Business + IT Insights

A recent study reported that the average company had four ransomware attacks last year. These attacks had costly consequences, including investing in new technologies (33 percent), losing customers (32 percent) and missing revenue due to downtime (32 percent).

The end of the year is always the busiest. Finishing up projects and responding to client requests in between the holidays and vacations can be challenging, but luckily we’ve found a few ways to stay sane!

November was another busy month! Not only did we survive our building’s roof replacement, we also finished up and began some great projects for our clients. Here’s a little insight into what the Lazorpoint team has been up to over the last month.

Earlier this month, Dave wrote an article that was published in Smart Business Magazine called “When, how to expand your leadership team with a company senior leader”. In the article, he talks about our choice to hire our new COO, Russ Klein.

October was a busy month at Lazorpoint! Between taking on a few new clients, starting and completing some project work for existing clients, and keeping their business’ running smoothly, we still have time to spend together and celebrate the promotions, birthdays and anniversaries this month!

In any business, innovation is the thin imaginary line between victory and defeat, between growth and stagnation, between a satisfactory year and a great year.

Tomorrow’s IT solutions incorporate agility and brand experience instead of just focusing on rote, back-office reliability. Bimodal IT is an emerging concept that is challenging IT professionals and business leaders to rethink their information technology strategy.

Are you implementing business growth strategies and watching them fall flat months or weeks later? Sustainable growth isn’t easy. Even the best and brightest business leaders experience stall periods. 

Meetings are the medium through which work is performed and evaluated. When meetings are well run, they contribute to effective teamwork and produce real deliverables.

At some point in his or her career, every business owner hits the growth wall. In fact, according to a 2008 Harvard Business Review study, 87% of the surveyed companies experienced growth stall points.