Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) who are considering moving to fully remote or hybrid remote work scenarios must ensure that their technology infrastructure can support this move. In the tight labor market, a frustrating remote work experience caused by...

If you decide to make remote work permanent for your SMB—whether fully or partially—it is imperative to develop a remote work strategy to replace the band-aid approach you may have taken to get your remote employees up and running when COVID first hit. Yes, your...

How “the great resignation” is influencing company stances on remote work in the future The proliferation of high-speed home internet and technology tools such as laptops, phones, and tablets has allowed workers to access their email and files anytime and anywhere...

How do you get started? We've talked about a strategic IT roadmap and stressed the importance of standards and best practices. Now, we're going to get more specific and offer a step-by-step guide on how your business can develop your own strategic IT roadmap. The...

An important part of developing your IT roadmap is to include the IT standards and best practices that apply to your industry, planned business initiatives, or business size. In this blog. we discuss why IT standards and best practices matter, where regulatory...

If you were setting off on a cross-country, multi-week road trip, would you just hop in the car and go? Without planning? Without hotel reservations? Without an itinerary? Without a GPS to tell you the best route? How would you establish a budget without knowing where...

Cybersecurity is a necessary investment, but what do you really need? The number of cybersecurity tools available can feel overwhelming. Which ones will deliver the most value to your organization and advance your business towards comprehensive cyber security? From...

3 employee-focused cybersecurity tactics your business Most businesses consider their employees to be their greatest assets. While this is undeniably true, when it comes to cyber security, employees can also present the greatest risk. Today’s blog covers three...

Is your business protected from cybersecurity attacks? If there was a breach, would you know what to do? How would you recover, or could you? Is your business covered by cybersecurity insurance for the loss? As the de factor standard for cybersecurity, the Commerce...

Cybersecurity is one of the most important investments businesses can make. Yet many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have not invested in a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In fact, according to Hashed Out, of the SMBs in the U.S. and UK, 43 percent do...

As an Office 365 user, you are familiar with the many basic tools that help your organization work more efficiently and smarter. But there are many tools built into Office 365 that you may not be using. Below are ten lesser-known Office 365 apps that can streamline...

As a Microsoft Teams user, you are probably familiar with the basic concepts and benefits collaboration provides to your organization. But you may not be aware of some less utilized features of Teams that can increase your employees’ productivity and save you time and...

You probably think of Microsoft SharePoint as a content management and storage system. But beyond this basic functionality, SharePoint has many lesser-known capabilities and features. Read below to learn more about ten built-in SharePoint capabilities that can help...

We believe in a layered approach when it comes to best practice business security. Think about a gated community with a security officer at the gate. If you live in that neighborhood, you will still lock the windows and doors to your house. And, you may even have an...

For most companies, time is money. For financial services companies, this statement could not be more true. When systems go down at financial services firms, stock trades don’t go in on time and the company is unaware of market changes or unable to respond to market...

Engineering firms work with extremely large files, such as AutoCAD and MicroStation. Having the right infrastructure to support these files is crucial to the productivity and success of these firms. However, one of these engineering firms, a Logic Speak customer, had...

As COVID-19 shut down many places of business in Spring 2020, several Logic Speak customers needed to quickly pivot from in-office operations to remote work. Below are just a few examples of how Logic Speak helped its client community weather the COVID-19 storm....

If your physical office were filled with unnecessary clutter, it would make the tough job of being an entrepreneur that much harder. And though the benefits of a clean office are well known, some companies are still doing the IT equivalent of working on top of a stack...

Planning for the Chaos... With COVID-19 forcing businesses to shift dramatically to full-on remote workforces this past year, some companies have embraced zoom calls and bedroom workstations as their new way of life. But for many business models, a socially distanced...

The unfortunate truth about cybersecurity is this – you’re only as strong as your weakest link. With the number of phishing and social engineering attacks skyrocketing, the evidence is clear; All it takes is one slip up for hackers to potentially gain access to your...

Continuous improvement—it’s not a phrase that most people associate with IT service providers. These providers typically fix something that’s broken, perform a one-off service, or sell you a piece of equipment without a comprehensive plan or consideration of your...

Got an IT team? Leverage co-managed IT Employing a comprehensive IT staff can be difficult for small and medium-sized businesses. If your company has IT staff, they likely wear many hats with too much to do and not enough time to do it. They may be overwhelmed by...

The shutdowns brought about by COVID-19 have shown many businesses that they can be successful even when their employees work remotely. Indeed, in a recent Gartner survey, 82% of company leaders said that they plan to allow employees to work remotely at least part of...

Managed Services—it’s the new technology buzzword. It seems like a lot of tech organizations are calling themselves managed service providers (MSP) these days. But the reality is that many of these organizations are actually pure support organizations that have...

Prioritizing Your Life In our previous blogs, we discussed how Logic Speak can help your company improve its productivity and profitability. This blog focuses on your own contribution to productivity. How can you become more personally productive, get your work done...