All Things Tech

When the Power Goes Out, the Network Stays Up What happens when the lights go out? At ITGuys, we do not wait to find out the hard way, we test it. In October, our team performed Emergency Backup Testing across client locations. That meant pulling the plug on purpose, watching the lights flicker, and making sure battery backups kept critical systems alive long enough to...

Because “Offline” is Not an Option When the internet goes down, business grinds to a halt. Emails freeze, calls drop, cloud apps vanish, and frustration skyrockets. That is why in September ITGuys rolled out firewalls with spillover internet connections for the customers we support. The goal: keep your business online no matter what. If the primary internet connection...

Finding the Gaps Before Hackers Do Microsoft 365 powers email, documents, and collaboration for many of our customers. It is powerful, but like any system, it is only as secure as its setup. That is why this August we ran a Security Scan inside Microsoft 365 for the customers we support. The scan is built right into the Microsoft 365 admin environment. It digs into...

Cutting Waste, Boosting Value Software is one of those sneaky expenses. It piles up quietly, license by license, until one day you realize you are paying for tools you don’t use, accounts that belong to employees who left months ago, or services that have better and cheaper alternatives. That is why every July ITGuys runs a Software Audit across the systems we support....

Raising the Bar, Year After Year Every year ITGuys puts its own work under the microscope. In June we ran our annual Industry Standard (IS) Audit, a top-to-bottom review of every customer’s IT setup. The goal is simple: make sure systems stay aligned with the best practices in the industry, close any gaps, and raise the bar a little higher each time. Think of it as...