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We like to help business owner’s discover the technology that will support their core business processes.  But sometimes we can’t even have those conversations, because the foundation of their technology is in disarray.  It’s like the parable of the house - if you build a house on sand, a poor ...

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/home-remodel.jpg" class="aligncenter"] 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 ...

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/QTS-building.jpg" class="aligncenter"] 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 ...

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/Depositphotos_5283154_original.jpg" class="aligncenter"] 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 ...

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 ...

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/ipad_vs_surface.jpg" class="aligncenter"] Apple and Microsoft have both been hard at work the past few years beefing up their mobile device operating systems, along with other contenders like Android and Blackberry.  While it’s clear that mobile technology has been and continues to be getting better, these devices and their operating ...

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/SpeedTest-Icon.png" class="aligncenter"] It is clear that data speeds continue to increase at a rapid rate, through both Internet providers and wireless data connection.  On top of that, more than 53% of American adults own a Smartphone and are accessing the Internet through them increasingly every day.  Whether you use ...

[img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/fiber-internet-slide.jpg" class="aligncenter"] Last month I wrote an article about the proliferation of tablet devices in a desktop and laptop dominated workplace.  Although tablets are making a case for their necessity and rightful place in the business technology world, they are not the PC replacements the tech companies want them ...