Managed IT Articles
Staff Augmentation vs. Managed Services – Which is Right for Your Business?
Your business needs IT expertise, but the path forward isn’t always clear. Two dominant models compete for your attention and budget: staff augmentation and managed services. Each promises to solve your technology challenges, yet they operate from fundamentally different philosophies. The decision between staff augmentation vs managed services shapes more
How Do Managed IT Services Reduce Business Costs Without Cutting Quality?
Business leaders often face an impossible choice: reduce operational costs or maintain service quality. The traditional approach forces organizations to sacrifice one for the other, creating a dangerous cycle of diminishing returns. Managed IT services break this paradigm entirely. The Hidden Cost Crisis in Business Technology Technology expenses consume 15-20%
How Can Managed IT Services Improve Cybersecurity for SMBs?
Cybercriminals target small and medium businesses at an alarming rate, with 43% of cyberattacks specifically aimed at SMBs according to Accenture’s Cost of Cybercrime Study. The financial impact can be devastating—cyberattacks cost small businesses an average of $200,000, with 46% of all cyber breaches impacting businesses with fewer than 1,000
Did you know RK Black is a Managed IT Services provider?
In the last 70 years, office technology has seen quite a bit of change, going from largely typewriters, copiers, telephones and switchboards, to now computers, mobile devices, networks, VoIP phone systems, all-in-one copiers and everything…
Slow internet? 3 tips to get the most out of your home network
Working from home definitely has its perks, better coffee (no pun intended), no commute, no messing with meal prep, and, well, just being able to work from the comfort of your own house, just to name a few. However, as more and more people…
Google to end support for Google Cloud Print this year
All good things must come to an end and such is the case for Google Cloud Print — Google’s cloud-based printing solution. Google to end Google Cloud Print support.
November of last year, Google announced their intent to discontinue support…
3 reasons to restart your computer daily
If you are like most people, when Friday roles around, you are so glad it’s the end of the week and are doubtless looking forward to a long restful weekend. It’s why there are such hashtags as #thatfridayfeeling, #fridaymood and #friyay.
Hopefully, by the time…
In-house vs. Outsourced Network Services … or can it be both?
When it comes to network services, lots of businesses take a seat on the fence to decide which field is greener, assembling an in-house team to manage their networks or to outsourcing to an IT services provider?…
5 ways you’re not alone with RK Black as your technology solutions partner
Have you ever bought a service or a subscription only to find yourself alone after you handed over the money or signed the contract? Sure, you may have what you paid for, which is great, but…