Kraken Technology Solutions, LLC

09/02/2026

Most businesses don’t intentionally build a bad technology environment.

They simply outgrow the one they have.

What worked when you had 10 employees may have been exactly what you needed.

Then the business grew.

More employees. Bigger customers. More systems. More data. More cybersecurity requirements. More compliance expectations. And now AI is entering the conversation.

Eventually, leadership needs to ask a different question:

Is our technology actually capable of supporting where this business is going?

And sometimes there’s an even more uncomfortable question:

Have we outgrown our technology provider?

That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re doing a bad job.

The provider that was perfect for your company at 10 employees may not have the cybersecurity, compliance, governance, business continuity, AI, and strategic technology leadership capabilities your company needs at 30, 50, or 100.

Your business evolved.

Your risks evolved.

Your customers evolved.

Your opportunities evolved.

Your technology strategy needs to evolve too.

Otherwise, yesterday’s “good enough” decisions eventually become technology debt, operational bottlenecks, unnecessary risk, and barriers to growth.

That’s why we created the Kraken Strategic Technology Assessment.

We help business leaders step back from the day-to-day technology conversation and answer the bigger question:

Are we actually prepared for where we’re trying to go next?

Sometimes the answer is yes.

Sometimes there are gaps.

And sometimes you’ve simply outgrown the technology model that got you here.

If your company looks dramatically different than it did three years ago, but your technology strategy doesn’t, it may be time to find out why.

Don’t wait for your next big opportunity to discover your organization wasn’t ready for it.

https://krakentechnology.io/kraken-strategic-technology-assessment/

09/01/2026

Sam had a problem at his last business event. 🦭

Not getting people to stop.

Not starting conversations.

His problem was remembering what happened after all those conversations.

You meet someone.

You learn about their business.

They mention something they’re working on.

Maybe there’s an opportunity to help each other.

Then someone else walks up.

The next conversation starts.

Do that 30 or 40 times and suddenly you’re looking at a stack of business cards trying to remember:

“Which one was the person who needed that thing?”

That’s why Sam has a kiosk now.

Our Event Lead Capture System gives those conversations somewhere to go.

Instead of handing someone a business card, forcing them to schedule a meeting on the spot, or hoping somebody remembers to follow up later, we can capture who they are, what they’re interested in, and the context needed to continue the conversation.

Then the workflow takes over.

Because companies spend serious money exhibiting at events.

Booth space. Sponsorships. Displays. Travel. Staff. Collateral. Swag.

All of that investment is designed to create something incredibly valuable:

A conversation.

Don’t lose the opportunity after you finally get one.

The technology isn’t there to replace the relationship.

It’s there to make sure the relationship has somewhere to go.

Sam’s ready for the next event. 🦭🐙

Is your team?

08/31/2026

🐙 Event lead capture is broken.

You’ve probably seen it.

Someone has a great conversation with your team at an expo.

Then comes the fun part…

Scan their badge.

Take a picture of it.

Grab a business card.

Write down some notes.

Ask them to pull out their phone in the middle of a crowded expo hall and fill something out.

Or collect everything and promise:

“We’ll get all these leads into the CRM when we get back.”

And that’s where things start falling through the cracks.

We knew there had to be a simpler way.

So we built one.

At Kraken events, when someone wants to continue a conversation with us, our team captures a few pieces of information right at the booth.

That’s it.

Behind the scenes?

🐙 An email immediately thanks them for their interest.

🐙 They’re automatically added to our CRM.

🐙 They’re categorized based on what they want to discuss.

🐙 The appropriate automation begins.

🐙 They’re assigned to the right person for follow-up.

Nobody goes back to the office with a stack of business cards to enter.

Nobody tries to remember which badge picture belonged to the person who wanted to talk about cybersecurity.

And most importantly…

No one gets lost. No one gets missed.

Did we invent event lead capture?

Nope. 😂

We just looked at an unnecessarily cumbersome process and asked:

Why does it have to work this way?

That’s how we believe technology should work.

Start with the business problem.

Design a better experience.

Then use technology to remove as much friction as possible.

Technology shouldn’t make your business more complicated.

It should make doing business easier.

🐙 Release the Kraken.

08/31/2026

Business is better when we build it together.

Kraken Technology Solutions is excited to be part of the 2026 Central Florida Business Expo, happening September 29–30 at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

This year, our founder Steve Brickner will be there wearing two hats — representing Kraken Technology Solutions and the Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce in the Resource Partner area.

Both organizations will have a presence at our table, so come find us!

Want to learn more about the Chamber? Come talk to Steve.

Curious about Kraken? Come talk to Steve.

Want to tell us about your business, what you’re building, or who you’re trying to meet?

Come talk to Steve.

You don’t need to have a technology problem. You don’t need to sit through a sales pitch.

We’d genuinely like to know what your company does.

Because some of the best things that happen at events like this aren’t planned.

You meet another business owner.

You discover a company you didn’t know existed.

Someone makes an introduction.

A conversation turns into a relationship.

And sometimes that relationship creates an opportunity for both businesses.

That’s what we believe a strong business community should look like.

If Kraken grows, we want the businesses, people, partners, and communities around us growing too.

September 29–30, 2026
RP Funding Center
Lakeland, Florida

Learn more about the Central Florida Business Expo:

https://cflbe.com/

Come say hello.

We Build Better Together.

08/31/2026

MONDAY BOARDROOM 🐙

Our Founder believes businesses deserve more from their technology company than:

“Your ticket has been closed.”

And frankly, so do we.

