Developing a solid social media presence is critical to small business success. When you invest time in creating and posting quality social content, it’s important to know how effective that content is in driving measurable business results. You need to analyze clicks, engagement, likes and other tangible data and then modify your social strategy based […]
The need for a clean and organized shop floor is a constant in the industrial sector, particularly in manufacturing. Ever since the first factories came into existence, owner/operators have been looking for new ways to improve the consistency of their employees’ workflow. New advances in engineering continue to make this possible when it comes to […]
It’s easy to think of Memorial Day as a convenient day off in a busy calendar and the start of summer, but we suggest you take a step back and think a bit harder about it. Millions of men and women have put their lives on the line to defend our collective way of life. […]
Internet IT departments need a “Managed services provider” (or “MSP”) to do some lifting. The “heavy lifting” includes cloud migration management, big data mining, and disaster preparedness (to name just 3) are what MSP providers do best. The Internet IT department, with the help of an MSP partner can stay agile and forward-looking. Someone once […]
Many companies believe that an IT partnership is in place strictly to maintain the technical integrity of the business hardware infrastructure. The truth is that you need a much wider array of talents in your IT partnership if you are going to run a successful business in the modern landscape. Here are some of the […]
As a business owner, you might not have the massive payroll of an NBA professional basketball team. You are, however, just as vulnerable to having your financial data compromised, and the crooks don’t have to bypass your firewalls or figure out your security measures. They can, as the following example illustrates, simply fool your staff […]
A restaurant is one business that caters to a customer’s taste, both literally and figuratively. Free and easy Wi-Fi not only lets customers get information about your establishment, but it also lets you do a better job of providing what they want — or even make them want something new. There are many ways you […]
There is a dangerous tightrope edge being walked by business owners where it concerns “free” offers in data storage. CEOs, CIOs, and other corporate captains who require their company data be available at all times are finding themselves and their ventures compromised or “hooked” into so-called “free” offers of cloud backup solutions which actually end […]
New technologies and business philosophies are driving revenues in the modern business landscape, and your investment in them will determine your place in the 21st-century market. Here are just a few of the ways that investing in IT will help your business in 2016 and beyond. Real-Time Project Management Agile portfolio management and process analysis […]
Nowadays, just about every type of business requires IT support. The transfer of digital information in an accurate, prompt and secure fashion is essential to success. However, those who own small- to medium-sized businesses will find that it is quite difficult to afford a full-time in-house IT staff. The alternative solution is to hire an […]
The business landscape is now fully video-driven, rendered in real time, thoroughly mobilized and precision-oriented. IT is fully consumerized, and your company must keep up while keeping costs down. Although cloud enterprise resource planning [ERP] has reduced overhead, maintenance and distribution costs for countless organizations, is it right for you right now? Enterprise Resource Planning […]
Most modern businesses employ a Chief Information Officer, (CIO). The person in this position is responsible for the analysis, strategic planning and management of everything that falls into the category of information technology. Sometimes, however, filling this position with someone at the executive level is unfeasible for mid-size and small businesses as they tend not […]
