Blog Post - Migrate to Cloud Calling [Published September 2025]

Make a seamless migration to Cloud Calling

Many mid-sized to large businesses are leveraging their existing cloud communications infrastructure to introduce external calling and voice service features. Cloud Calling enables them to extend this capability with external calling and voice service features.

Which provider should they choose to implement this extension into the cloud?

IT leaders should consider several factors when choosing a voice operator for their cloud communications platform. It goes beyond cost, including such things as telecom budgeting, reliability, security, connectivity and a partner ready to help meet your enterprise’s specific needs.

Blog Post - How AI-enabled smart factory achieved success [Published July 2025]

How SmartCap’s AI-enabled smart factory achieved recognition and success [Customer Spotlight]

SmartCap is revolutionizing the use of AI in manufacturing with a new 400,000 square foot self-operating factory in Fort Worth, Texas. By utilizing the Internet of Things, the automotive accessory manufacturer achieved a needed competitive edge for the North American market.

Over 20 robots cut, bend, weld and paint metal sheets into component parts for stainless-steel truck caps. These robots are managed by an array of WiFi, sensors and laser beams controlled over a local area network (LAN) to ensure a safe, streamlined working environment.

Automated process adjustments controlled by an AI algorithm have been doubling factory output every few months.

Blog Post - Lower total cost of ownership with SD-WAN [Published June 2025]

Lower your local government’s total cost of ownership (TCO) with SD-WAN

As government budgets tighten, municipalities and local agencies must meet the demands required to serve connected societies while simultaneously reducing the cost of acquiring, managing and inevitably replacing their IT assets. The latter, a concept broadly known as total cost of ownership or TCO, can weigh heavily on the minds of many public-sector leaders.

Yet this challenge also presents an opportunity creative local government CIOs can seize by utilizing a networking innovation already in widespread use in the private sector.

The implementation of software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) is quickly reshaping how enterprises do business, eliminating operational barriers while enhancing overall security. For local governments, SD-WAN can also be a tool for accomplishing needed and cost-effective change.

Case Study - SmartCap [Published September 2024]

SmartCap speeds U.S. market growth with 400,000 square foot smart factory

“When we started putting this factory together in 2021, I thought the infrastructure was going to be my biggest problem, and to date, it’s been the least. If I had to describe my partnership with Spectrum Enterprise in a single word, that word is ‘easy." - Andrew White, Vice President Operations, SmartCap

In Fort Worth, Texas, a 400,000 square foot factory houses the assembly of stainless-steel SmartCap truck caps to support a growing U.S. market.

“We needed a team of network people to help us build the network that manages the automation and the data it runs on,” says Andrew White, Vice President Operations, SmartCap. “Spectrum Enterprise came to the table providing us with the right resources, especially with launching this facility in the short amount of time we had.”

Case Study - Foundation Risk Partners [Published August 2024]

Foundation Risk Partners tackles massive expansion through network modernization

“Having a trusted advisor is really important to us, one with a proactive approach to things. We have had vendors who say: ‘Here’s a tool. Tell us how you want it configured.’ No. We want them to tell us how we should configure it. Spectrum Enterprise gets that.” - Rich Dinan, Chief Information Officer, Foundation Risk Partners

In just six years, Florida-based insurance brokerage and consulting firm Foundation Risk Partners (FRP) has acquired 174 agencies with 182 locations across the United States. It plans to continue this high rate of growth through vigorous acquisition.

To overcome alignment barriers and optimize value in bringing together these agencies, Foundation Risk Partners needed a technology partner able to manage complexity by introducing the right infrastructure and solutions. They found that partner in Spectrum Enterprise.

Blog Post - Digital transformation for state IT [Published July 2024]

Three ways state IT leaders can foster digital transformation

State leaders are acutely aware of the need for digital transformation in capturing critical information, driving cost efficiencies and promoting a more unique and personalized experience for their residents. But actually realizing digital transformation can seem like an insurmountable challenge for their IT directors.

A holistic approach can be much too ambitious. Budgetary shortfalls, operational silos and skeptical stakeholders all must be overcome, not to mention a general institutional inertia that often hobbles the public sector.

Gartner recommends state governments pursue digital acceleration programs by keying on “quick wins,” identifying select initiatives that “reprioritize ongoing and planned digital initiatives based on their use case and value.”

Case Study - CAPA [Published June 2024]

CAPA employs cutting-edge AI to boost manufacturing output 

“Spectrum Enterprise is always on top of us, presenting new ways of doing things. It’s been a long journey and we have built a really good relationship.” - Jorge Salem, Information Technology Manager, CAPA

CAPA, a Texas construction materials manufacturer, supports projects that help realize economic growth across the state. To assure the highest possible quality, at a pace fast enough to meet growing demand, CAPA counts on fiber connectivity from their technology partner, Spectrum Enterprise.

“The good thing about having a strong company-wide infrastructure is that you can grow at a fast pace,” notes Jorge Salem, Information Technology Manager, CAPA. “Having Spectrum Enterprise as our partner since 2016 allows us to do more from anywhere, and manage what we do better from any location.”