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The Cost of Poor IT

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 […]

Change Is Coming: Your Windows Server 2012 End-of-Life Options

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 […]

Key Benefits of Using a Password Manager 

Password Manager

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 […]

Cable vs Fiber – Understand Your Internet Connection

Cable vs Fiber

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 […]

Microsoft 365 versus Google Workspace – A Complete Guide

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 […]

 The True Cost of Old Computers in Your Office

Cost of Old Computers

  Let’s be real: keeping the computer hardware for your entire staff up to date is a pain. It’s expensive and usually time-consuming, and even when the hardware swaps go well, there’s always a little bit of lost productivity as users wait for the new device to be installed and then take the time to […]

A Nontechnical Guide to Intune and how to use it to Improve Your Business

Microsoft Intune

As a busy business owner, you’ve got plenty on your plate. Keeping your business efficient and on-target is crucial, but let’s face it: you don’t have time to dive deep into the technical details of every new software tool that comes along. At i.t.NOW, we get it: you need your business’s IT operations to stay […]

The Executive’s Guide to Cybersecurity

The Executives Guide to Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is serious business; an ever-present threat that executives are right to worry about. But understanding cybersecurity — and the steps your business should take to be more secure — is complex and technical (and let’s be honest, not very interesting for most people). Unfortunately, many of the resources out there that deal with cybersecurity […]

16 Questions you need to ask when evaluating a new IT Provider

Finding the right IT fit for your business is tough. It always helps to ask the correct questions, so we have compiled 16 that will help you to successfully gauge the personality and capabilities of the MSPs you are considering. Take a look at each and incorporate the ones that will benefit your business the […]