IT Starts with Strategy

Learn how technology can maximize your business with a comprehensive IT strategy and support plan.

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Technology Strategy | Business Strategy | Outsourced IT Support

By: Ryan Stickel
October 25th, 2023

So, you’re looking to invest in technology for your business, and you want to hire a managed service provider (MSP). Now the question is, do you work with one of the big national companies or find someone more local? This can be a tough decision, as both choices will each offer something a little bit different.

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Technology Strategy | Business Strategy

By: Ryan Stickel
July 13th, 2023

Technology is useful and necessary in today’s workplace, but it doesn’t come without its fair share of headaches. The question is, how are you dealing with those headaches? WHO is dealing with those headaches? Hopefully, it doesn't look anything like the GIF below.

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Business Strategy | Life at Innovative

By: Ryan Stickel
May 19th, 2023

There are a lot of new faces at Innovative, but don’t worry, many of your favorite “old,” or let’s say, young with tenure, faces are still around. If you only interact with our team members who come on-site, you’re likely only seeing a small percentage of the team. So, let’s pull back the curtain a bit and walk through exactly how we’re structured.

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Business Strategy | Printers & Copiers

By: Ryan Stickel
March 14th, 2023

So, you’ve discovered your printing and copying costs are through the roof and you need a solution to bring the costs down. Maybe you’re here because you don’t know what your printing and copying costs are, and the whole operation feels disjointed and wasteful.

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Business Strategy

By: Ryan Stickel
February 17th, 2023

You might feel like budget season is a long way off, but if you feel like your past IT budgets have been lacking, it’s never too early to think about what you might need to include in this year’s IT budget.

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Microsoft | Business Strategy | Phone and Voice Communication

By: Ryan Stickel
January 23rd, 2023

Microsoft Teams audio licenses can now be applied for free to existing Teams accounts for no additional cost. The audio license used to be a separate feature available for purchase.

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Technology Strategy | Business Strategy | Devices

By: Ryan Stickel
December 30th, 2022

We’ve all been there. The computers you feel like you just bought are suddenly not new anymore. You can feel with each passing day the increased loading times and the lost functionality. But hey, they still get the job done. Right?

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Business Strategy | Cybersecurity | Disaster Recovery

By: Ryan Stickel
December 9th, 2022

If you’re in a situation where your key business operations are down and need to get back up and running, you can’t afford to fix everything on the fly. Doing so would result in huge losses and a massive headache.

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Business Strategy | Disaster Recovery

By: Ryan Stickel
December 2nd, 2022

Life can be unpredictable. At a moment’s notice, the way you do business can change drastically. Whether it be a fire, natural disaster or some other incident affecting the way you work, you never know when you’ll need to spring into action to get things up and running.

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Business Strategy

By: Ryan Stickel
October 13th, 2022

So, your company is looking for a managed IT partner and has decided to do business with Innovative. That’s awesome! There’s one issue, though; our solutions seem a little too fancy compared to what you’re looking for and thus, more expensive. There’s got to be a cheaper solution available, right? Technically, there are probably cheaper solutions out there, but we might not offer them. That answer might feel a little harsh, but there’s a reason we sell what we sell, and it’s not because we want you to empty your wallet.