Small Businesses


Microsoft has raised pricing and changed the name on Office

Direct link to Microsoft 365 Pricing: Microsoft Office 365 pricing New pricing announcement for Microsoft 365 from Microsoft Blog: Microsoft New Pricing for Microsoft 365August 19, 2021 Today we are announcing changes to our commercial pricing for Microsoft 365–(Credit/quote:  Microsoft Corporation) Microsoft Office name change announcement article by COMPUTERWORLD: Office […]


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Best Wifi for Home & Small Business 2019

The demand for the latest Wifi Technologies is booming. In 2019 we have some great offerings and the companies offering have increased. Even Amazon has gotten into the game with the acquisition of Eero. While last year we focused on SMB and the Home users market with basic off the […]


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Why everyone is switching to WordPress

Have you noticed how many websites have switched to WordPress?  In January of 2015 Entrepreneur Magazine was even recommending WordPress in 25 Reasons your Business Should Switch to WordPress. Let’s backtrack a little bit, if you are still using just a plain html site then it’s time to get hip […]


Let’s revisit SEO for Small Business Websites

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has been around for a while now.  There was a time when you had to have your Search Engine optimization Guru help with this.  Now you can buy SEO a la carte from your web hosting provider or even just use plugins with WordPress. You probably know […]

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Cloud Solutions

Steps to getting a Small Business on the Cloud (for a competitive advantage)

Over the years we have helped people get on the Cloud, and we have seen how many resourceful businesses got themselves there on their own. These days there is so much to choose from the choices can be a daunting task to sort through.  Let us see if we can […]


Designing a Secure Cloud Model (for Small businesses)

These days even the Intelligence Community is using the Cloud to pool resources for greater efficiency and cost savings.  But there is great planning in the Security and operational aspects of these computing resources.  A hybrid approach would seem almost necessary to allow for disaster recovery. When planning a Cloud […]

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The Birds, The Bees, Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing & the Economies of Scale (for Small Businesses)

Cloud computing, as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is a model for enabling “… convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service […]