Lead IT Consulting: The Partner Who Listens and Guides Your Business into the Future Executive Summary Understanding the unique and evolving needs of every business is at the heart of Lead IT Consulting’s philosophy. Open, ongoing communication ensures that solutions are always in sync with the client’s development. We reject the limitations of one-size-fits-all, vendor-centric […]
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Introduction This post marks the beginning of a series on artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in business. The intent here is to provide clear, unbiased observations and reporting from real-world applications of AI, steering clear of hype, sales pitches, or marketing language. The focus is on understanding how AI is currently integrated into work
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As business owners, we are in a no-man’s land of challenge between vendors that say they can save us and cyber-criminal organizations that say they will either extort our money or close our business. The challenge becomes one of understanding the risks while not burdening our organizations with too many controls. There is a common
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All too often the solution for technology challenges involves more technology. Oftentimes the recommendation for new hardware or software is easily justified. More often the recommendation overlooks a solution deemed too easy. In today’s post, the problem is real and the solution while free is not without the challenge associated with any change.
Engaging with a managed service provider (MSP) can serve multiple purposes, from improving overall IT operations to delegating non-core business tasks to supplementing in-house talent. Lowered costs and increased efficiency are more benefits of partnering with a managed service provider. However, many CPA’s and other accounting professionals are wary about outsourcing to an IT service
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The old Mad Magazine aphorism – What me, worry? – summarizes the approach many organizational leaders take when it comes to small business IT. Consulting experts can vouch for the fact that few SMB leaders actually insist on formal IT security protection. Yet, as we explain below, there are several very good reasons why small
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Let’s start with a small trip down memory lane. Back in 2018, only half of all phishing sites spent money to purchase a security certificate so their site displayed a padlock, an icon used in the web browser’s search bar to determine a website’s legitimacy, according to Krebs on Security. That was nearly 5 years
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The world of business data backup is changing fast. Just a few years ago, the standard backup procedure involved regularly storing backup data on tapes. Leading firms sent those tapes to an off-site location so data could be retrieved even if the office building itself was destroyed. My, what a difference the cloud makes. Nowadays,
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