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How to Manage a Mix of IT Employees and Vendors
What happens if you have a team of IT personnel who look after your networks and technology day to day, but need to supplement them with outside experts or seasonal coverage? In...
How Much Time Should You Give A New IT Provider?
Assume for a moment you decided that one of your priorities for the new year is to upgrade your IT support. You collect quotes, meet with specialists, and sign a contract. How...
How to Save Thousands on IT in 2022 (in Less Than 15 Minutes)
So, you started a new calendar and made some big goals for the upcoming year. If you’re like most of the business owners we know, you’re also looking for ways to reduce...
Is It Time To Become The Office Snitch?
When we start working with a new company it’s usually because the business owner or executive contacts us. However, it’s not always the case that they came up with the idea on...
Why It’s Hard to Describe a Good Managed Services Provider
If you look through our online reviews you’ll notice something interesting: there are literally hundreds of business owners and executives who are happy to recommend us, but most...
How Did Your IT Strategy Work Out in 2021?
So, when you evaluate 2021, how would you say your IT strategy worked out? A lot of the business owners and CEOs we talk to don’t know how to formulate an answer to this...
The One Thing We Know About 2022
The last couple of years have been pretty unpredictable. Most of us wouldn’t have imagined even a fraction of the twists and turns that we have endured in the business community....
The One Gift We Want to Give You This Year
This is a great time of year for a lot of reasons. One of the things we love about the holidays is the fact that it puts so many of us in a giving spirit. Everywhere you look...
4 IT Blessings To Be Thankful For
Given that this is the time of year when we all sit down to think about the things we are thankful for, it seems fitting to pass on a handful of the things our clients have told...
Should You Care That You Don’t Own Your Company’s Software?
If you’ve talked with enough business owners or executives over the past couple of years, you may have heard a complaint that has crept up in the minds of some old-school types:...
Does Continuity Matter With IT Vendors?
There are some business owners and executives who will switch IT providers at the drop of a hat. And of course there are others who will wait far too long to fire an...
The Simple Reason Most Businesses Pay Too Much for IT Support
Do you feel like you are probably paying more than you should be to your outsourced IT vendor? In years of conversations with business owners and executives, we have found that...
Is There a Better Way to Think About IT Budgets and Technology Planning?
Most of the new clients who come to us have one of two IT strategies in place: missing or incomplete. There are actually good reasons for this. It isn’t that entrepreneurs,...
3 Reasons Why Your Business Might Avoid Crypto (For Now)
Not long ago, we gave some basic advice on how to deal with the rise of crypto currency. Because this is a topic that generates so much discussion, we wanted to revisit the...
How to Get Your IT Budget Under Control
As you’d expect, lots of new clients turn to us because they want better IT care. That means fewer problems with their hardware networks, not to mention faster response times....
How to Get Rid of Your Biggest IT Headache
We feel safe in saying that there is one thing all business owners, CEOs, and executives hate. No matter how big their firms are or what kind of technology they use, all of them...
Should You Pay Someone to Hack Your Company?
Once your business reaches a certain size or level of success, new vendors start coming out of the woodwork. Suddenly, there are lawyers, accountants, and marketing experts who...
3 Ways AI Might Change in the Next Decade?
If you are a regular reader of our business IT blog, then you already know that artificial intelligence (or AI) is no longer science fiction or a future technology. In fact, it’s...