Digital Storage or Paper?
Years ago, we had several file cabinets, and a room full of file boxes, and invoices were produced in seven, yes seven, parts. We wrote letters and waited for days a written response. We had a box of carbon paper in [...]
Control
If we don’t control our business, someone will. Maybe they will do a better job than we can, maybe they won’t, but my goal is to be able to control my business and still empower my employees to contribute in a [...]
Supply Chain Woes
I think we all have had some experience with some sort of supply chain issues as of late. Maybe it was an extreme shortage of toilet paper, or you couldn’t find your favorite soup, or buy a new car. I think [...]
HIPAA
Several of our clients are in the medical space. HIPAA compliance can be a a challenge and when you add in remote working and a pandemic, it gets even more challenging. And, unfortunately, they are getting more aggressive at enforcing [...]
Ransomware 101
So we have all heard the term, some have even experienced the agony, of a ransomware attack. All of a sudden you cannot access your data, or your computer, or your network and there is a message that says pay [...]
Will they need my business in 20 years?
I remember when I first started in business with my father in 1988. One day, after hearing about the fancy new office stores coming to town, I asked him, "Do you think they will need office equipment dealers 20 years [...]
Throwback
The only thing constant is change -Heraclitus Feeling a little nostalgic today and thought I tell you about the history of our written communication...starting with the typewriter. In 1962, when we started, the typewriter, like the one pictured, was the [...]
What is a firewall?
With all of the Malware, viruses, hacking and network intrusions going around, a firewall is becoming a necessary network component. So what is one and what does it do? All networks have some sort of routing device. It is the [...]
Phones are a changing!
Phones aren't what they used to be. When I started in business, there were rotary dial with push buttons for lines and all the lines were analog copper. (Just saying we were behind, not that I am old...:) Voicemail was [...]
Too Small to Matter…
I love baby feet. They are so cute and perfect. They are really small - especially compared to my size 11 feet. But they still matter... I have found that a lot of small business people have an inferiority complex [...]