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6 Technologies to Help You Get Through 6 More Weeks of Winter
Punxsutawney Phil has spoken – we have six more weeks of winter ahead of us. There is no doubt that it takes a little more effort to go out in the winter. You need your gloves, hat, boots, maybe a scarf. You need to start your car early and shovel the drive. Sure, the winter…
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Three Tips to Use Technology to Keep Your Culture Alive
So, you’ve got a pretty great thing going with your culture. You were intentional. You’ve hired people who have the skills and the personality to fit in well at your organization. The non-traditional benefits and flexibility have created trust and a relaxed atmosphere where employees feel the freedom to have a little fun at work.…
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Microsoft Outlook Polls
Did you know you can create polls in email messages and review the results? Creating a poll in Microsoft Outlook is easy and can get you the information you need quickly. Voting buttons are included in the email and the results can be automatically tabulated or you can export the results into an excel file.…
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What You Stand To Gain From Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence tools take your big data and make sense of it. Reporting and dashboards that help leaders make the right decisions can give organizations the upper hand as compared to their competition. But as an end user, what do you actually stand to gain? Time. One of our clients, let’s call them Modbells, needed…
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4 Tech Trends Sweeping Small Businesses in 2018
As 2018 takes off for small businesses, the tech landscape is evolving more rapidly than ever before. If tech investment hasn’t yet been on the top of your list, 2018 will be the year you take a closer look at what tech it takes to win in your space. We have narrowed it down to…
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4 Tips to Get Started with Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence or BI is a practice that empowers small businesses to make better decisions by tracking, processing, storing, and analyzing data to turn it into insights. It almost sounds too good to be true, but today we track and store huge amounts of data. If applied correctly it can serve a very important purpose…
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How To Win When Your Market Thinks You’re a Commodity
Recently, I was a guest speaker on Brian Burn’s podcast, “The B2B Revenue Leadership Show.” Brian’s podcast focuses in on small business sales and, like his other podcast, “The Brutal Truth About Sales and Selling,” sheds light on what you need to win in today’s tech-driven marketplace. I had a great time discussing some of…
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Security Notice: CPU Hardware Vulnerability
As many of you may have seen in the media yesterday or this morning, news has broken of another significant technology-related security concern – CPU architecture flaws dubbed Spectre and Meltdown. As with similar prior events, our team has been monitoring the information coming from a variety of sources, assessing the risk, and preparing next…
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5 Reasons You Need Network Monitoring
Your network is comprised of your routers, switches, virtual servers, wireless devices, and applications. Your network technology is all linked together to create your tech environment. This network requires constant monitoring to ensure your critical devices are never down, which could mean lost productivity and end-user dissatisfaction. Monitoring your network means keeping tabs on your…
