ic The saying goes “Speed Kills” and it is tied to many meanings. In Baseball for example Speed as in pitching kills hitting. In Football “Speed Kills” were the famous words of Al Davis (Owner of the Oakland Raiders) and referred to foot speed and quickness which kills defenses. Mr. Davis used to say “You…
DetailsMany CIOs want to keep core systems running in-house. Yet there are serious problems with this strategy. Most catastrophic failures trace not to natural disaster but to administrator error.
One location, for a growing business is often not enough. Many businesses as they find success will set up multiple branch offices in different regions to attract and serve customers. Usually a one location business has no real need for a full time IT staff and when they begin to expand the company suddenly…
DetailsTime Management for most people is a skill you learn along the way. Its what you do to get the job done. Like most things the more you invest in time management skills the more reward you’ll get from it. Time management is critical for prioritizing tasks, scheduling appointments, emails, projects etc. Here are 5…
DetailsBusinesses do data backups because we know we have to in case we lose the primary versions of data and/or the systems that create and manage that data. We may have a situation where our original data is accidentally deleted or changed but the possibility of system failure will be a top priority…
DetailsIf you’ve spent any amount of time reading or watching Football, you’ve likely heard a commentator refer to a coach scripting his team’s plays. In business we often talk about a go to market strategy or business strategy. Individual departments such as IT map out a network strategyto cover security, connectivity etc. I recently read…
DetailsA phone system is an important tool for any business. Effective communications with clients and customers is critical to success in any industry. Today communications has changed dramatically from phone systems of a few years ago. Today some phone systems can be deployed in a single day and provide feature functionality beyond what even…
DetailsNetwork performance can be a challenging area for many small businesses. A slow network with insufficient bandwidth impedes production, delays receiving important files, and causes problems transmitting data not to mention security issues and data loss.
If we were your driver you’d be a 5! Unfortunately, we can’t do anything about that one friend you ordered an Uber for who threw up in the back seat. But we can do something about your data network performance.
Today more than ever cloud computing is the focus of IT decision makers and corporate bean counters not to mention thousands of cloud salespeople. There is a lot of confusion around what cloud is and the various types of cloud solutions such as private cloud, public cloud and even more confusing “hybrid cloud”. So what…
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