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 …
Category: Small Business
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 …
The Strategic Approach
When you look at the technology in your organization, does it seem like a well-oiled machine, or a series of band aids stitched together to keep things running? Most organizations are probably somewhere in-between with some things functioning well and others needing some help. Oftentimes, organizations started off small with technology and just bought what …
Best Practices for Passwords in Organizations
One of the most important things any organization can do to keep themselves digitally safe is to address the topic of passwords. Aside from phishing emails sent to employees, compromised login information is one of the biggest and widely used attacks on digital safety. This is especially true when passwords to systems are “shared” passwords …