Towards the end of February of this year, LexisNexis Legal & Professional fell victim to a data breach in which the responsible party accessed the data analytics company’s Amazon Web Services infrastructure due to an unpatched application. While the data leak itself was (according to LexisNexis L&P, at least) relatively minimal, this breach presents an opportunity to reiterate the importance...
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Generative AI has officially moved from being a "cool experiment" to an engine for small business growth. In 2026, the gap between businesses that use AI and those that don't is no longer about "tech-savviness"—it’s about operational survival. (more…)
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As your business grows, your reliance on break-fix IT is going to hold it back from rising to the top. While you might have been able to get by in the past with consumer-grade antivirus and simple solutions, you’re not that small business anymore. You now need to manage cybersecurity threats, cloud migrations, and data compliance, all of which can...
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Are you still depending on your business being so small that it flies “under the radar” of potential threats? The most dangerous mindset you can have is that you’re too small for a hacker to care about your data. In reality, hackers don’t care how big your business is; they care about what data they can steal, and there’s plenty...
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In the early days of the AI boom, that phrase was a suggestion. Today, in 2026, it is a legal mandate. As AI becomes as ubiquitous in the workplace as email, the "black box" era of technology is officially over. Regulators across the globe are no longer satisfied with businesses saying their tools work; they are now requiring companies to...
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The most talented employees on your payroll are subject to a specific kind of tax, one that saps their productivity and makes them feel like expensive data-entry clerks. That’s the tedium task, which is levied against employees of small businesses that use multiple tools that don’t integrate well. Ultimately, what happens is that these businesses have employees manually connect these...
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We talk a lot about Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and how it’s a game-changer for SMBs, but there are a lot of ways to muck up the implementation if you’re not careful. The reality of the situation is that VoIP is not a “set it and forget it” type of solution; it requires careful planning and precision to take...
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For most small businesses, the manual reporting cycle is tedious, involving numerous different websites and applications, exporting data, and then trying to consolidate it all into one single spreadsheet to determine how well (or how poorly) your business performed last quarter. It’s necessary to look at historical data like this to better run your business, but it’s not necessary to...
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As an IT expert who has spent years under the hood of various professional service firms, I’ve noticed a recurring pattern. Many lawyers are brilliant at practicing law but are often held back by a digital anchor; outdated servers, fragmented files, and manual billing processes that eat away at billable hours. In 2026, staying competitive isn't just about your legal...
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Does your business technology drive you up the wall with uncertainty? Are you reacting to IT problems when you would instead prefer to proactively leverage technology to drive your business’ growth? It’s not your fault; it’s the result of a phenomenon known as the Executive IT Gap, and it’s keeping you trapped in an endless cycle of reactive, costly, and...
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