Ryan Lakin

IT Lessons Learned for Houston Business in Light of Tropical Storm Imelda

Blog, Managed IT Services

Causing record-breaking floods and devastation for parts of Southeast Texas, Tropical Storm Imelda was deemed the fifth-wettest tropical storm recorded in US history. The storm began on September 17th, 2019 before dissipating four days later. Aside from the lasting personal loses, the storm had an impact with regards to businesses operating in the area. Those […]

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Why Your Employees Are A Cyber Criminal’s Primary Target

Blog, Cybersecurity

Some companies may assume that external threats are the most important problem that they need to protect against when it comes to cybersecurity. However,  60 percent of data breaches are caused by internal actors. In fact, insider cybersecurity threats have grown by 47 percent since 2018.    Why Employees Become Cyber Criminal Targets Employees may

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Mitigating General Contractors’ IT Risks with Business Continuity

Blog, Cybersecurity

As a General Contractor in the digital age, you rely heavily on information technology to run your business. From VoIP phone systems and hosted email for basic communications, to cloud-based file sharing solutions for sharing design plans between engineering and on-site project managers – it’s no wonder then why operations come screeching to a halt

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Construction File Sharing Solutions for General Contractors & Construction Companies

Blog, Cloud-Based Solutions

As a Managed Service Provider (MSP) that provides IT services for general contractors, we understand the challenges construction firms face when it comes to sharing data between teams spread across multiple offices and off-site locations. This article will cover the basics of the Enterprise File Sync-and-Share market (also known as the EFSS market), a secure

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Construction Contractor Cybersecurity: DoD Compliance with DFARS/NIST 800-171

Blog, Cybersecurity Compliance

In the wake of numerous recent data breaches, cybersecurity has become a very high priority for the Department of Defense (DoD). All construction firms that have contracts with the DoD must now comply with the DFARS Cybersecurity mandate. Let\’s take a look at everything you need to know if you want to keep existing construction

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Remote Monitoring and Maintenance – A Cost Effective Solution to Proactive Network Security

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Remote Monitoring and Maintenance – A Cost Effective Solution to Proactive Network Security Easily monitor and maintain your organization’s infrastructure. Have you ever been stuck in a technological bind caused by a flaw in your business’s network security? Organizations who aren’t prepared for the constant upkeep that a computing network demands will quickly find themselves

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Cloud Hosted VoIP

Blog, Unified Communications (VoIP)

Cloud Hosted VoIP Embrace the future of communications solutions. The traditional business telephone solution is showing its age. In lieu of the Internet and online technologies like the cloud, organizations are finding it difficult to justify keeping a traditional phone line for their communications solutions. Considering how difficult it is to scale a traditional PBX

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Understanding Shadow IT – Threats of Unauthorized Software

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Unauthorized software can be a major pain for network administrators. When a business sets out to add to their IT, they often choose the solutions based on their immediate needs. This is because when trying to look to the future an organization cannot know what obstacles will pop up. For this reason your organization’s IT

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