Why Firewalls Are Still a Network Security Must-Have

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uBlogsy_bottom_border"> <h1><a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2012/08/network-firewalls-still-must-haves">Firewalls Are Still Must-Haves In Today's Network Defenses</a></h1> <div class="uBlogsy_author"> <span>By</span> <span class="uBlogsy_author_name"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/windstream-business-blog?author=Rob Anderson - Senior Product Marketing Manager">Rob Anderson - Senior Product Marketing Manager </a> </span> <span class="uBlogsy_post_time">on August 31, 2012</span> </div>  <div class="uBlogsy_post_body"> <p>There have been articles circulating questioning the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116135116/http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/81049/?hpg1=bn">demise of firewalls</a>. I’ll come right out and say that the accusations about these network security staples are ludicrous and dangerous. Statements like this, while sparking intriguing debate, may encourage security professionals to do-away with a tried and true firewall solution that has continuously proven to be effective.</p> <p>The argument is more a play on semantics than anything else. While it is true that a bare-bones firewall (block and allow ports only) is less than adequate for total network protection in even the most cookie-cutter network topologies, the term “firewall” has grown to encompass what is most commonly referred to as the layering concept of unified threat management. </p> <div style="padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #7dba00; float;left;margin: 0 12px 12px 0; width: 300px; float: left;"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116135116js_/http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/FzLvIwve-u3jmgrwM.js"></script> <span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em;"> <br/>Windstream's Rob Anderson discusses firewalls and the complexities of today's security landscape. <br/><a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/quote-request">Want to know more, contact us!</a> </span></div> <script charset="ISO-8859-1" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116135116js_/http://fast.wistia.com/static/popover-v1.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <p>The shortsightedness of this argument revels in the fact that <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/data-center-solutions/managed-services/managed-security/managed-firewall" title="Managed Firewall">firewalls</a> are not especially effective at protecting against malware picked up via HTTP or HTTPS access—Ports 80 and 443. This is true, but the volume of other ports protected by a firewall need this security measure or else the floodgates are opened to all sorts of danger.</p> <p>Look at large networks managed by enterprises. As more Web applications are relied upon for operations, so go the number of firewalls needed to protect these apps. This is because more apps equates to higher levels of bandwidth required to run them. This need for more bandwidth means it is necessary to have more firewalls to provide complete protection for the increased data traffic.</p> <p>This growth in the need for more bandwidth is actually a call for organizations to install additional firewalls across their networks. To address bandwidth issues, implementing independent firewalls across your LAN and WAN networks, and internal servers has been used as a successful strategy because it reduces access risk and prevents any additional latency caused by network traffic jams.</p> <p>What this strategy of mass firewall installations shows is that the volume needed to combat external attacks on a large network has increased dramatically—and it <b><i>is</i> </b>needed. The following stats surrounding network security are alarming:</p> <ul class="bullet-lists"> <li>98% of breaches in 2011 stemmed from external agents, with 69% of all breaches incorporating some form of malware (2011 DBIR Report).</li> <li>4,989 new vulnerabilities were discovered in 2011 (Symantec).</li> </ul> <p>It’s clear that <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/data-center-solutions/managed-services/managed-security" title="Managed Security">network security</a> will continue to be a growing concern well into the future. This is unsurprising as malicious agents become smarter and more stealth.</p> <p>The issue that must be raised in today’s Internet-driven society isn’t whether a firewall will protect a network (we know it does), but what are the <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/data-center-solutions/managed-services/managed-security/managed-ids" title="Managed IDS">additional security measures</a> that must be added to effectively complement the firewalls’ capabilities? Security professionals must know the ports that the firewall doesn’t effectively protect, and what solutions work best to address those issues, with one of the solutions being the mainframe.</p> <p>In 2011, 5.5 billion Web attacks were stopped—a 55% increase to 2010’s statistics (Symantec). With 4,595 attacks happening daily, network security professionals must be on top of their game. 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class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>July</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/07/customers-stayed-online-during-boston-power-outage" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Customers Stayed Online During Boston Power Outage</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/07/b2b-social-media" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">The Social Media Effect – Your Marketing Program Will Never be the Same</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/07/mitel-names-windstream-top-channel-partner-of-the-year" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Windstream named Mitel’s Top Channel Partner of the Year</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/07/enable-telecommunications-employee-communications" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">What Facebook and Google Taught us about Communications</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>June</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/06/managed-security-cloud-computing" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Hacks Don’t Just Happen at Large Companies</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/06/teaming-up-to-fight-cyber-crime" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Teaming Up to Fight Cyber Crime</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/06/enterprise-mobility-cloud" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Has Enterprise Mobility been “Lost in the Cloud”?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/06/business-lessons" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">The Top 10 Business Lessons We Can’t Afford to Ignore</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/06/cloud-computing-lessons-lady-gaga" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Lady Gaga’s Three Lessons on the Cloud</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>May</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/05/cloud-computing-economics" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Economics of Cloud Computing </span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/05/ethernet-over-copper-100-mb" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">The Copper Revolution</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/05/voip-adoption-more-and-more-companies-say-yes" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">VoIP Adoption: More and more companies say “yes.”</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/05/understanding-ipv6" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Understanding IPv6 - a Billion Billion IP Addresses for Every Square Millimeter of the Earth’s Surface</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/05/windstream-opens-third-data-center-in-charlotte" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Windstream Opens Third Data Center in Charlotte</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>April</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/04/why-fire-hydrant-painters-are-threatening-your-business" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Why Fire Hydrant Painters are Threatening your Business</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/internet-access-network-ready-for-march-madness" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Is Your Network Ready for March Madness?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/04/dont-let-your-business-have-an-epsilon-breach" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Don't Let Your Business Have an Epsilon Breach</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/04/disaster-recovery-plan-essential-during-bad-weather" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Disaster Recovery Plan Essential During Bad Weather</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/04/cloud-security-dos" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Ask Not What Security can do for the Cloud—Ask what the Cloud Can do for your Security</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/04/cloud-computing-acceptance" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Cloud Acceptance - Going from point A to B </span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/04/how-secure-is-the-cloud" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">How Secure is the Cloud?