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Employee turnover is one of the unfortunate aspects of owning a business. No matter what you do, employees will leave. According to PCWorld.com, 59% of ex-employees admitted to stealing company data… → Read More
Employee turnover is one of the unfortunate aspects of owning a business. No matter what you do, employees will leave. According to PCWorld.com, 59% of ex-employees admitted to stealing company data… → Read More
The debate between in-house and outsourced IT is eternal, and we sit a little biased on the side of outsourced, being a Managed Services Provider. But from a logistics and cost perspective, outsourced almost always wins. We’ve written a lot of blogs arguing outsourced over in-house. If you’re holding onto your in-house staff because you’re afraid of change, because they hold your keys or because… → Read More
In a hyper connected world where a watch can tell me my heartbeat and calorie burn, where it can govern my schedule, give me directions to my next meeting, show me thousands of notifications from all… → Read More
As the Apple Watch and other Smart Watches gain momentum, we’ve seen increasing adoption in the business world. These wearable devices have done a lot for the productivity of employees. But a concern that must be raised is what security gaps exist in these devices? Hackers are always looking for ways to infiltrate company networks and data, and wearables are just one more opportunity for them to… → Read More
The argument to switch over to Office 365 is pretty compelling. Reduced server loads, longer server life, no capital expenditure and increased flexibility – where do we sign up, right? But for some businesses the inconvenience that they perceive would occur in a switchover (potential e-mail downtime, for example) isn’t worth switching over before they’ve met storage capacity or really started… → Read More
As the year comes to a close, you’re scrambling to create budgets and really get a handle on your technology in 2016. But if you haven’t invested in your technology in the past, how can you know… → Read More
In a previous blog, we discussed IT budget, outlining the most important accommodations that you’ll have to make in your budget next year. Perhaps the most important aspect of your IT planning for 2016 is your IT strategy. Your IT strategy is what is going to allow you to innovate and plan proactively for growth and implementing new technologies that can really take your business to the next… → Read More
I met with dozens of new prospects every month, and most of them are small and medium-sized businesses. One of the most frequent excuses I hear from business owners is that they’re too small to inv… → Read More
They’re all over the place – Black Friday deals on computers, television sets, tablets and everything under the sun. When you see a computer for a few hundred dollars, it can be pretty tempting t… → Read More
It may sound a little cliché, but technology is constantly changing. That means that your business technology has to continuously change with it. You have to refresh workstations that can no longer… → Read More
The year is wrapping up and as we start to look forward to 2016, many of our clients are asking us – what’s next for business technology? Businesses want to know that once they’re up and runnin… → Read More
I meet with prospects all the time that tell me they can’t afford Managed Services. As an IT consulting, I always wonder, “How much money are they losing by not having Managed Services?” We alw… → Read More
2015 has been the year of the cloud. With Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive all serving as excellent cloud options for businesses – we’ve been wondering if any would rise to the top. While… → Read More
A year ago, the infamous Apple Watch came out. While it received mixed reviews, we wrote up a blog on it, believing that it would do some great things for business productivity. So, what’s our take… → Read More
A recent TechCrunch article brought Microsoft’s July 2015 acquisition of cloud security firm Adallom out in the open. Microsoft’s purchase further solidifies the importance of not only cloud serv… → Read More
Internet service is internet service, right? You find out who the provider is that offers service in your area, connect it and get rolling. Sounds simple enough, but the fact is – selecting an inte… → Read More
Servers crash. It’s an unfortunate fact of life and it can happen a few different ways. Whether it’s a virus your employee downloaded by mistake that took down your server, a malicious hack, a ha… → Read More
As an IT Director, you’re in control of all aspects of technology. From strategy to vendor management to help desk and printer issues, it’s all on you. You could use a little relief, but you donâ… → Read More
Technology projects are expensive. Really expensive. A hardware refresh can run anywhere from a few thousand to hundreds of thousands for a whole new system Such a major capital investment requires a… → Read More