The Business of IT: Part 3- Outsource the “T”, not the “I”

When thinking about IT, it’s helpful to look at each piece separately…. The first part is about INFORMATION, which is key to running your business.  Businesses with an IT department should be staffing functions that add value to the business.  These folks have titles like “Business Analyst”, “Application Specialist”, “Report Writer”, “Project Manager”, and so […]

The Business of IT: Part 2- Getting comfortable with subscriptions, again…

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Subscriptions have been around forever. Columbia House Music, wine-of-the-month, magazines, and all our favorite streaming music and TV services are subscriptions.  The subscription trend will continue as we move to a service-based economy, especially for consumption-based services like technology! Businesses need to re-think how they are purchasing their IT software and hardware.  The majority of […]