</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>March</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/voip-for-business-why-you-need-it-now" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">VoIP for Business: Why You Need It Now</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/treat-it-like-a-business" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Treat your IT Organization like a Business – and Thrive </span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/network-security-hipaa-compliance" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">HIPAA Compliance — Get it Right, or Pay the Price</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/is-your-business-ready-for-the-worst" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Is Your Business Ready for the Worst?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/cloud-computing" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Why Cloud Computing Will Disrupt Your Organization … and Make it Stronger than Ever</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/mad-money-recap-executive-decision-with-jeff-gardner" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Mad Money Recap: Executive Decision with Jeff Gardner</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/03/voip-for-business" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">VoIP for Business</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>February</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/02/protecting-patient-information" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Protecting Patient Information – HIPAA is Not Just for Hospitals Anymore</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/02/is-your-business-under-attack-it-could-be-soon" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Is Your Business Under Attack? It Could Be Soon.</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/02/demystifying-voip-for-business" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Demystifying VoIP for Business</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/02/want-to-cut-1-million-from-your-super-bowl-ad-budget" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Want to cut $1 million from your Super Bowl ad budget?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/02/skype-google-and-facebook-all-battle-for-voip" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Skype, Google and Facebook all battle for VoIP....and why you shouldn't care</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>January</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/01/cisco-certification-is-a-win-for-business-customers" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Cisco Certification is a Win for Business Customers</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2011/01/winter-storm-heads-north-is-your-business-ready" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Winter storm heads North—is your business ready?</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_year"> <a class="uBlogsy_year_name" href="#"><span>2010</span></a> <ul class="uBlogsy_months"> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>December</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/12/trends-in-social-networking" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Trends in Social Networking — It's Generational</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/12/why-a-fiber-based-network-is-in-demand" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Why A Fiber-Based Network Is In Demand</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/12/letter-to-customers" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Letter to Customers</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>November</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/11/developing-a-unified-communications-strategy-part-ii" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Developing A Unified Communications Strategy: Part II</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/11/developing-a-unified-communications-strategy-for-your-business-part-i" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Developing a Unified Communications Strategy For Your Business - Part I</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/11/top-10-things-that-bog-down-business-bandwidth" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Top 10 Things That Bog Down Business Bandwidth</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/11/whats-disaster-recovery-got-to-do-with-it" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">What’s Disaster Recovery got to do with IT?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/11/how-to-cut-communication-costs-for-your-small-business" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">How To Cut Communication Costs for Your Small Business</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>October</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/10/guide-to-telecom-lingo" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Guide to Telecom Lingo</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/10/why-your-business-needs-a-data-center" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Why Your Business Needs a Data Center</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>September</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/09/will-windstream-support-nortel-and-avaya" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Will Windstream Support Nortel and Avaya?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/09/what-to-consider-before-moving-to-voip-services" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">What to Consider Before Moving to VoIP Services</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/09/is-cloud-computing-creating-the-next-dotcom-bomb" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Is cloud computing creating the next dotcom bomb?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/09/debating-the-cloud" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Debating the Cloud</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/09/the-future-is-cloudy-bright-part-ii" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">The Future is Cloudy & Bright- Part II</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>August</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/08/what-patches-and-advil-have-in-common" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">What patches and Advil have in common</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/08/the-future-is-cloudy-bright-part-i" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">The Future is Cloudy & Bright - Part I</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/08/patch-management-a-necessary-evil" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Patch management: a necessary evil</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/08/murphy-goes-online-disaster-recovery-is-the-target" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Murphy goes online: disaster recovery's the target</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>July</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/07/the-larger-truth" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">The Larger Truth</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/07/saas-whats-in-a-name" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">SaaS: What's in a name?</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/07/social-media-impact-on-enterprise-security" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Social Media Impact on Enterprise Security</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>June</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/06/good-us-soccer-news-means-whale-of-a-bad-day-for-twitter" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Good U.S. soccer news means whale of a bad day for Twitter</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>May</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/05/the-eye-for-apple-appears-to-be-cloud-computing-but-be-careful" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">The eye for Apple appears to be cloud computing – but be careful</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_month"> <a class="uBlogsy_month_name" href="#"> <span>April</span> </a> <ul class="uBlogsy_post-items"> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/04/triangle-game-conference-highlights-it-infrastructure-importance" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">Triangle Game Conference highlights IT infrastructure importance</span> </a> </li> <li class="uBlogsy_post-item"> <a href="/web/20130116135116/http://www.windstreambusiness.com/blog/2010/04/there-is-no-nit-in-it-services-do-not-cut-your-provider-any-slack" rel="nofollow"> <span class="uBlogsy_post_title">There’s no NIT in IT services - Don’t cut your provider any 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