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With over a decade of experience, we excel at installing, configuring, and maintaining IT Infrastructure for small to medium-sized businesses. For larger global organizations, we collaborate with internal IT to form a co-managed partnership, providing unparalleled service.
What separates us from other IT providers is our customer service driven culture – we are small enough to deliver an exceptional customer experience and large enough to deploy enterprise-grade security and systems support. We take pride in forming lasting partnerships, by truly getting to know your people, your business, and its goals.
Our team consists of IT experts who possess exceptional technical skills and, more importantly, the ability to communicate in a way that resonates with your employees. No complicated tech jargon - just clear and effective communication.
What is Passkey Migration and How Can It Help Your Team Eliminate Passwords?
Your team locks everything down with passwords. Some are strong, some are not, and most have been reused somewhere over the years. Every month, IT fields reset requests. Every year, the same breach reports list stolen credentials as the leading cause.There is now a more effective path, and it does not require users to memorize
Your team locks everything down with passwords. Some are strong, some are not, and most have been reused somewhere over the years. Every month, IT fields reset requests. Every year, the same breach reports list stolen credentials as the leading cause.There is now a more effective path, and it does not require users to memorize
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The “Zombie” SaaS Audit: Finding the 3 Apps Your Former Employees Still Access
Someone leaves the company on a Friday. By Monday, their email account is disabled, and their laptop is back in the pile.What nobody checks is their login to the project management tool they signed up for in Q3, the cloud storage folder they shared with a contractor, or the CRM access they still have from
Someone leaves the company on a Friday. By Monday, their email account is disabled, and their laptop is back in the pile.What nobody checks is their login to the project management tool they signed up for in Q3, the cloud storage folder they shared with a contractor, or the CRM access they still have from
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Stop the Bleeding: How Revoking Admin Rights Eliminates Support Tickets
The most time-consuming ticket in your queue is rarely a hardware failure. It’s the PC infection that started when a user installed something they shouldn’t have been able to. Or it’s the broken configuration left behind after someone changed a setting IT can’t trace.Local administrator rights (the ability to install software, modify system settings, and
The most time-consuming ticket in your queue is rarely a hardware failure. It’s the PC infection that started when a user installed something they shouldn’t have been able to. Or it’s the broken configuration left behind after someone changed a setting IT can’t trace.Local administrator rights (the ability to install software, modify system settings, and
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What 21 CFR Part 11 Actually Requires from Your IT Infrastructure (And What It Doesn’t)
There is a lot of confusion in Medical Alley about where 21 CFR Part 11 obligations end and where general IT hygiene begins. The two overlap more than most people realize, and the gap between them is exactly where audit findings live. Part 11 governs electronic records and electronic signatures used in FDA-regulated activities: your
There is a lot of confusion in Medical Alley about where 21 CFR Part 11 obligations end and where general IT hygiene begins. The two overlap more than most people realize, and the gap between them is exactly where audit findings live. Part 11 governs electronic records and electronic signatures used in FDA-regulated activities: your
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The Case for a Dedicated IT Partner in Medical Device Startups, Before You Think You Need On
Early-stage medical device companies in the Twin Cities share a common IT story. For the first year or two, technology needs are handled informally. A founder's nephew set up the network. The QMS vendor handled their own installation. Someone's old laptop became the file server. It works, more or less, and there are more urgent
Early-stage medical device companies in the Twin Cities share a common IT story. For the first year or two, technology needs are handled informally. A founder's nephew set up the network. The QMS vendor handled their own installation. Someone's old laptop became the file server. It works, more or less, and there are more urgent
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Is Your Invoice a Deepfake? Securing Your Accounts Payable Process Against Voice and Email Cloning
It’s a statistic that sends a shiver down the backs of SME owners, managers and employees. According to the FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report, business email compromise (BEC) cost US businesses more than $3 billion last year.This makes it one of the most financially damaging cybercrimes on record. AI has made these attacks harder to detect. The
It’s a statistic that sends a shiver down the backs of SME owners, managers and employees. According to the FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report, business email compromise (BEC) cost US businesses more than $3 billion last year.This makes it one of the most financially damaging cybercrimes on record. AI has made these attacks harder to detect. The
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Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks: How Phishing Sites Steal Your Active Login
You click a link, sign in, approve the MFA prompt, and get on with your day. Completely unaware that someone else just logged into your account at the same moment.That scenario surprises many businesses, particularly those that rely on multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect cloud accounts. But this is exactly how Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing attacks
You click a link, sign in, approve the MFA prompt, and get on with your day. Completely unaware that someone else just logged into your account at the same moment.That scenario surprises many businesses, particularly those that rely on multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect cloud accounts. But this is exactly how Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing attacks
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The “Session Cookie” Hijack: Why MFA Can’t Always Save You
MFA is a strong front-door lock. But it’s not the only thing that decides whether someone can get in.After you sign in, your browser keeps you logged in using a session token (often stored as a cookie). It’s the digital version of a wristband at an event: once you’ve been checked, the wristband proves you
MFA is a strong front-door lock. But it’s not the only thing that decides whether someone can get in.After you sign in, your browser keeps you logged in using a session token (often stored as a cookie). It’s the digital version of a wristband at an event: once you’ve been checked, the wristband proves you
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What FDA Investigators Are Actually Looking at When They Walk Into Your Facility, and Why IT Is on the List
For many small and mid-sized life sciences and medical device companies, an FDA inspection still feels like a quality or manufacturing event. Teams prepare documentation, review SOPs, organize training records, and make sure production processes are ready for review.But today’s FDA inspections go much deeper than the production floor.Investigators are increasingly looking at the systems,
For many small and mid-sized life sciences and medical device companies, an FDA inspection still feels like a quality or manufacturing event. Teams prepare documentation, review SOPs, organize training records, and make sure production processes are ready for review.But today’s FDA inspections go much deeper than the production floor.Investigators are increasingly looking at the systems,
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What Happens in the First 10 Minutes After Someone Clicks a Phishing Link?
Most cyberattacks do not start with some dramatic Hollywood-style hack. They start with a normal workday. An employee gets an email that looks legitimate. Maybe it appears to come from Microsoft 365, a shipping company, a vendor, or even a coworker. They are busy, distracted, and trying to move quickly. They click the link.
Most cyberattacks do not start with some dramatic Hollywood-style hack. They start with a normal workday. An employee gets an email that looks legitimate. Maybe it appears to come from Microsoft 365, a shipping company, a vendor, or even a coworker. They are busy, distracted, and trying to move quickly. They click the link.
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