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This past October 27, Carolinas Net Care held its semi-annual briefing, inviting clients in for coffee, pastries and several sessions on trending IT topics followed by a boxed lunch. One attendee was Tommy Lawing of T.R. Lawing Realty, Inc., a long-time CNC client who has never missed a briefing.

“I find the briefings very beneficial, and an efficient way to stay up to date on emerging issues in the technology world. I want to know what the next innovation is that ...

OK, so it’s February. You’ve settled into 2017 and, in many ways, it still feels like 2016. Of all those things you said you’d do, you’ve done…one? Half of one? You haven’t exercised, haven’t found time to read, haven’t eaten any healthier, haven’t started that new hobby.

Sometimes, we start out with the best intentions on things we know will improve our lives, only to stumble right out of the gate and never realize even the slightest accomplishment. It doesn’t mean ...

Last month, our blog featured a post we titled What’s Not To Like About Remote Access? It provided a 30,000-foot overview of how to position yourself (and your employees) for remote access to your IT network.

Because of the complexities associated with giving offsite employees remote access not only to your network, but also to the equipment you own and the software you license, it’s important to unpack the topic in a little more detail. So subtitle this post as What’s ...

In this day and age of full-scale eCommerce, 1-click ordering and free two-day shipping with online marketplaces offering dozens (if not hundreds) of options for anything you might be shopping for, why would anyone contract a procurement specialist for hardware or software for your business?

It’s a valid question, with a short answer. It’s harder than it looks.

Assembling and managing ...

Hold that line, baby hold that line.
Get up boys and hit ’em one more time.
We may be losing now but we can’t stop trying.
So hold that line, baby hold that line.
(from “Just One Victory,” words and music by Todd Rundgren)

Sometimes, it comes down to whose hands are on the ...

IT network service providers have long lists of help desk requests that come in. Of course, none of us at Carolinas Net Care ever get to add any of our own because, well, our clients just know more about IT than most. (Wink. Wink.)

But here are a few we heard, saw and read this year. What’s your favorite?

Conversations.

Tech support: What kind of computer ...

First it was casual Fridays. Remember those? Then came laptops and smartphones and before we all knew it, we could work anywhere. Literally anywhere.

While some companies cannot (or should not) allow an offsite workforce, most can. But before any employee is allowed to work away from your office, particularly if it includes access to your network, the company, employee and ...

Join us Thursday, December 15 for our annual holiday drop-in!

We’ll have food and refreshments, and just take a break from the holiday rush.

Stop by any time between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at our offices, 5950 Fairview Road, Suite 712.

With a staff of seventeen at this 1,200-active-member, suburban church, Frank Norwood, Executive Pastor of First Baptist Matthews, was in search of an IT provider. Upon recommendation from a group of other area executive pastors and church business directors, he contacted Carolinas Net Care in March of 2012, specifically for a Wi-Fi connectivity solution for their large campus that has been a part of the Matthews, N.C. community since 1877.

Actually, Frank admits, he was looking for a company with the ...