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Guides for Business Leaders
Guide to Outsourcing IT
Dramatically simplify your outsourced IT selection process and increase the chance of a successful fit by understanding the 4 categories of IT companies. Your guide to breaking down the complexity of outsourcing IT.
Guide to Artificial Intelligence
A primer for business leaders to understand, enable, and align AI for their industry. This is a unique moment in history and we can begin to wisely prepare.
Guide to Overseeing IT
Business leaders need a firm grasp on IT. The complex landscape, acronyms, and rapid change tells leaders to believe that clarity and confidence in IT requires technical knowledge. Here’s your guide to how much and what to know.
Guide to Technical Concepts
IT is crammed with concepts, terms, and acronyms. You need a translator. If you oversee IT in any capacity, you will encounter concepts, terms, and abbreviations. Sacrificing detail for clarity, this guide is for non-technical leaders.
Guide to CMMC Compliance
If you are a business leader navigating the maze of CMMC compliance, we get it—cybersecurity frameworks can be overwhelming, especially when tech-heavy jargon gets in the way. Consider this your go-to cheat sheet for making sense of CMMC and getting your organization on track.
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The art and science of selecting the right IT services partner
Your cheat sheet to vetting and selecting the right IT partner, and an introduction to Mainstay...
Firm Administrators: Follow the “due process” of IT, security, and AI integration
“Due process” is an old legal standard, but it’s in the 2024 presidential election headlines and...
Aligning Your Technology with Your Company’s Industry
You read an article about a competitor making a massive technology investment. You can’t help but...
AI Part 3: How much should I worry about AI, or is this mostly hype?
Before reading this article, please read: “AI Part 1: Breaking the frame of how we think about AI”...
AI Part 2: Business leaders get ready
Before reading this article, please read “AI Part 1: Breaking the frame of how we think about AI”...
AI Part 1: Breaking the frame of how we think about AI
Thoughts from Ryan Barton on the rapidly progressing landscape of AI Amid AI headlines, let's take...
Thoughts on Cybersecurity for Business Leaders
It’s 9:45 on Thursday. While you’re looking for an important email, you notice messages in your...
Ryan Barton: 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year
We can barely contain our excitement in announcing that our very own Ryan Barton, founder and CEO...