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A weather forecaster doesn’t wait for a storm to arrive before sounding the alert. They watch conditions change and use those signals to prepare for what may be coming. Your IT budget works in the same way. Many technology expenses don't appear overnight. Aging equipment, growing headcount, increasing cloud usage and approaching renewals often provide advance warning that your technology needs are about to change. Spotting those changes early gives you more time to plan, set priorities...

IT Costs to Plan for With Every New Hire Shouldn’t the decision to expand a team of employees be something to celebrate? Increased hiring happens because of increased business, and yet, many companies have arduous experiences going through the hiring process. So much of that friction comes down to unplanned costs slowing or stalling the hiring and onboarding processes as business leaders scramble to support incoming employees. Business owners who have an organized plan for hiring costs...

Mike Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." In business, that punch usually comes in the form of a disruption you assumed you were ready for. It might be a failed backup, an unexpected outage or a security incident that exposes a weakness nobody knew existed. That's the thing about assumptions. They feel like facts right up until they're tested. Here are four that regularly catch businesses off guard. Assumption #1: 'We're backed up' Having an...