Insights
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What an external security test covers, and what it does not
Customers and insurers increasingly ask for evidence of security testing. Here is what a basic external test tells them, in plain terms.
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Why office Wi-Fi fails in warehouses and plants
Metal racking, machinery and moving devices defeat wireless designed for an office. Coverage has to be measured on the floor.
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Core Web Vitals in plain English
Google measures three things about how your pages feel to real visitors. Here is what they mean and what usually fixes them.
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Moving your phone system without dropping calls
A phone migration succeeds or fails on preparation: the call flows, the greetings, the numbers and a tested plan for the day.
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When does a small business need a CTO?
Most smaller companies do not need a full-time technology executive. They do need someone who owns the decisions.
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Stop finding out from your customers
Monitoring tells you about a failing system before your customers do. Most small businesses have none.
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Disaster recovery when you only have one office
Fire, flood, theft and ransomware all end the same way. Recovery depends on copies of your data somewhere else, and on having tested them.
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What a cloud migration actually involves
Moving an application to the cloud is a project with five stages. Knowing them makes proposals easier to judge.
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The monthly report nobody wants to build
If someone spends days each month copying figures between spreadsheets, that work can usually be automated in a few weeks.
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WordPress is not set and forget
A WordPress site needs regular updates, tested backups and someone accountable. Here is what a maintenance routine should include.