Build or Buy Software?

All businesses use a core set of technologies to support their business operations.  Larger businesses generally support several functional areas ranging from operational functions to accounting. Businesses rely on these technologies to increase their efficiency and improve their ability to scale and grow the business.  Many smaller and mid-size businesses ...

The Competitive Edge

Ken Uston was a famous blackjack player, strategist, and author, credited with popularizing the concept of team play at blackjack.  During the early to mid 1970s he gained widespread notoriety for perfecting techniques to do team card counting in numerous casinos worldwide, earning millions of dollars from the casinos, with ...

Virtualization for the SMB, part 3

So if you’ve kept up so far, you can see that virtualization is a major project, but extremely powerful and worthwhile.  You can realize some great benefits, and open up some additional functionalities that you would never have under the traditional “add another box” model.  The desktop versions give you ...

3coast Participates in Break Bulk Conference

This week 3coast will be participating in their first Maritime Conference.   3coast has been successfully helping clients in the maritime and logistics industries with IT Services, business process improvements and technology solutions for ten years.  Our ability to understand business challenges, efficiencies, inter-related processes and client requirements around areas such ...

Virtualization for the SMB, part 2

My previous post reviewed the basics of virtualization and a brief history lesson.  I also included the basics of the cost benefits of incorporating a virtual environment at your business. To briefly recap, make sure you look through your expenses to see if it’s the right fit, before taking on any ...

Virtualization for the SMB, part 1

One of the most exciting developments in recent years is the concept of virtualization.  Once thought of as a tool for the large enterprise, recent developments have made the possibility of running multiple computers on one physical host affordable and attractive to the SMB market. First, a history lesson….. The concept of ...

Topgrade Now

As we all start to raise our head from the mud of the depression, opportunity to topgrade our organizations will present itself.  The stress of the past two years has many talented folks ready to change and get a fresh start at a new company.  And, like other times in ...