US Government Urges Businesses to Increase Cybersecurity
The White House and CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) continue to warn of increased intelligence pointing to Russia targeting US companies and infrastructure with cyberattacks. Here are the statements: https://www.whitehouse.gov/…/statement-by-president…/ FACT SHEET: https://www.whitehouse.gov/…/fact-sheet-act-now-to…/ Action recommended on the Fact Sheet: (The following is excerpted directly from the Fact Sheet written and …
Fly Fishing, Focusing on What Matters, and Mending Your Line
I come from a family where fishing was an important part of our recreational life and bonding between father and son. I started fly fishing when I was fourteen, as I was new to town and didn’t know many people, but there was a creek that ran close by our …
Better People Management with Technology
It has been said for years that people do not leave companies, they leave managers. With the hiring, retention, and employment/unemployment challenges in today’s environment, this is truer than ever. Because of that, good one-on-one (1:1) management is critical. Below are some of the best ways to perform meaningful 1:1’s …
How Much Cyber Liability Coverage Should Your Business Have?
As the general security needs of businesses increase, so does the need for you to have good cyber liability policies. In fact, this is becoming just as important as worker’s compensation, general liability, errors and omissions, or directors and officers policies. While it must be stated that we are not …
7 Growth Hacks for 2021
After a year of adapting, evolving, and sometimes just surviving, businesses are turning their attention back to growth. History has shown that forward-thinking companies can thrive even during volatile economies. Companies like Airbnb, Netflix, Amazon, and Home Depot made huge gains while the competition stagnated. One common denominator among these …
How to Determine If Your IT Is On Point
In today’s world, every company is an IT company. Technology drives revenue, productivity, communications, engagement, procurement, inventory management, and much more. If your IT is not on point, the competition will likely leave you behind, and your customers will become frustrated. Here are some of the top ways to make …
How Much of Your Budget Should You Spend on IT?
No one wants to overspend on anything, especially IT. In fact, one of the first questions most organizations ask when they begin working with us is how much they should be spending on IT. Frustratingly, the simple answer is, “It depends.” We typically see organizations spend between 2.5% and 6.5% …
How IT Can Speed Up Your Business
We all expect that our technology is going to make us more effective, more productive, and possibly provide a competitive advantage. However, very few businesses are able to actually achieve this outcome on their own. Some will try, buying the latest computer on the market with the latest processor with …
The Top 3 Things You Should Know Before You Hire an IT Professional
Every business in the world today is a technology company, whether you intended to be or not. From the core systems that run our businesses to the way we interface with current customers and sell to new customers, and even how we manage the processes in our businesses… every business …
What You Need to Know Now to Be Ready for the Hybrid Work Future
In 2020, remote work became the norm for businesses and workers nationwide, after spending decades as an optional, but rarely opted for, alternative to in-office work. Now that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the COVID-19 virus, what can businesses expect in a post-pandemic world? …
Protecting Your Business: What Happens During a Cybersecurity Breach
Announcer: Welcome to J Mark Business Innovation Technology Experience. Christina: Today’s episode is protecting your business, what happens during a cybersecurity breach? A few key points we’ll hit are incident response plan; having this plan in place beforehand will determine the success of your business after a breach. Christina: …
Preparing for the Worst: The Essential Things to Know About Backup and Disaster Recovery
Speaker 1: Welcome to the JMARK Business Innovation Technology Experience. Speaker 2: In this episode, we talk about preparing for the worst, the essential things to know about backup and disaster recovery. A few key takeaways are continuity. So the entire purpose of backup and disaster recovery is to …
Cost, Ease, Security: The Three Desires of Technology Strategy
Speaker 1: Welcome to The JMARK Business Innovation Technology Experience. Christina: Today’s episode is Cost, Ease, Security: The Three Desires of Technology Strategy. A few things I will talk about are strategy. It’s not just about the technology, it’s about how the technology is implemented. We talk a lot about …
Virtual Babysitting: The Dark Side of the Distributed Workforce
Speaker 1: Welcome to the JMARK Business Innovation Technology experience. Christina: In today’s episode, we are talking about virtual babysitting, the dark side of the distributed workforce. With so many companies working remotely right now, a lot of business leaders are considering investing in tools that will monitor their …
Make the Right Moves: Preparing Your Organization for Risk in 2021
Speaker 1: Welcome to the JMARK business innovation technology experience. Christina:ri In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about making the right moves and preparing your organization for risk in 2021. A few things we’ll cover are having a multi-layered approach to security. So for example, you need things …
The “B” Word: Budgeting for Technology Success in 2021
Speaker 1: Welcome to the JMARK Business Innovation Technology Experience. Kristina: In today’s episode, we are going to talk about budgeting for technology and success in 2021. Here are a few of the main points, agility. So technology is the innovation that’s going to allow you to be agile. …
A Proven Process: The Seven-Step I.T. Methodology JMARK Has Perfected for Creating Client Success
Speaker 1: Welcome to the JMARK Business Innovation Technology experience. Todd: Welcome, everybody, to the JMARK Business Innovation Technology experience. And today we are going to talk about the topic of JMARK’s, we internally call it our proven process. But it’s essentially the process that we have found over …
The Need for Speed: Using Technology to Increase the Velocity of Success in Your Business
Speaker 1: Welcome to the JMark Business Innovation Technology Experience. Christina: In today’s episode, we’ll talk about using technology to increase the Velocity of success in your business. Some key points that we’ll hit are Momentum. Momentum builds momentum. You have to start moving right now. Those that are …
Stay Relevant: Using Technology to Be Agile and Proactive in a Changing World
Speaker 1: Welcome to the JMARK Business Innovation Technology Experience. Christina: In today’s episode, we are going to cover the topic of staying relevant in a changing world. Some key takeaways that we will discuss will be security. In order to stay relevant you have to protect your business. …
The Culture Connection: How Your Company Comes Together When You Embrace Technology
Speaker 5: Welcome to the JMARK Business Innovation Technology Experience. Todd: Okay, welcome to the BITE, the Business Innovation Technology Experience. And once again, we have Thomas Douglas on. Today, another topic that is extremely interesting to all of us and should be interesting to every business leader, and …
