Communication Across Enterprises No one can innovate in a bubble. It helps to have a grasp on what's going on in the world around you. New business models, technology trends, and actions of like-minded companies can inspire leagues of new ideas within your own enterprise. Most of our clients are happy to realize we're steadily building a database o...

Front-End Idea Generation No two clients have the exact same goals. Our first step with any client is to understand their unique vision. We'll sit down with you to learn where your company has been and where it's headed. We want to know about your short-term objectives and long-term goals. This "first date" kind of process isn't just so we feel mor...

  Spark Workplace Productivity With Effective Apps Two of our favorite apps for enterprises are Slack and Do. Clean and intuitive design makes these two products ideal for efficient workplace communication. Apps like these are innovative ways to work faster and smarter. They connect people to a shared digital venue for archived messages, files...

You already know there is a world of hosting options. Most hosting services do nothing more than provide your website with space on a server. You have to navigate the complicated terrain of domain names and site management yourself. Like big name cloud hosting providers, we host websites and emails for businesses. The difference is that we actively...

The technological changes a company must adapt to seem to be growing in scope each year. Digitization—the trend of technology becoming more important in business—continues to change the way enterprises function. Mobile, cloud services, fiber, and virtualization are just a few stops along the tech-trend railway, and it isn't stopping anytime soon. T...

Whether you're interested in making someone on your list very happy this Christmas, or in what new devices will be making their way into the office at the onset of 2016, here are the predicted top-selling tech gadgets of the holiday season. In the spirit of BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device), and well, Christmas, here are the top 10 bestsellers compiled ...

How do you eradicate the phrase "network downtime?" Redundancy. Now more than ever, business is a round-the-clock operation. To keep things up and running 24/7, redundancy in IT is a must. A network should be like a well-organized public transportation system. Buses and trains run consistently unless they are stopped for scheduled or unforeseen mai...

What's the Goal of Mobile? We've talked about mobile before . (Who isn't talking about mobile these days?) But we want to emphasize that the goal of a good mobile program isn't being able to work from anywhere. The goal of a good mobile program is to be able to work seamlessly from anywhere. It's not about employees checking in on company email on ...

  Unsettled Scales: Security vs. Usability Just because balancing effective security with ease-of-use seems like an endless pursuit doesn't mean it's an unnecessary one. Both usability and security are important factors in a healthy workplace; finding a proper balance (that also takes cost into account) is a unique challenge of 21 st century m...

Nicole Haggerty; On Becoming an IT Savvy CEO; Ivey Business Journal As a leader in your company, you don't necessarily need to know how to store things in the cloud, but you should probably know why it's useful. You don't need to be able to perform the IT tasks critical for your company's survival, but you should be tech savvy enough to know what p...