Let's be honest: hardware can be an expensive investment, particularly if you want to furnish an entire office with devices.

In these cases, you often have three choices to acquire hardware:

You can purchase the hardware outright.
You can lease the hardware, paying it off over time.

Whether you sell shoes or run an accounting firm, you need technology to operate. Technology may include software, payment systems, computers, Wi-Fi networks, mobile devices, and more.

Companies also need to protect their devices and network. If that technology isn’t working, it can impact a business significantly.

Searching for a new IT provider can be frustrating, especially when you feel as if you've heard the same sales pitch repeatedly. What if there was a way to cut through the speeches to find data truly indicating a provider's service quality?

There is: ask about their metrics.

When you bring in a new IT provider or IT team, you may wonder, “Can they really help my business reach its goals? Or is this just another vendor?”

Many IT providers refer to their most positive, effective client relationships as “partnerships.

The last time you received an IT proposal, do you remember why you accepted it or declined it? Why do some proposals seem "off" while others feel compatible with your business goals?

There are numerous reasons individual IT proposals may be rejected, each unique to its business and the IT provider or internal IT team that created it.

If you're unhappy with your IT provider, you might consider leaving your old provider and hiring a new one. But what does this transition look like? What steps do you need to take to change providers?

Unfortunately, you can't make this switch overnight.

Have you recently hired a developer to create software for you but find the lack of deadlines confusing? Or maybe your IT provider is working with strict deadlines, but you feel the lack of communication is frustrating?

These different approaches are due to two main project management styles: Waterfall and Agile.

As technology becomes a more significant part of our daily lives, it also becomes increasingly important in business. But how do you know if you’re spending too much or too little on technology for your organization?

Spending too much on technology and IT infrastructure can decrease your profits through unnecessary spending.

When selecting IT investments, it can be difficult to choose when and how to make wise purchasing decisions. You don’t want to spend too much on a poor investment, nor do you want to fail to act and lose money.

Regarding IT system and security risks, failure to decide could have disastrous consequences.

What happens if your business grows significantly, and you don’t have the right hardware or software to accommodate the growth? You might find yourself faced with ill-matched technology and productivity delays, not to mentioned significant frustration from both your clients and employees.

As businesses enter the fourth quarter of the year, they consider what to do with their profits. Unfortunately, this also means considering what percentage of your earnings must also be taxed.

What if there was a way to take a portion of that taxable income and turn it into a tax-free business investment? That’s where IRS Section 179 comes in.