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Ideas, Insights and Issues Relevant to Your Business

We are your advisor – think of us as your outsourced Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Information technology can be overwhelming, and it’s our intention to help you choose the right solutions, implement them cost effectively, and have them disappear into the background allowing you to focus on your business, not your technology. Our blog articles are written and curated to be relevant to you.

Why is Antivirus Protection Important?

Small businesses are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals due to perceived weaker security defenses.  Malware and ransomware can compromise sensitive customer data, financial records, and even bank accounts.  An effective antivirus solution will detect and block these threats before they infiltrate your computer systems and network thereby preventing data breaches and financial losses.

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Are You Vulnerable to a Cyber Attack?

Many Ace Hardware retailers don’t see themselves as potential victims of a cyber attack. By the statistics, this is simply not true.

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What Does The Ace Cyber Attack Mean For You?

Now that Ace has recovered from the attack, can things return to normal for you? This blog post details what YOU should do to prepare.

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Cheyenne Mountain Ace

Client Profile: Cheyenne Mountain Ace Hardware (www.cheyennemtnace.com) is a 22,000 square foot retail hardware, paint, lawn and garden, power equipment, and barbecue destination located at 1785 South 8th Street in Colorado Springs, CO.  The store […]

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Is Your Ace Store Enabled for Mobile?

Mobile computing devices plan an increasingly important role in the day-to-day operations of your Ace Hardware store. Are you ready?

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Eagle Point-of-Sale System Security

Andy Carlson discusses how Ace Hardware store owners and managers should secure their Epicor Eagle point-of-sale system.

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Why Windows Passwords?

One of the things we find among the Ace clients we serve is many computers not secured by passwords.  We realize this is often a trade-off between customer service and security.  However, it is potentially a dangerous trade-off that can be mitigated with some simple steps.

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Leveraging Your Zebra Handhelds to Respond to Acehardware.com Orders

Zebra handheld devices can be configured to improve an Ace store’s responsiveness to their local customers’ Acehardware.com orders

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Why is the DilSe.IT File Share Better?

NextCloud never has access to user data, as it is stored independently by DilSe.IT.  Our cloud storage servers are located in a world-class data center in DTC with 24/7 security.  

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Email Attacks Are On The Rise

In 2022, 84% of organizations faced at least one successful phishing attack. 64% of organizations were infected by ransomware!

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