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Beyond the Bottom Line: The Power of Giving Back
Nathan Phinney, one of the most successful MSPs and the author of Ctrl+Alt+Survive: The Secrets of My Small Business Success,” brought his dynamic message to the XChange and IT Conference in a spirited address on giving back and ensuring your business is about more than just the bottom line. His message set deep roots with the audience from his personal beginning of working with nonprofits to the valuable education about public relations and messaging. A Journey Rooted in Service Nathan first established his company to help meet the informational, communications, and technology needs of nonpro
Nathan Phinney, one of the most successful MSPs and the author of Ctrl+Alt+Survive: The Secrets of My Small Business Success,” brought his dynamic message to the XChange and IT Conference in a spirited address on giving back and ensuring your business is about more than just the bottom line. His message set deep roots with the audience from his personal beginning of working with nonprofits to the valuable education about public relations and messaging. A Journey Rooted in Service Nathan first established his company to help meet the informational, communications, and technology needs of nonprofits, which over time evolved into a position supporting many charities. He learned through this that it really helps not only the community but also the business. Lessons from the 80s: Technology and Humanity One thing that really popped for me was Nathan’s opening, where he showed pictures of the popular 80s TV shows Knight Rider and Airwolf. He compared Knight Rider—a show about advanced technology, with AI way ahead of its time, and a man who took that technology and used it to help people—to what an MSP should do today. In other words, the point being raised here is that an MSP should put greater focus on helping others rather than just selling their services. The Power of Words: Eradicating “Just” Perhaps the most striking point during Nathan’s presentation was when he spoke to the use of the word “just.” He told a story working with a manufacturer producing nuts for NASA. In a discussion with an employee, she called their company a “just” nut manufacturer. Nathan thought it a...Read More
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SWK Cybersecurity News Recap June 2026
June 2026 saw a new surge in data breaches that are still developing at the time of this writing, along with a plethora of other cybersecurity news headlines. Between yet another massive campaign by the infamous ShinyHunters hacker collective and significant regulatory movement in the U.S. government, on top of many other cyber incidents, this …
June 2026 saw a new surge in data breaches that are still developing at the time of this writing, along with a plethora of other cybersecurity news headlines. Between yet another massive campaign by the infamous ShinyHunters hacker collective and significant regulatory movement in the U.S. government, on top of many other cyber incidents, this …
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How the RoguePlanet Exploit Turns Microsoft Defender into a SYSTEM Level Weapon
It is the ultimate security paradox: the very software designed to hunt threats has been transformed into a high-speed vehicle for compromise. Immediately following the June 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle, a sophisticated zero-day exploit titled…
It is the ultimate security paradox: the very software designed to hunt threats has been transformed into a high-speed vehicle for compromise. Immediately following the June 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle, a sophisticated zero-day exploit titled…
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Is It Time to Consider Business Managed IT Services for Your Organization?
Your IT person just put in their two weeks’ notice, and all the institutional knowledge they have is about to walk out the door. Or maybe your systems went down on a Tuesday morning, and nobody could work, ship orders, or answer the phone for hours. You figured it out eventually, but the whole thing…
Your IT person just put in their two weeks’ notice, and all the institutional knowledge they have is about to walk out the door. Or maybe your systems went down on a Tuesday morning, and nobody could work, ship orders, or answer the phone for hours. You figured it out eventually, but the whole thing…
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Managed IT vs In-House IT: A Complete Guide to Choosing the Right IT Strategy for Your Business
Microsoft 365 Nonprofit Grant Setup for Canadian Charities (2026)
Written by Mike Pearlstein, CISSP, CEO of Fusion Computing Limited. Helping Canadian businesses build and manage secure IT infrastructure since 2012 across Toronto, Hamilton, and Metro Vancouver. The Microsoft 365 nonprofit grant is one of the best deals in Canadian charity IT, but the offer your board remembers is gone. Microsoft retired the free Business
Written by Mike Pearlstein, CISSP, CEO of Fusion Computing Limited. Helping Canadian businesses build and manage secure IT infrastructure since 2012 across Toronto, Hamilton, and Metro Vancouver. The Microsoft 365 nonprofit grant is one of the best deals in Canadian charity IT, but the offer your board remembers is gone. Microsoft retired the free Business
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The IT Admin’s Guide to ARM64 and Print Management
Signs your IT provider has gone downhill — and what to do about it
Co-managed IT splits responsibilities between your own staff and an MSP. Who should you have coordinate with your IT provider? Find out here.
Co-managed IT splits responsibilities between your own staff and an MSP. Who should you have coordinate with your IT provider? Find out here.
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How Often Should You Perform A Data Backup?
Your company’s data is arguably its most valuable asset. For this reason, learning how often you should perform a data backup should be high on the list of your organization’s security priorities. Making backups is about more than just making a copy of files, it is a safety precaution that could save your company should
Your company’s data is arguably its most valuable asset. For this reason, learning how often you should perform a data backup should be high on the list of your organization’s security priorities. Making backups is about more than just making a copy of files, it is a safety precaution that could save your company should
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Five Microsoft 365 Settings Worth Checking in an Older Tenant
Microsoft has quietly tightened a lot of the default settings in Microsoft 365 over the past several years. A tenant created last month starts life more locked down than one set up in 2020 or 2021. The catch is that those improvements mostly apply going forward. When Microsoft changes a default for new tenants, your
Microsoft has quietly tightened a lot of the default settings in Microsoft 365 over the past several years. A tenant created last month starts life more locked down than one set up in 2020 or 2021. The catch is that those improvements mostly apply going forward. When Microsoft changes a default for new tenants, your
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What Is a Local LLM — And Should Your Business Run One?
A practical guide to local LLM hardware, costs, and when it makes sense to deploy AI privately Quick Answer: A local LLM (large language model) is an AI model that runs entirely on your own hardware — no cloud connection, no third-party data access, no per-query costs. For businesses that handle sensitive data or run
A practical guide to local LLM hardware, costs, and when it makes sense to deploy AI privately Quick Answer: A local LLM (large language model) is an AI model that runs entirely on your own hardware — no cloud connection, no third-party data access, no per-query costs. For businesses that handle sensitive data or run
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