimpse of our talented team members. This week, meet Exeter, headquarter-based Natalie Bates, dispatch coordinator for two years. She shares that she most recently got engaged to her high […]

Networking

Is Spanning Tree’s Time Up?

The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) has been around for decades. Originally designed to help reroute network traffic in the event of a partial outage, it provided a useful solution given the environment of the time. But administrators today are increasingly finding STP is no longer the most efficient way to handle their need for redundancy […]

10.31.2017

Sue Gattis with stepson Evan and husband Jo.

#CarouselCrew

#CarouselCrew: Meet Sue Gattis, Manager, Help Desk/Service Delivery

Get to know us! At Carousel, we’re more than 1,300 #CarouselCrew members strong, spanning 27 locations across the country. Each month, we’re excited to share a glimpse of our talented team members. This week, meet Dallas-based Sue Gattis, Carousel’s help desk and service delivery manager for 12 years. Sue is the proud wife to Jo […]

10.24.2017

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Security

The Right Technology and Services Partners Can Bring IoT From Vision To Reality

I believe the Internet of Things (IoT) has reached a tipping point where we will soon see the pace of connected devices accelerate. I say this because when I talk to organizations about their digital initiatives, they are connecting “things” without ever saying “IoT” or thinking about it as a separate thing. Markets hit mass […]

Managed Services

Moving Your IT Talent into the Future

To read other blog posts by Carousel Managed Services leaders, click here. How does your IT team deliver services today? You wouldn’t be alone if you said your employees are occupied with the chore equivalent of IT work—they’re focused on run tasks or other activities that are crucial to maintaining workforce productivity and network availability, […]

10.17.2017

#CarouselCrew

#CarouselCrew: Meet Ed Wadbrook, VP, Cloud Solutions Enablement

Get to know us! At Carousel, we’re more than 1,300 #CarouselCrew members strong, spanning 27 locations across the country. Each month, we’re excited to share a glimpse of our talented team members. This week, meet NC-based (RI-bred!) Ed Wadbrook, VP, Cloud Solutions Enablement. I chatted with Ed about his top life highlights and he shared […]

10.12.2017

High Speed Train in Tokyo

Carrier Services

The Value of Working with a Telecom Agent

There are many reasons organizations don’t partner with an agent for their technology services. Some aren’t sure how the relationship works. Others assume the service costs are higher than buying direct from a carrier. Some companies are simply reluctant to deviate from the status quo. No matter the logic, the lack of outside support means […]

10.11.2017