Technology now influences almost every part of running and growing a business—cybersecurity, risk, compliance, continuity, AI, operations, productivity, customer experience, and strategic decision-making.

That’s why Kraken Technology Solutions was never intended to simply become another MSP.

Managed IT is important.

But it’s the foundation—not the destination.

Article VI of the Kraken Constitution puts it pretty clearly:

“Kraken is not merely a Managed Service Provider.

Kraken is a Technology Leadership organization.”

That means understanding where our clients are trying to go before recommending how technology should help them get there.

It means helping business leaders navigate cybersecurity and risk.

It means preparing organizations for AI instead of blindly chasing it.

It means thinking about continuity before something breaks.

And it means bringing technology into the business conversation—not treating it like some mysterious department that only appears when the Wi-Fi stops working.

As the challenges facing businesses evolve, Kraken will evolve with them.

Because our goal isn’t simply to help businesses use technology.

It’s to help them build stronger businesses with it.

That’s what our Founder believes.

And that’s the Kraken we’re building.

🐙 Release the Kraken.

08/30/2026

At Kraken Technology Solutions, we believe business is better when we help each other succeed.

That’s the idea behind our Community Partners page.

These aren’t paid listings or businesses that bought their way onto our website. They’re companies and organizations we know, trust, have relationships with, and are proud to recommend.

When someone asks us, “Do you know a good company that does _____?” we want to be able to point them toward people we believe will take care of them.

Sometimes supporting another business means making an introduction.

Sometimes it means recommending them in a Facebook group.

Sometimes it means liking, commenting on, or sharing their work so more people see it.

And sometimes it means using our own website to help people discover them.

That’s what community should look like.

We don’t believe every business relationship needs to start with, “What’s in it for us?”

We’d rather start with:

“How can we help each other grow?”

Take a look at some of the businesses and organizations we’re proud to support:

https://krakentechnology.io/community-partners/

If Kraken grows, we want the businesses, people, and communities around us growing too.

We Build Better Together.

08/30/2026

08/29/2026

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your company is get everyone OUT of the company for a while. 😎

Away from the tickets. The meetings. The projects. The emails. The deadlines.

Go have some fun together.

Because somewhere between the roller coasters, bumper boats, ridiculous pictures, bad jokes, and questionable ride decisions…you’re building something incredibly important.

Culture.

At Kraken, we believe the best companies are places people actually WANT to be part of.

Places where people know each other beyond their job titles.

Where they laugh together, solve problems together, celebrate wins together, and genuinely want the company to grow because they know they can grow with it.

And that philosophy is a big part of how we work with our clients, too.

We’re not just here to manage technology.

We want to help build stronger companies.

Better technology. Better security. Better processes. Better operations. And ultimately, a better place for great people to do great work.

Because you’re not just building a business.

You’re building a community — inside your company and around it.

So take the team out.

Ride the roller coaster. Get soaked on the log flume. Take the ridiculous group picture. 😂

Build some memories.

Then come back tomorrow and keep building something you’re all damn proud of.

Together is better. 🐙

08/28/2026

Yesterday evening, our founder got an unexpected reminder of why being prepared matters.

A severe storm rolled through.

The garage door opener was fried.

Breakers tripped.

The freezer stopped working.

The printer started flashing.

The internet went completely offline.

And a direct lightning strike to the internet line literally blew the cover off the box outside the house and destroyed the equipment inside.

Oh, and his son had homework to do.

The ISP’s next available appointment?

Friday at 6 PM.

So the plans for Thursday evening changed.

Food was moved out of the freezer. Damage was assessed. Replacement internet equipment was picked up directly from the ISP. Connectivity was restored.

You deal with the problem in front of you, adjust your priorities, and keep moving.

But it got us thinking:

What if this happened at your business?

It doesn’t have to be lightning.

Your internet goes down.

A critical system fails.

A vendor has an outage.

A cyber incident occurs.

The building loses power.

Suddenly employees can’t work, customers still need service, and someone has to figure out what happens next.

Who owns the problem?

Who calls the vendors?

What needs to come back online first?

What other systems are affected?

How does the business keep operating?

Those are questions you want answered before something goes wrong.

That’s why the right technology partner matters.

Technology leadership isn’t just about fixing computers when they break. It’s about understanding your business, your systems, your dependencies, and your priorities well enough to help keep the organization moving when things don’t go according to plan.

Because resilience doesn’t mean nothing ever goes wrong.

It means you’re prepared to respond when it does.

Our founder handled his Thursday evening s**t show.

Your business shouldn’t have to figure everything out in the middle of one.

Happy Founder’s Friday from Kraken Technology Solutions. 🐙

08/27/2026

You saved money on IT.

Or did you?

Reducing your monthly technology bill might look great on a spreadsheet, but there’s a problem:

Sometimes you’re not eliminating the cost. You’re financing it with technology debt.

That aging equipment you keep putting off replacing.

The manual processes employees work around every day.

Security improvements that keep getting pushed to next year.

Systems that don’t communicate with each other.

Documentation that doesn’t exist.

Those costs haven’t disappeared.

They’ve just become harder to see.

And eventually, technology debt starts charging interest through lost productivity, increased risk, frustrated employees, expensive emergency projects, and missed opportunities.

We’re not suggesting businesses should spend recklessly on technology. Quite the opposite.

Eliminate waste. Consolidate unnecessary systems. Invest intentionally.

But don’t confuse underinvestment with efficiency.

At Kraken Technology Solutions, our goal isn’t simply to make your technology cheaper.

It’s to help build a stronger, safer, more scalable business that’s ready for bigger opportunities.

Because eventually, the bill for technology debt comes due.