IT Support Blog for Small Business Owners

SD-WAN (short for Software-Defined Wide-Area-Networking) is a technology that has been around for a few years and primarily adopted by large corporations up to recently.  New advancements in SD-WAN has made it a realistic and affordable option for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) today.  

Simply put SD-WAN is a new way to manage your Wide Area Network (WAN), a new way to connect and secure all your local area network (LANs) and is built for modern businesses with hybrid or cloud-based environments.  SD-WAN replaces your expensive MPLS data circuits with inexpensive internet circuits.  

There are many benefits of SD-WAN technology that small businesses and growing businesses cannot afford to overlook.  

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Topics: Managed Services, network security, IT Strategy, network assessment, IT Network Assessment, modern IT, SD-WAN, network management

There's new way for CEOs and business owners to purchase IT support that's faster, better and less expensive than the old time and materials approach.

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Topics: IT Support, Break Fix, IT Outsourcing, IT Services, Outsourced IT, Managed Services, Managed IT

Today I wanted to introduce our readers to the different methods of managing your small business IT infrastructure. For the purpose of comparison, we look at three different options in which you can manage your IT infrastructure- manage it yourself (Self-managed), manage through an IT support vendor charging you on a “Time and Material” basis or you can rely on an outsourced IT support contract.

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Topics: IT Support, Outsourced IT, Managed Services, Small Business IT Support, ROI on IT