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What is data governance?
Chris Lasecki, CISSP | September 3, 2025
How data flows in your organization determines the success of your processes—especially when AI is added to the mix. Here’s what SMBs need for a good data governance program.
Business intelligence for small business: Is your company ready for the BI revolution?
Glenn Mathis | September 3, 2025
Affordable business intelligence tools are coming to smaller businesses. Is your organization ready to integrate BI into its process and workflows?
AI agents are transforming managed service operations—and clients’ businesses
Lauren Horwitz | August 12, 2025
AI agents are transforming how managed service providers (MSPs) deliver IT support to their customers. But it’s also transforming their clients’ businesses. As MSPs introduce greater automation to IT processes, they pass on the benefits to their clients: cost reduction, improved operational efficiency, and the opportunity for businesses to become more strategic, competitive, and innovative….
How fractional CISO consultants can help your law firm attract and retain clients
Chris Lasecki, CISSP | August 4, 2025
Learn how a fractional CISO can help your law firm become a better vendor partner for your clients, with better data safety and compliance.
Oakwood Bank rides growth trajectory of banking M&A with Integris
Lauren Horwitz | August 4, 2025
Key takeaways from this spotlight on banking M&A: How banking M&A is taking shape at banks like Oakwood The banking sector is in constant motion and change. While there are more than 3,900 banks in the United States, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, banking merger and acquisition (M&A) can be a bank’s surest path to…
Why system downtime is so costly—and how MSPs can help
Lauren Horwitz | July 31, 2025
What is system downtime? For nearly every business, system downtime is a reality. And when systems go down, users lose productivity, customers can’t transact, and businesses forfeit dollars. Systems and applications suffer downtime for myriad reasons. There may be a hardware or software failure, power outage, cyberthreats, or even scheduled maintenance. But whatever the source,…
Cybersecurity for law firms
Susan Gosselin | July 28, 2025
Law firms face more cyber threats in the AI age. Start here for a comprehensive guide to security resources, advice, and best practices.
How SASE benefits the network edge—and MSPs can help SMBs deploy it
Lauren Horwitz | July 24, 2025
Key takeaways from this article on SASE benefits: Distributed workforces create networking security gaps Over the past several years, company operations have shifted dramatically. Economic uncertainty, supply-and-demand shocks, and shifts in the labor force have placed new pressures on companies trying to deliver more efficiently and cost-effectively. Distributed workforces are central to this new economic…
A client portal is an MSP’s ‘litmus test’ for client-centricity
Lauren Horwitz | July 2, 2025
Key takeaways: Why does a client portal signal high-quality MSP service? Organizations that are considering IT managed service provider support want the highest level of service, and they want access to that service without hurdles and friction. Top-notch managed service comes in part through responsive, expert 24/7/365 IT support. But not every IT managed service…
How the tech gap threatens U.S. manufacturing
Lauren Horwitz | July 1, 2025
U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a pivotal moment. Policy changes, reshoring efforts, and rising consumer preference for domestically produced goods have generated optimism about a new industrial renaissance in the United States. Still a deeper look inside America’s factories reveals a widening gap between aspiration and readiness. The driving force behind this tension? Technology. The “2025…
Trends in manufacturing: Smart manufacturing takes center stage with mounting economic uncertainty
Lauren Horwitz | July 1, 2025
Today, trends in manufacturing are evolving rapidly—driven by recent shifts in trade policy, rising economic uncertainty, and technology advancements. While U.S. manufacturing observers estimate modest growth in the industry, in 2025, the economic backdrop for the industry remains unclear. Concerns over trade policy continue to mount, and raw material costs have increased. According to the…
How a Microsoft 365 security assessment can make the difference for your organization
Lauren Horwitz | June 24, 2025
Microsoft 365 is a powerful business platform, but organizations aren’t realizing its full potential, such as with M365 cybersecurity capabilities. M365 provides capabilities such as identity and access management, data security and data loss prevention, and monitoring of cyberthreats. A managed service provider can help organizations get the most out of their deployment with…
Key Microsoft 365 benefits and how MSPs can help you achieve them
Lauren Horwitz | June 23, 2025
Microsoft 365 has helped companies become more productive and cost-efficient. Organizations can work collaboratively on files, use videoconferencing tools so that globally dispersed teams meet in real time, and use AI to gain business insights. At the same time, companies haven’t maximized the platform’s full value. That’s because, while Microsoft 365 benefits are myriad, many…
What are the factors driving private cloud adoption?
Lauren Horwitz | June 20, 2025
Several factors are driving newfound cloud repatriation: moving data from public clouds back to private clouds. What is the source of this renewed private cloud adoption?
How Microsoft 365 management is a game-changer for law firms
Lauren Horwitz | June 6, 2025
Introduction: Today’s law firms compete in a crowded field Today’s legal industry faces challenges—but also opportunities. In many cases, smaller law firms have no in-house IT and yet are forced to compete with much larger counterparts. Nearly 50% of respondents to a recent survey cite competition from other legal service providers as a key factor…