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Let’s Discuss Some Common Networking Equipment

Let’s Discuss Some Common Networking Equipment

Networking equipment can be complicated, particularly for complex networks designed for business technology. Today, we want to take a look at some of the more common networking equipment out there so that you can better understand what goes into managing and maintaining your business’ operations and infrastructure.

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What Data Should Your Business Secure?

What Data Should Your Business Secure?

SMBs need to prioritize data security and privacy throughout their operations, but the type of security will depend heavily on the nature of that data. Some of the variables include the specific types of services offered, industry regulations, and the types of transactions accepted. Here are some of those types of data and how they should secure that data.

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Best Practices for Storing Your Technology

Best Practices for Storing Your Technology

Storing technology properly is extremely important to its longevity, functionality, and safety. Whether dealing with electronic devices, gadgets, or other technological equipment, you must understand some basic guidelines for storing technology. Today, we look at a few things you should know to ensure your technology is stored properly. 

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Four Opportunities AI Can Present Your Business

Four Opportunities AI Can Present Your Business

Artificial intelligence has become pervasive in application development over the past few years, and, as a result, it has presented businesses with a whole new set of opportunities to promote efficiency and reduce costs. In today’s blog, let’s go through some of the ways AI is affecting business. 

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Planning Your Technology for the Long Term

Planning Your Technology for the Long Term

Even the best-laid plan can be disrupted, and any business needs to understand that going into these types of situations with limited knowledge is also risking the plan falling apart. Business technology needs to be cost-effective, and if you don’t have a plan, you could wind up paying far more than expected. It helps to have a professional on your side who can help you make these decisions.

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Four Ways Businesses Waste Money on Printing

Four Ways Businesses Waste Money on Printing

Printing is a common part of a business’ computing infrastructure. Unfortunately, it is often overused and creates a problem in both resource allotment and cost. Many organizations have little or even no visibility into how they manage their paper consumption and printing costs, which can spiral out of control without you even knowing it. Let’s look at a few ways where businesses lose money on their organizational printing. 

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Need a Boost to Your Business? Implement These Technology Solutions

Need a Boost to Your Business? Implement These Technology Solutions

Businesses that provide a service rather than a physical product will know all too well how often they require specific software solutions to manage operations. They also use these tools to provide excellent customer service and support. Let’s go over some of the most common and helpful software that a service business might implement.

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5 Considerations You Need to Understand Before You Purchase Hardware

5 Considerations You Need to Understand Before You Purchase Hardware

Every business faces two crucial IT decisions: selecting the appropriate hardware for its operations and determining when it's time for a hardware upgrade. In today's landscape, there's a plethora of choices available to decision-makers that were previously unavailable. While this provides more options, it also makes hardware decisions both easier and more complex due to the numerous factors to consider. Let's take a look at some of these factors today.

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Spending on Technology Can Have Several Benefits

Spending on Technology Can Have Several Benefits

Technology plays a big role in most businesses, but its single most important role is to support the people that work for you. Many employees have demands when it comes to the technology that organizations provide for them. If these demands aren’t met, they are more apt to move on to a company that will meet them. In this blog, we discuss how technology works to reinforce your employees’ productivity. 

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5 Tips to Improve Your Business’ Inventory Management

5 Tips to Improve Your Business’ Inventory Management

Most people may believe that only retailers need to have a plan to manage their inventory, but having full control over your business’ inventory is important regardless of the type of business you run. Let’s discuss five ways you can improve your organizational inventory management.

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How New Technology Sets You Apart from the Competition

How New Technology Sets You Apart from the Competition

How do you stand out in your industry when your customers expect a top-tier experience at every turn? One way businesses can get a huge leg up on the competition is through the use of the latest technology solutions, like online ordering, mobile apps, and e-commerce platforms that make accessing services and products easier than ever. Let’s look at how your business can use the latest technology to overcome the odds stacked against it.

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Overcome Your Competition with These Technology Tips

Overcome Your Competition with These Technology Tips

Technology plays an incredibly important role in any business venture, and if you don’t invest in it properly, you’ll face stiff competition from other companies that do. Today, we want to explain the importance of technology investment and some of the common issues businesses might encounter.

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Five Qualities to Look for in Your Business’ IT Technicians

Five Qualities to Look for in Your Business’ IT Technicians

When it comes to your business and its technology, you want people managing it who know what they are doing. Enter the IT technician, a person who has dedicated themselves to learning the ins and outs of your technology solutions. Employing individuals who are both certified and knowledgeable comes with many benefits. Let’s go over some of them.

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Before You Implement New Technology, Consider These 4 Steps

Before You Implement New Technology, Consider These 4 Steps

When a business needs to improve processes, they might turn to technology as a means to solve specific operational challenges. However, the implementation of technology is only as effective as the technology is at resolving the aforementioned problem, and if it doesn’t solve the specific challenges of the business, implementing new tech could potentially hold a business back. Let’s look at how you can implement the right technology for your organization for long-term success.

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4 Reasons to Replace Your Current Point of Sale Systems

4 Reasons to Replace Your Current Point of Sale Systems

Point of Sale devices, or POS devices, are crucial for many businesses—particularly in the retail or customer service spaces. Like other industries and technologies, they have developed over time and are now massively important to the continued success of businesses. Let’s look at four important factors to consider when you’re looking to replace your POS systems for your business.

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The Key to Technology Management is Proactive Practice

The Key to Technology Management is Proactive Practice

It’s frustrating and exhausting having to go about your day-to-day tasks while worrying about your technology issues. We bet that it would be better for your productivity and efficiency if you could prevent technology problems altogether instead of reacting to them as they occur. This is where our technology management model comes into play. 

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Cloud Computing is Driving Small Business

Cloud Computing is Driving Small Business

Nearly every business can use cloud computing to cut costs and get the resources they need to reach their goals. This includes processing, storage, and applications deployment. Since small businesses don’t have the available capital that larger organizations do, they’ve found that cloud-based tools have cost advantages. While cost is a big consideration, there are other factors that you have to consider before you commit to cloud-based computing for your business. Let’s take a look at some of these factors.

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How Will IoT Trends Shape Technology's Growth?

How Will IoT Trends Shape Technology's Growth?

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is one aspect of technology that has continued to grow and foster innovation over the past several years. These devices are being integrated into our technology-driven society in previously unimaginable ways, and that includes your business. How might your organization implement IoT devices, and what do they mean for the future?

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Don’t Let Your Old Technology Solutions Hold Your Company Back

Don’t Let Your Old Technology Solutions Hold Your Company Back

Over time, your technology will start to deteriorate and grow less effective, placing a stopper on your maximum amount of productivity that was not there before. This can impact your organization in unexpected ways, and it can make downtime more of a probability. Let’s look at how you can tell when your technology is outdated and you need to invest in some new hardware.

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Four Pieces of Software that Make Business Much Simpler

Four Pieces of Software that Make Business Much Simpler

One of the best things about technology is that it does quite a bit to level the playing field. Smaller businesses can effectively do the work of larger enterprises because they have access to similar technologies. Additionally, technology goes a long way toward helping businesses manage their customer relationships, a key component to any revenue-seeking endeavor. Today, we put together a list of four technologies every small business needs.

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