Technology News for Minneapolis & St. Paul

5 things to consider when choosing a Managed Service Provider

If you’re thinking about hiring a new Managed Service Provider — maybe your business is growing, and your internal IT person can no longer manage everything on their own or maybe...

What Is the Cost of Managed IT Services?

Businesses of all sizes rely on effective data protection and advanced technology to keep operations running. Small businesses are especially vulnerable to security threats and risk...

Managed Services vs. Cloud Services vs. Hosted Services

Over the last 10 years, the number and scale of IT services created for small businesses have skyrocketed. As phishing and data leaks become more prevalent, business leaders are consistently...

The one thing you need to know about updating to Windows 11: Don’t.

At least—not yet. While Microsoft began rolling out its newest operating system—Windows 11—in early October, the SUCCESS team’s official recommendation is that you hold off...

Is your technology stuck? Three ways a Fractional IT Director can help you level up

It’s a classic case of growing pains: your small or medium-sized business is growing by leaps and bounds, which is great, but the backlog of tech needs is piling up. “Most of the...

Growing your internal IT department from none to one: dos, don’ts, and how to get started

When it comes to advising small-to-medium-sized businesses considering their first-ever internal IT hire, there’s one thing SUCCESS’s Vice President of Business Development Brent...

Cloud migration myths: 6 things to (re)consider as you contemplate moving your data

Touting ease of access, increased collaboration, and cost among their key motivating factors, businesses have been diving head-first into the cloud, migrating everything from their...

The Times They Are A-Changing: 3 Ways To Optimize Your Change Management Strategy

There’s the old adage that the only certainties in life are death and taxes, but you could probably safely posit that there’s a third constant, as well: change. And, just as certainly...

Field Notes: 3 Reasons Field Visits Are A Fundamental Part Of Our Services

If you worked with SUCCESS a decade ago, you’d find a staff manned with Jacks-and-Jills of all trades, teams of technicians where “everyone did everything,” according to Director...