Having an IT risk management plan and strategy is a key part of running a business, organization or school. If you don’t have one, you need to start making it today. Dependence on technology is part of running a business or organization today, but with it comes a lot more points of failure or difficulty. …
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Is Outsourcing Online Subscriptions Right for You?
A lot of businesses and organizations are seeing their stable of online subscriptions expand. It seems that every time you turn around there’s a new platform that promises to improve results and make things faster and easier for you. Often there’s a lot of value in this! The downside of having online platforms is that …
Avoiding Buyer’s Remorse with Technology
Have you ever fallen victim to buyer’s remorse? We all know what this is – we’ve purchased something thinking it was exactly what we wanted or thought would fix our problems, but got it home and found out it wasn’t quite what we thought, or needed a lot more parts that didn’t come with it. …
Don’t Forget to Back Up Your IT Staff Too!
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 …
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 …