The Emergence of BYOD in the Enterprise
“Bring your own device,” or BYOD, is quickly growing in popularity among businesses of all sizes. There are numerous benefits and drawbacks to allowing employees to use their own hardware in the work environment. From desktop workstations to mobile devices, having a wide range of devices in your environment inherently creates complexity for administration and security. At the same [...]
5 Rules for Building a Technical Team from Scratch
Recruitment Tips from Mosaic NetworX Building a technical team is no different than building a skilled organization in any sector. You must establish a culture, find people who fit that culture, and make sure that the various skill sets they each possess fit well together and provide expertise in all the right areas. Like an alchemist, you work to find [...]
Five Tips for Successful IT Customer Transitions: Onboarding and Offloading Clients
Onboarding and Offloading Clients with a Software Transition Plan IT customer transitions can go both ways. Some clients are added, some are subtracted. There is anxiety and maybe even tension in both situations. Many small and medium IT service businesses do not employ a transition specialist, much less a transition team. As a result, onboarding a new client or offloading [...]
Scaling Your Business: Choosing the Right IT Services Partnerships
As recently as a decade ago, operating an IT services business meant investing significant capital in hardware, software, and technical expertise as a way to offer your clients and customers more robust solutions. As a result, large enterprises like Dell and IBM had the upper hand when competing for business in the technology sector. These businesses had in-house assets and [...]
CIO Bootcamp: School’s in Session! Providing Your IT Team with Continuing Education
Many of the members of your staff are likely to have far less specific technical training then you might imagine. Do you even know what certifications each of them has? CompTIA A+ and Network+ perhaps? Maybe an old MCSE…which is a certification that was actually retired and then brought back by Microsoft! Perhaps your team members have training in computer [...]
The Downside of the Cloud: Weighing Your Options Before Switching to Virtual Desktops
Cloud computing has created a tidal wave of change in the IT sector. It is now not only possible, but actually more efficient, to deploy resources across multiple platforms and locations by using technology that resides on centrally managed servers. As we discussed yesterday, there are cost and time savings to be had along with greater administrative control when utilizing [...]