IT Resources for Small Businesses & Schools

A Look at The Main Benefits & Features of BrightArrow: A Notification Solution for Education

BrightArrow is a notification solution that allows schools & districts to easily share information with their communities. BrightArrow’s automated notification service is designed to make communication easy for school systems. The notification services include emergency notifications, attendance calls, informational messages, and a variety of other school-related alerts and messages. Why BrightArrow? BrightArrow leverages a vast […]

Why Does My Business Need a Managed Service Provider?

It’s no secret that small to medium business owners have a large number of daily responsibilities, from managing relationships with vendors and partners, to training employees, or carrying out day to day operations. The last thing that a busy business owner should have to worry about is information technology, and a partnership with the right […]

How to Protect Your Data & Support Remote Workers In An Increasingly WFH World

With the huge shift in work environment brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic, a majority of companies had to pivot, and quickly. And while many people found themselves working from home or even out of work, cybercriminals began working overtime. What Is The Risk? 1. Increased Cyber Attacks – Calvin A. Shivers, assistant director of […]

E-Rate Season – The Benefits of CAT-6A For K-12 School Systems

With technology advances in education comes an increasing demand for higher network capability and speed. To meet these demands, new cables and components are required for faster transfer speeds over longer distances. CAT-6A ethernet cable is a great option to meet the demands of these advances. Did you know that CAT-6A is also E-Rate eligible? […]

E-Rate Season: 4 Reasons to Consider a Wi-Fi 6 Upgrade

Because of the new realities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, many K–12 districts are adopting Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) technology to keep up with wireless demands. With the rapidly growing number of mobile and IoT devices, an increasing number of educators are looking to this new wireless standard because it’s designed to deliver the best […]

6 Things You Absolutely Must Do If You’ve Been Hacked

In the event you’ve been hacked, would you know what to do? When it comes to cyber security, it’s important to be proactive, not reactive, because according to research, “20 percent of businesses experience a failure (fire, flood, power outage, natural disaster, etc.) in any given year, and 80 percent of those businesses will go […]

Network Protection – Did You Know UPS Units Were E-rate Eligible?

As school technology becomes more and more advanced, it also becomes much more expensive. Great technology is an investment in both your school and in your students, and it can be an amazing asset. But in the event of a disaster, there is potential for costly losses. An Unlimited Power Source (UPS) can prevent damage […]

4 Things Business Owners Should Be Outsourcing to Save Time & Money

If you’re a small business owner, you probably wear a million hats every single day. A study by the American Psychological Association shows that when you manage multiple projects at once, you can experience a 40 percent drop in productivity. Your projects not only take longer to complete, but you also increase your overall stress […]

2020 E-Rate Season: CAT-6A – Is Your Network Cabling Up To Speed?

What is CAT6A? Along with the evolution of technology comes the increasing demand for higher network speeds and capabilities. Because of these demands, new cables and components have been created to match the need for faster transfer speeds over longer distances. Augmented CAT-6 (AKA CAT-6A) is quickly becoming the most cost effective solution in the […]

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