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Is Your IT Company a Real MSP?
By Scott Hirschfeld | | Best Practices, IT Support, Leadership, Managed Services
I have noticed in the last year or so, that the term MSP has become quite common. For years, when talking about IT services, I would explain what it meant to be an MSP, and how we differed from the old-line, call-em-when-things-break, IT vendor. Now people are familiar with the term, which sounds like a…
Read More Creating Space to Innovate
By Scott Hirschfeld | | Best Practices, Leadership
Innovation is a quality that we strive for in businesses. It may even be part of our mission or values. After all, innovation drives companies forward and creates differentiation, which often results in growth. If innovation is so important, how do we foster an environment that produces it? Our views on innovation are often quite…
Read More Giving Our Teams a Boost
By Scott Hirschfeld | | Blog Post, Leadership
2020 has been a rough year to say the least. I have heard some people say that they wish we could rewind and have a do-over, which might be okay. At this point though, I am thinking, “lets just wrap it up and make 2021 much better.” Who would have thought that a virus would…
Read More Scott Reviews Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2021
By Scott Hirschfeld | | Blog Post, Security, Tech Trends
Gartner recently released their Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2021, calling them “Technology trends IT can’t afford to ignore”. Many of the trends are in response to the remote working shift the pandemic has created. Not just Gartner, but many other tech prognosticators are seeing this as a continued shift in how we work.…
Read More 4 Fundamentals to Stay Cyber Secure
By Scott Hirschfeld | | Best Practices, Blog Post, Security
The FBI has designated October as Cybersecurity month. Here we are about to start October of 2020. We have had enough to worry about in 2020, so let’s really enjoy Cybersecurity month and celebrate! Well, maybe not, but let’s at least pay some attention and give it thought. The point of cybersecurity month is to…
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