If someone locally wasn't dumb, they'd start a "cloud first" SMB IT shop, and show these companies why it makes absolutely 0 sense for them to maintain anything on site other than workstations.

Other than being shite out of luck without Internet in some cases, that is...

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Posted by Geauxld Finger

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Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:55 pm to Schwartz

thanks for the suggestions. have a nice list of options that i will be checking out.

I know some of the work (website) is things that will likely not be included in IT contracts. That is fine. I would rather someone to manage IT duties before the website gets updated.

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Posted by Camp Randall

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Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:56 pm to Trout Bandit

Dean!

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Posted by VetteGuy

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Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:59 pm to Schwartz

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If someone locally wasn't dumb, they'd start a "cloud first" SMB IT shop, and show these companies why it makes absolutely 0 sense for them to maintain anything on site other than workstations.

Exactly.

Cloud everything, pay a monthly fee, call out a local when absolutely necessary.

Generally though, that market is too busy trying to save money to follow the logic.

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Posted by SG_Geaux

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Posted on 6/4/14 at 12:59 pm to Schwartz

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Other than being shite out of luck without Internet in some cases, that is...

Even that can be mitigated by redundant firewalls and internet connections.

I tend to agree though. Especially with a small shop. You can put almost everything in the cloud.

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