Disaster Recovery Planning: Preparing Your Business for the Unexpected How to build resilience in your small business network to survive potential catastrophes If you’ve ever helped a fourth grader with their Social Studies homework, this thought might have crossed your mind: Whatever happened to Portugal? Back in the 15th century, Prince Henry the Navigator had…
View DetailsScaling Your IT Infrastructure: Preparing for Business Expansion Strategies for small businesses to ramp up their networks as they grow When small businesses grow, they encounter a number of problems linked to expansion. Though we often refer to these as “nice problems to have,” they can nevertheless sink an unprepared enterprise, which will forevermore be…
View DetailsHow Automation in IT Services Can Streamline Small Business Operations In this era of global competition on the local level, small businesses must optimize every process to remain competitive. Optimization means efficiency, so fulfillment happens more quickly and at a lower cost. Optimization also empowers growth, because you can do more with less, enabling you…
View DetailsStrengthening Your Business with a Virtual Private Network (VPN) The first coins ever struck by the newly minted United States of America bore a familiar motto. No, not “In God We Trust.” Rather, these coins advised the bearers to “Mind Your Business.” Benjamin Franklin, who recommended the saying, wasn’t intending to discourage snooping or gossip,…
View DetailsWhy Data Privacy Should Be a Priority for Every Small Business Reputational loss and civil liability can crush a small company In today’s global marketplace, there’s no such thing as a big fish in a small pond. It’s all one huge pond, where the minnows have to compete with the whales. This means you need…
View DetailsUnderstanding Managed IT Service Contracts: What’s Included and Why It Matters Every small business owner understands the importance of reading a service contract thoroughly before signing on the dotted line. That certainly applies to contracts for managed IT services. You don’t want to be the person who hurries to sign up for the “unlimited” plan…
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