3 Ways Local Governments Can Overcome IT Staffing Shortages

by Roseanne Winn | Dec 17, 2024 | Government IT

It been called the Great Tech Reset – the wave of layoffs at tech companies that occurred earlier this year. It was notable because layoffs occurred at too-big-to-fail organizations (including Google, Intel, Microsoft, and SAP) and affected previously highly protected...

Managed IT Services Benefit Local Governments

by Roseanne Winn | Dec 3, 2024 | Government IT

Every day, local government IT teams face the overwhelming demands of keeping complex infrastructures up and running. One way to lighten their formidable workloads: adopting managed IT services. Managed IT service providers (MSPs) are a cost-efficient strategy to help...

Are Out of the Box Managed Services Right for Your Agency?

by Roseanne Winn | Nov 19, 2024 | Government IT, Managed Services

A recent article in Government Technology caught the attention of our team. Speaking about smart cities initiatives, Arizona-based design and technology manager Jake Taylor said, “The day of one-size-fits-all solutions is completely gone. So, what you see now is...

Partnering with an MSP for Government IT Success

by Roseanne Winn | Nov 12, 2024 | Government IT

Moving to IT managed services benefits local governments in many ways. A managed services provider can optimize and secure their infrastructure, reducing costs and helping to improve services for their communities. However, sometimes there are reasons for not...

A Hacker Isn’t Always a Guy in a Basement

by Roseanne Winn | Nov 5, 2024 | Cybersecurity

He’s a hoodie-wearing guy in a dark basement, what then-candidate Trump called “somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.” Or a foreigner from a developing country who composes laughably worded emails about get-rich-quick schemes. But these stereotypes...