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I get it—outfitting an entire team with brand-new smartphones and tablets is a massive expense. To save a bit of cash on equipment costs, a lot of small business owners choose a simpler path. They set up a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy, allowing everyone to check company emails, look up client records, and jump into the corporate chat right from their personal phones.

It is incredibly convenient, but it also creates a massive data liability.

Be honest… how often have you thought about negotiating your IT contract with your provider? Many don’t, and as a result, their businesses are susceptible to slow response times, hidden fees, and set lists of vendors.

This isn’t sustainable. A real partnership is, and is established through a balanced contract that promotes proactivity and accountability. Let’s talk about what goes into these types of contracts.

When asked if they have a continuity plan, most businesses in Bowling Green would actually say yes. And then they’d go on and talk about how they have all sorts of backups, even some emergency contacts, and how they fully expect that things will be fine during a crisis. There’s no gentle way to put it, but that’s not really a plan. It’s just plain optimism. Business continuity recovery planning is so much more than that. It turns hope into a documented, tested, and repeatable business continuity recovery process that works when systems fail, offices close, or cyberattacks hit. And when it’s done right, it won’t simply reduce downtime, but also create confidence across your entire organization.

How many vendors and subscriptions does your business rely on to function day to day?

Now, to ask a question that hopefully has (but very easily doesn’t have) the same answer: How many vendors and subscriptions does your business currently pay for?

Unfortunately, for most small and medium-sized businesses, these answers can vary widely, which often creates confusion and leads to wasted capital. Let’s talk about a simple and reliable way to help align the answers to these two key questions: vendor management.

Most successful businesses don't succeed by being the first to invent a new way of doing things. They succeed by taking systems that already work and putting them to use for their particular needs. In the world of business technology, trying to be unique is usually a fast track to wasting money and facing technical headaches.