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So, I was cleaning out my basement today to get ready to put in more storage for our newest member of the family that is coming soon.  The world is changing in the Ellingson household; new furniture, new crib, new floor, new paint, new cabinets downstairs, and clearing out the ...

The first thing you may notice is the location.  Quality Tool Service, Inc. is a manufacturing company located in the small town of Shell Lake, Wisconsin.  Shell Lake is just over two hours away from our offices in downtown Minneapolis.  Although two hours is a long distance to work with ...

However large or small your business is, it is necessary to regularly assess the tools you use, and plan for how to keep them relevant for the coming years. Computer hardware is a relatively easy example. For most reputable computer manufacturers, a business class PC will come with something like ...

Willie Monteiro is the CEO of Flextech Foam, a manufacturing company in the St. Louis Park area of the Twin Cities.  Flextech builds tooling for and manufactures various foam products used in a variety of industries from medical packaging to foam for ski goggles to industrial applications.  As a manufacturing ...

So you're sitting there, in front of that old XP workstation that is used by someone rather important, and the machine just won't boot. Or it takes 20 minutes to boot. Or it boots but it's been infected by a virus that has taken out Microsoft Word. You're 3 hours ...

We recently began working with a new client, and they needed a new file server.  Naturally, as a new client, we took the time to get to know their current systems, and how they support their core business processes.  We realized that a new file server wasn’t what they needed ...

As more companies begin investing in cloud computing infrastructure for their businesses, including many of our clients, one of the questions that I always get is “Aren’t there quite a few security risks with cloud computing?” The short answer is, yes and no. Are there security risks in cloud computing? ...

Most of the small business owners I meet with that are using Office 365 are typically only using it as a cloud-based Exchange solution, and have no idea the power and flexibility they have in the software they are already paying for. From conversations I’ve had with other business owners, ...

I’m probably starting to show my age, but when I hear the word “Shellshock,” the first thing I think of is the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons.  But unfortunately, the Shellshock we are talking about has nothing to do with pizza-loving reptiles, and everything to do with a gaping security hole ...