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• October 1, 2019
• Maxwell IT Staff
• Blog

Don’t think you’re vulnerable to a data breach? Think again. In 2018, businesses reported 1,244 breaches – and small businesses accounted...

• September 3, 2019
• Maxwell IT Staff
• Blog

January 14, 2020 is the fast-approaching date when a long list of Microsoft® products and solutions will reach their End of Support. That’s a lot of widely...

• August 2, 2019
• Maxwell IT
• Blog

As a business owner, the buck stops with you. Your employees rely on you to have the answers when a problem occurs. But what are...

• July 10, 2019
• Maxwell IT Staff
• Blog

Everyone is pretty familiar with how to spot a phishing email these days, but are even savvy users ready for risks...

• June 28, 2019
• Maxwell IT
• Blog

As a business owner, you’re always focusing on how to best move your company forward. But have you taken time to...

• June 3, 2019
• Maxwell IT
• Blog

Does your website or company accept payments online or store financial records digitally? If you answered “yes,” then you need to...

• May 3, 2019
• Maxwell IT
• Blog

Project management (PM) software plays a critical role in how successfully you implement a new solution or resolve a task. In...

• April 1, 2019
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

As your business grows, you’ll eventually need someone to help you choose and deploy technology to protect your business, improve processes...

• March 8, 2019
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

The McKinsey Institute found that teams improved productivity up to 25 percent through increased collaboration. But, finding out which collaboration tools...

• February 1, 2019
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

According to research from Ovum, 20 percent of business processes have already moved to the cloud. The cloud isn’t only an...

• January 1, 2019
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Understanding ethics and privacy may seem simple at first, but when you start to dive in, you discover that finding the...

• December 1, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
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Updating your technology can be complicated and overwhelming – especially if you try to do all the research and make decisions on your own....

• November 1, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

One of the best things about the holidays is the opportunity to show the people who help your business the most...

• October 1, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Are you losing customers to competitors because of lagging technology? It might not seem like there’s any room in the budget...

• September 1, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Balancing the day-to-day responsibilities of managing a business with strategic planning for the future is a struggle – especially when it...

• August 1, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

If trying to figure out how IoT fits into your business seems overwhelming, rest easy – you likely use several IoT...

• July 2, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

You’re looking toward the future – you have marketing plans, sales plans and growth plans. But do you have an IT...

• May 31, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

If you haven’t made the move to the cloud yet, now is the time. A recent Forbes study predicted that cloud...

• May 2, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

So, you’re still using Office 2013? 2010? 2007? Well, how’s that working out? Is your team really being as productive as...

• April 9, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Did you know that 95% of people in the workforce say that face-to-face interactions are essential to building long-term business relationships?...

• February 27, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

It’s the 21st century, which means it’s not uncommon for organizations to have some workers in the office and others telecommuting...

• February 5, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
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It’s true that there’s never a wrong time to buy new technology, but what’s the best time? The beginning of a...

• January 3, 2018
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Turn on the screen, open the newspaper or scroll through social media and you’re sure to see a headline of another...

• November 27, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

As we near the end of 2017, it’s time to start planning for the New Year. Now, before you start making...

• November 3, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Is brand-new tech for the office on your holiday wish list? Well, you don’t have to wait–you’ll be jumping for joy...

• October 1, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Technology is the backbone of your business, so downtime can dramatically damage bottom line. According to a 2016 ITIC survey, one...

• August 31, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Today’s business challenges require leaders to think more strategically about IT—not just whether or not your systems and network are up...

• July 28, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

You’re not doing yourself any favors by dragging your old PCs with you year after year. Whatever you’re saving in purchasing...

• July 1, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

These days, everything is in the cloud or happening in the cloud. Simply google cloud computing and your search results will...

• June 1, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

You’ve already taken a step in the right direction—you’ve admitted that you need help managing your infrastructure and technology budget. The...

• April 28, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

There are many advantages of managed services that often get overlooked due to managed services misconceptions. But don’t be fooled, partnering...

• March 28, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

A Crash Course   Have you ever been frustrated with your IT? Do you have enough time in the day to...

• February 22, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

By the year 2020, the U.S. mobile workforce is expected to grow to approximately 105.4 million people. Many companies are leveraging...

• January 31, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Co-managed services are the IT support sweet spot—a third-party partner handles routine maintenance and monitoring without you having to surrender total...

• January 17, 2017
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

As the new year begins and we say goodbye to 2016, we often reflect on our past success and failures and...

• November 28, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
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The benefits of cloud computing—lower costs, greater flexibility and easy scalability—are common knowledge. But before you dive in, here are a...

• October 28, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Cutting costs is the primary goal for most business owners. They’ll check and double check their books looking for areas that...

• September 29, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Picture this eerie scene. It’s a dark and stormy night, the winds are howling and tree branches scratch the office windows....

• August 26, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Every business looks to keep costs down, but the best way to do that differs based on many variables—especially when it...

• August 1, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

It’s another busy work day when all of a sudden your server crashes and business applications go down. In that split...

• June 28, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

It takes technology to grow, and to support an increasingly complex IT environment, it’s important to partner with a company that...

• April 25, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

How much of your day is consumed with worrying about the next IT outage? When your technology isn’t working, your people...

• March 27, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

Cloud computing is officially a common term. More and more small and medium-sized businesses are looking to cloud because it offers...

• February 22, 2016
• Maxwell IT staff
• Blog

World Backup Day occurs annually on March 31. This day is a simple reminder that our critical data is simply not...