Vendor management can sound like just another piece of business jargon. Actually, it’s much simpler than that. It’s the process of having a single point of contact—us—handle the relationship, the troubleshooting, and the procurement for every technology-related service you use.
One month ago, the United States Federal Communications Commission put forth a ban on the sale of all Wi-Fi routers made outside the US, giving manufacturers the option to apply for a conditional approval exemption on the agency’s website.
Let’s talk about what this ban is going to mean to your business (and to your entire team’s personal lives) as things progress. Fair warning, things aren’t going to be simple.
Do you look at your technology as a cost center to be managed, or as a springboard for new revenue? If you’ve been following us for a while, you know we like to think of it as the latter. Small businesses spend much of their IT budget just to keep the lights on, stuck in an endless cycle of “surviving” rather than “thriving.” But with a virtual CIO, or vCIO, your business can reframe the conversation surrounding technology and look at it as an endless realm of opportunity rather than an endless loop of costs.
The Federal Trade Commission has spent years providing businesses with guidance and advice concerning their security. Now, this guidance has converted into enforceable mandates.
In short, your business needs to have systems and protections in place—not plans—in order to abide by last month’s executive order that focuses on the prevention of cybercrime and fraud. Let’s touch on what needs to be accomplished in order for you to do so.
Imagine one of your top employees suddenly stops caring. They aren’t leaving the company—they’re just leaving the conversation.
This is the reality of quiet quitting, and it often starts with something as small as a "ping." We’re talking about notification fatigue, the silent productivity killer. Let’s break down why your team is drowning in pings and how you can throw them a lifeline.
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