The inaugural Greater Perimeter Chamber Annual Meeting celebrated the launch of a new era in business leadership across Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, and the broader Perimeter region. This pivotal event unveiled their bold vision for the future and clarified what the Chamber stands FOR: business growth, innovation, and collaboration.
Debra Cohen has over 35 years of providing IT solutions and consulting in the Atlanta metro area. Capable of engaging clients in high level, business issue discussions in order to determine the most cost effective yet production oriented IT solution.
All solutions are designed to provide greater productivity, simplicity for users and peace of mind for business owners all the while meeting the Symphona trademark of providing simple, secure solutions to complex IT problems.
As an employee of Symphona, Debra is backed by a team of highly experienced technical engineers, Security Operations specialists, helpdesk support personnel and project manager, along with a strong back-office staff to guarantee clients’ up-time, productivity and a very positive customer experience.
Services include but are not limited to: Network Design and Maintenance, A variety of Cloud Solutions, Managed Services, Network Security & Auditing Consulting, Network Monitoring and End-user Training, Document/Content Management, Data Storage Solutions and Off-site Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions. 
Professional Partnerships include but are not limited to: Microsoft, VMware, HP, Dell, Cisco, iManage, Worldox, NetDocuments, Adobe, Nuance, SentinelOne, Mimecast and a wide range of security solution providers.
Connect with Debra on LinkedIn.
This transcript is machine transcribed by Sonix
TRANSCRIPT
Intro: Broadcasting live from the greater perimeter. It’s time for Greater Perimeter Chamber Spotlight. Now, here’s your host.
Lee Kantor: Lee Kantor here. Broadcasting live from the Greater Perimeter Chamber inaugural annual meeting. So excited to be talking to my next guest, Debra Cohen with Symphona. Welcome.
Debra Cohen: Welcome back to you, too.
Lee Kantor: Well, I’m asking every guest, why are you for the GreaterPerimeter Chamber?
Debra Cohen: Two very simple and well known phrases. It takes a village and buy local.
Lee Kantor: Good stuff. Well, Deborah, tell us about Symphona.
Debra Cohen: Symphona is a combination of an 80 year old business accounting firm and a 31 year old IT services company.
Lee Kantor: So who was your ideal client?
Debra Cohen: On the IT side, which is where I’ve been for 29 years. With them, it is any business from about ten users on up. Especially today, those who need to deal with security issues.
Lee Kantor: And then what’s the pain they’re having right before they contact somebody on your team?
Debra Cohen: They’ve been had.
Lee Kantor: Oh, is that so? It’s one of those. You’re coming in to triage something.
Debra Cohen: We are I mean, we provide all kinds of IT services. But today security solutions are at the top of top of our list because of the social engineering that’s going on that, that users unknowingly bring in the bad guys to their system.
Lee Kantor: Is there any advice you can share or a quick tip for somebody that’s listening right now that might be helpful?
Debra Cohen: Don’t open an email if you don’t know who it’s from.
Lee Kantor: And even if you know you think you know who it’s from? It could be dangerous too, right?
Debra Cohen: Yes. That’s that’s a big issue today is they’re spoofing emails. And so if you see misspelled words, for instance, or they’re asking you to click on a link for something you weren’t expecting, it is very likely the bad guys.
Lee Kantor: So if somebody wants to learn more about Symphona, what is the website? What’s the best way to connect with you or somebody on the team?
Debra Cohen: Our website is Symphona.us and I’m always open to giving out my contact information. My email is Debra Dot Cohen. Deborah.cohon@sSymphona.us.
Lee Kantor: And that’s Symphona.
Debra Cohen: That is correct.
Lee Kantor: Well Deborah, thank you so much for sharing your story today.
Debra Cohen: Thank you.
