Managed IT

Welcome to our managed IT blog! This is the spot to find valuable articles about all things managed IT. Here you can discover industry trends, ways to reduce IT costs, insightful tech guides and more.

Intrust IT Acquires Managed IT Services Division from Afidence

Press Release: Intrust IT Acquires Managed IT Services Division from Afidence

By Intrust Man | July 14, 2021

Afidence Announces Sale of Managed IT Services Division to Intrust IT Afidence, a technology consulting and services firm headquartered in Mason, has announced it has sold its managed IT services…

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No Long-Term Contracts at Intrust IT

Why Intrust IT Doesn’t Lock In Your Company, Has No Long-Term Contracts

By Tim Rettig | July 8, 2021

One thing we despise at Intrust IT is long-term contracts.  The business environment changes fast, so we need our vendors and partners to be able to adapt and change to…

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Microsoft Cloud, Industry Cloud Solutions

Should Your Cloud Be Built for Your Industry?

By Dave Hatter | May 21, 2021

Microsoft continues to expand and deepen its industry-focused cloud offerings, according to a recent MS Power User with five new industry-based cloud solutions. Now manufacturing, retail, finance and nonprofit organizations…

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First 45 Days With A Managed IT Services Provider

Starting With a Managed IT Services Provider: What To Expect the First 45 Days

By Intrust Man | April 29, 2021

First of all, don’t expect solutions immediately. You’ll get them, but first, all IT companies will want to chat with you and discover exactly what you need and where their…

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Cybersecurity for Municipalities

Cybersecurity for Municipalities: Making Yourself a Difficult Target

By Dave Hatter | December 28, 2020

Even before the COVID-19 crisis increased ransomware attacks, municipalities were prime targets. Atlanta and Baltimore are just two municipalities that had to pay hefty ransoms because their data was hacked,…

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Small Business IT Support

Easy and Cost Effective Small Business IT Support

By Chad Adams | December 17, 2020

Often small businesses think they are too small to consider outsourcing IT services. The truth is, no business is too small. Even a business of fewer than 20 people can…

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Cyber Security Management Steps

6 Steps to Better Cyber Security Management for Your Business

By Tim Rettig | October 30, 2020

From time to time, I give seminars called Cybersecurity in the Real World that provide attendees with steps to improve their personal cybersecurity. But the tactics I teach apply to…

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Microsoft 2010 Support Ends For Office

It’s Not The End Of The World, Just Microsoft Office 2010

By Intrust Man | October 1, 2020

The end of support for Microsoft Office 2010 is looming (October 13, 2020) and the end of life for two more products are closing in. The end of support for…

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Multi-factor Authentication Guide

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Guide For A COVID Work-From-Anywhere World

By Josh Rees | August 20, 2020

If you don’t have Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) set up for your Microsoft 365 email account (or any email account), you need to set it up – TODAY. Email based attacks…

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Serial Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Entrepreneurship

By Intrust Man | August 6, 2020

Fifty by Fifty, an organization that champions the goal of 50 million employee owners in the U.S. by 2050, recently interviewed Intrust founder Tim Rettig on the Owners at Work…

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