ARTICLES BY RICK DELGADO

• Maximize Your ROI On Technology Investments

  6/15/2017

  Every day old technology becomes outdated and new technology enters the business scene. The digital age has allowed individuals more flexibility with schooling, such as gaining online medical transcription certification, and work, creating more positions that need to spend less time tied to an office. As a business owner, it can be difficult to know which technology is worth investing in. This is especially true for small businesses, where resources are limited and mistakes are critical.

• Improving Productivity With Workforce Analytics

  4/4/2017

  To improve productivity is one of the main aims of most businesses — a target that’s highly sought after with businesses always looking for the next way to increase it amongst their workers.

• Workplace Autonomy: Making It Work For Your Company

  2/24/2017

  Most college students would tell you the best companies to work for typically have ping-pong tables and allow their workers to wear shorts to work. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• How To Help Small Businesses Protect Data

  2/3/2017

  You would think cyber criminals could get more out of hacking into the mainframe of a large organization but, these days, small businesses are the ones being targeted. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• 5 Transformative Software Solutions You Should Be Taking Advantage Of

  12/8/2016

  Anyone who has tried to start a business will likely testify it’s an incredibly difficult undertaking. In fact, about 90 percent of all startups fail within the first year. Still though, there is that 10 percent of entrepreneurs who hit the ground running and find success from day one. What is it about these individuals that allow them to achieve success? Is there some magic formula to follow?

• The Future Of Technology Holds Never-Ending Innovation For Retail

  11/21/2016

  Technology in the retail sector has been experiencing major enhancements recently. From the early days of the cash register and hand-written sales slips to the computer technology and IOS Systems of today, retailers are adapting with new solutions to marketing and selling problems. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• 5 Solutions That Can Streamline Your Business Operations

  11/2/2016

  With technology advancing at a rapid pace, more and more companies are finding it difficult to streamline their operations, often enduring painful consequences. Companies that don’t want to get left behind, stuck in the old days, would be wise to consider implementing these five solutions to keep up with the times.

• What Automation Means For Hiring In The Future

  10/17/2016

  It seems like everything is being automated nowadays — that’s just where technology is headed. Even so, businesses have a keen eye for any new automated tools that makes their jobs easier. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• Your Customers Are Telling You What They Want But You're Not Listening

  8/29/2016

  How well do you really know your customers? It’s a question businesses need to be asking themselves more and more because, even if you feel you know your customers well, there’s always more work to be done. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• How To Create A Data-Driven Workplace

  8/15/2016

  With the potential offered by the use of Big Data analytics, it only stands to reason organizations will want to utilize Big Data more and more within the workplace. Big Data can not only help a business be more successful with customers, it can improve what happens internally as well. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• Guiding Principles For Taking Your Organization Into The Digital Age

  7/13/2016

  For some businesses, making the transition into a fully digital company is part of their normal business strategy. Tech companies, for instance, have no choice but to keep up with the times, and that requires the digital transformation. Other companies that might not have tech ties, however, may find transitioning into a digital business to be a significant challenge. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• The Cloud Is Bringing Machine Learning Forward

  6/16/2016

  Many people wonder what the future holds when it comes to computing. We’ve heard plenty of talk surrounding artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things, but bringing those ideas and concepts to the mainstream remains a challenge. Uncertainty tends to reign when discussing future technologies, but there’s also no denying that these advances hold lots of potential and brings various benefits to businesses.

• Why IT And Marketing Should Be Best Friends

  5/23/2016

  Some may call IT a tug-of-war between two opposing forces within an organization. By Rick Delgado, contributing writer

• The Cloud Wars May No Longer Focus On Price

  4/22/2016

  The cloud wars are an ongoing battle for supremacy of cloud services. The competition is fierce and intense, as can be assumed regarding what is a multi-billion dollar market. Cloud providers come in many varieties, but the most popular are names known to most people and businesses out there. The likes of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM all have products and services to offer and, for many years, much of the focus has been on slashing prices whenever or wherever possible.

• Stay Ahead Of Shady Flash Storage Providers

  3/10/2016

  Over the span of just a few years, flash storage has become increasingly useful and, as a result, increasingly popular among businesses. This is in part driven by the influx of Big Data into organizations as companies try their best to analyze it and discover valuable insights. It’s gotten to the point where the traditional hard disk drives in use for decades are quickly being replaced in many instances with the much faster solid-state drives.