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Co-managed IT vs. fully managed IT: which fits a company with its own IT staff?
By Jason Small, Partner and Head of Technology, Fantastic IT If you have capable internal IT staff and want them to continue leading technology operations, we recommend starting with co-managed IT. Keep business priorities, application knowledge, and approval decisions inside your company, and assign a provider the support, maintenance, or specialist work your team needs
By Jason Small, Partner and Head of Technology, Fantastic IT If you have capable internal IT staff and want them to continue leading technology operations, we recommend starting with co-managed IT. Keep business priorities, application knowledge, and approval decisions inside your company, and assign a provider the support, maintenance, or specialist work your team needs
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Microsoft 365 Business Premium vs. E3: which fits your company in 2026?
By Jason Small, Partner and Head of Technology, Fantastic IT If your company has 300 people or fewer, Microsoft 365 Business Premium is usually the better choice. It costs $22 per user per month, against $39 for Microsoft 365 E3, and it includes the security and device management most small and mid-sized companies need. E3
By Jason Small, Partner and Head of Technology, Fantastic IT If your company has 300 people or fewer, Microsoft 365 Business Premium is usually the better choice. It costs $22 per user per month, against $39 for Microsoft 365 E3, and it includes the security and device management most small and mid-sized companies need. E3
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What Makes an IT Incident a Reportable Event?
A suspicious login appears in an employee account. Someone clicks a phishing link. A laptop containing company files disappears. Ransomware briefly locks a shared folder before IT restores it from backup. These are all IT incidents, but they do not necessarily create the same reporting obligations. For business leaders, that distinction matters. An incident can
A suspicious login appears in an employee account. Someone clicks a phishing link. A laptop containing company files disappears. Ransomware briefly locks a shared folder before IT restores it from backup. These are all IT incidents, but they do not necessarily create the same reporting obligations. For business leaders, that distinction matters. An incident can
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What Logs Tell You About Security (and What They Don’t)
A suspicious login appears in your Microsoft 365 account. Someone signs in from an unfamiliar location at 2:13 a.m. The security log recorded it, so the company has proof that something unusual happened. But that creates a more important question: what does the log actually prove? It might show that an account was accessed from
A suspicious login appears in your Microsoft 365 account. Someone signs in from an unfamiliar location at 2:13 a.m. The security log recorded it, so the company has proof that something unusual happened. But that creates a more important question: what does the log actually prove? It might show that an account was accessed from
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Why Fall Is the Best Time for an IT Risk Assessment
For many businesses, fall feels like the beginning of the final sprint. Budgets are being reviewed. Departments are planning for next year. Holiday schedules are starting to take shape. Leadership teams are evaluating what worked this year and what needs attention before January. IT can easily become part of that background noise. If computers are
For many businesses, fall feels like the beginning of the final sprint. Budgets are being reviewed. Departments are planning for next year. Holiday schedules are starting to take shape. Leadership teams are evaluating what worked this year and what needs attention before January. IT can easily become part of that background noise. If computers are
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How to Tell If Your IT Costs Are Actually Too High
Your monthly IT expenses keep creeping upward. Software subscriptions multiply, cybersecurity tools get added, hardware needs replacing, and support costs seem to appear in more places every year. The natural question is: Are we spending too much on IT? But looking at the total alone rarely gives you a useful answer. A business spending less
Your monthly IT expenses keep creeping upward. Software subscriptions multiply, cybersecurity tools get added, hardware needs replacing, and support costs seem to appear in more places every year. The natural question is: Are we spending too much on IT? But looking at the total alone rarely gives you a useful answer. A business spending less
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How IT Maturity Impacts Business Valuation
A business owner preparing for a sale may spend months reviewing revenue, profit margins, customer concentration, contracts, and staffing. Technology often receives far less attention. That can change quickly once a buyer begins due diligence. Suddenly, questions appear about cybersecurity, software licensing, backups, access controls, business continuity, documentation, and the age of critical systems. What
A business owner preparing for a sale may spend months reviewing revenue, profit margins, customer concentration, contracts, and staffing. Technology often receives far less attention. That can change quickly once a buyer begins due diligence. Suddenly, questions appear about cybersecurity, software licensing, backups, access controls, business continuity, documentation, and the age of critical systems. What
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Why IT Failures Spike During Vacations
A key employee leaves for a week. Another person is working remotely from a hotel. A software update gets postponed because nobody wants to risk disrupting operations while the office is lightly staffed. Everything seems quieter than usual. Then a printer stops connecting, an employee loses access to an important application, or a server issue
A key employee leaves for a week. Another person is working remotely from a hotel. A software update gets postponed because nobody wants to risk disrupting operations while the office is lightly staffed. Everything seems quieter than usual. Then a printer stops connecting, an employee loses access to an important application, or a server issue
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Why Patch Management Is a Security Priority
A software update notification appears on an employee’s screen in the middle of a busy afternoon. They click “remind me later” because they are working on a deadline. A server update is postponed because the team does not want to interrupt operations. A laptop used by a remote employee misses several updates because it is
A software update notification appears on an employee’s screen in the middle of a busy afternoon. They click “remind me later” because they are working on a deadline. A server update is postponed because the team does not want to interrupt operations. A laptop used by a remote employee misses several updates because it is
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When Should a Business Consider Co-Managed IT?
Your internal IT team knows the business better than anyone. They understand the systems employees rely on, the unusual software requirements, the recurring support issues, and the technology decisions that have accumulated over the years. The problem often starts when that knowledge is no longer enough to cover everything the business expects from IT. Perhaps
Your internal IT team knows the business better than anyone. They understand the systems employees rely on, the unusual software requirements, the recurring support issues, and the technology decisions that have accumulated over the years. The problem often starts when that knowledge is no longer enough to cover everything the business expects from IT. Perhaps
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