IT Advice & Guidance

Your people are your first line of defense—but also your biggest risk. Security awareness training helps employees recognize and avoid cyber threats while keeping your business compliant, insurable, and secure. Here’s why every company should make training a top priority—and what it should include.

Slow internet at work can bring business to a crawl—and the culprit isn’t always your ISP. From aging firewalls to outdated switches or cabling, hidden “clogs” in your network can choke performance. In this non-technical guide, we’ll show you how to spot common network bottlenecks before they drain productivity—and what to do to fix them fast.

SB 2610 protects Texas small businesses from lawsuits after a data breach — but only if you follow cybersecurity best practices. Businesses with fewer than 250 employees must now adopt recognized frameworks to qualify. RIATA Technologies provides assessments, training, and compliance support so you can safeguard your company, your clients, and your legal standing.

"You don’t need it until you need it, and when you do, you need it right now.” It might sound cliché, but this phrase sums up the entire mindset behind proactive IT support and cybersecurity.

Most businesses are over paying for monthly licensing fees, and don't know it. In this blog, we'll discuss how to identify cost savings from these monthly expenses.

The recent tariffs polices are impacting the price and availability of all IT equipment. This blog discusses how best to navigate.

Runaway subscription-based licenses are costly and inefficient. Learn why auditing these licenses is key to optimizing your costs.

As the season of gratitude surrounds us, we pause to reflect on the many blessings we enjoy.

WiFi networks are an important and essential technology for every office today. Learn more about how to improve your WiFi experience.

Even the most sophisticated cyber solutions are unable to prevent human error. Learn how to minimize the weakest link in cybersecurity.

An internet outage can create a lot of disruption to your business. Read this blog on how to mitigate the impact of this.

Go ahead and plan that trip! Learn more about how to keep your IT laptop, devices and data safe when traveling anywhere in the world.

Managing your own in-house IT can be good, and bad. Learn the pros and cons of establishing in-house IT support.

It's that time of year 'spring clean' your IT and technology. Learn more about the best practices for keeping your IT in tip top shape.

Technology is the key to this freedom. I recently took an extended trip to Portugal and enjoyed being able to ‘work anywhere’ and ‘live...

Adopting new technology can increase your competitive advantage. But you must have a strategy for adopting.

Self-Managed IT is a hybrid form of managing your IT and technology, combining internal and outsourced IT support.

Transitioning to an all-cloud network. If you’re reading this, you have probably already moved parts of your business into the cloud,...

Key differences between 5G and 6G, and wireless trends that will impact your business.

There are differences in cloud storage. Optimize your cloud storage with hot, warm, and cold options.