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3 Ways To Ensure the Security of Company Data

Mar 7, 2018, 4:03 PM

“Data breach” isn’t a term your business wants to hear. It’s terrifying, the thought of some malicious hacker gaining access to all your sensitive company files and, worse, customer data.

How To Identify Redundancies in Your Business Software

Feb 28, 2018, 4:34 PM

Business redundancies are kind of like shoes that are slightly too big. You feel a little discomfort throughout the day, but you don’t realize what a problem they are until you take them off at night and your blisters have bled clear through your socks.

4 Kinds of Companies That Benefit from Customer Databases

Feb 21, 2018, 4:11 PM

Databases are quite literally the foundation of any workable software solution. As structured sets of data within a computer or network, databases take many forms. Everything requires databases to run, from word processors to image editing software, but many businesses simply don’t understand how important these elemental components really are.

What Business Should Know about the "Internet of Things"

Feb 13, 2018, 4:40 PM

You’ve probably been hearing about the “Internet of Things” for years now. Trust us when we say that one day soon, we won’t be talking about the Internet of Things, we’ll just be talking about the way things are.

3 Signs an Off-the-Shelf Business Software Isn't Cutting It

Feb 5, 2018, 9:59 PM

It happens. You purchase business software before your business has really grown into its own, and things pivoted along the way. Or maybe your software was working just fine for you but since the merger, everything’s gone haywire.

How Custom Technology Can Make Your Business More Efficient

Jan 29, 2018, 4:28 PM

“Custom technology” sounds totally unattainable, right? If you’re a small business, a new business, or even just a perfectly average-sized business, the concept of customized technology can seem hopelessly out of reach.

Does Your Business Need Its Own App?

Jan 24, 2018, 4:27 PM

You consider your business to be relatively tech-savvy. Your brand uses social media, your staff works on laptops, and some or all of your data is stored in the cloud.

4 Common Myths about Disruptive Technology, Debunked

Jan 12, 2018, 4:09 PM

What hasn’t been “disrupted” these days? Mortgages have been disrupted. Cable has been disrupted. Coffee, apparently, has been disrupted. Before it was the buzzword du jour, “disruptive” was used to describe technologies that made things better. It still is! As innovators in the disruptive technology space, IT-HenHouse wants to dispel a few of the most common myths about disruption.

3 Essential IT New Year's Resolutions for Your Business

Jan 3, 2018, 9:47 PM

If you’ve been putting off an IT revamp for your business, now’s the time to get serious about the transformative power of tech. Figuring out how to implement new-and-improved technology within your existing business structure can feel overwhelming. Don’t let it. Start chipping away at your business IT goals for 2018 by sticking to these three easy-to-follow resolutions.