INSIGHTS
How a Little Bit of IT Training Can Save Your Business Huge Amounts of Money
Although many of our new clients don’t necessarily realize it, providing training to business owners and employees is an important part of what we do. Naturally, we don’t try to...
Stop! Read This Before Fixing Your Own Tech
There are a lot of mistakes business owners and managers make when it comes to technology. It’s unfortunate that the most common also tends to be the one that’s easiest to avoid...
What Does a Good Backup and Recovery Plan Include?
In a recent post, we reminded business owners and executives that they should set up (or review) their backup and disaster recovery plans before heading out on summer vacation....
Are You Forgetting an Important IT Task?
Summer is around the corner, and that means things will slow down at a lot of companies across Southern California. Owners and executives will be thinking about long vacations...
What Should You Do With Old Computers and Hardware?
Today’s businesses are more reliant on technology than ever before. Whether you have a one-person company or an enterprise with thousands of employees you’re probably upgrading...
3 Ways to Smooth Out Your IT Cashflow
For a lot of small and medium-sized businesses the hardest part about managing technology isn’t making computers, phones, and software work together – it’s devising a regular...
Why Everyone at Your Company Wants Outsourced IT Help
Meeting with new clients usually means talking to a business owner, department head, or technology executive. Any of these might make a buying decision based on their own unique...
3 Myths About Viruses and Malware
We spend a lot of time talking to new and prospective clients about computer viruses and malware. The business owners and executives we meet with are understandably worried about...
The Hidden Costs of a Tech Upgrade
In theory, replacing one piece of technology (like a computer workstation) for a newer or faster model should be simple. You buy the new item, plug it in, and enjoy the benefits…...
7 Surprising Environmental Factors That Can Affect Your Tech
When technology isn’t working the way it’s supposed to, or lasting as long as it should, businesspeople tend to look for easy fixes. They assume a piece of hardware was...
Why Switching Software is Trickier Than You Think
There are a lot of reasons businesses might decide to move from one software product, suite, or package to another. In some cases the switch might have to do with pricing. In...
12 Problems a Good IT Partner Can Help You Solve
We often use the Fantastic IT blog to explore high-level technical topics, but that doesn’t mean we can’t deal with the day-to-day issues and annoyances that might be plaguing...
3 Technologies That Are Quietly Changing the Small Business World
Everyone knows that artificial intelligence, mobile computing, and advanced robotics are poised to completely transform our world in the next few decades. What many business...
Are You Following an Old Approach to Hardware Upgrades?
In a lot of small and medium-sized businesses, hardware upgrades make up a significant portion of the IT budget. However, we often come across situations where businesses are...
How to Choose Tech for Your Employees
Buying pieces of technology for your employees is a little bit different than purchasing them for your own business use. For one thing, you know exactly what you need and why it...
Are You Managing Your IT Upgrade Budget the Right Way?
In a lot of small and medium-sized companies, IT budgets tend to fluctuate wildly from one year to the next. Often, this is because owners and executives will make big...
Adjusting Your Tech Anxiety Level
Does the thought of dealing with new technology in 2019 fill you with excitement, or does it leave you with a sense of dread? In pop culture, it’s almost always older people who...
7 Ways to Get More From Business Tech in 2019
The New Year is here, and that means business owners and executives throughout Southern California are going to be thinking about ways they can improve their businesses. In our...