[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 'Managed Services' as a term is often confused with the much aligned term 'outsourcing'. We're not talking about shifting your operations overseas just to cut costs or firing your trained, in-house staff for cheap labor. We're...
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5 Signs It’s Time to Consider IT Outsourcing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many business leaders assume that by handling Information Technology (IT) management in-house and having greater control over the process, they’ll be able to minimize costs and inefficiencies. It’s actually a fallacy, and here are...
Big Telecom Providers Dropping SMBs – Tech Concierge to the Rescue
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the past year, several major telecommunication providers have decided that SMBs just don't generate enough money to keep as clients. In December of 2015, Windstream announced it would be phasing out all its SMB clients that...
Managed Services: The Answer to Predicting Your IT TCO?
For small business owners, budgeting for IT expenditures often proves to be one of the most frustrating tasks of running the company. You know you have to spend on essential tech that will put you in a position to succeed, but you find that unforeseen costs can mount...
10 Undeniable Reasons People Hate Maintenance Contracts, But Shouldn’t
Service Maintenance contracts can feel like car insurance. You can't say for sure when or if you'll need the service and you mentally justify why you don't want to waste money on what ifs. But this isn't your car. This is your business, your livelihood. Any number of...
The Biggest Problems With Printer And PC Maintenance … And How You Can Fix Them
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We often go through the work day without thinking about the thousands of ways that technology makes doing business easier, cheaper, and more productive. The times we do tend to notice the tech around us is when something fails,...
How Thermal Printing is Changing The Print Industry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Where once you had to physically visit a store or call a salesperson in order to purchase anything, now you can seemingly buy everything with just a few taps on a smartphone screen. This massive increase in the online purchasing...
An Introduction to Office 365
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When Microsoft initially released Office 365 home, university, business, and personal it was the company stepping up their technology game. The release of a program set that works on the new tile version of Microsoft and can be...
Business Decisions: When To Invest In IT Support
Running a business is no easy task. From operations to finance, it all comes down to your final decisions at the end of the day. In this ever-growing IT based world, deciding when to invest in IT outsourcing for your business is critical. And don’t worry, by the end...
Should You Do Any of Your Managed IT Services Yourself?
For SMB'S of any size, it’s always difficult to understand when you should take something on yourself by hiring more staff, or outsourcing it. The true answer is, it all depends on your circumstances. At every stage of growth, however, whether you are a startup or...