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10/14/2026

I've never worked with a cannabis company before, so this week is a first for me.

They have more than few computers, and many of them are slow. The plan is to add more memory to 11 of them. Sounds simple, right?

Here's the catch. Every one of these is an all-in-one, where the computer is built into the back of the screen. Opening one is a lot closer to opening a laptop than a regular tower. Nothing is roomy, and nothing is standard. And since each model is a little different, I can't learn the first one and rush through the other ten.

Then there's the other problem. Some of these machines simply can't take more memory. Their processors have a ceiling, so adding RAM would be money wasted. Those ones get a different treatment: cleaning up Windows, cutting out the things that slow them down on startup, and squeezing out whatever speed is still in there.

It'll be an all-day job, and I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully at the end, a team that had accepted slowness notices the difference right away.

Also, if this works, they would not have to buy new computers, at least in the short term. Sometimes the answer is just a careful afternoon and a small screwdriver.

10/12/2026

Losing a client this week felt like a win. Here's why.

Had a client tell us last week they're merging with a larger company; and that larger company is bringing their own IT management with them.

It's a strange thing to feel good and bad about at the same time. Good, because it means the business did well enough to get acquired. Bad, because we're losing a relationship we've put real work into. Maybe like 6yrs or so

Right now we're focused on making sure the handoff is clean, especially Microsoft 365 licensing and SharePoint file management, so nothing gets lost or broken in the transition.

Ever had a client relationship end for a reason that was actually a win for them?

10/09/2026

Sometimes a short term solution goes a long way

Worked with a construction company this week whose real problem wasn't any one piece of technology. It was that nobody had ever sat down and built a coherent plan for how their computers and systems should actually work together.

A full Managed IT setup would solve that for good, no question. But that's not always the right first move for every business, and it wasn't here. What they needed right now was a quick, custom fix to get them functional and stop the bleeding, not a complete overhaul they weren't ready for yet.

So that's what we did. The bigger conversation about a long-term strategy is still on the table for when they're ready for it.

If your systems feel like they were never actually planned, just sort of accumulated, that's worth a conversation before it becomes a bigger problem. Book a free discovery call and we'll figure out what the right first step actually looks like for you.

10/07/2026

Same backup, same protection, half the hardware. Here's how

Had a client tell us this week they're merging with a larger company; and that larger company is bringing their own IT management with them.

It's a strange thing to feel good and bad about at the same time. Good, because it means the business did well enough to get acquired. Bad, because we're losing a relationship we've put real work into.

Right now we're focused on making sure the handoff is clean, especially Microsoft 365 licensing and SharePoint file management, so nothing gets lost or broken in the transition.

Ever had a client relationship end for a reason that was actually a win for them?

10/05/2026

Running a business with GMAIL email address?

No business domain, no email security policy, nothing separating client conversations from the spam folder. It's more common than people think, and I get why — Gmail is free and it works. But once you're taking payments, signing contracts, or handling anything sensitive over email, that setup stops being a shortcut and starts being a liability.

It's also a credibility problem before it's even a security one. The first thing a prospect sees when you reach out is that email address, and "[email protected]" doesn't exactly say established company — even if the work behind it is solid.

The fix isn't complicated or expensive. It just usually gets pushed to "later" until something forces the issue.

If your business email still ends in .com, let's talk about what a proper setup actually costs - it's less than most owners assume. Book a free discovery call and I'll walk you through it.

10/02/2026

Cash-heavy, state-audited, under 24/7 surveillance requirements - and somehow still less IT protected than they should be.

That's what I found on a client visit last week at a local dispensary. I went in expecting a fairly standard network cleanup. What I got was a crash course in just how much compliance pressure this industry runs under - employee sign ins and sign outs, multiple cash handlers, protected rooms, strict surveillance retention rules, and cash-heavy operations that make them a bigger target than most 20-person offices realize.

Good reminder that "small business IT" doesn't mean simple IT. The stakes just look different depending on the industry - they're rarely lower.

Wondering what compliance requirement are present other businesses that most outsiders wouldn't guess exists?

09/30/2026

Picture two versions of the same bad morning.

Version one: dispatch software goes down at 8am on your busiest day. Techs are already out, calls are stacking up, and the front desk is working off memory and sticky notes for three hours until it's fixed.

Version two: monitoring flags the issue before it ever reaches your team. If something does slip through, there's a backup way to pull up the day's schedule, so nobody's stuck guessing.

Same problem. Completely different day. The only difference is whether anything was in place before it happened.

If you're not sure which version your business would get, that's worth finding out before your next busy day, not during it.

09/28/2026

Generic cyber insurance often misses this

Cyber insurance policies aren't written with medical practices in mind, and that gap tends to surface at the worst possible time, after a breach, when the claim gets denied.

Before you renew, check for these five things specifically:
- Coverage for healthcare data, not generic cyber
- Breach notification costs included
- Ransomware and business interruption covered
- Whether the insurer requires proof of your IT security
- A policy reviewed alongside your actual setup, not blind

The last one catches more practices off guard than the rest combined. Insurers are asking harder questions than they used to, and renewal season is a bad time to find out you can't answer them.

09/25/2026

"We're too small to be a target."

Hopefully, thats true but probably not. In fact, it very well bebackwards. Attackers often prefer smaller practices: weaker defenses, the same valuable patient data, less likely to notice an intrusion early.

Size isn't protection. Setup is.

09/23/2026

What's really on your office Wi-Fi network

Protect your Wi-Fi network but most small practices don't know where to begin. Unsecured Wi-Fi is the opening attackers look for, not a sophisticated hack, just an unsecured network or an old, unpatched computer sitting quietly for months.

A properly secured setup covers at least these five things:
- A separate network for practice systems
- A firewall on the office connection
- No unpatched software anywhere
- Guest Wi-Fi kept fully separate
- Antivirus on every machine

None of it is exotic. It just has to actually be there.

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