Click, Click, BOOM – You’re in Business But Is Your Technology Ready?

  Click, Click, BOOM – You're in Business But Is Your Technology Ready? It's a fast business world. Brilliant business ideas can be conjured up at some hipster-filled vegan coffeehouse, a website is thrown together, and poof... in no time at...

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Hotels & Coffee Shops – How to Use Free WiFi Safely and Anonymously

  I use my phone, tablet, and laptop heavily while traveling. Often, this is at technical conferences where I’m surrounded by highly skilled computer buffs, all jammed into the same hotel, and all leveraging the internet. Under such circumstances, my...

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Three Steps To Fix IT Management for SMBs

  Three Steps To Fix IT Management for SMBs Small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) tend to have a more difficult time managing IT than larger enterprises. Despite being as technology dependent as larger enterprises, SMBs have tighter budgets and fewer resources to devote...

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Inquiring SMBs Want to Know… What’s the Difference Between a Help Desk and NOC?

  Inquiring SMBs Want to Know... What's the Difference Between a Help Desk and NOC? It's no secret that any growing small-to-medium sized business must monitor and manage its business technology in the most cost-efficient way. The tricky part is figuring...

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Understanding Managed Services and How They Benefit SMBs

  Understanding Managed Services and How They Benefit SMBs Small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) receive a lot of calls each day from slick sales people peddling the next technology trend that's going to save them money and revolutionize how they...

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Are Managed IT Services Right For You? A Few Things to Consider

  Are Managed IT Services Right For You? A Few Things to Consider How do you get a small business to recognize the value of manages IT services? In the start-up environment, we encounter an eclectic bunch of personality types. There...

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Breaking News: Downtime Kills Small Businesses

  Breaking News: Downtime Kills Small Businesses Downtime is bad news for any business whether big or small. A recent two-hour New York Times' downtime occurrence sent Twitter ablaze and their stock price plummeting. Google going down for one to five hours resulted...

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Is That A Business Continuity Plan in Your Pocket…Or A Bunch of Jargon?

 Is That a Business Continuity Plan in Your Pocket or a Bunch of Jargon? Technology is full of difficult jargon. To further complicate things, certain terms are often used in a different context between one publication or service provider and...

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8 Hard Truths for SMBs not Worried About Data Recovery and Business Continuity

  8 Cold Hard Truths for SMBs Not Worried About Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity The foundation of any successful business continuity solution is the ability to retrieve data from any point in time from anywhere. When the topic of data...

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The Sky’s the Limit for SMBs Taking to the Cloud

  The Sky's the Limit for SMBs Taking to the Cloud There has been a lot of hype about cloud computing transforming the way small-to-medium sized businesses do business. Proponents of the cloud say that cloud computing has leveled the playing...

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