Insights on IT, security, and AI
Straightforward guidance to help you make smart technology decisions, written by the engineers who do the work.
25 Questions to Ask a Managed IT Provider
25 questions that expose a weak managed IT provider before you sign, with what good and bad answers sound like for support, security, pricing, and exit terms.
7 Signs Your MSP Is Underperforming (How to Check)
Seven checkable signs your managed service provider is underperforming, how to verify each yourself, and how to switch cleanly if the answers come back bad.
AI Automation for Business: A Practical Guide
What AI automation for business really means: agents vs workflow tools, which processes to automate first, honest ROI, security, and when not to automate.
Fractional CIO vs IT Consultant: Which to Hire
Fractional CIO vs IT consultant: scope, cost, deliverables, and accountability compared, plus decision scenarios for when each model (or neither) fits.
IT Strategy for Small Business: A Practical Guide
How to build a small business IT strategy: a step-by-step roadmap, sourced budget benchmarks, a project scoring model, and when to add dedicated IT leadership.
Managed IT Services: The Complete 2026 Guide
How managed IT services work, what they include, real pricing, fully managed vs co-managed vs break-fix, when the model fails, and how to pick a provider.
Microsoft 365 Security Checklist for Small Business
A prioritized Microsoft 365 security checklist: phishing-resistant MFA, Conditional Access, DMARC, safer sharing, audit logging, and backup, in that order.
Small Business Cybersecurity: The Complete Guide
A plain English guide to small business cybersecurity: the real threat landscape, the controls that stop most attacks, frameworks, insurance, and budgeting.
Small Business IT Infrastructure: The 2026 Guide
A practical guide to small business IT infrastructure: assessment checklist, cloud vs on-premises, Microsoft 365 identity, backup, and a modernization roadmap.
What Managed IT Services Actually Cover (And What They Don't)
What a managed IT contract includes by default, what costs extra, and what falls outside scope entirely: projects, hardware, custom software, and compliance.
Claude Opus 5 Is Here: What It Means for Business
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026. What is new, what it costs, how it compares to other models, and what it actually changes for your business.
Prevvi Is Claude Certified: What That Means for You
Prevvi earned Anthropic's Claude Certified Associate credential. What Claude certification is, how hard it is, the levels, and why it matters for your business.
Microsoft Is Retiring SMS & Voice MFA: What to Do
Microsoft Entra is making passkeys the default and retiring SMS and voice MFA. The real dates (Sept 1 2026, Feb 1 2027), who's affected, and how to prepare.
Rogue AI Hacked a Company: Should You Worry?
An AI 'went rogue' and hacked Hugging Face during an OpenAI test. A plain-English explainer of what happened, why it's rare, and what it means for your business.
How Much Do Managed IT Services Cost? 2026 Pricing Guide
Managed IT services cost $100 to $300 per user per month in 2026, and most businesses pay $150 to $200. Real pricing models, Boston rates, and hidden fees.
Managed IT Services for Small Business: 6 Essentials
The six managed IT essentials every small business needs, what you can safely skip, and real 2026 costs of $150 to $200 per user. Backed by breach data.
MSP vs. In-House IT: The Real Math
MSP vs. in-house IT in 2026: full managed coverage for 30 people runs $54,000 to $72,000 a year versus $100,000+ for one hire. The verified comparison.
The 11-Point Small Business Cybersecurity Checklist
An 11-point cybersecurity checklist for small businesses, ordered by 2026 breach data: patching, MFA, EDR, tested backups, email security, MDM, and more.
What Does an IT Consultant Actually Do?
What an IT consultant does for a business: assessments, roadmaps, vendor decisions, and vCIO strategy. Costs, deliverables, and the questions to ask first.
How Prevvi Uses AI: Multi-Agent Orchestration
What multi-agent AI orchestration actually means, why an IT-tuned model beats a general-purpose chatbot, and how Prevvi applies both, explained without the hype.
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