Any IT person worth their salt will tell you that redundancy and backups are critical in today’s data-driven world. Having spare machines and parts, redundancy for critical infrastructure equipment, configuration backups, and batteries or generators help reduce the risk of major impact to your organization if something goes wrong. You need to be able to …
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Does Your Database Need Some TLC?
Today’s database systems have grown to be large, complex beasts capable of many different components, features and connections. Whether HR, Finance, Donations, Student and Customer Data, there is no shortage of information and accessibility. Systems today require someone dedicated to owning and managing the system and the data within it. That may not always mean …
Tech Leasing: Is it Really That Bad?
Many of us have been told that leasing is evil, that people who lease anything are unwisely spending their money. I’ve heard it all – “You’re paying money with nothing to show for it”, “Leasing is more expensive”, “You’re paying for someone else’s depreciation”, and more. While there is a heart of good intentions behind …
Keeping it Simple: How to Keep from Overdoing Tech
There’s no doubt about it – technology has a lot of different parts and components necessary to keep things running. From networking to multimedia and anti-virus to apps, it seems like there is an ever-expanding array of things to keep up with. Often this expansion can create stress or frustration when it feels like there …
It’s the Process, Not the Tech!
A former supervisor once told me you can all have the technology in the world, but if you don’t have the right process in place to use it, you’re just wasting money. As I have reflected on this saying, I believe there is much truth in it. It’s in effect what people like to say …