Today’s “sharing economy” is changing the way we do business. Many of us have benefited from this new model as customers of Airbnb, Lyft, TaskRabbit and the like. Business owners who leverage the sharing economy’s cloud-based services to run their operations experience the following benefits: Low capital investments Predictable monthly costs Elasticity and scalability High volumes of reliability Low …
Working Remotely: 3 Ways To Protect Your Data
We all know about the steady rise in employees working remotely. Technology has bridged the gap between home and office allowing 43 percent of employed Americans to work from home. To work remotely is often a unique benefit for employees who need more flexibility in their schedule. More and more businesses are adding this benefit to their new hire packages. …
Salem Insurance Goes Google: Prepared for the Worst by Running the Best
Salem Insurance is an independent insurance agency with a staff of more than two dozen specialists focusing on personal and business insurance. Several years ago their leadership team recognized their tech strategy needed updating. They were running a traditional IT infrastructure of internal Microsoft based servers run by an in-house technician. They heard about the “cloud” and outsourced IT management, …
Turtle Top Takes Teamwork to the Next Level
Turtle Top is a closely held multi-generational family business that started manufacturing automotive products in 1962. What began with recreational vehicles has grown into a reputed provider of transportation solutions with sales and service locations across the USA and Canada. They make buses and specialty vehicles designed according to the requests and requirements of a wide variety of customers. There’s …