i.t.NOW routinely consults with small businesses on their technology solutions. This week we did a deeper dive with a local company to look at all things IT. The results illustrate how regular IT strategy reviews can impact your overall IT experience, and the budget. Background This business had been working with a competitor of ours […]
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Most organizations make cybersecurity overly complicated because “you should do it either way.” This is not a valid argument. Business owners have tons of “have to” being thrown at them every day. It’s extremely difficult to cut through the fluff and identify what is critical and what is just nice to have. We take the […]
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Whether you’ve accepted it at your business or not, remote work is only going to grow and become a necessity for businesses to offer partial or full remote. If you currently offer remote work or looking at potentially expanding this option, there are a few key items to consider. Let’s lay out the most important […]
IT Company, IT Solutions, IT Support, Managed Services
What are IT Services? 12 Demonstrated Ways IT Support Can Benefit Your Business
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Gartner defines IT services like this: “IT services refers to the application of business and technical expertise to enable organizations in the creation, management, and optimization of or access to information and business processes.” Essentially, it’s the labor and expertise that makes technology run. For most SMBs, it doesn’t make sense financially to hire full-time […]
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This week we met with a business owner to discuss their current IT solution. They’ve been with the same company for years. It’s a small shop with just a few employees and was great for a long time. There was really 1 guy that knew and maintained their systems. He left the company about a […]
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We knew it was coming, and the official announcement is finally here. Microsoft made the significant announcement in May of 2023: Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 will both reach End of Life and End of Support later this year, on October 10, 2023. For businesses with on-premises servers that weren’t bought and configured in the last […]
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Remembering passwords is difficult. Breaking passwords (with the right tech tools) is easier than we’d like to think. And reusing passwords is incredibly risky. Passwords Solved Password managers generally work like this: you input all your username and password combinations to the password manager (usually over time as you naturally use them), and the service […]
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Cable vs Fiber When was the last time you looked at the internet connectivity options for your business? If it’s been a little while, now is a great time to take another look. Fiber internet offers a host of business benefits like greater speed, higher reliability, and lower costs. It’s been around for a few […]
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No matter what your business does, some portion of your workforce needs a productivity and collaboration suite to get work done. This key suite of tools used to be called an office suite (with Microsoft Office as the undisputed king of the market. But in the last decade or so, the “office suite” category has […]