In the more than 30 years since STL Communications first began installing and marketing equipment from AT&T, the St. Louis-based managed service provider, integrator, networking firm and IT consultancy has guided its customers through the radical changes shaping how businesses communicate and stay connected. Today, the company’s customers, which include firms from across industries, rely on STL as the trusted partner with the expertise they need to effectively use the most productive technologies.

“We help our customers use technology to serve their customers even better by providing the best voice, data, wireless, video and infrastructure solutions available,” says Steve Leidholdt, founder, president and CEO of STL. “We guide them through the systems and technologies required to be successful in business today.” (more…)

It is no secret that keeping sensitive personal and business data safe is of the utmost importance—especially in the healthcare industry where you are required by law to protect this data in email communications.

With that in mind, ZixEncrypt and ZixProtect are excellent solutions to keeping you and your patients’ data safe from data loss and other threats. (more…)

With over 200,000 users worldwide, it’s safe to say that PRTG is a well-known (and we’d even say well-loved) network monitoring tool. But as well-known as it is, people might still only think of it in terms of traditional IT environments. In fact, PRTG is actually also really well-suited to other environments, too. One of these is healthcare IT.

In recent years, connected medical devices and the digital transfer of patient data have resulted in medical technology and traditional IT infrastructure becoming more integrated. This results in a new kind of infrastructure, consisting of normal IT (the network, routers, servers, switches, and so on) as well as medical IT (digital imaging devices, communication servers, and more). We know that PRTG handles the traditional IT environment very well. But what about this new integrated environment? (more…)

The Era of Digital Transformation has begun to radically redefine business communications. Voice is no longer the only way – or even the preferred way – to stay in touch with customers and colleagues. Instead, video, content sharing and instant messaging are now fundamental. Just as importantly, employees now expect more than just desktop communications. They want a seamless communications experience that fits into how they work instead of changing how they work – helping them stay in touch on their device of choice as they move throughout their day. (more…)

Firewalls are a key component in safeguarding your business from malicious threats, hackers and malware. STL Communications offers a “Powered by SonicWall” managed firewall solution that frees you from the resource intensive work of maintaining your firewall.

Block threats before they enter your network Entry points into your network may now include employees’ laptops, desktops, and smartphones. Secure your network and data against sophisticated, modern day threats with comprehensive protection that includes intrusion prevention, gateway anti-virus, antispyware, content/url filtering, enforced client anti-virus, and anti-spam services.

The amount of traffic being scanned by your firewall, as well as the increasing amount of threats and malware attacking it, is quickly becoming more than many firewalls can handle. We protect organizations of every size without slowing down your network — providing you with fast, reliable performance. (more…)