May 19, 2021
Choosing workstations for small business use seems like a simple task. Go to the store, find a good deal, and buy a bunch. Bring them to the office, hand them out to employees, and hope for the best. After all, these are brand new shiny machines that should improve everyone’s productivity and replace an aging fleet of workstations. As a business owner, when you’re also managing IT yourself, that’s about how you’ll do things. Unfortunately, this leads to a slew of problems.
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May 19, 2021
Your fleet of workstations have reached the end of their life. How do you determine this? What do you do with them? Should they just sit in a pile forever?
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Mar 19, 2021
Your company has decided to partner with a local MSP based in the New York Metro or Puget Sound area in order to handle its growing needs in the IT department. That’s great news! But, how do you choose the right Managed Services Provider?
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Feb 26, 2021
We are often asked, “Isn’t an IT Managed Service Provider more expensive than hiring an IT Manager?” And the immediate calculation is to compare the potential manager’s salary to the annual invoices of the MSP. A better question is about return on investment: which approach wins over the other? The true return is not always obvious and therefore we dive into a few hidden but real aspects that have a direct relation to dollars in both scenarios.
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Dec 03, 2020
A common misconception among business leaders is that there are only two options for IT management: hiring an in-house team or outsourcing to an IT managed services provider. However, we’ve seen more clients from our area in New York City take the best of both worlds; where IT is co-managed between an internal IT expert and a company like ours. Co-Managed IT allows businesses to meet their technology demands without having to hire and train new hires.
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