With countless businesses attempting to implement Enterprise Architecture in their IT, many encounter problems with gaining credibility and communicating the value of it. However, there are five essential characteristics that lead to powerful Enterprise Architecture:

Integrity
Transparency
Empathy
Effective Communication
Selflessness

In terms of integrity, this translates to placing your organization first and sharing the truth of how to successfully enable your organization's EA team.

With IT and end users at odds with each other, we have a growing trend known as Shadow IT. These are groups inside businesses that will often sidestep their internal IT needs and receive it from third party users such as Google, Amazon Web Services and Rackspace.

We all want data that we can trust, and over the last year, Jexet of Chicago had the privilege of working with a larger organization and helping them to meet their IT goals. What did we do in preparation? First, we transformed the processes, and we found the right people to create a solid foundation of interconnected systems.

When listening to IT support, you will sometimes hear them call it managed services. What do managed services truly mean, and how do you find out if your IT company actually uses it. To clarify, managed services in IT occur when a business can offload their IT operations onto a service provider.

When looking for a trusted technician, the professional should exhibit some of these traits to demonstrate being a good match for your company. First, a good technician will regularly research the latest advances in technology and will offer advice as newer technologies emerge.

While you may have used Windows computers for as long as you can remember, you finally made the decision to transition to the Mac. You fire up your new toy and look at it as a deer in the headlights. How do I know what does what? Never fear! Jexet Technologies of Chicago can help.

When you own a company, you want to place yourself in an ideal position for success. Oftentimes, there are opportunities that pass by unnoticed, and missing these chances can hurt your business or even send you into bankruptcy. We see this in the TV show the Office.

With new security breaches and threats every day, small business owners have increasingly found themselves in the cross hairs. While hackers continue to innovate and advance their methods, your average Cloud security offering has not changed much. Firewalls and antivirus alone will not stop the attacks.

Backup and disaster recovery, known as BDR for short, is crucial for any MSP to offer. When disaster strikes, customers want to have their business back up and running as soon as possible. Potentials for disaster include severe weather and user error. Some small to mid-sized businesses still do not understand the importance of a complete and comprehensive BDR.

First, the BDR should include a downtime cost calculator.

To completely eliminate user errors is next to impossible. No matter how hard you try, you cannot expect to completely eliminate the mistakes that affect managed IT services. However, you can do the next best thing. For example, you can identify the most common forms of user errors and take precautionary measures that will prevent those problems from arising.