5 Ways to Seize More Tech Savings Thankfully, it’s not as difficult as it sounds, especially if your business suffers from any of the above-mentioned problems. Here are five ways to get your IT spending back on track. Audit Your Subscriptions First, reconsider the tools your business pays for, but [...]
Give Your Team the Confidence to Stay Secure At ITG, we help organizations pivot from a culture of surveillance to a culture of empowerment. We believe that a confident employee is your most effective security sensor. Security Through Confidence By implementing a blame-free reporting strategy, you can transform your staff [...]
Does Your Data Tell a Story or Just List Stats? When you look at your IT reports, what do you see? If you are only seeing 99.9 percent uptime or 50 tickets resolved, you are looking at maintenance metrics. While those are important, they do not prove an investment. True [...]
The 5 Critical Components of Your Business Continuity Plan There are five pieces of a successful business continuity strategy, and we’re covering all of them today. Business Impact Analysis This is your foundational starting point. The first step is to figure out what your priorities are and the impacts of [...]
Don’t Let the Gingerbread House That Is Your Data Backup Crumble Let’s review the principles of the 3-2-1 Backup Rule and how you can use it to create a more reliable, disaster-proof data backup solution that stands the test of time. What Makes for a Reliable Backup Turns out, the [...]
Why Modern IT Management Needs a Conductor, Not Just a Technician Too often, business owners view IT as a necessary evil; a collection of complex, expensive tools that occasionally break and need fixing. They see the IT staff as a group of highly skilled, yet disconnected, instrumentalists: the networking trombone [...]
Your People Are Your Company’s Biggest Cyber Threat (and Best Defense) That “chirping” sound? It’s your IT system warning you of a problem. Learn why ignoring “small” tech warnings is putting your business on the road to disaster. Hackers Know Who to Target Hackers aren’t stupid. They know it’s a [...]
How to Get C-Suite Tech Strategy for Half the Cost Stop overpaying for C-Suite tech strategy. Learn how a Virtual CIO gives your SMB expert strategic planning for a fraction of the cost. Normally, this problem would be addressed by a Chief Information Officer, or CIO, but SMBs struggle enough [...]
5 Mistakes SMBs Make When Implementing VoIP Stop making costly VoIP mistakes! Learn the top 5 errors SMBs make when implementing Voice over Internet Protocol and how to choose the right solution for your business. Mistake #1: Going for the Lowest Per-User Cost VoIP is commonly implemented as a cost-cutting [...]
Digital Cruft is Just as Bad as It Sounds That old user account from 3 years ago? It’s a security hole. Learn how your network’s “digital junk drawer” is putting your business at risk. Explaining the Cruft Digital cruft refers to the debris that builds up as a byproduct of [...]