Managed IT services and support costs can vary substantially depending on your particular business’s requirements. For businesses in the Bay Area, costs for hiring internal IT staff are very high, so it makes sense for SMBs to use a managed IT services provider. Total costs will depend on your needs and the capabilities of the provider. Generally speaking, the cost…

Your organization’s IT security is critical because it helps you protect your business’s most important assets. Data, proprietary information, and the network are all potentially vulnerable to unauthorized access and attack. Keeping these assets safe is essential to keeping your business running smoothly. Data breaches can be extremely costly, both in terms of direct financial losses and indirect damage to…

Every business needs to pay attention to securing their data. However, if your small or mid-sized business has to manage unusually sensitive data, you may need to take additional security measures to protect it.
What type of data warrants more advanced cybersecurity measures?
If your SMB needs to deal with data that falls under one or more of these categories,…

Partnering with a managed IT services provider is a great way to offload some, or even all, of your technology planning and support work so that you can focus on activities related to your core expertise – delivering your business’s products and services. If you find yourself frequently distracted from that focus, you might be working with the wrong provider.…

Technology is constantly evolving to help us do things faster, more accurately, and “get more done with less.” Some of these technologies can be helpful to businesses. Businesses that adopt the right technologies can improve the overall performance of their operations. Newer technologies can reduce costs and improve productivity. They can improve output quality, and employee satisfaction with work can…

Video (or “web”) conferencing has become an essential tool for both individuals and businesses. While this technology has been around for quite a long time, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed companies of almost all types to use it on a regular basis. Even now, with so many companies continuing to offer work-from-home arrangements, and many others looking to limit travel and…

Information technology is critical to most modern businesses today. Most communication is done over VOIP phones, email, and web conferencing, and accounting operations rely heavily on software. It’s hard to keep your computers and networks running without help from an internal IT staff or a third-party IT service provider to help you keep your data backed up and your computers…