Scott Henderson
A practical buyer’s guide to managed IT providers: the questions to ask (including about AI and access to your systems), the answers to look for, and how to check your current provider.
Social media gives attackers the information, AI voice cloning adds a convincing voice, and keyloggers and password stealers do the rest. Why two-factor codes are not enough, and what reduces the risk.
Heat, cold and dry air quietly shorten the life of servers and network gear. A plain-English guide to the right temperature for your equipment room, with notes for Alaska offices.
DNS over HTTPS encrypts the Internet’s address lookups. That is good for privacy, but unmanaged it can quietly bypass your firewall’s filtering. Here is how to keep the benefit and the control.
Office PCs left running all night use power for nothing. Here is how to cut that waste with shutdown and sleep policies, without missing the updates that install overnight.
Hiring an IT person looks simple until you add up the tools, training, coverage and security the job takes. An honest 2026 comparison of managed IT and in-house IT, including what AI changes.
Thin clients let your team work on a Windows desktop that runs on a central server, on site, hosted or in the cloud. They can cut hardware and support costs, but they depend on the network.
Staying logged in for weeks seems harmless. In a Windows network it quietly blocks policy changes and updates, leaves sessions open to misuse, and adds work for whoever manages your IT.
Security tools that work alone leave gaps. Why FTI chose Sophos for firewall, endpoint, email and Wi-Fi protection, what has changed at Sophos since 2024, and how we manage it for our clients.