INSIGHTS
Are You Overlooking an Important IT Detail?
For all the different articles out there about using technology correctly – including dozens on our blog – there is a detail that often gets missed. In fact, this hidden piece of...
How to Make a Clean Break From Your Underperforming IT Vendor
Breaking up is always difficult, even (or maybe especially) in the business world. In theory, changing IT vendors should be simple. In reality, there is a lot that business...
How to Make Your Work-From-Home Employees More Effective
As we settle into 2023, the business world finds itself in a strange place. On the one hand, the pandemic has stopped being front-page news. But on the other hand, the trend of...
7 Office Upgrades That Might Pay Off in Productivity
Business owners and executives are always looking for a way to get an edge with technology. That’s smart, and a habit we always try to encourage. However, it’s worth remembering...
Why It Can Be Hard to Make Smart IT Purchases
Do you struggle to make smart technology investments for your company? Ever feel like you end up buying the wrong thing… or getting the right item but paying too much for it?...
How to Go Beyond Managed Services IT
You don’t have to spend much time on our blog to know that we are big proponents of managed services agreements – monthly or quarterly plans that let you pay a predictable rate...
A Tale of Three IT Disasters
Imagine for a moment that you woke up tomorrow morning and discovered you are having a major tech emergency. In this (hopefully imaginary) scenario, you could discover that...
5 Ways to Save on Energy Costs With Tech
As energy bills have risen in recent months, business owners and executives have started to take notice of a stark reality: computers and electronics can use a lot of power. This...
What to Do When You Lose a Key IT Employee
Imagine this: you go in to work like you would any other day. But when you arrive, your IT manager – or potentially your only tech employee – tells you they are moving on....
One Way Inflation Can (Secretly) Hit Your IT Budget
We know: business owners and executives are sick of hearing about inflation. When you’re not reading about it online, you can see it hitting your bottom line in higher energy...
Why Small Business IT Departments Are Going Extinct
Everywhere you look, the IT departments in small businesses around America are going extinct. It isn’t that these companies don’t need tech support anymore; instead, they are...
7 Everyday IT Problems Your Support Vendor Can Solve
It goes without saying that a good managed services provider can help with major tech issues like setting up a new office or devising a backup and disaster recovery plan....
3 Reasons Business Owners Make Bad IT Managers
One of the unwritten rules of entrepreneurship is that you need to be good at lots of different things to succeed. In fact, many of the business owners we meet with take it as a...
Should You Future-Proof Your Tech Setup?
If you’re in the market to buy some computers or devices for your small business you’ll undoubtedly hear the advice (probably from a salesperson) to “future-proof.” This is a...
A Smart Approach to Eco-Friendly IT
Everywhere you look, organizations and individuals are searching for ways to reduce their impact on the environment. That’s not just a responsible way of doing things, it’s also...
Do You Need Managed Cyber Security?
If you’ve been looking through our website then you are probably already familiar with the way a managed services agreement works for IT (and if you aren’t, do some more...
Why Industry-Specific IT Experience Matters
If you’ve spent some time on the Fantastic IT website, you’ll know that we highlight our experience in certain industries like banking, legal, and healthcare. If you’re in one of...
Should Your Company Have Spare Computers and Devices?
Suppose you have 100 employees working in your business. That means you probably need 100 computers, or possibly 100 tablets, right? Maybe and maybe not. Forget for a moment that...