Five Conversations to Have with Your IT Provider

What type of conversations do you currently have with your IT provider? If you’re looking for more value in these conversations, recognizing the opportunity technology holds for any business is a critical concept to embrace. As the foundation for growth and productivity, a quality IT service provider will thoroughly understand your business and provide a […]

The Mighty, Mini Raspberry Pi -Part Two

If you consider yourself a techno-stein, hacker, or a dedicated IT enthusiast, and you’ve never heard about the Raspberry Pi, you’re in for a treat. In our last blog simply titled Raspberry Pi we briefly explored the credit card sized computer called Raspberry Pi and the organization (Raspberry Pi Foundation) responsible for creating and marketing […]

Follow Up on the Internet Explorer Security Scare

Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Threat Follow Up on the Internet Explorer Security Scare To review The vulnerability is real; this is an issue to address. However, there is no need to for mass hysteria. Some easy to follow Next Steps The Issue An “in the wild” exploit has been spotted in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability […]

The Heartbleed Vulnerability

By now it’s safe to assume that you have at the very least heard the term “Heartbleed.” If you haven’t, have you been…hiding in a cave? Because we live in a world dominated by technology and technological threats you may have heard on your local news about the Heartbleed bug and ignored the threat. I […]

Moments of Joy

Being a one stop IT shop in the Twin Cities, communication is of paramount importance for our team to provide solid customer service. This is true with all service industries; to discover the issue and provide a viable solution the parties involved have to be able to communicate clearly with one another. Sometimes the results […]

Happy Thanksgiving

That’s right! Just for our blog readers we have acquired rare, award winning works of art to celebrate Thanksgiving. These original pieces were rendered in the Guist home studio by Elijah John Caleb, & Izabella (pronounced Eeezw-ah-bellah) Soleil, two of our four children (pornounced chill-dren). That is Si Turkeyson on the left, with a genuine […]

Ransomware…How do you fight it?

Ransomware, a vile part of the computing world, is a sophisticated virus created by extremely competent and tech-savvy criminals. Some of them wouldn’t call themselves as such, they prefer the term provocateur, or hacker, but what they do with their knowledge and skill is immoral and bottom line become criminal. When your computer is taken […]

Espionage – IT’s Dark Underbelly.

Friday nights are Pizza and Movie nights at the Guist home (that would be my home-John at CSI Onsite). We just recently rented Jurassic Park for our kiddos, or Jurasstic Park as two of wee ones have called it. “Why is he telling us this?” you may be asking yourself. I’ll tell you in a […]