Proactive vs. Reactive IT Support: Why Proactive Monitoring is Crucial When it comes to maintaining your IT network, the overriding question is simple: Would you rather play offense or defense? In sports, the answer is rather obvious. Since winning depends on scoring, and you can only score on offense, it’s better to be on the…
The Role of IT in Business Growth: Leveraging Technology for Success The author William S. Burroughs famously wrote, “When you stop growing you start dying.” Although he had intended to comment on personal evolution, the statement is just as relevant to business endeavors. If a business is not growing, expanding, and innovating, it’s losing ground…
Choosing the Right IT Partner: What to Look for in Managed IT Services For decades, technology has thrived due to a special synergy of talented, visionary partners. Think of Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak at Apple, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin who launched a little startup called…
The Value of IT Audits: Identifying Weaknesses and Opportunities in Your Business Let your IT professional supercharge your network processes Mention the word “audit” to a small business owner and he’s likely to crawl halfway up the wall. Businesses jump through hoops to produce data, yet their inefficient processes continue to calcify. Fortunately, the IT…
How IT Compliance Impacts Small Businesses: Staying Ahead of Regulations If asked about the impact of IT regulations on their companies, most small businesses owners would probably get a little hot under the collar. The burden of compliance with all sorts of government regulations is already straining your resources, and here comes another round of…
The Importance of IT Support for Small Business Continuity Business continuity is a complex, multifaceted concern, especially for small business owners. And in this digital age, continuity relies heavily on IT planning and support. Since it’s October and both local teams are in the title chase, let’s use a baseball analogy to illustrate this point.…
Optimizing Your IT Budget: Smart Investments for Small Businesses It’s often been said, “You’ve got to spend money to make money.” But when it comes to IT services, too many small business owners look upon the money they spend as an expense rather than an investment. Ideally, when you budget for IT, those funds are…
Emerging Tech Trends Small Businesses Can’t Ignore Whip inflation now with tech tools to reduce costs and grow your business September might seem a bit late on the calendar to start talking about the year’s trends in technology, but if your small business hasn’t hopped on the band wagon yet, now’s the time to listen…
The Remote Work Revolution: Setting Up a Secure Home Office Love it or hate it, remote work is here to stay, but only if your employees’ home offices are as secure as their office workstations. As a small business owner, you might be highly ambivalent about remote work. In the pro column, you can list…
Navigating the Cloud: Cost-Effective Solutions for Small Business Growth First rule of cloud computing: It’s not really a cloud What’s in a name? Well, for “cloud computing,” the answer is confusion. Consumers might know that “the cloud” is what enables them to stream videos without downloading them. But ask them what the cloud is, and…