The IT industry is unpredictable (to the point where we’ve written an article entitled—and I quote—Why the IT industry sucks). With no equivalent to the bar exam for entrance, and given how easy it is for just anyone to create their own start-up tech company (experienced or not), it
According to the ESG Research Review Data Protection Survey from Enterprise Strategy Group, 53% of organizations can tolerate less than an hour of downtime before experiencing significant revenue loss or other adverse business impact. Of those that experience a significant business interruption, 30 percent never recover. This is especially alarming data
We’ve all seen the commercials. The Surface is “the tablet that can replace your laptop” (and apparently turn you into a really great dancer at the same time). When the Pro 3 was released, I decided to give it a try—with all of the traveling I do for client
Let me start out by saying that the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro has not been designed or touted as a business machine. Our company uses Lenovo ThinkPad models internally, and we supply many of our clients with similar devices for their own organizations. But when I saw this machine,
DISCLAIMER: You are about to read an outsourced IT firm’s account of what challenges are inherent to maintaining an in-house technology staff. While we have already acknowledged the problems with our own service model in this article, the fact remains that we benefit from organizations choosing not to maintain an
You can’t step into the tech world without hearing something about the cloud. “It’s so cheap!” “You can access your data from a submarine!” “All you have to do is sign up!” “Once you’re there, you’ve made it to Valhalla!” The conversation is certainly warranted, but there are several key