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Is Your Backup Just an Expensive Paperweight?

Be honest: Do you have a real plan for the day your server goes dark? We’re not talking about a little glitch—we mean a full, sudden stop due to a failed disk, a nasty strain of ransomware, or an accidental keyboard slip. For too many businesses, the “plan” is just that dusty external drive they […]

The History, Pros, and Cons of Digital Design’s Most Commonly-Used Icon

It’s one of the most recognizable icons in modern digital design: three short, horizontal lines stacked neatly together. You’ve seen it countless times, representing the main menu on nearly every website and application. Sometimes it transforms into three dots—a “kabob” menu, if you want a fun fact, but its function remains the same: it’s the […]

How to Stop Time Theft and See Everything

For all its benefits, remote work has certainly created some challenges. One major issue is the lack of visibility you have over your employees and the ramifications that could result. While it is critical to cultivate trust in and with your employees, you also need tools to monitor progress and hold your team members accountable. […]

How Manufacturing IT Prevents Pricey Maintenance and Repair

Manufacturing equipment costs a pretty penny, so you naturally expect it to drive profits and yield a return on investment. Yet, how often do these machines break down and cost you more than they should? By the time the red light turns on that tells you something’s wrong, you’ve already wasted precious time that you […]

How to Keep Your IT From Holding You Back

Many businesses think of IT as nothing but an expense, often represented by losses on your budgeting reports. You might dump countless dollars into your IT only for it to eat it all up without providing any discernible return on investment. Here’s the truth about IT: when it’s managed properly, it can represent opportunity and […]

A Hard Look at Your On-Premise Server

Many modern businesses rely on in-house server hardware, enjoying the perceived sense of security it provides. After all, you can see it, you can touch it, your data is literally at arm’s reach… what could happen? Well, a brownout… and that’s just for starters. While there are many benefits to an in-house infrastructure, there are […]

Before You Can Implement AI, You Need to Be Sure Your Business is Ready

You can’t wake up anymore without hearing something about AI, and in the business world, there’s almost a sense of peer pressure around it. Nowadays, you have to be using AI, or your business will be left behind… or at least, that’s the narrative. While we are in no way discouraging you from adopting AI, […]

The Data Centers Powering the AI Revolution Are Seriously Impressive

Artificial intelligence has reshaped the relationship that many people have with technology, and especially how we work and communicate. Despite this, there are plenty of challenges that the technology faces—especially if it wants to remain sustainable. Today, we want to look at the fuel that keeps these platforms running—the data center—and why it’s important to […]

The Pros and Cons of Data Centers in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is practically now a household name, and it’s changing the way we think about work, communication, and even innovation. It takes a lot of power and infrastructure to fuel these systems, however, and they wouldn’t be possible without the data center. These structures are the powerhouses that enable AI, but what […]