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The Real AI Revolution
In this week's Brightstone Minute, Rick breaks down what Apple's announcements really mean for everyday users and small businesses—and why this may be one of the most practical AI advancements we've seen yet.
Bring out your dead (devices!)
“Bring out your dead!” One of the most famous Monty Python lines—funny in a medieval cart scene, less funny when it describes your IT environment. Because in many businesses, “dead” tech is still quietly sitting at desks… just about functional enough to ignore.
How to protect yourself online today
We pull back the curtain on how cyberattacks actually happen—and why even smart, careful people still get caught off guard. More importantly, it shows you a handful of simple, high-impact moves that can dramatically reduce your risk.
How a Portland Business Cut Its Internet Bill by 90%
Running a local business is all about balancing experience with expenses. Guests expect seamless service—from the moment they walk in to the moment they log onto WiFi. But when your internet bill is sky-high…
We're wishing you a bright 2025
The new year is a time to celebrate, reflect, and look ahead to new possibilities. We’re excited to keep supporting you and your tech goals in 2025—and beyond.
Case Study: Bringing New Function to Fashion
Organizational anxiety can destroy time, drain resources, and stifle the ability to innovate. For Portland Fashion Institute, getting past the blockers that were creating anxiety started with a phone call about improving their on-campus wireless connection.
Boost Your AI Literacy to Support Your Micro Businesses
There are a lot of AI tools for small and micro businesses. They can help with marketing, sales, customer service, customer experience, hiring, or something else. To gain a better view of AI’s benefits and risks, start by boosting your AI literacy.
The Right NAS for Your Surveillance Solution
People and businesses turn to NAS devices to store large amounts of data. The Synology NAS is quickly becoming a go-to data solution for home and business surveillance systems. With Synology software and hardware, we can create a customized security solution for nearly any application, from simple home systems, to complex business or enterprise installations.
Tech Challenges, Trends and Solutions for Law Firms and Legal Departments
Among a number of emerging legal tech trends and challenges, many point back to law firms needing to maximize smaller staffing budgets, solve overhead challenges, shift toward a new talent pool, and ease the workloads of specialists.
The Ins and Outs of Co-Managed IT
Brightstone’s co-managed IT solutions help you get more out of your in-house IT team, reduce IT costs, and access the right expertise when you need to escalate IT support. And that’s just the start.
Creating Hybrid Learning and Work Environments
We’re well into the days of hybrid learning and working. For classrooms and meetings, setting up the right environment onsite is a big step toward making everyone feel included and involved.
Passwords Are Dead. Long Live Passkeys.
Passkeys do a great job saving you from worrying about hackers, and even data breaches. For instance, when you use your passkeys, the public key remains with the website or app you’re on.
Is UniFi the Right Phone Solution for Your Business?
More and more, UniFi is becoming a go-to approach for businesses that require flexibility, ease-of-use, and options that play nicely with remote staffing options.
Technology Planning For Now and the Future
The future has never been knowable, and never will be. When you accept that premise, it frees you up to an even bigger idea: Just because something is unknowable doesn’t mean you can’t plan for it.
Taking a Consultative Approach to Business Technology
As technology consultants, we work to identify challenges, opportunities, & new ideas. In doing so, we make sure that opportunities always point back to a client’s stated objectives and goals.
HOW TO: Disable Creepy Windows 10 Key-Logger
With no notification to you, Microsoft has been recording everything you type.
2FA: To Feel Alright
2FA currently offers the best widely available protection against intrusions into your most sensitive online data.