Let Us Ease Your IT Transition Anxiety
Transition anxiety plagues all decision-makers at some point, and it is no different when you are considering adding or changing your Managed IT Service Provider (MSP). Before I got married, […]
Business Culture, Branding, and a Brutal Sport: Part 3
Part III: Reinvigorating and Reinventing an Organizational Culture In our recent riveting series on business culture and its effects on organizational success, we’ve focused on a few interesting principles to […]
Business Culture, Branding, and a Brutal Sport: Part 2
Part II: Processes and People In a previous blog, we discussed business culture and the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team, one of the most successful organizations in the world. […]
Business Culture, Branding, and a Brutal Sport
Part I: Standards and Values “Culture” is a cliche in today’s business world. You are told if you don’t get your “brand” and your “culture” right, you might as well […]
3rd Party Software, Security, and You
It describes itself as the #1 accounting software in the US for construction companies, and by all appearances it is a good, useful software. All kinds of construction-related businesses use […]
Deep Resiliency: Be a Business Prepper
Hurricane Helene ripped through our area, decimating power grids, communications, and transportation / travel. The destructive impact on our lives was massive, and unfortunately even fatal for some in our […]
How “Disaster-Ready” Is Your Business?
When we moved into our home years ago, a number of minor electrical jobs popped up within a few weeks of moving in: some non-working outlets, a non-functional fan. There […]
The Case of The Gift Card Swindle
Here’s how it starts: with a well-meaning heart and a text or email. Here’s how it ends: you have your money stolen. And in the middle is the classic gift […]
The Unknown Unknowns of Cybersecurity
Your favorite Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once uttered a strange phrase when discussing the situation in Iraq: “there are unknown unknowns.” It sounded like nonsense to the general public […]
Why SMBs Come to Us…and Why You Should Come Earlier
Often, potential clients come to us seeking Managed IT services when their business experiences a notable IT event, or when some significant step in the life of the business is […]
The Differences Between IT and Cybersecurity
Most people assume that the term “IT” encompasses cybersecurity. This assumption leads SMB owners, in particular, to make some mistaken assumptions about their cyber risk. A number of our SMB […]
Give IT a Seat At the Table
IBM’s Institute for Business Value released its annual C-suite study recently, and the findings have some notable relevance for SMB owners. These surveys poll C-suite executives in different circumstances than […]