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Jan 09

You Need to Start Training Against Your Worst Enemy

Do you actually know which of your coworkers is one click away from getting the whole company hacked? It’s surprisingly easy to get into a business’ IT system. All it takes is one person falling for a fake email, downloading a sketchy file, or giving up their password to a... read more →
Jan 08

Understand Your Business’ Bandwidth Needs

As a business owner, you try to keep a pretty good idea of your overhead. Payments like rent, payroll, and amount of sales. There is a hidden utility that can quietly erode your productivity and customer satisfaction if ignored: Bandwidth. Nowadays, bandwidth isn't just about how fast your website loads;... read more →
Jan 07

3 Proactive Ways to Maintain Your Business Technology

It’s easy to think of IT as a money sink. No matter how much you spend, there’s always some issue that surfaces, requiring a considerable investment on your part. But what if we told you that you don’t have to worry about IT issues? With the right approach, you can... read more →
Jan 05

Your IT Should Offer Benefits to Your Business’ Audience, Too

Every so often, it helps to reflect for a moment on the purpose of your business, which is—with almost no exceptions—to deliver a good or service to your customers/clients. As such, every improvement you make to your technology should yield dividends for this base, even if the improvement is internal.... read more →
Jan 05

How Thoughtful Leaders Use Hybrid Work to Win

The shift toward flexible work has evolved from a temporary fix into a useful business engine. Forward-thinking leaders are moving past the logistical hurdles of the last few years and are now asking how they can intentionally use remote and hybrid work models to win. By moving beyond a simple... read more →
Jan 05

Tracking Cloud Costs is a Strategic Necessity

Moving to the cloud is supposed to be the action any business can take to help them scale aggressively. For most companies, it comes with a fair amount of waste. Imagine signing up for a pay-as-you-go gym, but they keep charging you for classes you forgot to cancel and lockers... read more →
Dec 31

Are Your Team Members Too Afraid to Do Their Jobs?

We’ve all been there. You’re flying through your inbox, trying to reach inbox zero before a meeting, and you click a link in a shipping notification. The page doesn't load quite right. You stare blankly and your anxiety spikes. That moment happens a lot and it is a fork in... read more →
Dec 29

Ring Cameras Reveal More than You Know

We’ve seen our fair share of convenience vs. security trade-offs, but few consumer devices sit at the center of that Venn diagram quite like the Ring camera. To the average user, it’s a doorbell that significantly reduces package thieves. To those of us that work with technology, it’s a sophisticated... read more →
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Dec 22

Who’s Pulling the Strings? Understanding and Fighting the Digital Algorithm

You've heard the grumbling, seen the memes, and probably even felt it yourself: that vague, all-powerful entity known as the algorithm. It's blamed for everything from political polarization to your inexplicable obsession with people eating military rations. What exactly is it, and what digital giants are pulling its strings? (more…)